Her father, Stephen, drew a facial composite of the stranger based on the unnamed girl's testimony, which depicted him as a Caucasian male with curly red hair, a medium build, approximately 5'11 and around 18–20 years old.

[citation needed] An unnamed 15-year-old youth was detained as a suspect in the case due to the fact that he owned a Cadillac with New York license plates, which police believed was driven by the perpetrator.

[citation needed] In 2018, genetic genealogy helped with the identification of the Golden State Killer, bringing more attention to the method as a means for solving cold cases.

As DNA had been preserved in the McGuinness case, the Missoula County Sheriff's Office, BODE Technology and the FBI contacted Othram to develop a genetic profile of the suspected perpetrator.

He had never been suspected or convicted of any violent crime throughout his lifetime, and at the time of his death he was a born-again Christian who lived with his wife at their rural home in Cabot, Arkansas.

[8] Davis held various jobs and traveled around the country, including the states of Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.