45 years after girl found dead in Alaska, DNA match leads to conviction
Donald McQuade, 67, was convicted in the death of Shelley Connolly, 16, whose body was found near a highway pullout in Alaska.
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Donald McQuade, 67, was convicted in the death of Shelley Connolly, 16, whose body was found near a highway pullout in Alaska.
Advanced forensic tests have finally allowed police to close a decades-old homicide case in rural Idaho.
Scientists from three institutions used multiple methods of analysis to learn more about the man known as Offord Cluny 203645.
The police department says it is now turning its focus to how Gwenn Story wound up dead near the Las Vegas Strip, and the two friends who traveled with her.
The remains were identified as Roger Dale Parham, who disappeared in March 1999 while awaiting trial for various criminal charges in Arkansas.
Joyce Malecki went Christmas shopping in 1969 and never came home. A Netflix docuseries raised questions about whether her disappearance was linked to that of Sister Cathy Cesnik.
Human remains found in rural Indiana in 1982 have been identified as those of Connie Lorraine Christensen, authorities said.
The identification was made using forensic genetic genealogy, officials said.
Michael Ray Schlicht has long been thought to be an early victim of Randy Kraft, dubbed the "Scorecard Killer," authorities said.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Gene F. Walker was 27 and commanded an M4 Sherman tank in November 1944 when his tank was struck in Germany.
When a woman uploads her DNA to a genealogy website, authorities show up at her door. Is there a double murderer in her family tree? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Lesley Stahl reports from Cayo Santiago, also known as Monkey Island, off the coast of Puerto Rico, and home to roughly 1,800 monkeys, including the rhesus macaques whose DNA is a 94% match to humans. Stahl examines one study set to determine the impact of environmental crises on the longevity and overall health of the macaques and what the inhabitants of Monkey Island can reveal about climate-related trauma and survival.
An autopsy found the victim died following at least 10 blows to the head, apparently with a 2.2-pound bronze pestle that was found at the scene.
Kim was wrapped with plastic and duct tape, naked inside a brown canvas suitcase that had been placed in a trash bin.
In 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago.
When a Texas girl first went missing in 1997, what no one knew at the time was that she had been the victim of a serial killer. William Reece would go on to murder three young women that same year before he was eventually identified by DNA.
Within a 10-month span, two young women were sexually assaulted and viciously murdered after going for bike rides along a canal in Phoenix. Decades later, detectives zeroed in on the alleged killer, and set up an elaborate sting at a Chili's restaurant.
In 1997 four families are shattered when their daughters go missing. As they grieve, one man claims to have answers. Can he be trusted? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the final chapter of a case she started covering more than two decades ago Saturday, Oct. 21 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
The case began in 1996 when Herbert Baumeister's 15-year-old son discovered a human skull about 60 yards away from the home.
The killer had no criminal history, officials said, but was identified through family DNA analysis.
Virgil Renner's remains were found in 1982 along with a tattered shirt, denim pants, one argyle sock, a can opener and a toothbrush.
Post-conviction DNA testing from a rape kit showed Perry Lott did not commit the 1987 crime.
Benjamin Adams' remains have been identified after New Hampshire authorities used modern DNA testing technology.
"People didn't think it could really be done," Marc Friedländer, an associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, told CBS News.
For the first time, scientists in Sweden have analyzed an extinct animal's RNA. They're studying the Tasmanian tiger which has been extinct since the 1930s. Marc Friedländer, associate professor in molecular biology at Stockholm University, joins CBS News to discuss what the breakthrough means for science.