Another cold case resolved with familial DNA research. The news offers very little information about the killer, Paul Jean Chartrand, who died in Arizona in 1995. He had been arrested in Los Angeles the previous year.
DNA Match IDs Killer In 1979 La Jolla Murder: Police
Police finally solve La Jolla murder that occurred in 1979 - On March 21 1979 two young children returned home from school and discovered their mother’s bloody body in the living room of their La Jolla home. The children ran to a neighbor’s house ...
Barbara's death was tragic. She was murdered in her living room, found by her two young sons, when they returned from school.
SDPD haven't shared much information about Chartrand, though it appears he was still an active criminal up until his death. Would be interesting to know if he killed other women. In Barbara's case, it sounds as though he stalked and watched her, waiting until she was home alone to attack.
LA Times reported in 1979 that Barbara was the wife of a prominent UC San Diego medical professor. The family lived in a neighborhood close to UC San Diego and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
22 Mar 1979, 24 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com
I hope this brings some kind of relief to Barbara's family, to finally have some questions answered about her death. Such a horrible thing for her young sons to come home from school to find her that day. I hope they're doing well.
DNA Match IDs Killer In 1979 La Jolla Murder: Police
Police finally solve La Jolla murder that occurred in 1979 - On March 21 1979 two young children returned home from school and discovered their mother’s bloody body in the living room of their La Jolla home. The children ran to a neighbor’s house ...
Barbara's death was tragic. She was murdered in her living room, found by her two young sons, when they returned from school.
SDPD haven't shared much information about Chartrand, though it appears he was still an active criminal up until his death. Would be interesting to know if he killed other women. In Barbara's case, it sounds as though he stalked and watched her, waiting until she was home alone to attack.
LA Times reported in 1979 that Barbara was the wife of a prominent UC San Diego medical professor. The family lived in a neighborhood close to UC San Diego and the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
22 Mar 1979, 24 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com
I hope this brings some kind of relief to Barbara's family, to finally have some questions answered about her death. Such a horrible thing for her young sons to come home from school to find her that day. I hope they're doing well.
