An Indiana lady’s 50-year-old homicide case is lastly getting solutions.
5 many years after she was discovered useless in a ditch on the aspect of a highway together with her 3-year-old daughter unhurt by her aspect, Phyllis Bailer‘s killer has been recognized by authorities.
Forensic genetic family tree has led officers to find out Fred Allen Lienemann was the 26-year-old mother’s assailant, the Indiana State Police shared in an April 16 press launch.
Lienemann’s DNA was discovered on Bailer’s clothes, per police. He would have been 25 on the time of her 1972 homicide, which occurred whereas she was touring in her dad and mom’ automobile from Indianapolis to Bluffton, I.N., together with her 3-year-old daughter, per the discharge.
“Lienemann had no recognized connections to Phyllis Bailer,” officers continued of the Michigan-born man within the launch, “however had a big felony historical past.”
And whereas authorities are assured that the DNA testing has led them to the proper killer, the Indiana State Police famous that they’re unable to convict Lienemann, who sexually assaulted Bailer earlier than fatally capturing her and leaving her on the aspect of the highway, based on an post-mortem obtained by the division.
