20-Year-Old College Student and Genealogy Expert Helps Crack 58-Year-Old Cold Case in Pennsylvania
Marise Chiverella was 9 years old when she was kidnapped on her way to school in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1964.
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Marise Chiverella was 9 years old when she was kidnapped on her way to school in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1964.
New technology and the help of a volunteer college student help solve what is believed to be the fourth-oldest cold case in the U.S. using genetic genealogy.
Nearly 58 years ago, Marise Chiverella was murdered and her body left in a hole in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. She was only 9 years old.
Police in Luzurne County solved a nearly 60-year-old cold case with the help of DNA evidence and a college volunteer genealogist. Marise Ann Chiverella, 9, was kidnapped, raped and murdered in 1964. Police identified her killer as James Paul Forte. This was the oldest cold case in Pennsylvania solved with DNA evidence.
"Justice has been served today," Marise Ann Chiverella's sister said.