Authorities in Broward County, Florida, announced this week a breakthrough in a 50-year-old cold case involving two teen best friends.
On May 22, the office’s cold case homicide unit announced that detectives had identified Robert Clark Keebler and Lawrence Stein as the killers of Darlene Zetterower and Barbara Schreiber, who were 14 at the time of their deaths.
The two girls had just received their eighth-grade report cards on June 18, 1975, when they got into a white van with the two men in Hollywood.
“They were looking forward to going to high school together,” BSO Det. Andrew Gianino said.
Their bodies were discovered in the Everglades the following day. Keebler and Stein, who had criminal histories, were identified through advancements in DNA testing.
Police said the two suspects are dead and subsequently won’t be charged in the case.
“Justice doesn’t have an expiration date – not in this organization, not in this community,” Sheriff Gregory Tony said.
