Illinois authorities provide an update on the 1979 murder of Kathy Halle in connection with serial killer Bruce Lindahl

NORTH AURORA, Ill. – Authorities in Illinois will release more information Wednesday about solving a cold case in Kane County.

The Kane County prosecutor will join North Aurora's mayor, police chief and others in announcing new details linking long-dead serial killer Bruce Lindahl to an unsolved 1979 murder case.

Authorities say DNA proves Lindahl killed North Aurora resident Kathy Halle.

Halle disappeared from her apartment complex and her body was later discovered in the Fox River.

In 2020, DNA linked Lindahl to the 1976 murder of Pamela Maurer of Woodridge.

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Lindahl may be responsible for as many as 12 murders and nine rapes in Chicago's western suburbs in the 1970s and early 1980s. He died in 1981.

Authorities will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m