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DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Detectives Andrew Houghton and Matt Vartanian speak with Fox News Digital about how the Elgin Police Department's podcast, Somebody Knows Something, helped solve the 42-year-long mystery surrounding the disappearance of Karen Schepers. Nearly four decades to the exact date a 22-year-old Virginia woman was murdered, authorities have announced an arrest in the cold case. Charles Berry, 66, of Newington, Connecticut, was taken into custody Monday in connection with the 1986 rape and murder of Roberta Walls, the Newington Police Department said in a statement. The arrest was made in coordination with the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD), which issued an arrest warrant for charges related to the Virginia Beach homicide, police said. The case began on May 15, 1986, when Walls’ body was discovered in a field behind Old Donation Elementary School, acc

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