Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy leads to the ID of a suspect in the 1976 murder of 25-year-old Karen Percifield in Aptos, Calif.

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz.

As her retrial gets underway, accused murderer Karen Read is asking the nation's highest court to overturn two charges that her lawyers say jurors in the first trial agreed to acquit her of.

A Santa Cruz family is receiving closure after authorities officially named a suspect in a woman's murder in 1976 on Thursday ...

And so all of a sudden there's a new road map, new investigative leads that are delivered," Vogen said. The most recent case solved - Karen Percifield. Her sister Annie Goheen told me over the phone ...

The most recent case solved - Karen Percifield. Her sister Annie Goheen told me over the phone her nickname was 'Cookie.' "She was as sweet as she was beautiful," Goheen said. MORE: Cold case ...

It was determined the woman was the victim of a homicide and she was later identified as 25-year-old Karen Percifield. While detectives collected forensic evidence at the time of the initial ...

APTOS — After remaining unsolved for nearly 50 years, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified 25-year-old Karen Percifield’s killer through the use of genetic genealogy and ...