Unsolved 1979 slaying in Illinois linked to suspected serial killer, authorities say
The unsolved killing of 19-year-old Kathy Halle in suburban Chicago more than four decades ago was linked to a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for several other slayings in the area, authorities said Wednesday.
The unsolved killing of a 19-year-old woman in suburban Chicago more than four decades ago was linked to a suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for several other slayings in the area, authorities said Wednesday.
Police in North Aurora, west of Chicago, said at a news conference that they solved the killing in 1979 of Kathy Halle, 19, using advanced DNA technology that an official with the laboratory that conducted testing in the case compared to a "wet vac."
Authorities identified Halle’s killer as Bruce Lindahl, 29, who died in 1981 when he inadvertently severed a major artery in his leg and bled to death during a knife attack on Charles Huber, 18, according to The Associated Press.
Kathy Halle.North Aurora Police Dept.Halle disappeared on March 29, 1979, after she left her apartment complex to pick up her sister at a shopping center, North Aurora Police Detective Ryan Peat told reporters. Her body was found three weeks later in a nearby river.
Authorities now believe Lindahl abducted Halle from her apartment's parking lot and killed her, Peat said.
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