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Local 1976 cold case homicide solved
Posted: 01.02.2013 at 4:17 PM
Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

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Janet K. Conrad's body was found inside a laundry room at the Antlers Plaza Hotel on Dec. 3, 1976.  / Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police Department
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The Colorado Springs Police Department announced Wednesday they have linked an inmate in Canon City to the slaying of an Antlers Plaza Hotel employee more than three decades ago.

Thirty-four-year-old Janet K. Conrad's body was found on December 3, 1976 in a laundry room of the hotel.

Her death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators said Robery Baillie, 58, is suspected of killing Conrad.

They said DNA analysis led them to Baillie, who is already imprisioned in Canon City, serving a sentence for sexual assault.

He was eligible for parole in Janurary 2014.

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