The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office will not pursue the death penalty against the man charged with killing a 17-year-old girl nearly a half-century ago.
Glen McCurley, 78, is charged with murdering Carla Walker following a Western Hills High School Valentine's Day dance on Feb. 17, 1974.
Walker's body was found three days later in a cement culvert on Pearl Ranch Rd. near Benbrook Lake
"After much analysis, and with the support of the family of Carla Walker, we have determined that justice would best be served in this case by waiving the death penalty and seeking a sentence which ensures this Defendant will spend the rest of his days in prison," says District Attorney Sharen Wilson in a statement.
The case went unsolved for 46 years prior to McCurley's arrest on Sept. 21, 2020.
McCurley is currently in jail awaiting trial in Tarrant County Criminal District Court.
