CHEESE NABS ELEONARA KNOERNSCHILD'S 1984 KILLERS

MURDERED

A PIECE of cheese helped cops finally catch up with the brothers who viciously battered and strangled an senior back in 1984.
Cops had long suspected Brian McBenge, now 49, in the horrific murder of Eleonara Knoernschild, 84, but at the time there was insufficient evidence to charge him with the heinous crime in St Charles, MO.    
Investigators had long suspected there was an accomplice involved, but with little to go on the case soon went cold and no charges were ever filed.
But now thanks to a bite into a piece of cheese, they finally got their man, after DNA testing linked not only him, but his brother Cecil, now 46, to the murder.
Authorities said: "The piece of cheese had been bit into," adding that Cecil's DNA was on a pair of her stockings.
Knoernschild's daughter, Doris Wines told KSDK that she was glad that the people believed responsible had finally been arrested adding that she had thought that probably wouldn't happen after so many years.
She added: "They'll get their justice now."
 St. Charles Prosecutor Jack Banus also told the station: "There was not sufficient evidence to charge Brian McBenge at that time.
"We had never known who was with Brian, although the evidence was consistent with someone being present at the time the homicide occurred until recently when we got the DNA evidence that came back and identified Brian and his brother, Cecil."

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LORI ZIMMERMAN, 15, MURDERED IN '84: CASE COLD

FOR THE FAMILY of Lori Zimmerman the years have dragged on. The pretty 15-year-old was kidnapped on April 6, 1984. She was found raped and murdered a week later. Over the years even a psychic was brought in by the late lamented Unsolved Mysteries show. And still no arrest, although cops have persons of interest ion the radar.
When Lori did not return home that night, her mom filed a missing-person report with the Hagerstown (Maryland) Police Department. Her body was discovered a week later in a wooded area, buried under rocks and large pieces of cardboard. She had been strangled. According to the Maryland State Police, the case is stalled with no new developments. Bachtell could not say whether the investigation has used new technologies such as DNA testing of the physical evidence. Still, he stressed the case was not closed.

"We absolutely want to solve this for the community and the family," he said.

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FEAR FOUL PLAY IN LISA ADDINGTON DISAPPEARANCE

Lisa Addington was in Tulsa, OK, on May 16th, 1984 to get ready for her wedding just days later. Addington, a resident of Dallas Texas, was attending her bachelorette party at the Great Escape club on 21st Street and Garnett Road in Tulsa. The party began to wind down around midnight with most of Addington’s friends saying their goodbyes. Addington, however, chose to stay on and said she’d find another ride home. She was last seen talking to a tall Caucasian man. According to eye-witnesses the man was in his mid-twenties, approximately 6’ tall and 160 lbs. He had shoulder-length brown hair parted in the center and wore a green shirt. Addington was never seen again and police suspect foul play. If you have any information that could help solve this case, please contact the Tulsa Police Dept. at 918-596-9222.

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