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

A then-16-year-old student, who is now dead, is officially named as the killer of Diane Peterson near her Branham High School ...

Nearly 50 years after teacher Diane Peterson was found stabbed to death at a San Jose school, investigators say they have ...

A witness told police that the student confessed to the stabbing and had been seen carrying a knife with the chilling message ...

After nearly half a century, the murder that shook the San Jose community has finally found closure. The Santa Clara County ...

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

Nearly 50 years after a young teacher was found stabbed to death in a San Jose high school hallway, South Bay authorities on ...

The brutal murder of a school teacher, stabbed in the chest at a California high school in 1978, has finally been solved, ...

In the years following the murder, Nickerson was arrested and convicted of armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping. He was shot and critically injured in 1984 while attempting to ...

Over the years, authorities say, Nickerson built up a rap sheet that included convictions for kidnapping, armed robbery and ...

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.

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