Current Events > 79-year-old man arrested in 1966 stabbing of 18-year-old.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/us/karen-snider-murder-james-barbier/index.html

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A 79-year-old Missouri man was charged with first degree murder on Monday for allegedly stabbing a woman more than 120 times nearly six decades ago, authorities said.

Karen Snider, 18, was found dead the evening of November 12, 1966 by her husband after he returned from workto their home in Calumet City, about 23 miles outside of Chicago. She had 125 stab wounds all over her body, according to the Cook County States Attorneys Office in Illinois.

This week, more than 57 years later, James Barbier was arrested for the murder of Snider.
Barbier was initially arrested in 1966 but was not charged and the case went unresolved for years before being reopened in December 2022. A DNA sample identified Barbier as a suspect in the case and on Monday he was arrested in his Missouri home, according to the states attorneys office.

In addition to stab wounds, Snider was covered in bruises, authorities said.

Barbier, who lived in Gary, Indiana, at the time, worked with Sniders husband, the states attorneys office says, and was friends with the couple.

The state attorneys office said on the night of the murder, Barbier went back to his home where his wife observed cuts and blood on him.

He appeared nervous and he immediately took off his clothes and put them in the washing machine, prosecutors said.

At Sniders funeral, Barbier was observed to still have cuts on him.

Barbier was released on Thursday with maximum pretrial conditions, according to the state attorneys office.

Barbier was ordered to not leave Missouri or Illinois, surrender his passport and firearms, and is required to report in person and by phone twice a month, the states attorneys office told CNN in an email.

Although the charge is detention eligible, based on the age of the defendant, his physical infirmity, and recent caselaw on this pointed issue concerning the Pretrial Fairness Act and of posing a real and present threat, the State is not filing a petition to detain, the state attorneys office explained.

CNN has yet to determine if Barbier has retained legal counsel.

Calumet City is located near the Illinois-Indiana border, about 13 miles from Gary.

wonder why it took so long? And why the excessive brutality? The guy was 29 at the time

and they let him go home till his trial? Sorry, he should be under suicide watch with his age. Hes got nothing left to look forward to

Were 18 years old usually married in the 60's?

Full_Pokedex posted...

Were 18 years old usually married in the 60's?

Yeah. But better to be 18 than 13, which was WAY more common for girls.

Was this another case of a murderer's 2nd cousin sending DNA to an ancestry website?

He was released

Welp...

Full_Pokedex posted...

Were 18 years old usually married in the 60's?

For women, yes. Wasn't uncommon for them to be even younger either for their first marriage.. Men tended to be in their early 20s when they first married back then.

ExtremeLuchador posted...

Was this another case of a murderer's 2nd cousin sending DNA to an ancestry website?

No they didn't do a Golden State Killer special.

125 stab wounds and bruises all over is excessive rage. Like you would be physically worn out stabbing 125 times and beating a body. Pretty crazy to have a violent outburst like that at 21/22 years old towards a known friend and then nothing again the rest of your life. At least nothing reported or caught for.

DNA has been available a long time. Shame they waited to 2022 to reopen the case. I wonder if the womens husband or any of her family are still alive to know the truth now? Id be interested in if he tells why. Like did he make an advance on her and she turned him down and it enraged him or what? What makes you do that to a friend/friends wife?

What's the motive? Was this just a one time thing for him?

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

What's the motive? Was this just a one time thing for him?

Not sure

He should have been arrested decades ago. They had the technology to determine his DNA a long time ago

I don't think Police departments used DNA evidence to solve cases till the late 80s. They still believed lie detectors worked and weren't junk science.

wanderingshade posted...

I don't think Police departments used DNA evidence to solve cases till the late 80s. They still believed lie detectors worked and weren't junk science.

Think it was more like the 90s

He deserves to face justice. I guess statue of limitations don't run if DNA is out? Or maybe for serious felonies

lilORANG posted...

He deserves to face justice. I guess statue of limitations don't run if DNA is out? Or maybe for serious felonies

Murder doesn't have a statute of limitations

Full_Pokedex posted...

Were 18 years old usually married in the 60's?

Um, yes? People got married young back then.