40 Years After Woman Murdered in Virginia, DNA Leads to Arrest in Connecticut

Man arrested in 40-year-old rape and murder case after forensic genealogy investigation

A man was arrested in Connecticut this week after officials in Virginia said new evidence links him to the murder and rape of a woman 40 years ago.

40 years after woman murdered in Virginia, DNA leads to arrest in Connecticut

The body of 22-year-old Roberta Walls was found in a field in Virginia Beach on the morning of May 15, 1986.

Cops: He Was a Stranger— 'Until the Day of the Murder'

An arrest has been made in a killing that haunted Virginia Beach for nearly 40 years. Police say DNA evidence led them to a Connecticut man now accused in the 1986 rape and stabbing death of 22-year-old Roberta Walls, who was last seen leaving the library where she worked as...

Arrest Made in 1986 Cold Case Killing of Virginia Woman

A decades-old murder investigation that haunted Virginia Beach investigators for nearly 40 years has finally led to an arrest. Authorities announced this week that 66-year-old Charles Berry of Newington, Connecticut, has been taken into custody in connection with the 1986 rape and killing of 22-year-old Roberta Walls, per the New York Post. The arrest came almost exactly 40 years after Walls was found dead behind Old Donation Elementary School i…