IL IL- Karen Snider, 18, stabbed 120 X across her body as her baby slept, Calumet City, 1966, DNA id suspect - James Barbier, 79, 2024

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79-year-old man charged in 1966 Calumet City cold case in which young mom stabbed 120 times

A 79-year-old man has been charged in a nearly 60-year-old cold case in the south suburbs.

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'MARKHAM, Ill. (WLS) -- A 79-year-old man has been charged in a nearly 60-year-old cold case in the south suburbs.
James Barbier was charged in the death of 18-year-old Karen Snider in 1966 in Calumet City, police said Thursday.'

'Barbier returned to court Thursday, after detectives recently uncovered a DNA match to one of the articles of clothing the victim was wearing when the murder happened.'

''Prosecutors said Snider was stabbed 120 times across her body, while Larson was left unharmed in her bassinet.''

''Larson said Barbier was friends with her parents, and he worked with her father at the railyard.''

"The police noticed at the funeral that he had wounds, so he was on their radar then," Larson said.''

 

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May 2024

 

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Family friend charged with murder in 1966 cold case of Calumet City mother

CALUMET CITY, Ill. — An elderly man has been charged after allegedly stabbing a young mother more than 120 times in Calumet City nearly 60 years ago. James Barbier, 79, was taken into custody by Ca…

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Karen and her husband Paul
''The case became cold and was re-examined again by Calumet City police in Dec. 2022. In the last 16 months, the department said they located and re-interviewed witnesses and analyzed evidence which identified Barbier as a suspect.

He is charged with first-degree murder. During his detention hearing, prosecutors did not seek pre-trial detention — citing his age and medical problems. Barbier will be released Thursday afternoon.''

“My family, on my father’s side, had always said ‘this is the man,'” Paula said.
Barbier’s next court hearing is scheduled for May 21.

 

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Cases like this make me wish DNA technology had been around a lot longer. He lived free way too long.

 

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May 5, 2024
An arrest has been made in a Calumet City murder that had gone unsolved since the 1960s, and prosecutors are offering new details on how the investigation finally yielded a suspect, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.