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Who Killed...?

Delphi & Kathy Halle Cold Case

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Who Killed...?, I look into recent developments in notable cases, including the Amy Mihaljevic investigation, the Delphi trial, and an update on serial killer Bruce Lindahl. I discuss the questionable article from the Advertiser Tribune suggesting a suspect may be in custody for the Mihaljevic case. I am urging caution, because of the lack of corroboration from other news outlets and the generic nature of the suspect sketch. Kathy Halle disappeared on March 29, 1979, while on her way to pick up her sister from the Northgate Shopping Center. After an extensive search, her body was discovered in the Fox River weeks later. The investigation into her murder was initially conducted as a missing person case but eventually turned into a homicide investigation. Despite the efforts of law enforcement, the case went cold, and no new evidence emerged for many years. The investigation employed advanced DNA technology, specifically the MVAC (Multi-Vacuum DNA Collection System), designed to extract DNA from older evidence that may be degraded. This technique involves spraying a sterile solution onto evidence and then vacuuming it back up, allowing for a more thorough collection of DNA than traditional swabbing methods. In June 2023, detectives delivered evidence from Halle's case to DNA Labs International in Florida, where testing revealed that the DNA found on her clothing was 9.4 trillion times more likely to have originated from Bruce Lindahl. This conclusive evidence linked him to her murder, providing the closure that had eluded her family for decades. SOURCES: https://apnews.com/article/halle-lindahl-serial-killer-30e08faec8f2113419e769b32d8f4f99 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts,

0:09.0

Presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:14.0

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Who Killed.

0:18.0

I am your host to Bill Huffman, and this is a slow burn media, evergreen

0:21.8

podcasts, and killer podcast production. In this week's episode, we will discuss some of the

0:27.1

events that have occurred over the past week. I want to touch on the Amy Mahalovic story

0:31.9

published in the Advertiser Tribune out of Sundusky, the Delphi trial, and the update on a former case that I

0:41.4

covered that involved serial killer Bruce Lindal. So let me get straight to the article that James

0:47.1

Runner reposted on Twitter with a quote, take it with a grain of salt, but they may have

0:53.7

the Amy Mahalovic suspect in custody, unquote.

0:57.3

So this would obviously be huge news if this were the case.

1:02.1

Since this article was published in the quote, Advertiser Tribune,

1:05.8

and hasn't been picked up by any other outlets,

1:08.8

I am going to have to explain why this is probably a

1:12.6

nothing burger. First of all, there were a lot, and I mean a lot of people interviewed in the

1:18.5

Mahalovic case. They never really had a solid list of suspects, so it's a stretch for this reporter

1:24.1

to make this connection. He actually says in there that he believes that they have one of the suspects in custody.

1:32.3

And again, I really want to emphasize this has not been picked up by anyone else.

1:39.3

Second, the article says that the person in custody looks eerily similar to the suspect sketch.

1:44.6

Okay, so did millions of dudes in 1989.

1:50.0

Chief Spetzel told me the sketch was too generic.

1:53.2

He was very skeptical on releasing it, but again, they didn't have much to go on.

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