46-years after a cheerleader from Benbrook was murdered an indictment has been returned.
Glen McCurley, 77, now stands formally accused of capital murder in the February 1974 death of 17-year old Carla Walker. The Western Hills cheerleader was kidnapped from her boyfriend's car and killed in Benbrook.
The case languished for 46 years until it was reopened several months ago. Investigators used DNA from the crime scene and technology that was not available in the mid 1970's to tie McCurley to the crime, police said.
"She just gave me a hug. I gave her a kiss. I mistook her for something else," McCurley said in a jailhouse interview with KRLD news. "I didn't mean to do it."
During the same interview, McCurley told KRLD News that he initially intended to rescue Walker from a boyfriend who was beating her.
"He was hitting on her, and I was drinking beer in the parking lot," said McCurley, who was 31 at the time. "And I saw him. He was screaming. And I went over there and opened the door, and knocked him off of her."
While an indictment is only a step in the legal process it shows the family of Walker that police appear to be on the right road.
"There were a lot of dark times in our family where we wondered, but always had a little bit of a spirit of hang on, hold on, keep the faith" said Jim Walker, brother of victims Carla Walker.
McCurley lived in the area the entire time and even raised a family, according to police. Walker says his family feels pity for the rest of McCurley's family which was unaware of what went on 46-years ago.
