From http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170127/sheriff-1976-slaying-of-bill-medleys-ex-wife-in-hermosa-beach-solved
Posted on 01/29/2017 8:43:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators on Monday will announce that they have solved the 1976 slaying of Karen Klaas, a Hermosa Beach mother of two and the ex-wife of singer Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers.
The case was solved through the use of “familial DNA,” which identified the killer, the department said in a statement Friday.
Detectives, forensic and law enforcement officers will hold a news conference on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the crime.
Klaas, 32, was found in her Hermosa Beach home on Jan. 30, 1976. She had been sexually assaulted, choked and left unconscious. In a coma, she died Feb. 4, 1976.
For years, detectives tried to identify a thick-haired, bearded man who was seen exiting Klaas’ front door when neighbors went to check on her. In 1976, detectives created a plaster model of the head and published it on a “Wanted for murder” flier.
The man was white, about 28 years old, 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a medium build, brown hair and beard. His hair and beard were “well-cared for,” and his complexion was pale.
Klaas, who had two children, was attacked shortly after returning home from taking her youngest child to the McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach.
Klaas’ assailant ransacked the house, which showed signs of a struggle. Crutches that Klaas had used after breaking her leg were on the floor.
Medley stayed at her side in the hospital until she died.
“Karen was very loved and respected, and it was a horror what happened to her,” Medley told the Orange County Register in 2000. “She has a lot of friends who would like to see this resolved.”
Use of familial DNA is a controversial technique that searches databases for a partial match when a regular DNA search fails to find a match. A familial DNA search turns up a partial match, finding a relative of a suspect.
I’m just tired of the verbal sleight of hand inevitably used to diminish bad behavior on the part of protected groups and maximize the appearance of bad behavior on the part of unprotected groups. It’s clearly not men who are using children as weapons, here, and anyone who has been through divorce or even knows a man who has, knows this.
You replied to the wrong thread and so did I, lol.
From http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170127/sheriff-1976-slaying-of-bill-medleys-ex-wife-in-hermosa-beach-solved
I just read as much as I could stand about the mcmartin school and all the people who died who either were investigating the school or who were parents.I dont doubt the allegations one bit.
Where is the fun in actually reading the article before posting?
Shooting first and asking questions later is far more fun.
Well, there is that old rule too but, seriously, I didn’t know about the article until OP responded to my post.
Weird.
Oh wait. I understand what happened.
We are in the middle of a Freepathon.
At least the site is still up.
If they fix that annoying latency lag, that’d be great.
That’s funny.
Love and marriage,
Love and Marriage...
Peg!
So, the killer is Paul Bunyan ??
LOL!!!!
That was the biggest hoax absolutely sickening
Are there any posts intended for this thread?
Some of them seem at least somewhat topical, so I’d say yes.
if the perp is still alive, he'll be an old man and the govt will just let him die on his own....
there is no justice for that young woman....none...
Not in this life, no. Hers was taken and very brutally. There is justice, though, in that I have faith.
I thought our repartee and jokes were hilarious....
They were.
Ed
I as wondering. I think so.
>>Detectives, forensic and law enforcement officers will hold a news conference on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the crime
That would be later today.
Didn’t he become extinct like 50 thousand years ago?
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