When confronted with the evidence, 84-year-old Jon K. Miller confirmed his involvement with Mary K. Schlais' homicide 50 years ago.

A 84-year-old man has been arrested for a cold case murder from 50 years ago after he was linked to the case with genetic genealogy, authorities said.

Jon Keith Miller, 84, was charged with killing Mary Schlais as the 25-year-old hitchhiked to a Chicago art show in 1974 after DNA from a hat he left at the scene led investigators to the alleged ...

The cold case killing of a Wisconsin hitchhiker has been solved 50 years later thanks to a DNA breakthrough from evidence pulled from a hat that the accused killer left behind at the scene. Jon ...

An arrest has been made in a 50-year-old murder case thanks to the diligent work of some New Jersey college students.

The 1978 cold case murder of California high school teacher Diane Peterson, who was stabbed to death, has been solved this year, officials confirmed.

An 84-year-old man, Jon K. Miller, was arrested for the 1974 murder of Mary K. Schlais in Dunn County after investigative genetic genealogy identified a viable suspect.

Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.

Bygd called the arrest “a huge victory for our agency,” explaining how decades of officers assigned to the cold case routinely came up empty-handed — and that without Ramapo College’s help ...

An 84-year-old man has been arrested for a Dunn County cold case murder. Dunn County Sheriff’s Office investigators said Friday the department found new leads which led to an arrest for a 1974 ...