An Idaho man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman in California more than 50 years ago. Michael Eugene Mullen, 75, was identified as a suspect in the death of Nina “Nadine” Fischer in 1973, thanks to DNA evidence. Fischer, a 31-year-old Swedish national, was killed in her San Rafael home while preparing to move back to Sweden with her husband and young daughter.
Fischer's husband discovered her body after returning home from work. She had been sexually assaulted and shot three times, while her 2-year-old child was found unharmed in another room. Despite initial investigations yielding no leads, the case was reopened in 2021 when DNA evidence was submitted to the California Department of Justice's Familial Search Program.
