How a paternity test found a young woman’s murderer 51 years later

Annette Tokarz, 23, was murdered in 1974. Police have finally identified a suspect 51 years later - (Detective Patrick Young)

A small Pittsburgh suburb was rocked by a sudden tragedy on March 6, 1974, when police discovered 23-year-old Annette Tokarz had been murdered.

Tokarz’s family, who affectionately called her “Sissy,” found out while watching the nightly news, her younger sister Colette Underwood told The Independent. Underwood was just weeks away from her eighth birthday at the time.