Connecticut State Police have solved a 50-year-old cold case by identifying the remains of a woman found dead in a shallow grave in Connecticut in 1974. The victim, Linda Sue Childers, was revealed to be a fugitive woman from Kentucky. Her remains were discovered alongside known bank robber Gustavous Lee Carmichael in Ledyard, Conn. DNA testing played a crucial role in solving the case.
Nearly 50 years after the skeletal remains of two #homicide victims were found in a shallow grave, one of the victims was finally identified, #Connecticut State Police announced. https://t.co/iHwCgr6QYI
SOMEONE WAS SLOPPY! Human remains found in backyard of #Florida home after owner reports "toes sticking out of ground" https://t.co/4v3ohlxeEi via @WJXTAshleyH
Partially buried human remains were found — with "two feet sticking up" from the ground — in the backyard of a Florida home, authorities say. https://t.co/twLfb4AZ2r
A Connecticut murder victim was identified 50 years later as a fugitive woman from Kentucky. Linda Sue Childers’ remains were found alongside a known bank robber, Gustavous Lee Carmichael, in May 1974 in Ledyard, Conn., according to authorities. https://t.co/xlBBO4LILj
Half a century after a murdered woman's bones were found in a shallow grave in Connecticut, DNA testing identified the previously unknown female. https://t.co/vP4RSh0ULE
DNA helps solve Connecticut cold case of woman found in shallow grave in 1974 https://t.co/oVkLYmv7Sf
State police have solved a 50-year-old cold case and identified the remains of a woman found dead in a shallow grave in Connecticut in 1974 https://t.co/ktBkmMDF4A
Half a century after murdered woman's remains were found in Connecticut, she's been identified https://t.co/cfBaNJwaEg
There's a developing human remains mystery in New Jersey. Here's what we know so far. https://t.co/fIPfvd75gq