Breakthroughs in DNA technology continue to bring resolution to decades-old cases once considered unsolvable. Techniques like ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Santa Cruz police are investigating after a body was found on a beach on Friday afternoon. Santa Cruz officials said they were notified about the body on West Cliff Drive near ...

Back in 1976, 25 year old Karen Percifield made a trip to Santa Cruz to see relatives. Following a heated family argument, she stormed off to a local bar and vanished, only to be found dead days ...

A new so-called “soda tax” that was approved by voters in the city of Santa Cruz went into effect on Thursday, the first tax of its kind to be passed in California since a ban was signed by ...

The Santa Cruz River used to be the source of life across southern Arizona. For thousands of years, it fed farms, supported wildlife, and gave water to Native communities. Beginning in the San ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The most recent case solved - Karen Percifield. Her sister Annie Goheen ... Authorities say she was stabbed to death. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's office said Richard Sommerhalder was a suspect ...