Suspect's body exhumed for DNA in disappearance of Kentucky woman 30 years ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- New developments in the case of a Kentucky woman missing for 30 years are renewing her mother's search for answers.

Kentucky State Police said the body of Marty Dill—the suspect in Heather Teague's 1995 disappearance—was exhumed Monday morning for his DNA and reburied about two hours later.

Teague, 23, was abducted Aug. 26, 1995 while sunbathing on Newburgh Beach in Henderson County, Kentucky. A witness watched through a telescope from his home as a bushy-haired man grabbed Teague by her hair and dragged her into the nearby woods.

Police would find a towel, Teague’s notebook and part of her swimsuit. But Teague was never seen again.

The description of the suspect matched Dill's driver’s license photo, and his truck was seen near the beach. Five days after Teague disappeared, when police knocked on Dill’s door to serve a search warrant, he fatally shot himself before they could question him.

Teague's case was the focus of a WDRB Investigation back in 2018 as her mother fought KSP for answers about her daughter's case. Sarah Teague said at the time she was told Dill "probably" committed the crime, but had suspected the agency was hiding something and waged a court battle against them over access to evidence. Teague said the 911 tape police allowed her to hear in 2008 differs from the only one they let her hear in 2016.

The lack of a body or closure in the case has created a hive of conspiracy theories in the small town of Henderson.

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