Missouri man charged in 1966 killing in suburban Chicago, based on DNA evidence
- A 79-year-old man, James Barbier, was arrested at his St. Louis County home and charged with first-degree murder in the 1966 death of Karen Snider in Cook County, Illinois.
- The arrest came after blood evidence from the cold case matched Barbier's once tested in December 2022.
- Barbier was extradited to Cook County after the arrest; Karen Snider was found stabbed around 125 times.
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Missouri man charged in 1966 killing in suburban Chicago, based on DNA evidence
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago. James Barbier was arrested Monday at his St. Louis County home and charged with first-degree murder in the November 1966 death of 18-year-old Karen Snider in Cook County, Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the break came when police reopened the cold case and sent blood evid…
Missouri man charged in 1966 killing in suburban Chicago, based on DNA evidence
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago. James Barbier was arrested Monday at his St. Louis County home and charged with first-degree murder in the November 1966 death of 18-year-old Karen Snider in Cook County, Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the break came when police reopened the cold case and sent blood evid…
Missouri man charged in 1966 killing in suburban Chicago, based on DNA evidence
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago. James Barbier was arrested Monday at his St. Louis County home and charged with first-degree murder in the November 1966 death of 18-year-old Karen Snider in Cook County, Illinois. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the break came when police reopened the cold case and sent blood evid…
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