Upstate NY Murder Case Solved over 60 Years Later Through DNA Evidence

Killer identified in vicious 1964 murder of Albany woman

After 61 years of investigation, a suspect has been identified in the brutal rape and murder of an Albany woman in 1964, authorities announced Wednesday. Catherine Blackburn, 50, was found dead in her home on Colonie Street on Sept. 13 of that year. She’d been beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted, and her dead body had been mutilated, cops said. But in the following six decades, no suspects were identified. However, on Wednesday, Albany police…

DNA evidence helps solve 1964 cold case of woman murdered in her New York home

Authorities in Albany have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman inside her home more than 60 years ago.

Upstate NY murder case solved over 60 years later through DNA evidence

ALBANY. N.Y. — Authorities in New York’s capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman inside her home more than 60 years ago.Officials linked DNA from Joseph Nowakowski, who died in 1998, to the killing of 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn in September 1964, Albany Police Chief Brendan Cox said during a news conference Wednesday.

Killer identified over 60 years after woman murdered in her Albany, N.Y., home

Officials linked DNA from Joseph Nowakowski, who died in 1998, to the killing of 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn in September 1964, Albany Police said Wednesday.

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1964 cold case solved in New York with DNA evidence, authorities say

Authorities in New York’s capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman in her home more than 60 years ago