May 22—WASHINGTON U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Peter Welch (D-VT) on Thursday introduced the Carla Walker Act, which would dedicate existing federal grant funds to support forensic genetic ...

The man who in 1974 murdered 17-year-old Carla Walker in Fort Worth died in prison in July after less than three years of incarceration, but detectives aren’t done investigating if and how he may be ...

BENBROOK, Texas — Jim Walker is preparing to celebrate his 50th Christmas without his sister, Carla. She was just 17 years old in 1974 when she was abducted, raped and strangled to death. “I loved her ...

A backlog of over 1,000 unsolved cold cases sits in the Fort Worth Police Department's Cold Case Unit. Now, a proposed bipartisan bill could help provide the funding needed to solve these cases and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Every year on Valentine's Day week, the pain and anguish of a decades-old mystery resurfaces for Jim Walker and his family. In February of 1974, his 17-year-old sister, Carla ...

TEXAS – On Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined forensic DNA experts, law enforcement leaders, and the brother of murder victim Carla Walker for a roundtable at Othram Inc. to discuss his ...

Joined by forensic science experts, law enforcement, and family members of crime victims, Sen. John Cornyn announced new proposed legislation, the Carla Walker Act, at the University of North Texas ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jim Walker’s sight may be failing him, but he can see clearly. He sees how long-unsolved murder cases, like his sister’s once was, can be solved. “This technology is also a very ...