DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police
Authorities have made an arrest in a 40-year-old cold case involving the murder of Roberta Walls. Charles Berry, 66, was taken into custody in connection with the 1986 crime and is awaiting extradition. The case was reopened after DNA evidence linked Berry to the crime scene.
- ▪Roberta Walls was murdered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on May 15, 1986.
- ▪Charles Berry, 66, was arrested in Newington, Connecticut, and is being held on $2 million bail.
- ▪Walls was found with multiple stab wounds and signs of sexual assault.
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True Crime DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police Charles Berry, 66, was indicted by a grand jury and is being held on $2M bail as he awaits extradition to Virginia Beach By Julia Bonavita Fox News Published May 20, 2026 3:28pm EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Illinois detectives use podcast to solve 42-year-old cold case 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.
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