Detective solves 1973 cold case involving 16-year-old who vanished while walking with friends

DALLAS (Gray News) – The oldest missing persons case in Texas has finally been solved 52 years later.

It was back on January 14, 1973, when 16-year-old Norman Prater was reported missing to the Dallas Police Department.

The 16-year-old was last seen walking with his friends.

Officials believed they made a breakthrough in July 1973 after an “unidentified white man was killed in a hit-and-run incident” on Highway 35 in the city of Rockport…

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