The parents, Western Santa Cruz tortoises ... to be around 100 years old. Additionally, the female named Mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable of her species in the Survival ...

A notorious California killer has been named as a suspect in the 1976 murder of a woman in Aptos, the small seaside town bordering Santa Cruz.

A Santa Cruz family is receiving closure after authorities officially named a suspect in a woman's murder in 1976 on Thursday ...

In 1999, the City Council voted to name the alley behind Frazier Lewis’ downtown confectionery: “Candy Bar Lane” (running ...

Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy leads to the ID of a suspect in the 1976 murder of 25-year-old Karen Percifield in Aptos, Calif.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A 13-year-old girl who was found dead along a ... along a river flowing next to Highway 129. Her estimated date of death was between 1977 and 1984.

Detectives with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office apprehended 67-year-old Kevin Hurley of Aptos on March 21. Hurley was arrested on several sex-related charges including lewd and lascivious ...

Laura O’Malley, who was raised in Queens, was first reported missing in New York in August 1975, according to a press release ...

Richard Sommerhalder was initially named as a person of interest in the death of 25-year-old Karen ... by Santa Cruz County deputies on May 28, 1976, near Aptos Village Park, and her death quickly ...

Santa Cruz sheriff's deputies responded to Aptos Village Park on May 28, 1976, over reports of a dead woman. There, the body of 25-year-old Karen Percifield was found. Officials ruled her death ...