Candance Rough Surface, 18, of Kenel disappeared Aug 2, 1980.  A Rancher found her bullet-ridden body nine months later in a shallow grave on Lake Oahe, near Mobridge, SD.  The case was solved in 1995 when James Stroh II of Eagle River, Wis, told how he and his cousin, Nicholas Scherr of Mobridge raped and killed Rough Surface.  Firearm evidence from the scene was forensically linked to the recovered suspect weapon from Scherr.  Stroh pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years.  Scherr also pleaded guilty and is serving a 100 year prison term.

David Rose, 25, of Sturgis was found dead at a picnic area north of Deadwood August 2, 1982, from blows to the head with a rock.  Investigators lifted a fingerprint from his car door but it turned up nothing until 2003 when an AFIS check of the print tied it to Fred Bates of Quincy, IL. In addition, Forensic DNA testing provided a match between Bates and a cigarette butt found at the murder scene.  Bates pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 years in prison, with 25 years suspended.