An Indiana girl’s 50-year-old homicide case is lastly getting solutions.
5 a long time after she was discovered lifeless in a ditch on the facet of a highway together with her 3-year-old daughter unhurt by her facet, Phyllis Bailer‘s killer has been recognized by authorities.
Forensic genetic family tree has led officers to find out Fred Allen Lienemann was the 26-year-old mother’s assailant, the Indiana State Police shared in an April 16 press launch.
Lienemann’s DNA was discovered on Bailer’s clothes, per police. He would have been 25 on the time of her 1972 homicide, which occurred whereas she was touring in her dad and mom’ automotive from Indianapolis to Bluffton, I.N., together with her 3-year-old daughter, per the discharge.
“Lienemann had no identified connections to Phyllis Bailer,” officers continued of the Michigan-born man within the launch, “however had a major felony historical past.”
And whereas authorities are assured that the DNA testing has led them to the proper killer, the Indiana State Police famous that they’re unable to convict Lienemann, who sexually assaulted Bailer earlier than fatally taking pictures her and leaving her on the facet of the highway, in accordance with an post-mortem obtained by the division.
