LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. - The family of 16-year-old Kimberly Louiselle finally has answers 41 years after the teen was found murdered in Livingston County.

Kimberly Louiselle loved poetry and loved spending time with her sisters. She was on her way home on March 20, 1982, when she went missing. It would be more than three weeks before her body was found near the Island Lake Recreation Area in Livingston County.

Police said DNA links Charles David Shaw to Kimberly Louiselle's case. Shaw died in 1983. He had previously been named as the killer in the murder case of 19-year-old Christina Lynn Castiglione. Police said he is also a suspect in a third murder, which, if confirmed, would make him a serial killer.

What happened to Kimberly Louiselle?

Every detail of what happened in the last few weeks of her life is still a mystery.

What we do know, is that on March 20, 1982, Kimberly Louiselle left her boyfriend's home and called her mom from a gas station payphone to tell her she was on her way home.

She decided to hitchhike, it was something she had done before. She started in the area of 8 Mile and Inkster roads. She got a ride to the area of 8 Mile and Merriman roads in Livonia. At around 6:30 p.m., she made at least four phone calls trying to find a ride the rest of the way home.

She didn't make it home, and she wasn't seen alive again.

Her family searched for her, tracked down her friends, but couldn't find any trace of her. She was reported missing to the Green Oak Township Police Department the next day.

Kimberly Louiselle's mother said police kept asking her about her daughter being a runaway.  She was not a runaway, she was on her way home, she said she was on her way home,  Joanna Louiselle said.

The days turned into weeks. Then her body was found.

On April 14, 1982, Kimberly Louiselle's body was found behind a park and ride in the Island Lake Recreation Area near Grand River Avenue and Kensington Road -- just five miles from her home.

She was found nude and had been sexually assaulted, beaten, and strangled. Her personal belongings were not located. An autopsy revealed th

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