While he was not held accountable for this tragic murder, we are proud to give the family of Karen Percifield this bit of ...

Authorities in Santa Cruz County have identified a man who was a person of interest in a 1976 homicide near Aptos Village Park as the suspect in that murder.

"A bittersweet justice." DNA technology continues to crack decades-old crime mysteries like the 1976 murder of Karen ...

APTOS — After remaining unsolved for nearly 50 years, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified 25-year-old Karen ...

A Santa Cruz family is receiving closure after authorities officially named a suspect in a woman's murder in 1976 on Thursday ...

Richard Sommerhalder, convicted of two murders in the 1970s, has been identified as the killer of Karen Percifield in 1976. Advanced DNA testing by Othram linked Sommerhalder to Percifield's death ...

A man convicted for two murders in Santa Cruz County in 1976 has now been linked to another murder from that year almost 50 years later.

Advances in DNA technology helped solve a murder mystery dating back almost five decades in Santa Cruz County. The victim, 25-year-old Karen Percifield, was found ...

Karen Percifield was found dead near Aptos Village Park on May 28, 1976, Santa Cruz County deputies said. Photo from Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Nearly five decades after a 25-year-old ...