COLD CASE SOLVED: Fingerprint on 8-Year-Old's Purse Finally Nails Cop for 65-Year Murder...

Chicago detectives used fingerprint evidence to solve a 1960 child murder case, but the breakthrough has raised concerns among former investigators that the detective involved may be connected to other killings. The case highlights how cold-case investigations can sometimes reveal troubling patterns when old forensic techniques are applied to decades-old evidence, and authorities worry that clearance of one historical homicide might be the first of several if connections emerge between this detective and other unsolved child deaths from that era.