The Latest: DNA spurs arrests California slayings from 1973

MARYSVILLE, Calif. – The Latest on the arrests of two men in the slayings of two California girls in 1973 (all times local):

3:30 p.m.

Authorities say decades-old DNA led to the arrests of two men in connection with the shotgun slayings of two girls in California more than 40 years ago.

They arrested one suspect in Oklahoma and another in California on Tuesday after comparing their DNA with semen from both men found on one of the victims.

Twelve-year-old Valerie Janice Lane and 13-year-old Doris Karen Derryberry of Olivehurst, California, went missing after going on a weekend shopping trip in November 1973.

Yuba County, California, Sheriff Steve Durfor says their bodies were found in a wooded area near Marysville, north of Sacramento, where they had been shot at close range.

Arrested were 65-year-old Larry Don Patterson of Oakhurst, Oklahoma, and 65-year-old William Lloyd Harbour of Olivehurst, California.

District Attorney Patrick McGrath says both will face murder charges.

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1:34 p.m.

Authorities say a man in Oklahoma and another in California have been arrested in connection to the killing of two girls in California more than 40 years ago.

Yuba County sheriff’s officials said federal authorities aided in the Tuesday arrests of 65-year-old Larry Don Patterson of Oakhurst, Oklahoma, and 65-year-old William Lloyd Harbour of Olivehurst, California.

Authorities say the men are suspects in the November 1973 deaths of 12-year-old Valerie Janice Lane and 13-year-old Doris Karen Derryberry of Olivehurst, California.

Authorities say the girls were driven to a wooded area near Marysville, north of Sacramento, and shot at close range. The girls went missing after going on a weekend shopping trip.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Patterson was being held on multiple charges, including as an unregistered sex offender.