Police bust alleged killer, rapist half a century after 15-year-old girl found stabbed to death in cornfield

Julie Ann Hanson was just 15 years old when her body was discovered in a Naperville, Illinois, cornfield on July 8, 1972. She had been stabbed 36 times and investigators believe she was also sexually assaulted. Nearly 49 years passed without an arrest – until this week. Authorities on Wednesday charged 76-year-old Barry Lee Whelpley …