Ralston was found dead in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle on Feb. 1, 1977, in San Jose, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Her body was found in the carport area of ...

Prosecutors in California used new fingerprint and DNA evidence to arrest Willie Sims in connection to the 1977 killing of ...

Law enforcement in California and Ashtabula County, Ohio, announced they’ve made an arrest in connection with a 1977 cold ...

Nearly 50 years after 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston was found strangled in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle, an Ohio man ...

Investigators say DNA evidence connected Willie Sims, 69, to the 1977 strangulation death of Jeanette Ralston in San Jose.

A young mother told friends that she’d be “back in 10 minutes.” She never returned, and the police in San Jose have now ...

A DNA match helped lead to the arrest of an Ohio man accused of murdering a California woman almost 50 years ago.

Willie Eugene Sims, 69, of Ohio, was taken into custody this week and charged with murder in the January 1977 slaying of 24-year-old Jeanette Ralston, Santa Clara county prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Justice is inching closer Tuesday for the son of a woman who was found strangled to death decades ago in California.

Willie Sims, a 69-year-old former Army private now living in Jefferson, Ohio, was identified as the suspect who allegedly strangled Jeanette Ralston to death with a long-sleeved shirt in early ...