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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Genetic Genealogy Identifies Suspect In 40-Year-Old Arizona Cold Case Murder

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. Police arrested a man in Arizona four

0:35.2

decades after a cold case murder and sexual assault of two teenagers in Northern California.

0:40.4

Back on December 19, 1984, 18-year-olds, Terence Arndt and an unnamed girl were parked near Ashaston County High School when a man pulled up to the vehicle.

0:48.8

Police say Arndt tried to protect the female but was shot in the head.

0:51.9

Female victim was then assaulted and left for dead.

0:55.0

After the suspect left the scene, police say she drove Arndt's car for help, eventually able to reach police.

1:00.0

Arndt, though, was taken to the hospital where he died.

1:02.0

The case remained unsolved for over 40 years until it was revisited last year using genetic genealogy.

1:08.0

That led police to a suspect identified as Roger Ne Neil Schmidt Sr. He's 64 years old now

1:13.4

and living in Tucson, Arizona, and would have been 23 at the time of the crime and lived in Bernie, California.

1:18.9

Schmidt was arrested earlier this month and charged with murder and sexual assault. There's more on

1:22.8

this story at Fox News.com or subscribe to the Fox True Crime Podcast. I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute.

1:30.0

Hey, I'm Trey Gowdy host of the Trey Gatti podcast.

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I hope you will join me every Tuesday and Thursday

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