After remaining unsolved for nearly five decades, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified 25-year-old Karen ...

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.

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

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

Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy leads to the ID of a suspect in the 1976 murder of 25-year-old Karen ...

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.

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 ...