Steven Fike pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1980 murder of 19-year-old Wendy Dansereau, whose body was found in a Boston hotel. Initially charged in 2019, Fike, now 65, will serve 13 to 15 years in prison. His case was aided by advances in DNA technology that matched samples found at the crime scene to his DNA. After 45 years, the victim's family finally received closure. Fike remains in prison for separate rape and murder charges from 1982, complicating the case further.
After 45 years, and thanks to advances in DNA science, the collection of evidence by Alabama authorities, and the perseverance of investigators here, Wendy Dansereau's family at last has an answer about who was responsible for her tragic death.
Fike was initially charged in 2019 with first-degree murder and rape in Dansereau's strangling. The case went unsolved for decades.
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