They were all ruled out as suspects. The arrests were made with assistance by the Great Falls Police Department, the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force and the Cascade County Attorneys Office. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriffs Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18,the Great Falls Tribune reports. (AP) DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriff's office close the books on the 65-year-old cold case, officials said. They did not return to Montana. The test results said Gould was the guy. Investigators found no criminal history for Gould or any other connection to Bogle or Kalitzke, other than he had lived near her family, Kadner said. GREAT FALLS, Mont. Authorities say DNA evidence has tied the deaths to Kenneth Gould, a man who had lived in Alton, Missouri for several decades. Law enforcement did not connect Gould to any other cases or crimes. They were all ruled out as suspects. Officers investigated for years, but they were unable to make an arrest. Bogle, a Texas native, had been assigned to the 29th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Patty Kalitzke, a. Goulds family home at the time of the homicides was a little over a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where Kalitzke lived. His hands had been tied behind his back with his own belt. Criminal justice reporter Traci Rosenbaum reports on law enforcement issues for the Tribune. (Traci Rosenbaum/The Great Falls Tribune via AP), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18, the Great Falls Tribune reports. Gould is accused in two deaths from 1956. Gould was born Aug. 23, 1927,and died May 31, 2007 before investigators connected him to the Kalitzke-Bogle homicide. Even without that complication, Singer explained to NPR, the success rate depends heavily on how well the evidence has been preserved over the years. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Edwards, the subject of a book by former Great Falls Police Detective John Cameron, was linked to "Lover's Lane murders" in Ohio and Wisconsin. Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and her boyfriend Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18,. This is as good as were ever going to get on a case like this, Slaughter said. Three people were found to be genetically compatible, and included in that trio was a link to Gould. Over the next half century, detectives investigated about 35 potential suspects, including James (Whitey) Bulger, the notorious South Boston mobster who was convicted in 2013 of participating in 11 murders. Mr. Gould had no known criminal history, and detectives do not know if he had any relationship with Ms. Kalitzke or Mr. Bogle. The case broke when the 2018 arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., the Golden State Killer, was accomplished through the use of forensic genealogy. Did you encounter any technical issues? Investigators at the Cascade County Sheriffs Office continued working the case and using forensic genetic genealogy have identified the man they believe was the likely perpetrator, though he too is now deceased. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! GREAT FALLS, Mont. In 2001, as a detective, Matteson sent a microscope slide of a vaginal swab gathered from Kalitzke's body to the Montana State Crime Lab for analysis. 2023 Cable News Network. A lot of different people had a turn at this, and we just werent able to take it to conclusion, he said. The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it has closed the file onthe 1956 double homicide of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle, resolving a 65-year-old cold case. He never returned to Montana, even to visit his family, Sergeant Kadner said. As more time went by, about 35 suspects came and went. Bogle's hands were bound behind his back with his own belt. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. What they found was a family tree linking to a man from Great Falls, Montana. We always want to try to figure out what happened, Kadner said. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzke's body on Vineyard Road north of Great Falls. They poured their heart and souls into that case, and it just made you realize how hard investigators had worked, he said. Officers investigated for years, but they were unable to make an arrest. In the following years, law enforcement compared the DNA sample to about 35 other men, including gangster James Joseph Whitey Bulger Jr. The Kalitzke/Bogle case is one of the oldest criminal cases that has been solved using forensic genealogy, and authorities are hopeful that they'll be able to use this ever-advancing technology to solve cold cases dating back even further although new state legislation restricting forensic genealogy could complicate matters. Investigators poured their heart and soul into this case. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 [] Detective Sgt. The investigations were a follow-up to a sting operation during the Montana State Fair this summer. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. Jon Kadner, who took the case over in 2012, said it was the oldest case he could find nationwide to be solved using forensic genealogy. After forensic genealogy was used to finally nab the Golden State Killer the year prior, law enforcement officials were becoming increasingly aware of the potential to use that technology to solve cold cases even decades-old cases like Kalitzke and Bogle's. His family lived in the Montana communities of Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. Respondents. "I think it opens a whole new door for working old cold cases, and also just goes to show how important the initial evidence gathering is in all these cases.". Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18, the Great Falls Tribune reports. He began working with BODE Technology to generate a new DNA sample from the original sample and in 2019, a sample was successfully created, he said. After the murders, Gould sold his property near the town of Tracy. How 'genetic genealogy' uncovered an Indiana killer. . He was immediately met with the daunting task of digitizing the expansive case file, an endeavor that took months. Kalitzke was a junior at Great Falls High School, and Bogle was an airman at Malmstrom Air Force Base from Waco, Texas. Mr. Bulger, who died in 2018, had lived in Great Falls in the 1950s and had been arrested in a rape there in 1951, Sergeant Kadner said. According to the Great Falls Tribune, Gould was 24when he married 16-year-old Lulubelle Brown in 1952. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzke's body on Vineyard Road north of Great Falls. Kenneth Gould," Kadner . According to his death certificate, Goulddied in Oregon County, Mo. His valuables and money were not stolen, and his car was on and in gear with the emergency brake deployed when his body was found. 2. Gould, born and raised in Great Falls, lived there with his wife and children in 1956, a little over a mile from Kalitzke. Kenneth Gould, who has been identified as the suspect in the 1956 killings of two teenagers in Great Falls, Mont., died in 2007. Armed with this knowledge, Kadner in 2019 sought out the assistance of Bode Technology. Investigators found no criminal history for Gould or any other connection to Bogle or Kalitzke, other than he had lived near her family, Kadner said. