She had 125 stab wounds throughout her physique, in accordance with the Prepare dinner County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace in Illinois.
This week, greater than 57 years later, James Barbier was arrested for the homicide of Snider.
Barbier was initially arrested in 1966 however was not charged and the case went unresolved for years earlier than being reopened in December 2022.
A DNA pattern recognized Barbier as a suspect within the case and on Monday he was arrested in his Missouri house, in accordance with the state’s lawyer’s workplace.
Along with stab wounds, Snider was lined in bruises, authorities stated.
Barbier, who lived in Gary, Indiana, on the time, labored with Snider’s husband, the state’s lawyer’s workplace says, and was mates with the couple.
The state lawyer’s workplace stated on the evening of the homicide, Barbier went again to his house the place his spouse noticed cuts and blood on him.
He “appeared nervous” and he instantly took off his garments and put them within the washer, prosecutors stated.
At Snider’s funeral, Barbier was noticed to nonetheless have cuts on him.
Barbier was launched on Thursday with most pretrial circumstances, in accordance with the state lawyer’s workplace.
Barbier was ordered to not go away Missouri or Illinois, give up his passport and firearms, and is required to report in particular person and by cellphone twice a month, the state’s lawyer’s workplace instructed CNN in an e-mail.
“Though the cost is detention eligible, primarily based on the age of the defendant, his bodily infirmity, and up to date caselaw on this pointed problem in regards to the Pretrial Equity Act and of posing ‘an actual and current risk,’ the State shouldn’t be submitting a petition to detain,” the state lawyer’s workplace defined.
CNN has but to find out if Barbier has retained authorized counsel.
Calumet Metropolis is positioned close to the Illinois-Indiana border, about 21 kilometres from Gary.
