EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - On September 28, 1979, Patricia Carnahan was beaten, strangled, and left for dead at Sugar Pine State Park at Lake Tahoe. Carnahan died, and her body was recovered and investigators gathered evidence, including a sexual assault kit (SAK) which provided a DNA sample. At the time, no suspect(s) were identified or arrested.
After over 40 years, authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of a woman at a South Lake Tahoe campground in 1979, CBS Sacramento reports.Harold W. Carpenter, 63, was arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state. He's being held without bond in the Spokane County Jail on a fugitive charge, pending extradition to California on a murder warrant, the El Dorado County D.A.'s office said in a statement.Patricia Carnahan was discovered strangled, beaten, and left for dead in September 1979, and despite gathering evidence including a sexual assault kit that provided a.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. A murder suspect in a 1979 cold case in El Dorado County has been arrested after investigators found a DNA match for an unrelated crime in Washington state, officials reported.