DNA helps Illinois police make breakthrough in 1970s cold case murder of 19-year-old
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An Illinois police department announced it cracked a cold case homicide from the 1970s through DNA testing. It said 19-year-old Kathy Halle was murdered by serial killer Bruce Lindahl.
North Aurora Police Det. Ryan Peat said at a news conference that, on the night of her disappearance, Halle left her apartment to pick up her sister at the Northgate Shopping Center in Aurora, Illinois, but she never returned. Her body was found in a river several weeks later. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
The case stayed cold for decades, until advancements of DNA testing prompted investigators to reopen the case. Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
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