"Decades-Old Indiana Cold Case Solved: Man Behind 1975 Abduction and Assault Identified"

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives have solved a 48-year cold case involving the abduction and assault of three young girls in 1975. The suspect, Thomas Edward Williams, who died in 1983, was identified through DNA testing and genetic genealogy. The girls were abducted while hitchhiking and were sexually assaulted and stabbed before being left in a cornfield. Despite the long investigation, the case remained unsolved until recent advancements in DNA testing provided a breakthrough.