Gerard Schaefer News Today

Well, your first book had just come out and you signed my copy. Yeah, i kind of had a thing for you. [chuckles] [laughs] come on. You were a star. No one in the bureau had made inroads into publishing and consulting like you had. Your hair was lighter and a big longer then, wasnt it . Talk about a good memory. No. I dont remember you. Oh. But that would explain the hair that you claim to have found in that storage unit. The hair was a keepsake, im guessing . You he on to it as a vestige of the f...

Gerard Schaefer, a former Florida police officer, eluded capture for years, with investigators believing he is responsible for the deaths of up to 30 young women, including two teens aged 16 and 17.

PBSOs cold-case unit has nearly 500 cases it is monitoring. DNA tests already have led to several breakthroughs and arrests.

The remains of a teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology. She may have been killed by a serial killer.

Scientists used that DNA profile to identify Pooles mother and siblings. Pooles mother is still alive and in her 90s.

Genetic genealogy was used to identify skeletal remains as those of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Florida in 1972. The authorities believe she was the victim of an ex-police officer convicted in 1973 of two murders.

Susan Poole, 15, was a high school dropout whose family reported her missing just before Christmas in 1972. A year and a half later, skeletal remains were found in Palm Beach.

In 1974, the remains of a teenage girl were found in Florida's Palm Beach County. Nearly five decades later, she finally has a name: Authorities have identified her as Susan...

Susan Poole was reported missing in 1972. Her remains were discovered "tied up in the mangroves with wire to a tree" in a remote area in June 1974, officials said.

Officials believe she may have been a victim of a serial killer.