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September 9, 2022

Cold cases cracked: How experts are solving hundreds of violent crime mysteries after decades of no answers

Investigative genetic genealogy combines cutting-edge DNA analysis and traditional genealogy to crack decades-old cold cases and find long searched for answers.

September 8, 2022

Maryland police crack 51-year cold case murder of sheriff's captain with arrest of New York man under new name

Montgomery County, Maryland, police crack the 51-year-old cold case murder of slain sheriff's Capt. James Tappen Hall with the New York arrest of the now 71-year-old Larry David Smith.

September 7, 2022

Georgia investigators identify suspect who allegedly killed Michigan teen in 33-year-old cold case

The alleged killer of Stacey Lyn Chahorski was identified with genealogical technology by Georgia authorities as Henry Fredrick Wise, a truck driver who died in 1999.

September 6, 2022

Maryland cold-case killing of police officer arrest comes 51 years later

An arrest has been made in the 1971 cold-case killing of a Maryland police officer who was shot in the head and died while working a second job.

September 1, 2022

New York economist's trial begins for the 1982 ax murder of his wife

New York trial is underway for a New York economist charged with the 1982 ax murder of his 29-year-old wife Cathleen Krauseneck, according to local reports.

September 1, 2022

Boston man found dead in landfill identified 17 years later

A Boston man was identified Thursday as the body found in a landfill 17 years ago following advanced DNA technology that helped police investigators put a name to the remains

August 31, 2022

Power of a Podcast: Murder conviction 40 years later

A murder conviction this week in Australia underscores the increasing power of true crime podcasts. A Sydney court found 74 year-old former high school teacher Christopher Dawson guilty of killing his wife Lynette 40 years ago, in January 1982. 

August 30, 2022

'Teacher's Pet' subject convicted of wife's 1982 murder after true crime podcast sheds new light on cold case

An Australian court found Christopher Dawson, 74, guilty of the 1982 cold case murder of his wife Lynette after a true crime podcast explored the case.

August 29, 2022

Minnesota man linked to cold case killing through discarded hot dog napkin convicted of murder

A Minnesota man was convicted of a cold case 1993 killing of a woman after a hot dog napkin he used at a hockey game linked him to the murder.

August 25, 2022

Massachusetts inmate indicted for cold case murder of '80s college student Claire Gravel 36 years ago

Massachusetts inmate John Carey was indicted Tuesday for the murder of 20-year-old Salem State College student Claire Gravel 36 years ago in June 1986.