Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! At the time of the murders, Gould lived about a mile from Patty and worked corralling horses just blocks from her residence on the southwest side of Great Falls. Investigators poured their heart and soul into this case. Tracing that family's tree led investigators to suspect Gould, a man born and raised in Great Falls. 65 years later modern-day genetic technology was used to link Kenneth Gould, a horse-trainer who died in 2007, to the murders. The office identified Kenneth Gould, a horse trainer who died in 2007 at age 79, as the "likely suspect" who had shot and killed Bogle, 18, and Kalitzke, 16, more than 65 years ago. 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. Another suspect was Whitey Bulger, a prominent mob boss, who was in Great Falls around the time of the murders but DNA ruled him out. This is as good as were ever going to get on a case like this, Slaughter said. 05 Jul 1984, Thu Page 42. All rights reserved. ", "Quite frankly, that's our duty," said Sheriff Jesse Slaughter. A lot of different people had a turn at this, and we just werent able to take it to conclusion, he said. "It's really fantastic technology and it's going to solve a lot of cold cases," Singer said. "Whitey". An emerging forensic science called "genetic genealogy" helps Terre Haute police solve a cold case nearly 50 years later. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was never interviewed during the murder investigation. The test results said Gould was the guy. According to the Great Falls Tribune, Gould was 24when he married 16-year-old Lulubelle Brown in 1952. Bogle's hands were bound behind his back with his own belt. His expensive camera had not been taken. The following 10 people arrested in the investigationall face first offense prostitution charges. They were able to upload the sample to voluntary genealogical databases, where they discovered a possible familial connection. Kadner said the DNA was linked to Kenneth Gould, who died in 2007 and his body was cremated. Chad Gould passed away on September 18, 2019 at the age of 48 in Great Falls, Montana. Both were shot in the head. 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. (Traci Rosenbaum/The Great Falls Tribune via AP), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. They did not return to Montana. 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. 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. The process tested and uploaded DNA from unknown sources. Kalitzke was a junior at Great Falls High School, and Bogle was an airman at Malmstrom Air Force Base from Waco, Texas. The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it has closed the file onthe 1956 double homicide of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle, resolving the 65-year-old cold case. He continued to work on the Kalitzke/Bogle case even while handling the newer cases that were landing on his desk all the time, but he had a feeling that more was needed to get to the bottom of what had happened to the couple all those decades ago. They were all ruled out as suspects. After 65 years, a grisly double murder case of two teenagers in Great Falls, Montana, was solved with DNA evidence, according to investigators. In the following years, law enforcement compared the DNA sample to about 35 other men, including gangster James Joseph Whitey Bulger Jr. The Cascade County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday that it has closed the file onthe 1956 double homicide of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle, resolving a 65-year-old cold case. Kadner added that the detectives who worked the case for so many years shared the same feelings. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Mr. Bogles family contended for years with crazy stories about what might have happened, including rumors that he might have been mixed up with the mob, said Caryn Bogle McCarthy, 54, whose father, James Bogle, was Duane Bogles younger brother. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. The case eventually went cold. DNA did not match. A preserved vaginal. Newspaper clippings from the investigative file into the 1956 murders of Duane Bogle, 18, and Patricia Kalitzke, 16, in Great Falls, Mont. 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. You had two young, vibrant individuals that were well-liked among their peer group, he said. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. He was known to ride horses through the area, officials said. 0:32. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 . 2023 www.greatfallstribune.com. Traci Rosenbaum/USA Today Network via Reuters Co. They leave a little bit of themselves, from what Ive seen.. On the morning of Tuesday January 3, 1956, 18-year-old Airman Lloyd Bogle was found dead on a lover's lane half a mile Northwest of Wadsworth Park. 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. Follow Traci Rosenbaumon Twitter:@GFTrib_TRosenba. The Cascade County Sheriffs Office announced 10 arrests made in the month of September for prostitution in association with sex trafficking investigations. "I think it opens a whole new door for working old cold cases, and also just goes to show how important the initial evidence gathering is in all these cases.". They were able to upload the sample to voluntary genealogical databases, where they discovered a possible familial connection. 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. Click here. After the murders, Gould sold his property near the town of Tracy. 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. When Detective Sgt. (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. The direct to consumer databases such as 23andMe are not open source. IE 11 is not supported. Jon Kadner told CNN Wednesday night. In this case, "Our genealogists, what they're going to do is independently build a family tree from this cousin's profile," Andrew Singer, an executive with Bode Technology, told NPR. Mr. Bogle was an airman from Waco, Texas, stationed nearby at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle. The next day, Bogles body was found next to his car on what was a lovers lane then and is now Wadsworth Park, according to news reports at the time. That sample was uploaded to a open-source database of DNA samples, which are most often used by people researching their family trees. With the killer finally identified, Kadner was able to reach out to the victims' surviving relatives and deliver the closure that had taken more than 60 years to procure. Cremation has been entrusted to Croxford Funeral Home. 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. Both were shot in the head. In most cases, those profiles can end up linking to distant relatives of the culprit say, a second or third cousin. He was found a week later working at a ranch atArrow Creek about 60 miles away. Gould was born Aug. 23, 1927,and died May 31, 2007 before investigators connected him to the Kalitzke-Bogle homicide. Sixty-five years after Kalitzke and Bogle's death, authorities said Kenneth Gourd was likely their killer. "My first impression was that the only way we're gonna ever solve this is through the use of DNA," Kadner said. That case sped the CCSO effort to use the same method in an attempt to solve the Bogle and Kalitzke murders, Kadner said. Gould, born and raised in Great Falls, lived there with his wife and children in 1956, a little over a mile from Kalitzke. Jon Kadner, who was assigned the case in 2012 his first cold case, he said during an interview with NPR. In 2019, Cascade County detectives had Bode Technology perform additional DNA testing on the evidence found on Kalitzkes body. "Our duty is to make sure that we solve these cases.". 