"Because it was all theories up to that point we finally had a match and we had a name. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. According to his death certificate, Goulddied in Oregon County, Mo. Published Det. Great Falls. For decades, the Cascade County Sheriff's Office continued to work on it, with multiple detectives attempting to make progress over the years. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18, the Great Falls Tribune reports. In 2019, detectives coordinated with Bode Technology to perform additional testing on the DNA evidence found on Kalitzke's body. The Case Was Just Solved. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said that Gould is the most likely suspect but they cant say hes guilty since hes deceased as are many other people associated with the case at the time. A double homicide of two teens in Montanahas been solved after more than 60 yearsthanks to forensic genealogy. Investigators did not find any connections between Gould and the victims. The new method has led to the identification of dozens of suspects in cold cases. Respondents. All Rights Reserved. With the help of partnering labs, forensic genealogists are able to use preserved samples to create a DNA profile of the culprit and then use that profile to search public databases for any potential matches. Investigators have determined that the killer was Kenneth Gould, a Great Falls native who grew up near one of the victims. He had no criminal record and was never interviewed in connection with the crime in fact, there's no known connection between him and the couple. Traci Rosenbaum/USA Today Network via Reuters Co. It was a bittersweet revelation: They were grateful for answers, but for many of the older people in the family, it was a struggle to have those wounds reopened. Great Falls - Carol Lou Gould, 80, of Great Falls, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Sgt. His family lived in Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. Gould had no known criminal history before or after the killings. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzkes body north of Great Falls. James J. Both were shot in the head. By the time Gould was determined to be the prime suspect, investigators had no way to confirm it directly with DNA. Born on Oct. 18, 1938, he was a lifelong resident of New. Phil Matteson, a now-retired detective with the sheriff's office, sent that sample to a local lab for testing in 2001, and the team there identified sperm that did not belong to Bogle, her boyfriend, the paper reports. I wasnt sure how they were going to react when I come to them saying, Hey your dads a suspect in this case, but they were great to work with, Kadner said. Follow Traci Rosenbaumon Twitter:@GFTrib_TRosenba. Gould was a Great Falls native and was known to ride horses in the area of Vinyard Road where Kalitzkes body was found, Kadner said. Through the use of forensic genetic genealogy, they say Kenneth Gould is the most likely suspect in the rape and murder of Patty Kalitzke and the murder of her 18-year-old boyfriend Duane Bogle in Great Falls in early 1956. Detective Sgt. Over the years, investigators had about 35 people of interest in the case, including another airman at Malmstrom Air Force Base, where Bogle was also stationed, according to Sgt. As more time went by, about 35 suspects came and went. Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and her boyfriend Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18,. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. Patty Kalitzke, a. She had also been shot in the head. Some people just have secrets that they never told anybody, the sergeant recalled. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. "They're excited, but at the same time, it has brought up a lot of memories," Kadner said. 1 The trial in this matter was held in Great Falls, Montana, on September 14, 2004. Detective Sgt. DNA did not match. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. The . GREAT FALLS, Mont. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzkes body north of Great Falls. Kadner said Gould had been cremated, so he had to reach out to Gould's surviving children and ask for samples to verify the match. In the following years, law enforcement compared the DNA sample to about 35 other men, including gangster James Joseph Whitey Bulger Jr. They were all ruled out as suspects. Cascade County Sheriff's Office. GREAT FALLS After more than 65 years, the Cascade County Sheriffs Office has closed out what they believe may be the oldest "cold case" in the country. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was never interviewed during the murder investigation. Mr. Bogle was an airman from Waco, Texas, stationed nearby at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould - who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 - more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle,. They leave a little bit of themselves, from what Ive seen.. The place where they were believed to have been killed was a known "lover's lane," according to a clipping from a local newspaper posted on a memorial page. Kenneth Suiste: Former Great Falls resident who was an active serial rapist in the late '70s and '80s and arrested for murder in California in 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/great-falls-montana-2007-homicide-dna.html. Kadner said that autopsy photos and reports indicated she had multiple blunt force trauma injuries, that the states medical examiner said were consistent with sexual assault or a struggle. Lloyd Duane Bogle,18, and Patricia Kalitzke,16, were last seen at Petes Drive-In on Jan. 2, 1956. Mr. Goulds children, three of whom submitted DNA samples, were all surprised to be told that their father was being investigated in connection with a double homicide in 1956, Sergeant Kadner said. The hope is that they'll be able to provide more families with the answers they deserve and, in many cases, have spent years waiting for. Great Falls, Montana. GREGORY M. GOULD and AIMEE V. HACHIGIAN-GOULD. Det. Both had been shot in the head. It was uploaded to voluntary genealogical databases, where they discovered a possible family connection leading investigators to Gould. