I-65 serial killer revealed decades after murder and rape spree using DNA technology

The serial killer who allegedly murdered and raped girls alongside the I-65 corridor in the 1980s has been named as Harry Edward Greenwell, authorities explained Tuesday.

Law enforcement officials from various businesses, which includes the FBI and Indiana Condition Police, mentioned they employed “investigative genealogy” to recognize the person.

The “I-65 Killer”, also recognized as the “Days Inn Killer,” is believed to have raped and murdered three feminine motel clerks together Interstate 65 involving Indiana and Kentucky in the late 1980s.

The case had been unsolved for decades. Authorities experienced presently drawn up a composite sketch of the suspect right after yet another likely sufferer escaped and gave them a description of a tall gentleman with greasy grey hair and a lazy environmentally friendly eye.

Mr Greenwell died in 2013. On Tuesday, authorities said they wished they’d been ready to address the circumstance and convey closure to people although he was nonetheless alive and could confront justice.