In 1974, Carla Walker was taken from a Fort Worth parking lot, leaving behind a 46-year mystery that haunted Tarrant County for generations. This true crime podcast will tell you how a "failure of technology" was finally overcome by cutting-edge genetic genealogy to identify a killer hiding in plain sight. And you wouldn't believe where he was.
00:00 Introduction: A 46-Year Failure of Technology
00:59 The Shadow over Tarrant County
02:59 Who Was Carla Walker?
05:37 The Night of the Abduction
13:18 Carla is Found
18:59 A Person of Interest Is Questioned
22:30 McCurley's Alibi
24:54 Theories & Urban Legends
25:28 Someone Confesses
27:23 Decades Pass
29:20 Genetic Genealogy
30:54 Trash Collected
32:24 Where Was the Murder Weapon?
32:44 McCurley Arrested
33:56 McCurley Talks to a Radio Station
35:45 The Trial
36:49 The Plea
37:44 The Sentencing
39:00 How You Can Help Solve Cold Cases
39:52 Remembering Carla
Sources
Newspaper Archives from the 1974-2023 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas Court of Appeals Opinion (FindLaw)
🔗 https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/tx-court-of-appeals/2184558.html
NBCDFW – DNA Links McCurley to Carla Walker
🔗 https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-pd-announces-arrest-in-1974-cold-case-murder-of-carla-walker/2448016/
NBCDFW – McCurley Pleads Guilty, Gets Life
🔗 https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-cold-case-victim-carla-walker-in-1974/2726271/
Police1 – How 2 Detectives Solved Cold Case
🔗 https://www.police1.com/investigations/articles/how-2-texas-detectives-made-arrest-in-cold-case-murder-46-years-later-ggXGAUePikjjvnXW/
Othram Labs / DNASolves – Carla Walker Case Summary
🔗 https://dnasolves.com/articles/carla_walker/
Wikipedia – Murder of Carla Walker
🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Carla_Walker
Oxygen – Dateline: Carla Walker Retrospective
🔗 https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-unforgettable/crime-news/texas-teen-carla-walker-abducted-killed-by-glen-mccurley
DNASolves – Main Site
🔗 https://dnasolves.com/
GEDmatch – Genetic Genealogy Database Used in Case
🔗 https://www.gedmatch.com/
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