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The Fort Worth murder case of Carla Walker takes center stage on Dateline. NBC 5’s Kristi Nelson talks with Josh Mankewicz about how cutting-edge DNA technology and diligent police work helped detectives to the killer of the Western Hills High School student who was kidnapped and murdered decades ago.

An abrupt reversal in a Tarrant County courtroom as the man accused in the 1974 cold case murder of Carla Walker pleads guilty to kidnapping and killing the teenager. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports the announcement came on the third day of the capital murder trial.

The man accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Walker in 1974 waived his right to a jury trial and changed his plea to guilty Tuesday morning.

The man accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Walker in 1974 waived his right to a jury trial and changed his plea to guilty Tuesday morning.

The man accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Walker in 1974 waived his right to a jury trial and changed his plea to guilty Tuesday morning.

The capital murder trial of Glen Samuel McCurley, the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Jan Walker, entered its second day Monday morning.

The capital murder trial of Glen Samuel McCurley, the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Jan Walker, completed its second day Monday.

The capital murder trial of Glen Samuel McCurley, the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Jan Walker, began Friday morning with opening statements and graphic crime scene images shown to jurors.

The capital murder trial of Glen Samuel McCurley, the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Jan Walker, began Friday morning with opening statements and graphic crime scene images shown to jurors.

The capital murder trial of Glen Samuel McCurley, the man accused in the 1974 kidnapping and murder of 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior Carla Jan Walker, began Friday morning with opening statements and graphic crime scene images shown to jurors.

The 78-year-old man accused of killing Carla Walker in 1974 will spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of her murder and will not face the death penalty, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office says.

A Tarrant County Grand Jury has indicted a 77-year-old man in connection with a cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century.

DNA evidence recovered from clothing and a bra worn by Carla Walker the night she was abducted was sent to a private lab in The Woodlands. NBC 5’s Scott Gordon reports how it used to develop a full DNA profile of a potential suspect.

An arrest has been made in a Fort Worth cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century.

During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, detectives with the Fort Worth Police Department said they believe the assault and murder were random and that Walker and McCurley didn’t know each other. Over the last four decades, police said it appears McCurley had led a relatively normal life, was married and had two children. Police said Tuesday that McCurley is...

Police said Glen Samuel McCurley was in custody Tuesday in connection with the 1974 murder of Carla Walker, who was 17 years old when she was abducted, held captive and eventually murdered.