DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say

DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence. The girls, ages 11, 13 and 14, survived the attack, but “a clear suspect” was never pinpointed and the case went cold — until now. Investigators using “forensic genetic genealogy” have identified the attacker as Thomas Ed…

DNA proves long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana 50 years ago

A man who died in a Texas prison in 1983 has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls nearly 50 years ago.

Suspect in brutal stabbing of 3 young girls in corn field identified after nearly 50 years

Kandice Smith, Sheri Rottler Trick and Kathie Rottler miraculously survived the attack, and have waited decades to find out who assaulted them back in 1975.

Suspect in brutal stabbing of 3 young girls in corn field identified after nearly 50 years

Kandice Smith, Sheri Rottler Trick and Kathie Rottler miraculously survived the attack, and have waited decades to find out who assaulted them back in 1975.

'Indiana Slasher' left three girls for dead and eluded police almost 50 years

The "Indiana Slasher," who nearly killed three girls in a Hancock County, Indiana, cornfield in 1975, was identified almost 50 years later

DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say

INDIANAPOLIS — A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence.