CA CA - Carol Andersen, 16, South Lake Tahoe, 1 July 1979

Carol Andersen was a rising junior in Nevada during the summer of 1979. On June 30th, she left to attend a party despite her mother's wishes. Carol suffered from epilepsy and was rarely allowed to go out. The night she left was the last time her family saw her alive. Investigators believe that she hung out with friends at Regan's Beach and later got a ride to a party near the Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort. As people were leaving the party, several of them offered her a ride home but she wanted to stay behind. It is believed that she left the party at 11:30 that night but whether it was on foot or with someone is unknown.

In the early morning hours of July 1st, she was found dead on the side of the road. She was located four miles from the party and had been strangled to death. It's unknown if she was picked up by someone she knew or if she had been abducted. Her sister believes she was targeted. She's hoping for someone to come forward with information.

New push to solve teen's 1979 cold case murder

El Dorado County investigators believe that on the night of her death, Carol hung out with friends at Regan's Beach on the banks of Lake Tahoe, before catching a ride to the party on Regina Road, near the Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort. Later in the evening, several people offered her a ride home, but she turned them down, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office.

Investigators say she left the party around 11:30 that night, but it's not clear whether she left on foot or got a ride. What happened next remains a mystery. Just a few hours later, in the early morning hours of July 1, 1979, Carol was discovered dead along the side of the road about four miles away. Investigators say she had been strangled.

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The murder was devastating to her family, said Andersen, who was seven at the time. Their mother Delorse died about a year later, without knowing who killed her daughter. Though it's been decades since her sister's murder, Andersen is convinced that someone knows something, and she's asking anyone with information to come forward.

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JusticeWillBeServed said:

Carol Andersen was a rising junior in Nevada during the summer of 1979. On June 30th, she left to attend a party despite her mother's wishes. Carol suffered from epilepsy and was rarely allowed to go out. The night she left was the last time her family saw her alive. Investigators believe that she hung out with friends at Regan's Beach and later got a ride to a party near the Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort. As people were leaving the party, several of them offered her a ride home but she wanted to stay behind. It is believed that she left the party at 11:30 that night but whether it was on foot or with someone is unknown.

In the early morning hours of July 1st, she was found dead on the side of the road. She was located four miles from the party and had been strangled to death. It's unknown if she was picked up by someone she knew or if she had been abducted. Her sister believes she was targeted. She's hoping for someone to come forward with information.

New push to solve teen's 1979 cold case murder





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Is there a photograph of her? I lived in Tahoe during this time , doubt I know anything but a photo might be helpful!

tahoetess said:

Is there a photograph of her? I lived in Tahoe during this time , doubt I know anything but a photo might be helpful!

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Unfortunately, I couldn't find one. Most of the links on her case only included a picture of her headstone.

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Two unsolved murders in the 1970s now linked to one suspect through DNA: Prosecutors

(SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) — Two unsolved murders of young women from the 1970s have now been linked to one suspect through DNA and genetic genealogy, according to Northern California prosecutors.
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Further testing confirmed that the DNA of Joseph Holt — who died in 2014 — matched the DNA found on Rainey’s shirt and Andersen’s body, prosecutors said.

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This is who the match the DNA to for the murder of 16-year-old Carol Andersen and 27 year old Brynn Rainey.
Here is a link to Joseph Holt's obituary:

Joseph Stephen Holt | In El Dorado County

November 8, 1947 -- April 6, 2014
Joseph Stephen Holt

Joseph Stephen Holt age 66, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at his home in South Lake Tahoe.

Joseph was born November 8, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the first child of an airline pilot and high school teacher. After several moves, the Holt family settled in San Jose, California where Joseph spent most of his youth. Graduating from Cupertino High School, Joseph continued his studies at UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley and received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley.

After moving to South Lake Tahoe in 1974, Joseph began his lifelong career in real estate. Splitting his time between San Jose and Tahoe, Joseph has been buying, selling and managing properties for almost 40 years.

Joseph lived his life to his fullest. He enjoyed skiing, swimming, building and tinkering around his garage. He spent many special hours with his family, who will miss him greatly.

There will be a memorial held for Joseph in South Lake Tahoe at the Fresh Ketch Restaurant on Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 12-3 pm to celebrate the life that was cut short too early. Family and friends are invited to attend. Please feel free to contact the family for any further details.

This is the image from his obituary.
Joseph Stephen Holt | In El Dorado County

Investigators solve cold case murders of woman and teen girl from the 1970s | Daily Mail Online

• Joseph Holt, who died in 2014, was identified as killer in two unsolved murders
• Brynn Rainey, 27, was killed in 1977 in South Lake Tahoe, California
• Carol Andersen, 16, was found strangled by a nearby roadside in 1979
• Investigators used familial DNA to identify Holt as the killer of both women
• Holt is also suspected in a non-fatal burglary shooting in Los Gatos in 1975

Young women murdered decades ago may finally find justice through new controversial DNA tool
Six murder victims, and the genetic genealogy used this year to ID suspects.

Mar 2, 2019

"...In the first two months of 2019, suspects -- some of whom have already died -- were identified in at least six previously unsolved killings of young women and girls across the U.S. through the new, but controversial, technique.

Genetic genealogy takes an unknown killer's DNA from a crime scene and identifies the suspect through his or her family members, who voluntarily submit their DNA to genealogy databases. This allows police to create a much larger family tree than using regular law enforcement databases, in which an exact match to the suspect is needed in most states, according to CeCe Moore, chief genetic genealogist with Parabon NanoLabs, which has worked on the majority of the cases....

The growing number of arrests caught the attention of Charles Sydnor, a Democratic member of Maryland's House of Delegates, who has introduced a bill in an effort to prevent genealogy databases searches for identifying suspects through family member's DNA.

For Sydnor, it comes down to constitutionality.

"I was elected and one of my jobs is to ensure the government follows the constitution," Sydnor told ABC News Friday. "Our committee will be looking at this issue this summer."

House Bill 30, introduced by Sydnor in January, says, "Each DNA record of identification characteristics that results from DNA testing under this subtitle shall be stored and maintained only by the Crime Laboratory in the statewide DNA data base system, except as necessary to participate in CODIS [the law enforcement database]."

"A person may not perform a search of the statewide DNA data base or any other DNA or genealogical database for the purpose of identification of an offender in connection with a crime for which the offender may be a biological relative of the individual from whom the DNA sample was acquired," the bill said....."

Young women murdered decades ago may finally find justice through new controversial DNA tool


([El Dorado County District Attorney] Detectives have identified a suspect in the deaths of Carol Andersen, killed in 1979 and Brynn Rainey, right, killed in 1977.)

So he did not confess towards the end which tells me no remorse and basically he died thinking he got away with it...