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San Jose cold case: Family confession solves 1978 fatal teacher stabbing, authorities say
A then-16-year-old student, who is now dead, is officially named as the killer of Diane Peterson near her Branham High School ...
Cold case murder of San Jose teacher solved after 47 years; teen killer had knife inscribed with "Teacher Dear"
Investigators have solved the cold case murder of a San Jose teacher stabbed to death at Branham High School nearly 50 years ...
Suspect in 1978 murder of San Jose teacher ID'd as 16-year-old boy, authorities say
Nearly 50 years after teacher Diane Peterson was found stabbed to death at a San Jose school, investigators say they have ...
Cold Case: San Jose high school teacher’s killer identified as 16-year-old boy
Nearly 50 years after a young teacher was found stabbed to death inside a San Jose high school on the first day of summer ...
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DA Cold Case Unit, San Jose Police Solve 1978 Murder of High School Teacher
Harry “Nicky” Nickerson, 16-years-old at the time, stabbed Diane Peterson in 1978 at Branham High School. Just this year, ...
Teen identified as killer in decades-old murder of teacher
Investigators identified the killer of a school teacher stabbed in the chest at a California high school in 1978, revealing ...
Cold case solved: High school teacher’s killer identified as 16-year-old boy
Nearly 50 years ago a young teacher was found stabbed to death inside a California high school on the first day of summer ...
1978 cold case murder of California teacher solved after killer's relative confesses
The 1978 cold case murder of California high school teacher Diane Peterson, who was stabbed to death, has been solved this ...
1978 cold case murder of San Jose teacher solved
In the years following the murder, Nickerson was arrested and convicted of armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping. He was shot and critically injured in 1984 while attempting to ...