Investigators have solved the cold case murder of a San Jose teacher stabbed to death at Branham High School nearly 50 years ago, naming a teenager who was originally suspected in the crime as the killer.

After nearly half a century, the murder that shook the San Jose community has finally found closure. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, working in tandem with the San Jose Police Department,

Nearly 50 years after a young teacher was found stabbed to death in a San Jose high school hallway, South Bay authorities on Monday officially identified her killer as a 16-year-old who took his own life and had confessed to a relative and had been seen carrying a knife that had the words: “Teacher dear.