DNA identifies 1974 remains that may link to serial killer

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The remains of a teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology, and detectives believe she may have been slain by a police officer who was also a serial killer.

Susan Poole, 15, was a high school dropout whose family reported her missing just before Christmas in 1972. She had been living between the family's home in a trailer park near Fort Lauderdale and with a friend in a nearby apartment, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Detective William Springer said during a news conference Thursday.

"She was tied up in the mangroves with wire to a tree," Springer said. "She was skeletal remains, totally nothing left of her except bones." Then, in December, Othram, a Texas-based forensics lab that builds DNA profiles using genealogy, contacted the sheriff's office and said they may be able to help solve cold cases. In March, the company provided the names of the victim's mother and siblings. Springer said they provided a DNA sample from Poole's mother, who was verified as a match.

Because of the similar way in which those teens were killed, Springer said he believes Schaefer could have been involved in Poole's death. Authorities say Schaefer was implicated in up to 30 deaths.

 

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