The Killer Who Thought He'd Never Be Found
The episode chronicles the long-delayed resolution of the 1974 abduction and murder of seventeen-year-old Carla Walker in Fort Worth, Texas. For nearly five decades, the case remained cold despite a massive initial investigation and the discovery of a Ruger .22 pistol magazine at the crime scene. The mystery was finally solved in 2020 when advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy linked a semen sample from the victim’s clothing to Glen McCurley, a local family man who lived nearby. Although McCurley had been briefly questioned in the 1970s, he successfully hid his violent double life until…
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