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 ...

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 ...

Authorities in Santa Cruz County have identified a man who ... of a homicide and she was later identified as 25-year-old Karen Percifield. While detectives collected forensic evidence at the ...

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 ...

While Sommerhalder was not held accountable for the murder, Santa Cruz law enforcement officials said they were proud to give the family of Karen Percifield this bit of closure. “No matter how ...

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 ...

The backstory: Santa Cruz sheriff's deputies responded to Aptos Village Park on May 28, 1976, over reports of a dead woman. There, the body of 25-year-old Karen Percifield was found. Officials ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — Advances in DNA technology helped solve a murder mystery dating back almost five decades in Santa Cruz County. The victim, 25-year-old Karen Percifield, was found ...