Anthony Joseph Palma is now behind bars in an Oklahoma cold case that everyone thought would never solved. CNN shared how DNA lead to his arrest in a kidnapping case from 1997. Kristina Hatfield disappeared from Midwest City on night in May of 1997. Hatfield was only 8 years old at the time. The police found Hatfield’s bedroom window cracked and they located her underwear in the backyard with blood on it. The little girl was never found. Police believe that Anthony Joseph Palma is to blame and that she was murdered because the body was never found. On Monday, police arrested him for kidnapping and first-degree murder.
Back in June, a new investigator was put on the Kristina Hatfield case. In the process, this investigator realized that some of the evidence in the …show more content…
They didn’t give up there on finding who took Kristina Hatfield though. Several men had been questioned when she originally went missing. Police brought in 10 of those men and got DNA samples. It turns out that Anthony Joseph Palma was a match and he was then arrested in the disappearance of Kristina Hatfield. Palma is still saying he was not involved and was sleeping the night Hatfeld disappeared.
The Hatfield family had moved away from where their daughter went missing, but Palma still lived in the exact same home that he lived in when she disappeared. This could mean that police can find evidence in that home depending on what actually happened to Kristina Hatfield 18 years ago.
News 9 showed the scene of his home today on the news. Police are now out at the home and searching for evidence. The ME’s office is there as well along with police. The news helicopter showed that they are looking in the backyard along with inside of the home. Police have a tent set up in the backyard and are digging in the area obviously looking for Kristina Hatfield. At this time, they have not revealed that they have found anything in the
Back in June, a new investigator was put on the Kristina Hatfield case. In the process, this investigator realized that some of the evidence in the …show more content…
They didn’t give up there on finding who took Kristina Hatfield though. Several men had been questioned when she originally went missing. Police brought in 10 of those men and got DNA samples. It turns out that Anthony Joseph Palma was a match and he was then arrested in the disappearance of Kristina Hatfield. Palma is still saying he was not involved and was sleeping the night Hatfeld disappeared.
The Hatfield family had moved away from where their daughter went missing, but Palma still lived in the exact same home that he lived in when she disappeared. This could mean that police can find evidence in that home depending on what actually happened to Kristina Hatfield 18 years ago.
News 9 showed the scene of his home today on the news. Police are now out at the home and searching for evidence. The ME’s office is there as well along with police. The news helicopter showed that they are looking in the backyard along with inside of the home. Police have a tent set up in the backyard and are digging in the area obviously looking for Kristina Hatfield. At this time, they have not revealed that they have found anything in the