Texas Police Arrest Suspect 77 Years Old, in 1974 Cold Case Murder
FORT WORTH, Texas September 23 2020— Fort Worth police have arrested a 77-year-old man in connection with the 1974 cold case murder of Carla Walker, a teen who was abducted during a date and found dead three days later, according to Carla Walker’s brother, Jim Walker.
Carla Walker, 17, was kidnapped and murdered more than 45 years ago.
The suspect, Glen McCurley, was in a Fort Worth holding facility Tuesday facing a capital murder charge, according to the Fort Worth jail log.
The police investigation concluded that the kidnapping was conducted by a single person who attacked Carla and her boyfriend, Rodney McCoy, as they sat in his car outside a bowling alley, according to a family member.
McCoy went to the hospital that same night. He had been pistol whipped and lost consciousness for a time, Jim Walker has said.
McCoy and Carla Walker were in the Ridglea Bowl parking lot when Carla was abducted, according to police. Carla’s body was found three days later in a culvert near Lake Benbrook in Tarrant County, police said.
According to her relatives, Carla Walker was a junior at Western Hills High School, while McCoy was a senior.
Police have said Carla Walker was beaten, tortured, raped and strangled, and then her assailant dumped her body near the lake. The family continues to miss her, the Walkers said.
Their parents kept a really nice portrait of Carla Walker at the house and every morning their mother would touch the picture, Jim Walker said in a previous interview. It was her way of saying, “Good morning,” he said.
“My mom suffered in incredible silence,” he said. “Back in the ‘70s you didn’t have Dr. Phil showing up at your door or all this group support. I saw her. I knew she became clinically depressed.”
His mother recovered without ever getting over her loss, Walker explained. She was a strong woman, he said.
“It hurt my mother and I know it hurt my father, too,” Walker said. “They were Depression babies. They just sucked it up and kept moving forward.”
Both parents have passed away.
People have been praying for this case to be solved for years, the family said.
“I feel like the hand of God is in this,” Jim Walker said in a previous interview. “This will be solved. This needs to be solved for Carla. These folks are earnestly looking for justice for Carla and we’re not going away.”
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