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was not interviewed during the murder investigation. The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it has closed the file onthe 1956 double homicide of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle, resolving the 65-year-old cold case. John M. Butler, an expert on forensic genetics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said while he was not aware of any group that officially tracks cold cases, Certainly, 1956 is the oldest that I have heard about up to this point.. It was later determined that Gould and Kalitzke grew up near each other. Montana woman who killed ex-husband after she said he attempted rape has charges cleared, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Kadner had to reach out to Goulds children and ask for DNA samples to verify the match. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriffs Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18, the Great Falls Tribune reports. His family lived in the Montana communities of Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. The hope is that they'll be able to provide more families with the answers they deserve and, in many cases, have spent years waiting for. Kadner said most of Kalitzke's and Bogle's family is no longer living, but those he was able to contact were relieved to have closure. In 2019, detectives coordinated with Bode Technology to perform additional testing on the DNA evidence found on Kalitzke's body. It was only three days into 1956 when three boys from Montana, out for a hike on a normal January day, made a gruesome discovery they were unlikely to ever forget. They asked for the family's help in either proving or disproving that Gould was the man responsible and the family complied. United States. Investigators could not uncover any connection between him and the victims. James J. The investigation involved painstaking research into a long-ago crime that had once generated national media attention. During a June 8 presentation, Kadner said that a sperm cell had been recovered from Kalitzkes body from a vaginal slide during autopsy and preserved. Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle. It had been theorized that the murders were committed byEdward Wayne Edwards, who was convicted of similar double murders in Ohio and Wisconsin, but DNA evidence has proved that Edwards was not the killer, according to the Cascade County Sheriffs Office. Even though he knew all along that the killer was likely to be dead by the time he was found, Kadner said he felt driven to solve the case after reviewing the decades of files pieced together by past detectives. The swab was standard procedure for autopsies in 1956. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle,. It was the first high-profile case to be cracked with genetic genealogy. He would have been about 29 when the murders occurred. A lot of different people had a turn at this, and we just werent able to take it to conclusion, he said. You had two young, vibrant individuals that were well-liked among their peer group, he said. After the murders, Gould sold his property near the town of Tracy. hide caption. On Jan.3, 1956,three boys hiking along Sun River near Wadsworth Park discovered Bogle, 18, dead near his car. Funeral Home Services for Chad are being provided by Schnider Funeral Home. On the evening of January 2nd, Kalitzke, who was a junior at Great Falls High School, and Bogle, a Malmstrom airman, ventured to a spot west of Great Falls near Wadsworth Park along the Sun River. "You had two young, vibrant individuals that were well-liked among their peer groupinvestigators poured their heart and soul into this case. He died in 2007 and was cremated, Sgt. Chad Gould passed away on September 18, 2019 at the age of 48 in Great Falls, Montana. Officers kept working the case because of the circumstances, Kadner said. 05 Jul 1984, Thu Page 42. The case went cold for decades until 2001, when then-Detective Phil Matteson sent the slide of a vaginal swab gathered from Kalitzkes body to the Montana State Crime Lab for analysis. It was the first time that Sergeant Kadner, who is 40 and grew up in small-town Iowa, had heard of Duane Bogle and Patricia Kalitzke, teenage sweethearts who had been fatally shot in January 1956, more than two decades before he was born, presumably after they drove to an area in Great Falls, Mont., known as a lovers lane. Great Falls - Carol Lou Gould, 80, of Great Falls, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 13, 2020. She had been shot in the head, just as Bogle had been, but she had also been sexually assaulted. Jon Kadner, who took over the case in 2012, said Tuesday it was the oldest case he could find nationwide that has been solved using forensic genealogy, which searches commercial DNA databases to find familial matches to the DNA of a crime suspect. The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced 10 arrests made in the month of September for prostitution in association with sex trafficking investigations. Now, the sheriff's office is considering forming a cold case task force, as other law enforcement agencies have done. Jon Kadner, who took the case over in 2012, said it was the oldest case he could find nationwide to be solved using forensic genealogy. At the time of the murders, Gould lived about a mile from Patty and worked corralling horses just blocks from her residence on the southwest side of Great Falls. After the murders, Gould sold his property near the town of Tracy. "I think if you just look at the circumstances," Kadner said. 57 Indigenous people are missing in Montana alone. An emerging forensic science called "genetic genealogy" helps Terre Haute police solve a cold case nearly 50 years later. 65 years later modern-day genetic technology was used to link Kenneth Gould, a horse-trainer who died in 2007, to the murders. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! . Born on Oct. 18, 1938, he was a lifelong resident of New. The investigation revealed semen in her body, indicating she had been raped. Both were shot in the head. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. According to the Great Falls Tribune, Gould was 24when he married 16-year-old Lulubelle Brown in 1952. All rights reserved. The case broke when the 2018 arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., the Golden State Killer, was accomplished through the use of forensic genealogy. DNA did not match. GREGORY M. GOULD and AIMEE V. HACHIGIAN-GOULD. Investigators have determined that the killer was Kenneth Gould, a Great Falls native who grew up near one of the victims. They did not return to Montana. "Give them some closure.". 0:32. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said that Gould is the most likely suspect but they cant say hes guilty since hes deceased as are many other people associated with the case at the time. When Matteson retired, he said he didnt believe the case would be solved. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. During interviews, family members said they had no idea of any criminal behavior on his part. During Kalitzke's autopsy in 1956, coroners had taken a vaginal swab, which had been preserved on a microscopic slide in the years since, according to the Great Falls Tribune report. 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