After remaining unsolved for nearly five decades, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified 25-year-old Karen ...

"A bittersweet justice." DNA technology continues to crack decades-old crime mysteries like the 1976 murder of Karen ...

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.

Authorities in Santa Cruz County have identified a man who was a person of interest in a 1976 homicide near Aptos Village ...

While he was not held accountable for this tragic murder, we are proud to give the family of Karen Percifield this bit of ...

APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV) -- After nearly 50 years, the murder of Karen Percifield of Aptos has been solved. Santa Cruz Sheriff ...

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. In May 1976, Karen Percifield, 25, was in California ...

A man convicted for two murders in Santa Cruz County in 1976 has now been linked to another murder from that year almost 50 ...

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 ...

Karen Percifield was found dead near Aptos Village Park on May 28, 1976, Santa Cruz County deputies said. Photo from Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Nearly five decades after a 25-year-old ...