The U.S. Marshals Service, which had been leading the manhunt for Decker, declared him dead Wednesday in a court filing to dismiss Decker's criminal case. Chelan County officials had said they were waiting for DNA results to come back before officially declaring Decker dead.

APTOS, Calif. (KGO) -- After nearly 50 years unsolved, a murderer has been identified in a Aptos cold case through DNA evidence. DNA technology continues to crack decades-old crime mysteries. In the last 30 days, the company Othram has solved five ...

Authorities said Thursday that DNA was the key to finding the suspect in the cold case killing of a young mother-to-be and military spouse.