Oklahoma City police have solved a 48-year-old cold case using forensic genealogy and DNA technology. "I thought it would ...

Oklahoma City police solved a cold case from 1976 using modern DNA technology, identifying a suspect posthumously through the ...

The key to solving Lela Johnston's violent death sat in evidence for nearly 50 years before police had the means to identify ...

Cold Case Unit solved a homicide that happened 48 years ago.According to OKCPD, 68-year-old Lela Johnston was found dead in ...

Oklahoma City police have solved a 48-year-old cold case using forensic genealogy and DNA technology. "I thought it would ...

The Oklahoma City Police Department on Thursday announced a cold case homicide that took place nearly 50 years ago has been ...

For the first time, the Oklahoma City Police Department has solved a case by comparing DNA evidence from the crime scene to ...

According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, on May 14, 1976, the body of 68-year-old Lela Johnston was found by a neighbor in her home in the 3600 block of N Robinson Ave. She had been raped ...

Droke met his own violent end, however. About 13 years after he murdered Lela Johnston, he was shot and killed by his own brother, Edwin. According to news reports at the time, Edwin Droke shot ...

The key to solving Lela Johnston's violent death sat in evidence for nearly 50 years before police had the means to identify her killer. But DNA alone wasn't enough to find out who assaulted and ...

The Oklahoma City Police Department said on May 14, 1976, the body of 68-year-old Lela Johnston was discovered by a neighbor inside her duplex near North Robinson Avenue and Northwest 26th Street.