{"id":19835,"date":"2025-04-18T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:40:16","slug":"cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A suspect has been identified in an Indiana murder that occurred more than half a century ago, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis Bailer, 26, was traveling from Indianapolis to Bluffton, Indiana on the evening of Friday, July 7, 1972, the Indiana State Police <a href=\"https:\/\/view.subscription.in.gov\/?qs=610bce3db77589cb49f09cd87a85875e8956a228efd6f04f1978111d19f4e904e95d4287552c88daed593d80e08b20fbbacc68765ea68e4b6c502756fe0a01e9a71c5c730cea9f8602ae0be6687e6b2e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a news release<\/a>. Bailer had her three-year-old daughter in the car. They were going to visit Bailer&#8217;s parents, police said, but the pair never arrived in Bluffton, and Bailer&#8217;s family called police to report her missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, Bailer&#8217;s car was found in Grant County, Indiana, abandoned with the hood up on the highway, according to police. About an hour later, a woman driving in nearby Allen County found Bailer and her daughter in a ditch on the side of another road. Bailer was dead and her daughter was unharmed, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy determined that Bailer had been fatally shot and sexually assaulted. The Allen County Police and Indiana State Police investigated the case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/b4cb1f8c-d014-4fc1-8f89-f666d9f2aeec\/thumbnail\/1240x1163\/7f6b707eeb5f840db5fa51687cf098fa\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-21-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-21-am.png \" height=\"1163\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Phyllis Bailer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Indiana State Police<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DNA testing was not available in 1972, and did not become more common for law enforcement to use until the early 1990s, the Indiana State Police noted. After the murder, a partial DNA profile was developed from Bailer&#8217;s clothing. The state police did not specify when the DNA profile was created.<\/p>\n<p>That DNA profile was used to eliminate the main suspect in the case. As DNA testing continued to improve, the Indiana State Police&#8217;s Cold Case Team continued to work on the case, authorities said, and in 2024 they developed a &#8220;much stronger DNA profile,&#8221; again from Bailer&#8217;s clothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That DNA profile was taken to Identifiers International, a forensic genealogy company in California. The combined resources of the company and the cold case team were able to identify a suspect in the case in early 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was identified as Fred Allen Lienemann, who would have been 25 at the time of Bailer&#8217;s killing. He was a match for the DNA found on Bailer&#8217;s clothes, the Indiana State Police said. The two had no known connections. Lienemann had a long criminal history, including a charge of first-degree murder in May 1985, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators discovered that Lienemann had been murdered in Detroit in 1985. If he had been alive today, he would have been charged with Bailer&#8217;s murder, the Indiana State Police said, and the case would have been prosecuted by the Allen County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Phyllis Bailer never made it to Bluffton to visit her family,&#8221; Indiana State Police public information officer Sergeant Wes Rowlander <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ISPFortWayne\/status\/1912582909698994307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on social media<\/a>. &#8220;After years of questions, this family finally has answers about what happened to her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry  Breen<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University&#8217;s Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News&#8217; TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cold-case-solved-indiana-phyllis-bailer\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect has been identified in an Indiana murder that occurred more than half a century ago, officials said.\u00a0 Phyllis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[689,790],"class_list":["post-19835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us","tag-cold-case","tag-indiana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\"},\"wordCount\":493,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Cold Case\",\"Indiana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"U.S.\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\",\"name\":\"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1\",\"width\":1160,\"height\":609},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News","description":"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News","og_description":"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road","datePublished":"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/"},"wordCount":493,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1","keywords":["Cold Case","Indiana"],"articleSection":["U.S."],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/","name":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-18T13:40:16+00:00","description":"Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1","width":1160,"height":609},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cold-case-solved-53-years-after-indiana-mom-found-murdered-her-3-year-old-left-unharmed-on-side-of-road\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cold case solved 53 years after Indiana mom found murdered, her 3-year-old left unharmed on side of road"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"A suspect has been identified in an Indiana murder that occurred more than half a century ago, officials said.\u00a0 Phyllis","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["U.S."],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":36,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=1160&resize=1160,609&ssl=1",1160,609,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/18\/51c894b4-d30b-4d56-8631-fe7fa50517af\/thumbnail\/1200x630g8\/cd5ecab281b7b0b75dbf95d1f69191d4\/screenshot-2025-04-18-at-9-00-25-am.png?v=04a4ba26f526ed8207f014fe1018c4aa&w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-33\">U.S.<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}