DNA links suspected serial killer to cold case murder just two years before he died

Bruce Lindahl, who is believed to have killed as many as a dozen women and girls - (AP)

The cold case of a woman who was kidnapped and murdered before her body was found in a river could finally have been solved.

DNA found on the clothing of the Chicago woman who was killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later, police said on Wednesday.