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle. The investigation involved painstaking research into a long-ago crime that had once generated national media attention. He had married another 16-year-old girl in 1952 and eventually had five children. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle,. Detective Sgt. 05 Jul 1984, Thu Page 42. Search the Largest Online Newspaper Archive. Kadner said the DNA was linked to Kenneth Gould, who died in 2007 and his body was cremated. Kenneth Gould, who died in 2007, was determined to be . "I wasn't sure how they were going to react when I come to them saying, hey your dad's a suspect in this case, but they were great to work with," said Kadner. Did you encounter any technical issues? The case went cold for decades until 2001, when then-Detective Phil Matteson sent the slide of a vaginal swab gathered from Kalitzkes body to the Montana State Crime Lab for analysis. Jon Kadner, who took over the case in 2012, said Tuesday it was the oldest case he could find nationwide that has been solved using forensic genealogy, which searches commercial DNA databases to find familial matches to the DNA of a crime suspect. Click here. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Kalitzke was born in Great Falls and was a junior at Great Falls High School when she was killed. He was immediately met with the daunting task of digitizing the expansive case file, an endeavor that took months. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Funeral Home Services for Chad are being provided by Schnider Funeral Home. Jon Kadner of the Cascade County Sheriffs Office in Montana was told in 2012 that he was being put in charge of the investigation into a long-unsolved double homicide, the case was already more than 50 years old. 57 Indigenous people are missing in Montana alone. "Our duty is to make sure that we solve these cases.". Officers kept working the case because of the circumstances, Kadner said. It was the first time that Sergeant Kadner, who is 40 and grew up in small-town Iowa, had heard of Duane Bogle and Patricia Kalitzke, teenage sweethearts who had been fatally shot in January 1956, more than two decades before he was born, presumably after they drove to an area in Great Falls, Mont., known as a lovers lane. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. Law enforcement compared the sample to other men, ruling them out one by one. They did not return to Montana. DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriffs office close the books on the 65-year-old cold case, officials said. Gould, born and raised in Great Falls, lived there with his wife and children in 1956, a little over a mile from Kalitzke. One such investigator was Detective Sgt. They asked for the family's help in either proving or disproving that Gould was the man responsible and the family complied. 2. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was not interviewed during the murder investigation. He was face down, and had been shot in the back of the head. An emerging forensic science called "genetic genealogy" helps Terre Haute police solve a cold case nearly 50 years later. FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND JUDGMENT . They leave a little bit of themselves, from what I've seen. Even without that complication, Singer explained to NPR, the success rate depends heavily on how well the evidence has been preserved over the years. On June 8, 1943, when Gould was 15, he was reported missing after he left his grandmother's home in Buffalo and could not be located. Mr. Gould, who was 29 in 1956, lived just over a mile from Ms. Kalitzkes house and kept horses about 600 yards from the house where she had grown up, Sergeant Kadner said. Mr. Bulger, who died in 2018, had lived in Great Falls in the 1950s and had been arrested in a rape there in 1951, Sergeant Kadner said. Kalitzkes body was found several miles away on Vinyard Road on Jan. 4. He was known to ride horses through the area, officials said. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriffs Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 more than likely killed Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18,the Great Falls Tribune reports. Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and her boyfriend Lloyd Duane Bogle, 18, were found fatally shot in the head near Bogles car in 1956, in a case that baffled investigators for decades. But the resolution, she said, had also reopened pain from that era, particularly for an older generation that knew Mr. Bogle as funny and charming the one that everybody in my family loved. She said her aunt had been in tears all week. He was known to ride horses through the area, officials said. In 2018, however, forensic genealogy, which was used to help adoptees find biological family members, was used to identify Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. as the Golden State Killer. . In 1989, investigators removed bullets from a cottonwood tree near the spot Bogles body was found and hoped they could be matched to a firearm. While stationed at Malmstrom, he became "smitten" with Kalitzke, according to Kadner. Gould's name did appear in the Great Falls Tribune a few times. Have a news tip for the Tribune? GREAT FALLS The Cascade County Sheriff's Office recently announced that they had closed a 65-year-old "cold case" double-murder. They did not return to Montana. Investigators have determined that the killer was Kenneth Gould, a Great Falls native who grew up near one of the victims. Try 7 Days Free. Detectives had an uncomfortable task ahead of them: letting a dead man's family know that, despite the fact that he'd never previously been identified as a person of interest, he was now the key suspect in a double homicide and rape. Jon Kadner, who took the case over in 2012, said it was the oldest case he could find nationwide to be solved using forensic genealogy. Reach her at trosenbaum@greatfallstribune.com or 406-791-1490. The new method has led to the identification of dozens of suspects in cold cases. After 65 years, a grisly double murder case of two teenagers in Great Falls, Montana, was solved with DNA evidence, according to investigators. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Jon Kadner] Newspaper clippings from the investigative file into the 1956 murders of Duane Bogle, 18, and Patricia Kalitzke, 16, in Great Falls, Mont. On Jan. 3, 1956, three boys hiking along the Sun River near Wadsworth Park northwest of Great Falls found Bogle dead near his car. Leads surfaced and dried up throughout the immediate investigation, and law enforcement had multiple suspects including notorious gangster James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. Kenneth Gould," Kadner . Officers kept working the case because of the circumstances, Kadner said. In the following years, law enforcement compared the DNA sample to about 35 other men, including gangster James Joseph Whitey Bulger Jr. The two had even begun talking about marriage. Traci Rosenbaum/USA Today Network via Reuters Co. GREAT FALLS, Mont. We're starting with a distant relative and trying to work back toward our unknown sample.". Montana. The new method has led to the identification of dozens of suspects in cold cases. But I knew the key was going to be DNA.. They were all ruled out as suspects. Goulds family home at the time of the homicides was a little over a mile from where Kalitzke lived. The following day, three boys hiking along the Sun River in Great Falls found Mr. Bogles body in an area that was known as a rendezvous spot for teenagers. He called it "a reverse family tree. He would have been about 29 when the murders occurred. He died in 2007 and was cremated, Sgt. Kadner said most of Kalitzke's and Bogle's family is no longer living, but those he was able to contact were relieved to have closure. He was known to ride horses through the area, officials said. ", "Quite frankly, that's our duty," said Sheriff Jesse Slaughter. In 2001, it had been sent to the state crime lab for analysis, but did not lead to any matches in a national criminal database. Bogle was a Malmstrom Air Force Base Airman from Waco, Texas. If you have reason to believe that any of the information contained on this site is inaccurate, please contact the Great Falls Municipal Court 406-771-1380 during normal Court hours. Matteson said giving the surviving family answers was the most important part for him, and he expressed appreciation for every investigator's hard work going back to 1956. His hands had been tied behind his back with his own belt. "My first impression was that the only way we're gonna ever solve this is through the use of DNA," Kadner said. A DNA profile of a suspect in 2001 was developed using forensic evidence preserved from Kalitzkes 1956 autopsy, Kadner said. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was not interviewed during the murder investigation. He began working with BODE Technology to generate a new DNA sample from the original sample and in 2019, a sample was successfully created, he said. Investigators could not uncover any connection between him and the victims. Investigators poured their heart and soul into this case. Another suspect whose DNA didnt match was Edward Wayne Edwards, who was arrested for burglary in Montana in 1956 and served time at the Montana State Prison. On Tuesday, the Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced that it had cracked the case. By searching public records (such as death certificates and newspaper clippings), forensic genealogists are then able to construct a family tree that can point them right to the suspect, even if that suspect has never provided their DNA to any public database. Traci Rosenbaum/The Great Falls. IE 11 is not supported. Kadner said that its possible that at the time of the murders, investigators might not have recognized the sexual assault or that they didnt want that publicly disclosed. Chad Gould passed away on September 18, 2019 at the age of 48 in Great Falls, Montana. Police were able to find two children of Goulds who submitted DNA samples, which matched the evidence collected in 1956. (AP) DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriff's office close the books on the 65-year-old cold case, officials said. After forensic genealogy was used to finally nab the Golden State Killer the year prior, law enforcement officials were becoming increasingly aware of the potential to use that technology to solve cold cases even decades-old cases like Kalitzke and Bogle's. Sixty-five years after Kalitzke and Bogle's death, authorities said Kenneth Gourd was likely their killer. They leave a little bit of themselves, from what Ive seen., Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune that are displayed on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Great Falls, Mont., were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke, 16, and Duane Bogle, 18, northwest of Great Falls. