Murder victim Patricia Carnahan was killed in Sept. 1979 at a South Lake Tahoe campground, but was not identified at the time.
The alleged killer of a woman beaten, strangled and left for dead more than 40 years ago was finally brought to justice this week, prosecutors announced.
Evidence at the Tahoe crime scene was collected, including a rape kit, that provided a DNA sample, prosecutors said.El Dorado County District Attorney/Facebook The DNA from that Washington victim matched up with DNA evidence collected from Carnahan’s death leading to Carpenter, the district attorney’s office said.
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