28 stories tagged with #cold-case, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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SC man suspected of slaying Hudson Valley hospital worker kills himself after confronted about 25-year cold case
“I’m sure that the investigators at the time never thought that it would have come to that single strand of hair,” New Windsor police chief said.…
Could a decades-old DNA sample solve the yogurt shop murder case?
The 1991 murder of four teenage girls in a Texas yogurt shop remains unsolved, but there's hope that advancing DNA technology will change that.…
Melbourne cold case arrest
A man has been arrested in Queensland over a 1994 armed car robbery in which three people were allegedly shot.…
Cold case cracked as Illinois suspect charged in brutal 1993 killing of mother found slain in field
Illinois cold case solved after 30 years as Albert Zigler, 70, is charged with murder in the 1993 death of mother Randy Gail Sperino in rural field.…
DNA breakthrough leads to arrest in grisly 33-year-old cold case investigators never gave up on
Investigators spent decades chasing leads and revisiting evidence, but the case remained unsolved.…
DNA breakthrough leads to arrest in grisly 33-year-old cold case investigators never gave up on
A 1993 cold case murder in southern Illinois is allegedly solved after forensic genealogy DNA led to first-degree murder charges against a 70-year-old man.…
Florida deputies solve cold case murder after new DNA evidence and witnesses emerge, police say
Marqui Newton was arrested and charged with the 2016 murder of Saadyar Johnson outside a Tampa apartment complex after years of cold case work by deputies.…
Suspect arrested in North Carolina double murder nearly 2 decades later
The suspect in an infamous North Carolina double murder was arrested after nearly two decades, some 3,000 miles from the scene of the killings, police said.…
North Carolina police arrest suspect in nearly 20-year-old double killing at a beverage distribution company
Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested Thursday in connection with the alleged robbery at a beverage distribution company that resulted in the deaths of 59-year-old Donna Barnhard…
DNA breakthrough in cold case double murder sparks $1m reward
More than 25 years after Susan Kay and Joanne Teterin were bludgeoned to death in a Newcastle home, police are on the cusp of solving the gruesome crime.…
Police probing 70s cold cases to investigate links to knife, shovel and dress at campsite
Police will review the testimony of a former youth camp manager who found a number of suspicious items in bushland around the time of multiple disappearances near Newcastle in the …
Husband, mother-in-law busted in woman's cold-case murder amid backyard dig: police
Kentucky estranged husband and his mother face murder charges in a cold case after Anna Lee Manning's 1994 disappearance dating back to 1992.…
Man arrested in 40-year-old rape and murder case after forensic genealogy investigation
There were no DNA matches for suspects until grant funding allowed investigators to pursue forensic genealogy testing, according to Virginia Beach police.…
Arrest made in Connecticut 40 years after woman's murder in Virginia
The body of 22-year-old Roberta Walls was found in a field in Virginia Beach on the morning of May 15, 1986.…
40-year-old Virginia cold case finally cracked after new DNA leads to arrest in library worker’s savage slaying
Charles Berry, 66, was taken into custody Monday in connection with the 1986 rape and murder of Roberta Walls, cops said.…
Connecticut man arrested in 1986 Virginia Beach rape and murder cold case
DNA cracks 40-year cold case mystery with arrest in library worker’s savage slaying: police
A Connecticut man was arrested nearly four decades after the 1986 murder of Roberta Walls, a 22-year-old Virginia Beach library employee, police say.…
Black Dahlia Docuseries In The Works As Talestorm Claims To Have Uncovered “Startling” New Leads
The producers of the true-crime series claim to have uncovered “startling” new leads…
Cold case killer who chewed cops’ undercover DNA bait faces survivor, families in courtroom showdown
Mitchell Gaff, 74, pleaded guilty to the 1980 and 1984 killings of Susan Vesey and Judith Weaver in Everett.…
‘Tell me where she is’: The 40-year mystery of a baby girl who vanished into thin air | Forgotten Fugitives
For nearly 40 years, one haunting question has ripped apart a Connecticut family: what happened to little Giovanna Crawford? In this chilling episode of Forgotten Fugitives, host J…
Cold case killer who chewed cops’ undercover DNA bait faces survivor, families in courtroom showdown
A Washington man was sentenced to 50 years to life after a piece of gum linked him to two cold case murders dating back to the 1980s in Everett.…
Teen vanished from home decades ago – now feds hope new image and shifting loyalties reveal truth
Authorities renew their call for information in the 1980 disappearance of 14-year-old Laureen Rahn from her Manchester, New Hampshire, apartment.…
Carl’s dad died without justice, then a surprise tip reopened the case of a brazen 1994 heist
Sverre Benjaminsen passed away without the man who had shot him decades earlier ever being found, but soon after his death police received a tip that’s reopened the case.…
A "Survivor" finalist's mission to prove his late sister was murdered
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advoc…
Teen’s roadside cold case death probed as homicide as police officer emerges as person of interest: report
A police officer is reportedly a person of interest in the 2004 death of 16-year-old Josh Davis in North Carolina in a homicide investigation.…
Cop haunted for decades by Roxanne Sharp's brutal killing didn’t live to see suspects arrested
But Herbert "Herbie" Joiner knew detectives were "getting closer," his son said. Four men were arrested this month in the 1982 death after a true crime podcast generated new leads.…
Man arrested in ‘one of most heinous, notorious cold cases’ more than 30 years after mother’s murder
James Lawhead was arrested after forensic DNA analysis lead in decades-old killing of Cindy Wanner…
Cold case cracked after 40 years as teen's alleged killers are caught after podcast helps find new leads
Four men were charged in the decades-old rape and murder of Roxanne Sharp after a podcast and advanced DNA technology revived the cold case.…