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Murder of Carla Walker

The murder of Carla Jan Walker is a former cold homicide case that occurred in Fort Worth, Texas. On February 17, 1974, 17-year-old Carla Walker was abducted from a bowling alley parking lot in Fort Worth, Texas. Her body was found three days later in a drainage ditch 30 minutes south of Fort Worth. Walker had been beaten, tortured, raped, and strangled to death.

The murder remained a cold case for 46 years until September 2020, when DNA evidence recovered from Walker's clothing was sent to Othram Inc., who specialize in degraded DNA samples; the Oxygen network paid for the testing. The DNA matched with Samuel McCurley, who was arrested for the murder of Carla Walker. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He died in July 2023. Provided by Wikipedia