Indiana State Police Identify Killer in 30-Year-Old Cold Case: The Murder of Angela Saco
After nearly thirty years, the Indiana State Police used forensic genetic genealogy to identify the killer of Angela Saco, a young mother murdered in 1997. Although investigators originally interviewed scores of people, the case remained cold until DNA technology linked the crime scene evidence to Stephen L. Shlater. Shlater, a local man with a prior federal conviction, died in 2021, meaning he can no longer face criminal prosecution for the fatal stabbing. This breakthrough offers a degree of closure to Saco’s family, who long sought answers regarding her disappearance from a Fort Wayne…
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