Cold Cases

Unsolved mysteries and reopened investigations

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Woman Murdered in 1936 and Buried Under Toronto Building Is Finally Identified

Decades-old cold case solved through advanced DNA technology, giving a name back to a victim who spent nearly 90 years unidentified.

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'You and Dad Are Next': Woman Accused of Stabbing Sister and Father Referenced Brother's Unsolved Death, Police Say

Tamara Stone allegedly warned her sister that 'Brian was first' before attacking both victims with a 12-inch kitchen knife inside their father's Vermont mobile home.

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Bay Area Investigator Believes He's Identified 'The Doodler' Serial Killer Who Murdered Six Gay Men In 1970s

San Francisco cold case unit chief says the suspected killer, now in his 70s, may still be living in East Bay as police offer $250,000 reward for his arrest.

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Janet Walsh Murder: New DNA Evidence May Finally Crack 1979 Cold Case That Haunted Pennsylvania Town

Investigators discover semen on crime scene evidence nearly five decades after the 23-year-old was found suffocated in her Monaca apartment.

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District Attorney to Announce New Details in Brockton Cold Cases Involving Unsolved Murder, 2 Rapes

Plymouth County DA scheduled to reveal developments in long-unsolved cases during live announcement at 11:30 a.m.

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DNA Tracks Down Killer, Rapist in 2 Brockton Cold Cases, DA Says

Breakthrough in Plymouth County cold case investigations using advanced DNA technology leads to suspect identification decades after crimes.

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GBI Seeks Public Help in 34-Year-Old Effingham County Murder Case

Georgia Bureau of Investigation renews appeal for information in decades-old unsolved homicide.

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Person of Interest Knew Victim of 2004 Cold Case, Victim's Mother Says

Mother of missing woman from 2004 case tells WRAL her daughter's killer and the person of interest were friends.

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Man Whose Wife Vanished Years Ago Now Arrested in Separate Cold Case, Authorities Say

Investigators reveal the man's past was connected to a decades-old unsolved homicide as they reopen multiple missing persons investigations.

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Arrest Made in 1990 Sussex County Homicide, Decades-Old Cold Case Cracked

Authorities announce breakthrough in 36-year-old investigation, suspect charged in connection with killing.

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Minneapolis Mother Rents Billboard 3 Years After Son's Unresolved Nightclub Shooting

The mother of a man killed in a Minneapolis nightclub shooting in 2023 is seeking new witnesses as the case remains unsolved.

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Western Michigan University Cold Case Program Assists State Police in Solving Decades-Old Cases

University forensic experts collaborate with Michigan State Police to review unsolved investigations using advanced DNA technology and investigative techniques.

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Atlanta Mayor Addresses Unsolved Murder of Katie Janness

Mayor discusses cold case investigation into homicide that has remained unsolved since 2021.

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Judge Orders DNA Testing in 1982 Van Wert County Murder Case

Decades-old homicide investigation sees potential breakthrough as court authorizes advanced DNA analysis.

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Detectives Reopen 2007 Cold Case of Man Shot at Rancho Cucamonga Party

San Bernardino County Sheriff's detectives are reviewing evidence in the killing of a man who was shot at a party in Rancho Cucamonga in 2007.

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Ted Bundy Linked to 1974 Utah Teen Murder in Cold Case Revival

Authorities confirm ongoing investigation into decades-old homicide allegedly connected to serial killer.

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Missing Banker's Remains Identified Again After Beach Discovery in Decades-Old Unsolved Mystery

Cold case breakthrough marks second identification of remains found on shoreline in unsolved disappearance.

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Charges Filed Against Suspect in 1990 'Lovers' Lane' Cold Case Murders

Decades-old double homicide case sees breakthrough as suspect faces murder charges in connection with slayings that puzzled investigators for over three decades.

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Daughters Seek Answers in Their Mother's Unsolved Murder 13 Years Later

Cleveland family continues pushing for justice decades after homicide that left woman dead.

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Lover's Lane Murders: Texas Man Charged With 1990 Killings of Young Houston Couple Posed as Officer for Years

William Parrott arrested in Nebraska decades after Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson were found slain near their parked vehicle; prosecutors say more victims may exist.

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Miami-Dade Detectives Seek Public Help Solving 2023 Murder of 21-Year-Old Man

Authorities release composite sketch as they investigate fatal shooting that remains unsolved nearly three years later.

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1993 Killing of State Employee at Cleveland County Rest Stop Remains Unsolved

More than three decades later, investigators continue seeking answers in the murder of a North Carolina state worker found at a highway rest area.

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Former Soledad Resident Sentenced to 25 Years-to-Life in State Prison for Cold Case Murder

Monterey County case results in lengthy prison term for defendant convicted in decades-old homicide.

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Family Seeks Closure After Man Shot, Killed in East Mount Airy Cold Case

Philadelphia investigators continue pursuing justice decades after homicide that left community searching for answers.