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Indiana Cold Case Solved: Suspect Identified in Woman's 1981 Murder
Investigators say DNA from a 2026 sample matched evidence from the victim’s clothing, identifying Carl David Phillips in the cold case.
- On Tuesday, the LaPorte County Sheriff's Office announced the resolution of a 45-year-old murder case after DNA genealogy helped identify the suspect in the 1981 death of Juanita Boyd.
- Boyd, a 31-year-old mother, was last seen on February 22, 1981, at Snyder's Corner Tavern in La Porte. Her body was discovered six days later in the trunk of her green 1970 Pontiac Catalina in Cool Spring Township.
- Investigators identified the suspect as Carl David Phillips after matching DNA collected in July 2026 from a relative to biological evidence found on Boyd's clothing at the 1981 crime scene.
- Phillips, who was 35 at the time of the murder and on parole for armed robbery, died in 2017. Officials stated they would have charged him with the crime had he been alive today.
- While Boyd's family has requested privacy following the case's resolution, the Sheriff's Office continues investigating three other cold cases dating back to 1975, 2007, and an unlisted year.
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Sheriff: "This case is no longer cold"
The La Porte County Sheriff's Office says a nearly 46-year-old cold case murder has been solved, through forensic genealogy. Juanita Boyd was 31-years-old in February of 1981.She was living in the city of La Porte.She was last seen at a bar. Her car was found six days later, stuck in mud, along an a...
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