Miller pleaded no contest, despite admitting to Dunn County Sheriff's investigators that he killed her and left her body in a snow bank.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Miller pleaded no contest, despite admitting to Dunn County Sheriff's investigators that he killed her and left her body in a snow bank.| Sioux Falls Live
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
With the help of the victim's family, this series digs deep into the investigation related to the 1972 slaying of 16-year-old Joli Truelson, with the goal of identifying her killer.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Joli Truelson was killed in 1972 after hitching a ride with a man in a gold-colored vehicle. Two years later, Mary Schlais was picked up by a similar car, just miles from where Truelson was last seen.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Jon K. Miller lived quietly in Austin, Minnesota, in the years leading up to his arrest for the 1974 murder of Mary Schlais. His DNA will now be included in CODIS, where it had previously not existed.| Mitchell Republic
The murder of Mary Schlais, a Minnesota woman just passing through rural Wisconsin on her way from one big city to another, was never forgotten.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Jon K. Miller lived quietly in Austin, Minnesota, in the years leading up to his arrest for the 1974 murder of Mary Schlais. His DNA will now be included in CODIS, where it had previously not existed.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Mary Schlais, of Minneapolis, in 1974. Investigative genetic genealogy credited with leading to his arrest.| Mitchell Republic
The murder of Mary Schlais, a Minnesota woman just passing through rural Wisconsin on her way from one big city to another, was never forgotten.| Mitchell Republic
