A woman was murdered in 1974 while hitchhiking to a Chicago art show. 50 years later, investigators found her killer
Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with murdering a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said.
Minnesota man Jon Miller, 84, charged with killing hitchhiking woman in Wisconsin in 1974
An 84-year-old southern Minnesota man has been charged with murder in a 50-year-old cold case once thought to be the work of a notorious serial killer and former Green Bay Packer.
Man charged in cold case murder of Minneapolis woman found in Wisconsin snowbank in 1974
When Minneapolis’ Mary Schlais was found stabbed to death in a rural Wisconsin snowbank in February 1974, investigators had no idea who killed her, and the case went unsolved for decades. But on Thursday,
Owatonna man charged with 1974 murder of woman in Wisconsin
Police arrested Miller in his Owatonna apartment, and according to Sheriff Bygd, he confessed to his involvement in Schlais's murder to investigators after being presented with evidence. Investigator Daniel Westlund for the Dunn County Sheriff's Office says that police have spoken to Schalis's family and are "relieved and very thankful for our agency and everyone that's assisted thus far in the investigation.
Man arrested 50 years after Minneapolis woman's killing in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Schlais, 25, was found dead near the intersection of 408th Avenue and 990th Street in Spring Brook Township in Dunn County, Wisconsin, on Feb. 15, 1974. She was hitchhiking from Minneapolis to an art show in Chicago.
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