# He Was 18 When He Solved a 57-Year-Old Child Murder Case Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/greta-wire-7827486/he-was-18-when-he-solved-a-57-year-old-child-murder-case Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/greta-wire-7827486/he-was-18-when-he-solved-a-57-year-old-child-murder-case.md Podcast: [Greta Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/greta-wire-7827486) Published: 2026-07-23T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.Newsmax.com/Listen Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NMAX1641979332.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/greta-wire-7827486/episodes/he-was-18-when-he-solved-a-57-year-old-child-murder-case Duration seconds: 1784 ## Resource Today on Greta Wire: - Eric Schubert explains how he contacts Pennsylvania State Police at age 18 and offers to investigate the unsolved 1964 abduction, sexual assault and murder of a young girl walking to school in Hazleton. - Schubert analyzes preserved crime-scene DNA, builds roughly 50 to 60 family trees and connects several distant genetic matches to the Forte family. - The investigation narrows to bartender James Paul Forte after Schubert discovers Forte later brutally assaults another woman near the same stripping pits. - DNA from relatives and a preserved hairbrush eliminates Forte’s brother, leading a judge to approve the exhumation that conclusively identifies Forte as the killer. - Schubert’s breakthrough gives the victim’s family long-awaited answers and shocks Forte’s surviving friends and relatives nearly six decades after the crime. Got a comment or question? Send it to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EmailGreta@newsmax.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and it may be used or answered on an upcoming episode. You can watch the video version of the “Greta Wire” podcast on NEWSMAX social media channels, plus YouTube and Rumble, on the same afternoon the audio version launches. Listen to Newsmax LIVE and subscribe to our entire podcast lineup at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://Newsmax.com/Listen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don’t miss Greta every weekday on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren” at 4 PM ET, only on NEWSMAX TV. Watch the show anytime, anywhere with NEWSMAX+. Get your 15-day free trial of NEWSMAX+ at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://NewsmaxPlus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Greta on Social Media: Facebook: / greta  X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/greta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: / greta  TikTok: / greta.com  Follow NEWSMAX on Social Media: Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://nws.mx/FB⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/greta-wire-7827486/episodes/he-was-18-when-he-solved-a-57-year-old-child-murder-case/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/greta-wire-7827486/he-was-18-when-he-solved-a-57-year-old-child-murder-case.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.