Investigators identified the killer of a school teacher stabbed in the chest at a California high school in 1978, revealing ...

The 1978 cold case murder of California high school teacher Diane Peterson, who was stabbed to death, has been solved this ...

Investigators have solved the cold case murder of a San Jose teacher stabbed to death at Branham High School nearly 50 years ...

Nearly 50 years ago a young teacher was found stabbed to death inside a California high school on the first day of summer ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The student suspected of fatally stabbing San Jose teacher Diane Peterson nearly 50 years ago carried a knife inscribed with "Teacher Dear," authorities said Monday when ...

Diane Peterson Beemer, age 83, of Evanston, IL, passed to her new eternal life on May 9, 2025, after a short bout with cancer. Michael Beemer, her devoted husband for nearly 65 years, and their ...

A teenager suspected of fatally stabbing Diane Peterson in a California high school more than four decades ago was identified ...

Harry “Nicky” Nickerson, who was 16-years-old at the time, stabbed Diane Peterson in 1978 at Branham High School in San Jose, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said in a ...

Diane Peterson was found dead on a hallway floor near her classroom at a San Jose high school on June 16, 1978, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. She was 26.

Diane Peterson was found stabbed at Branham High School in San Jose one day after school ended for the summer. And though they had suspects over the years, her murder had never been solved.