Prosecutors won't seek death penalty for man accused in 1974 murder of Carla Walker, whose case went unsolved for 46 years
Carla Walker was kidnapped in February of 1974 and her body was found in a culvert two days. The case went unsolved until September 2020.
Author: Eline de Bruijn
Updated: 1:23 PM CDT May 6, 2021
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas —
Note: The video above is from September 2020, following the arrest.
A man who was arrested last year in the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Carla Walker will face the possibility of life in prison instead of the death penalty, officials announced Thursday.
Glen Samuel McCurley, 78, was arrested on a capital murder charge in September 2020. The case had been unsolved for 46 years - until detectives obtained a full DNA match to what was found on Carla's clothes from the crime scene.