Dateline: After the Dance explores the aftermath of the abduction and killing of 17-year-old Carla Walker that occurred more than five decades ago in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dateline: After the Dance follows a random attack after a high school Valentine’s Day dance in 1974. The crime became one of Texas’ most well-known cold cases. Decades later, advances in DNA testing and genetic genealogy helped investigators identify Glen Samuel McCurley as the killer.
He was arrested, put on trial, and sentenced to life in prison in 2021.
Dateline: After the Dance –Timeline of Carla Walker murder case
February 16–17, 1974: Carla Walker is taken
Carla Walker was seventeen years old and was a cheerleader at Western Hills High School in Fort Worth. On February 16, 1974, she attended the high school’s Valentine’s Day dance with Rodney McCoy, who was Western Hills’ quarterback…