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April 24, 2026

Man confesses to dismembering father, stuffing remains in suitcases as DNA finally solves cold case: police

Larry Drotleff, 81, confessed to dismembering his father and disposing of remains in suitcases in Ohio, now facing federal theft charges, police say.

April 24, 2026

Forensic genealogy unmasks cold case suspect as strangler, sexual predator decades later: officials

Authorities say advances in forensic genetic genealogy solved two cold cases in Brockton, Massachusetts, identifying a suspect decades after the crimes.

April 24, 2026

Zodiac Killer may be tied to Black Dahlia case after ‘code cracked,’ new suspect emerges

An independent investigator claims he decoded the Zodiac Killer's cipher and found evidence allegedly connecting it to the 1947 Black Dahlia murder.

April 23, 2026

Decades-old cold case breakthrough leads to arrest in execution-style killings of married couple before child

A Florida man is accused of gunning down a couple execution-style in front of their 3-year-old in a 1993 Bronx cold case that haunted a family for decades.

April 22, 2026

Party prep tale falls apart as husband charged in wife’s decades-old cold case murder

Authorities say Dwight Rust Jr. is responsible for his wife Michelle Rust's 2002 cold case murder. He faces first-degree murder charges in Maryland.

April 22, 2026

Killer admits to decades-old cold case slaying after investigators lean on new forensic evidence: officials

Mark Sanfratello pleads guilty and receives 20 years in prison for the 1983 cold case killing of girlfriend Teresa Peroni after a 43-year wait.

April 21, 2026

Wife cuffed in husband’s decades-long murder mystery as cops cite new tech break

Texas woman Lisa Honrud was arrested in connection with her husband's cold case murder nearly 24 years after his body was found near Lake Lewisville.

April 20, 2026

Man whose wife vanished years ago now cuffed in separate cold case – authorities say his past was deadly

Robert McCaffrey, accused of killing Lisa Marie McBride in 1990, pleads not guilty as investigators say he allegedly confessed to the decades-old murder.

April 20, 2026

Killer undone by decades-old threads — glove, towel and shirt stitch together cold case justice

Aloysius Winthrop James was sentenced to life without parole for the 1988 murder of Ofelia Sandoval after a covert FBI DNA sample cracked the cold case.

April 20, 2026

DNA from chewing gum nails longtime sexual predator decades after reign of terror: report

Detectives used a clever gum ruse to collect DNA from Mitchell Gaff, who pleaded guilty to two decades-old cold case murders in Snohomish County court.