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Cold Case Investigations
Long‑unsolved crimes revisited with new leads or techniques.
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NY Weighs SNP DNA Testing After Gilgo Beach Case
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (158+ words) CBS News reported that a California lab, Astrea Forensics, performed testing on nine hair samples from the Gilgo Beach case. Suffolk County had spent $130,000 on the Gilgo cases, the outlet reported. State officials argue that building internal capacity would help…...
65-year-old cold case murder of girl, 8, solved as killer revealed to be police homicide detective
1+ hour ago (596+ words) A family-tree website helped investigators identify a former Chicago detective in the decades-old case. A murder investigation that remained unsolved for more than six decades has taken a remarkable turn, after DNA evidence pointed investigators towards a former police homicide…...
NYPD Revives Manhattan Case of Girl, 13, Beaten to Death in 1981
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (372+ words) A cold case out of Manhattan is getting fresh attention from the NYPD, 45 years after a 13-year-old girl was beaten to death and her killer vanished without a trace. The victim, Vickie Lynn Rust, disappeared from Pennsylvania in September 1981 and…...
Unidentified Woman from 1988 Cold Case Identified Using Genealogy Technology
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (361+ words) Millen, Georgia (October 23, 2023) - The GBI has identified human remains found in a dumpster in Jenkins County on February 14, 1988, as Chong Un Kim, of Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia. Kim was 26 years old when she was found. Chong Un Kim came to…...
DNA testing solves 1997 missing woman case in Conyers
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (250+ words) Tammy Fortson (Provided by the Conyers Police Department) CONYERS, Ga. - The Conyers Police Department has positively identified human remains found in 2016 as Tammy Fortson, a woman who went missing nearly three decades ago. Tammy Fortson was reported missing in 1997 from…...
Under Investigation: John Sobina's murder
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (45+ words) WKYC Under Investigation: John Sobina's murder To stream WKYC on your phone, you need the WKYC app. Download the WKYC app Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Before You Leave, Check This Out...
Authorities exhume body in Wilkes-Barre cold case
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (284+ words) Authorities have exhumed the skeletal remains of a body found along the banks of the Susquehanna River over 62 years ago in an effort to identify them and determine how the person died. The body of a woman estimated to be…...
Oklahoma lawmakers host study to create cold case advisory board
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (208+ words) OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — After passing a law aimed at cold cases in Oklahoma, lawmakers are now teaming up for an interim study to create a statewide cold case board. Last legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers unanimously passed Senate Bill 1636, which aimed…...
Girl, 15, found alive in coffin eight hours after being considered dead
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (423+ words) A 15-year-old girl has been found alive in her coffin eight hours after being considered dead. Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, 15, lost consciousness while her father drove her to a medical center in the early hours of Saturday morning. Abraham Ixcotoyac, an evangelical…...
‘It was just crickets’: Idaho murder victim’s parents say they learned of killer Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal too late
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (692+ words) Parents of the Idaho murder victim have opened up about the unjust prosecution that handled the case poorly, leaving them in the dark for months. Steve and Kristi Goncalves waited four years for their daughter’s justice, only to learn the…...