Illinois, DNA

DNA helps Illinois police make breakthrough in 1970s cold case murder of 19-year-old
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.
DNA links serial killer to 45-year-old cold case in Illinois
Forty-five years after 17-year-old Kathy Halle was killed in the Illinois village of North Aurora, police have finally identified her murderer as serial killer Bruce Lindahl.
Deceased serial killer linked to cold case slaying of Illinois woman 45 years later
Police announced that deceased serial killer, Bruce Lindahl, was linked to the death of 19-year-old Kathy Halle in 1979.
DNA links suspected serial killer to 1979 cold case murder in Illinois
Authorities have linked a suspected serial killer to the kidnapping and murder of a 19-year-old Illinois woman, more than 45 years after her death.
Famous alleged serial killer ID'd as suspect in 1979 cold case murder
Suspected 1970s serial killer Bruce Lindahl has now been identified as the culprit in a 1979 cold case murder in Illinois, authorities announced Wednesday.
DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman's 1979 death
DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later, authorities said Wednesday.
DNA tests identify 19th-century teenager's skull found in Illinois home's wall
A DNA profile from the skull found in wall of an Illinois home in 1978 suggested it was a 17-year-old who died during ...
An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in ...
VIDEO: DNA links skull found in Illinois home in 1978 to teen who died in 1866
Coroners in Kane County, Illinois, have resolved a cold case that lingered for more than 45 years. It involves a skull ...
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DNA technology solves case of Illinois World War II soldier missing since 1944
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today, Thursday, October 24th, that U.S. Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney ...
Skull found in wall of Illinois home identified as teen who died in 1866
The mystery was solved by advancements in science—specifically extracting DNA from skeletal remains and then tracing it to ...
A 19-year-old disappeared from her Illinois village in 1979. Almost half a century later, the cold case has been solved
Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have ...
Cold case solved: Skull found in Illinois home's wall ID'd as that of Esther Granger, victim of grave robbing who died in 1866
Coroners were able to reach out to the victim's great-great-grandson and confirm the DNA family match with the help of a Texas lab.