La Porte County Sheriff's Office identifies Carl David Phillips as killer in 1981 murder of Juanita Boyd

The La Porte County Sheriff's Office has identified Carl David Phillips as the killer in the 1981 cold case murder of 31-year-old Juanita Boyd. Investigators used advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy to link Phillips, who died in 2017, to the crime scene. The evidence definitively cleared Boyd's former boyfriend, who had been a primary suspect for decades. The case was officially closed following years of investigative work by local and state authorities.