Canadian police have linked a dead U.S. convict to the killing of a teenage girl nearly 40 years

Houston — The Houston Chronicle is reporting; DNA tests linked Bobby Jack Fowler to the 1974 killing of 16-year-old Colleen MacMillen, who was last seen leaving home to hitchhike to a friend's house.

Fowler who once  lived in Galveston, was convicted in 1996 of kidnapping, assault, and the attempted rape of a woman he met at a bar in Oregon. To read more on this story, head to The Houston Chronicle's website: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Former-Texan-may-be-linked-to-women-s-unsolved-3894022.php