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Genetic Genealogy Solves 1976 Rape, Murder of 19-year-old Nursing Student forensicmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forensicmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By City News Service Jul 15, 2021 SANTA ANA (CNS) - Orange County prosecutors announced today that investigators have determined who raped and killed a 19-year-old Garden Grove nursing student 44 years ago, thanks to a DNA match made through a genealogical connection. Terry Dean Hawkins, who died in the Orange County Jail in 1977, was deemed responsible for the rape and murder of Janet Stallcup in December 1976, according to the Orange County District Attorney s Office. Stallcup was reported missing after she failed to show up for a party on Dec. 19, 1976. Her body was found in her car about eight days later, just 2 1/2 miles from her apartment. ....
Police Use Genetic Technology to Solve Teen’s 1976 Murder Law authorities say they used investigative genetic geology to solve the 1976 rape and murder of a 19-year-old nursing student. Investigators said the technology helped identify the man who attacked Janet Stallcup at Christmastime that year while she was on her way to a party. Her body found eight days later inside her car, about two- and-a-half miles from her Garden Grove apartment. Her alleged killer, who police identified as Terry Dean Hawkins, died in 1977 while inside an Orange County jail for an unrelated reason. He was 45. Despite the case going cold for decades, the Orange County crime lab obtained a single source male DNA profile in 2002 from swabs taken from the crime scene, the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office said. The profile did not find a match in the Combined DNA Index System database. ....
Suspect who killed 19-year-old California girl back in 1976 FINALLY identified with DNA test dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.