Posted on 06/24/2021 3:35:49 PM PDT by Ben Dover
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - More than three decades after a Fort Carson soldier was found strangled to death, justice is being served.
On Thursday, a jury found a man guilty of murder for the killing of Spc. Darlene Krashoc in 1987. The sentencing is scheduled for Friday as he faces life in prison.
Arrest papers obtained by 11 News detail how authorities tracked the alleged killer down. Police found DNA evidence on the victim's body, but it took years to identify a suspect. The arrest papers lay out how authorities linked distant family members through a DNA ancestry organization to identify the suspect.
After identifying the suspect, authorities tracked him to his home and followed him to work. They watched him drink from a fast food cup and then left it at the restaurant. The arrest papers say detectives obtained the cup for DNA testing, helping lead to the arrest.
Springs police announced the arrest of 58-year-old Michael Whyte in June of 2019 for the murder of Darlene Krashoc. Krashoc, 20 at the time, was found dead behind the Korean Club Restaurant on March 17, 1987. Krashoc was an active duty soldier stationed at Fort Carson, assigned to the 73rd Maintenance Company. Police say she was out the night before with members of her unit at a local club named Shuffles. She was last seen leaving the club between midnight and 1 in the morning.
Authorities say Krashoc was strangled to death and her body had likely been moved and placed at the Korean Club Restaurant. Following hundreds of interviews, the case went cold.
"In 2016, special agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), in concert with Colorado
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I’m glad they got the SOB. It makes you think twice about the DNA ancestry websites and privacy though.
I wonder if any of my idiot relatives have sent in their DNA.
Thanks for posting.
The government probably runs all these DNA companies.
“I wonder if any of my idiot relatives have sent in their DNA.”
It was already on file at different ancestry websites. Cops found distant family, made calls and worked their way down to someone who said something like, “I have a 2nd cousin named Michael Whyte who would be about that age and used to live in Colorado Springs.”
Which government?
“I wonder if any of my idiot relatives have sent in their DNA.”
If you are like many of us, there could be thousands of relatives you don’t know, who have sent in their DNA.
I have just under 30K so called relatives, which I have no idea, who they were/are.
Before I got back into Ancestor.com, I asked siblings, cousins and my descendants if they minded. Everyone said no.
Now, I average 8 or above so called new positive relatives at a minimum per day, sometime 20 to 30 plus.
You must have some money.
Where was Lt Joe Kenda???!!!
I’m trying to find out more on the man. What did he do for a living?
I assume he didn’t turn into a serial killer, but he had to live with the fact for 30+ years.
Did he stay a loner or raise a family?
Just curious.
I’m trying to find out more on the man. What did he do for a living?
I assume he didn’t turn into a serial killer, but he had to live with the fact for 30+ years.
Did he stay a loner or raise a family?
Just curious.
“I’m trying to find out more on the man. What did he do for a living?
I assume he didn’t turn into a serial killer, but he had to live with the fact for 30+ years.
Did he stay a loner or raise a family?
Just curious.”
I did not know him. I would see him tending his immaculate front yard while on a walk. His wife died of cancer late last year and the house has been sold off. I think he was a senior engineer for Centurylink.
FTA: They watched him drink from a fast food cup and then left it at the restaurant.
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Did they assign this story to a 3rd grader? ~~sigh~~
That was my thought. He didn’t solve this one.
Looking at the picture...is that the same guy?
https://coloradosun.com/2019/07/29/colorado-cold-case-michael-whyte-darlene-krashoc/
It’s the same guy. Read down this article and it verifies it.
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