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The ignition switch, radio and headlights on his car were on, and the car was in gear. The same thing happens to you, essentially.. Goulds family home at the time of the homicides was a little over a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where Kalitzke lived. They say Kenneth Gould is the likely suspect in the 1956. Last Tuesday, the Cascade County Sheriff 's Office announced that it had cracked the case. But it definitely reopens old wounds that have had a chance to crust over.. But no one was ever charged, and the case went cold. Anyone who uses information contained in this list to commit a criminal act against another person is subject to criminal prosecution. When Matteson retired, he said he didnt believe the case would be solved. Through DNA testing, he was able to eliminate several rape suspects, including notorious crime boss James Whitey Bulger who had actually been in the area and had been arrested for rape in 1951. All rights reserved. The Sheriff's Office believes Kenneth Gould is the most likely suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Duane Bogle and the murder and rape of 16-year-old Patricia Kalitzke. Gould was a Great Falls native and was known to ride horses in the area of Vinyard Road where Kalitzke's body was found, Kadner said. It was only three days into 1956 when three boys from Montana, out for a hike on a normal January day, made a gruesome discovery they were unlikely to ever forget. Tracing that family's tree led investigators to suspect Gould, a man born and raised in Great Falls. Before moving to Missouri in 1967, Gould had lived with his wife and children in the Great Falls area around the time of the murders, according to the Tribune. Nybo. When now-retired CCSO detective Phil Matteson started working in the evidence room in 1988, the Kalitzke-Bogle homicide evidence was there. Through the use of DNA testing unavailable at the time of the killings and decades ofinvestigation, CCSO has concluded that Great Falls native Kenneth Gould, now deceased, more than likely committed the murders. Newspaper headlines described the teenagers as lovers lane slaying victims and recalled a wide search for a brutal killer.. The investigations were a follow-up to a sting operation during the Montana State Fair this summer. "Our duty is to make sure that we solve these cases.". He told The Electric that the only reason the suspect wouldnt have killed both of the victims at the same time and place was to take Kalitzke and assault her, but that he couldnt definitively prove that theory. She had been shot in the head and had injuries that were consistent with a struggle or a sexual assault, Sergeant Kadner said. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 . They were able to upload the sample to voluntary genealogical databases, where they discovered a possible familial connection. They both loved dancing and music, and he was instantly smitten with Patty when they met in December 1955, Sergeant Kadner said. The arrests were made with assistance by the Great Falls Police Department, the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force and the Cascade County Attorneys Office. Bogle was a Malmstrom Air Force Base Airman from Waco, Texas. The investigation revealed semen in her body, indicating she had been raped. Investigators did not find any connections between Gould and the victims. Click here to subscribe. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzke's body on Vineyard Road north of Great Falls. We're essentially going backwards. "That was just the process, and luckily it was retained in evidence all these years," said Kadner. Although Gould died in 2007 and his body was cremated, his children consented to submitting DNA samples resulting in a match. Now that the authorities have a suspect, it conclusively allows to us to stop wondering, she said. So if I was asked is this great modern technology a great thing, I would say, on balance, yes, for my generation, a generation once removed. That changed the whole dynamic of the case.". Even though he knew all along that the killer was likely to be dead by the time he was found, Kadner said he felt driven to solve the case after reviewing the decades of files pieced together by past detectives. Kadner had to reach out to Goulds children and ask for DNA samples to verify the match. On the evening of January 2nd, Kalitzke, who was a junior at Great Falls High School, and Bogle, a Malmstrom airman, ventured to a spot west of Great Falls near Wadsworth Park along the Sun River. The two had even begun talking about marriage. He never returned to Montana, even to visit his family, Sergeant Kadner said. The case went cold for decades until 2001, when then-Detective Phil Matteson sent the slide of a vaginal swab gathered from Kalitzkes body to the Montana State Crime Lab for analysis. . 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