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. "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. After the killings, he left the area and was seen living in two other Montana towns before moving to Alton, Mo., in 1967. A day later, a county road worker found Kalitzkes body north of Great Falls. 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. According to his death certificate, Goulddied in Oregon County, Mo. A lot of different people had a turn at this, and we just werent able to take it to conclusion, he said. The new method has led to the identification of dozens of suspects in cold cases. Some people just have secrets that they never told anybody, the sergeant recalled. Cold Case: 1956 murder of two people in Great Falls finally solved At the time of the murders, Gould lived about a mile from Patty and worked corralling horses just blocks from her residence on. The respondents were represented by Mr. L.D. Sgt. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. Tracing that family's tree led investigators to suspect Gould, a man born and raised in Great Falls. Respondents. There was just years and years of documentation and numerous suspects that had been looked into, the sergeant said. His family lived in the Montana communities of Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. Investigators did not find any connections between Gould and the victims. 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. Gould had no known criminal history before or after the killings. He never returned to Montana, even to visit his family, Sergeant Kadner said. Ms. Kalitzke was a junior at Great Falls High School. We're essentially going backwards. 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. According to the Tribune, Gould would have been 29 years old when he killed Kalitzke and Bogle. What they found was a family tree linking to a man from Great Falls, Montana. But it definitely reopens old wounds that have had a chance to crust over.. The following day, a county road worker spotted what was identified as the body of Kalitzke about five miles away to the north on Vinyard Road near what is known as Hill 57. 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. Kenneth Gould, who has been identified as the suspect in the 1956 killings of two teenagers in Great Falls, Mont., died in 2007. Investigators poured their heart and soul into this case. The office identified Kenneth Gould, a horse trainer who died in 2007, as the "likely suspect" who had. GREAT FALLS, Mont. 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. Cascade County Sheriff's Office. The murders have gone unsolved until now. The two had even begun talking about marriage. But their love story was brutally cut short by the actions of a killer whose identity would not be revealed for more than 60 years. After the murders, Gould sold his property in Tracy. 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. What keeps a case like this alive so long? After the murders, Gould sold his property near the town of Tracy. Investigators with the Cascade County Sheriff's Office concluded Kenneth Gould who died in Oregon County, Missouri, in 2007 [] Reach her at trosenbaum@greatfallstribune.com or 406-791-1490. According to his death certificate, Goulddied in Oregon County, Mo. Born on Oct. 18, 1938, he was a lifelong resident of New. GREAT FALLS, Mont. Police were able to find two children of Goulds who submitted DNA samples, which matched the evidence collected in 1956. During a June 8 presentation, Kadner said that a sperm cell had been recovered from Kalitzkes body from a vaginal slide during autopsy and preserved. Jon Kadner] His valuables and money were not stolen, and his car was on and in gear with the emergency brake deployed when his body was found. The Case Was Just Solved. According to the Great Falls Tribune, Gould was 24when he married 16-year-old Lulubelle Brown in 1952. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. He was known to ride horses through the area, officials 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. 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. They did not return to Montana. Great Falls, Montana. Even without that complication, Singer explained to NPR, the success rate depends heavily on how well the evidence has been preserved over the years. 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. On Jan.3, 1956,three boys hiking along Sun River near Wadsworth Park discovered Bogle, 18, dead near his car. Beginning in 2012, Sergeant Jon Kadner led the investigation to solve the murders. Kadner said. On Jan. 3, 1956, three boys hiking along the Sun River near Wadsworth Park northwest of Great Falls found Bogle dead near his car. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Investigators found no criminal history for Gould or any other connection to Bogle or Kalitzke, other than he had lived near her family, Kadner said. The lab found a sperm cell that did not belong to Bogle, officers said. During Kalitzke's autopsy in 1956, coroners had taken a vaginal swab, which had been preserved on a microscopic slide in the years since, according to the Great Falls Tribune report. The car was still running and the headlights were still on. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Investigators initially feared that Ms. Kalitzke had been kidnapped. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. 1 The trial in this matter was held in Great Falls, Montana, on September 14, 2004. Did you encounter any technical issues? His family lived in the Montana communities of Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. Leads surfaced and dried up throughout the immediate investigation, and law enforcement had multiple suspects including notorious gangster James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr. 'Pushed to the side': Cases of missing or murdered Indigenous people often go unsolved. Gould did not have a known criminal history and was not interviewed during the murder investigation. One such investigator was Detective Sgt. "You had two young, vibrant individuals that were well-liked among their peer groupinvestigators poured their heart and soul into this case. Gould's family home was located a little over a mile from where Kalitzke lived, and he was known to ride horses throughout the area. It was later determined that Gould and Kalitzke grew up near each other. Gould's name did appear in the Great Falls Tribune a few times. In 2019, Cascade County detectives had Bode Technology perform additional DNA testing on the evidence found on Kalitzkes body. Gould was born Aug. 23, 1927, and died May 31, 2007 before investigators connected him. Sergeant Kadner said the crucial piece of evidence was a DNA sample from a sperm cell that had been collected from Ms. Kalitzkes body during her autopsy. His family lived in Geraldine and Hamilton before moving to Missouri in 1967. Investigators at the Cascade County Sheriffs Office continued working the case and using forensic genetic genealogy have identified the man they believe was the likely perpetrator, though he too is now deceased. 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. 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. 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