GUILTY TX - Carla Walker, 17, abducted, raped and strangled, Fort Worth, 17 Feb 1974 *Arrest in 2020*

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Wednesday, October 14th:
*Motions Hearing (re Bond) (@ 11am CT) - TX – Carla Jan Walker (17) (missing Feb. 17, 1974, Fort Worth, found Feb. 20, 1974 near Lake Benbrook, stuffed in an enclosed cement culvert) - *Glen Samuel McCurley (31 @ time of crime/77) arrested & charged (9/21/20) with capital murder. $100K bond. (another article says $500K bond). Confessed to crime.
DNA-genetic profile match. DNA evidence recovered from clothing and a bra worn by Walker on the night she was killed was sent to Othram, a private lab in The Woodlands which uncovers genetic identities "through DNA, rootless hair and decades-old bones" and were able to develop a full DNA profile of a potential suspect.
Was abducted on the night of Feb. 17, 1974, outside a west side Fort Worth bowling alley. She was dragged from the front seat of her boyfriend’s car by an unknown adult male, who hit the boyfriend over the head with a pistol, knocking him cold. When the boyfriend awoke, Walker was gone. He drove several blocks to Walker’s home to report the abduction. Walker’s body was found 3 days later in a culvert near Benbrook Lake. Police say she was beaten, raped & strangled, tortured alive for two days after her disappearance. Then there was a puzzling discovery. The medical examiner ruled that the killer injected her with morphine.

10/12/20 Update: Motions for bond increase hearing on 10/14/20.
 
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In today's Bond Hearing: Judge Elizabeth H. Beach, Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 1 has raised the bond amount to $500,000 for Glen Samuel McCurley.
 
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Anything on the next court hearing? @Turtletxn ? TIA!
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@Turtletxn - just going thru some cases - and wondering if there might be a court date yet?

TIA!
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@Turtletxn - just going thru some cases - and wondering if there might be a court date yet?

TIA!
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@Niner - Tarrant County, TX is not setting any court dates until after December 1st at the very earliest. I would be surprised if there is a court date this year.
 
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@Niner - Tarrant County, TX is not setting any court dates until after December 1st at the very earliest. I would be surprised if there is a court date this year.

Thank you for checking! I'll check back in a few weeks - maybe they'll have "something"! :)
 
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NOV 11, 2020
77-Year-Old Suspect Indicted in 1974 Cold Case Murder of Carla Walker
A Tarrant County Grand Jury has indicted a 77-year-old man in connection with a cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century.

Glen Samuel McCurley was indicted on a charge of capital murder for his role in the death of Carla Jan Walker, a 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior who was kidnapped and murdered in 1974.

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Thank you for posting so quickly!
@Niner check it out!
 
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Thank you for posting so quickly!
@Niner check it out!

And here I thought there would be a court date for him in the article.... not... :( But thank you for bringing to my attention! :)
 
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The arrest elated Carla’s brother, Fox 4 reported.

"The feeling I had when I was notified, the word that came across my brain was finally, finally,” Jim Walker told the station “After 46 years, seven months and five days, we have a name a face and we’re moving toward complete resolution."
Texas girl's 1974 cold case involving torture, murder leads to indictment
 
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@Turtletxn - no access for today - was wondering if you can find the next court date? Last one was on 10/14/20.

TIA!
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@Turtletxn - another case in Tarrant County!

TIA!
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Happy New Year! Tarrant Co Criminal Court shows no date scheduled for McCurley as of today. McCurley remains in custody on $500,000 bond at the Lon Evans Correction Center. @Niner
 
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