Suspected serial killer Bruce Lindahl is linked to an unsolved case from North Aurora, Illinois in 1979

CHICAGO (CBS) – Police suspect Bruce Lindahl was a serial killer who was single-minded predominantly female victims in Chicago’s western suburbs in the 1970s – and now they say they have linked Lindahl to another victim.

Police promised to provide answers to the families of Lindahl’s alleged victims. The most recent murder they believe they solved was 45 years ago, in 1979.

The body of 19-year-old Kathy Halle was discovered on April 24, 1979, in the Fox River south of the I-88 bridge in North Aurora. She was missing for almost a month.

Her body was found by a boy while fishing near her home. Now the authorities are linking the murder to Lindahl.

Investigators with the Lisle Police Department told CBS News Chicago back in 2020 that they were determined to link the deaths of several women to Lindahl — who police say killed himself in 1981 while killing another victim, Charles Huber.

Lindahl is also linked to the 1976 murder of Pamela Maurer, a 16-year-old girl who left her home to get a soft drink. The next morning her body was found on College Road in Lisle – she had been strangled and sexually assaulted.

In 2020, police exhumed Lindahl’s body and used DNA to solve the Maurer case. Now Halle is the latest victim to be linked to Lindahl.

North Aurora police and the Kane County District Attorney’s Office will hold a media briefing on the Maurer case on Wednesday, where more details are expected to be released. It is known that DNA was used to solve the terrible mystery.