"46-Year-Old 'Slasher' Cold Case Solved by Indianapolis Police"

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police identified Thomas Edward Williams, known as the 'Slasher,' as the suspect behind a nearly 50-year-old cold case involving the abduction and brutal attack of three young girls. Williams, who died in 1983, was linked to the crime through DNA evidence. The girls were hitchhiking when they were picked up by the suspect, driven to a cornfield, and left for dead after being raped and stabbed. The case had gone cold for decades, but recent advancements in DNA technology led to the breakthrough.