{"id":39921,"date":"2025-07-24T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dna-leads-to-an-arrest-4-decades-after-murder-sexual-assault-of-teens-in-california\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:32:54","slug":"dna-leads-to-an-arrest-4-decades-after-murder-sexual-assault-of-teens-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dna-leads-to-an-arrest-4-decades-after-murder-sexual-assault-of-teens-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA leads to an arrest 4 decades after murder, sexual assault of teens in California"},"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>Police have made an arrest in Arizona four decades after the cold-case murder and sexual assault of two teenagers who were attacked in a parked car in Northern California, officials said Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On December 19, 1984, the Shasta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office was called to an incident in Burney, California by the California Highway Patrol. They found two 18-year-old victims, a male and a female, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShastaSheriff\/posts\/pfbid02AcuAcA7B1CTPkz4pemndHbKfWWqbXztmybF5UNEJ3XGAMN426XNnZ9v6f6M6YL5Hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release from the office<\/a>. The male victim, identified by police as Terrance Arndt, had sustained a gunshot wound. He was transported to an area hospital but died from his injuries. The female victim, who police did not identify, had been sexually assaulted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An investigation found that Arndt and the female victim were parked in Arndt&#8217;s car talking near an area high school when an unknown person pulled up in a vehicle. Arndt tried to protect the female victim, but was shot. The female victim was then assaulted and left for dead, Shasta County Sheriff Michael L. Johnson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/19TW5n6ZHA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a news conference<\/a>. After the suspect left the scene, she drove Arndt&#8217;s car for help until she was able to reach police. Johnson said that the crime &#8220;rocked the community for many years.&#8221;\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:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/24\/7261938e-75e7-4cd6-960b-b5d6b2d268cc\/thumbnail\/620x427\/7b91c659cbafa5599c6a78b7c66e1b21\/screenshot-2025-07-24-at-8-46-18-am.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-07-24-at-8-46-18-am.png \" height=\"427\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/24\/7261938e-75e7-4cd6-960b-b5d6b2d268cc\/thumbnail\/620x427\/7b91c659cbafa5599c6a78b7c66e1b21\/screenshot-2025-07-24-at-8-46-18-am.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Terrance Arndt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Othram Inc.<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An extensive investigation followed, Johnson said, including &#8220;thousands of hours&#8221; of case work. Detectives collected forensic evidence from the female victim&#8217;s clothes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dnasolves.com\/articles\/roger-neil-schmidt-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">forensic genetic genealogy company Othram<\/a>, and investigators also developed a DNA profile of the suspect. A man was arrested and charged in connection with the case, Othram said, but later cleared by the DNA profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The DNA profile was entered into the Combined DNA Index System, a national database used by law enforcement to compare DNA profiles. There were no matches to any known individuals, Othram said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the Shasta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office revisited the case using forensic genetic genealogy, Johnson said. That led police to a suspect, identified as Roger Neil Schmidt Sr. Schmidt, now 64, would have been 23 at the time of the crime, police said. He also &#8220;strongly resembled&#8221; a sketch developed based on an account from the female victim, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police determined that Schmidt was currently living in Tucson, Arizona but had lived in Burney, California in 1984. Detectives from the Shasta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office traveled to the city to coordinate with the Tucson Police Department and obtain a search warrant. Police were able to collect a DNA sample from Schmidt and confirm that it matched the profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt was arrested in Tucson on Saturday and charged with murder and sexual assault, police said. He made his first court appearance on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kold.com\/2025\/07\/22\/man-arrested-tucson-decades-old-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate KOLD reported<\/a>. He was in a wheelchair and using an oxygen tank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt is expected to be extradited to Shasta County, the sheriff&#8217;s office said. Johnson said he hopes the arrest brings closure to the female victim and Arndt&#8217;s family. He said that the families were informed of the arrest before the news conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/crime\/arrest-made-in-1984-killing-of-california-high-school-football-star\/ar-AA1Ja9PG?cvid=E540BC5EF3F0456F980B9CD4C24D558D&amp;ocid=hpmsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SFGate<\/a>, Arndt was a star athlete at Burney High School before enrolling at Shasta College in Redding, California, where he lived at the time of his murder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The resolution to this case is a bit bittersweet for us,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Although it&#8217;s a monumental accomplishment for the investigators, for the agency and the closure of having a suspect in custody, it doesn&#8217;t negate the fact that there is a family and families that have been forever impacted and will forever live with the trauma and the aftermath that was left behind for them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/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. 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