Article: Family of student slain in `69 told of confession; The mother of James Berg, 21, who was killed in a robbery 36 years ago, said she is "glad it's finally over.".(NEWS)

Byline: Heron Marquez Estrada; Howie Padilla; Staff Writers

Josephine Berg was ironing Tuesday at her home in Bryan, Texas, when she received news from St. Paul that was more than 36 years in coming:

The mysterious death of her son, James Berg, a 21-year-old Macalester College student killed in November 1969 during a drug robbery, apparently had been solved.

"I'm glad it's finally over," she said. "When you lose a child it's something you never forget."

The case broke unexpectedly last week when Arthur Harper, a state witness in the trial of Larry Clark for the 1970 murder of St. Paul police officer James Sackett, confessed to St. Paul ...

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