Posted on 01/29/2017 8:43:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators on Monday will announce that they have solved the 1976 slaying of Karen Klaas, a Hermosa Beach mother of two and the ex-wife of singer Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers.
The case was solved through the use of “familial DNA,” which identified the killer, the department said in a statement Friday.
Detectives, forensic and law enforcement officers will hold a news conference on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the crime.
Klaas, 32, was found in her Hermosa Beach home on Jan. 30, 1976. She had been sexually assaulted, choked and left unconscious. In a coma, she died Feb. 4, 1976.
For years, detectives tried to identify a thick-haired, bearded man who was seen exiting Klaas’ front door when neighbors went to check on her. In 1976, detectives created a plaster model of the head and published it on a “Wanted for murder” flier.
The man was white, about 28 years old, 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium build, brown hair and beard. His hair and beard were “well-cared for,” and his complexion was pale.
Klaas, who had two children, was attacked shortly after returning home from taking her youngest child to the McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach.
Klaas’ assailant ransacked the house, which showed signs of a struggle. Crutches that Klaas had used after breaking her leg were on the floor.
Medley stayed at her side in the hospital until she died.
“Karen was very loved and respected, and it was a horror what happened to her,” Medley told the Orange County Register in 2000. “She has a lot of friends who would like to see this resolved.”
Use of familial DNA is a controversial technique that searches databases for a partial match when a regular DNA search fails to find a match. A familial DNA search turns up a partial match, finding a relative of a suspect.
Boy, I want to hear this one!
McMartin Preschool. The McMartin Preschool?
Well, OK, it’s been solved. So, who did it?
Yes.
zactley right !
Somebody’s son or daughter got into the DB.
Ancestry.com....
I was thinking a criminal database.
I've heard of making plaster casts of footprints - but of heads?!
What, did the assailant leave an impression of his head in a soft pillow or something?!
Regards,
yes! that same McMartin preschool... weird, huh?
They didn’t bitch about it when Obama did it and Trump merely copy/Paste Obama’s original order.
Yes, THAT McMartin Preschool in Manhattan, California.
The Righteous Brothers?
Me too. Ping me when they let loose with the info. If you think about it, of course. I'll try to remember to ping you if I see it first.
“I’ve heard of making plaster casts of footprints - but of heads?!
What, did the assailant leave an impression of his head in a soft pillow or something?!”
A plaster cast of his head based upon the eyewitness description.
Damnit.
I don’t know I posted to this thread.
I didn’t even see the article.
Someone who didn’t have that lovin feeling....
Unchained perp.
LOL
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