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August 19, 2022

California man convicted in pair of 1980s rape-murder cold cases: 'Sexually motivated serial killer'

A jury convicted Horace Van Vaultz Jr for the rape-murders of two women in the 1980s. Investigators used new DNA evidence testing in the cold cases that were not available at the time.

August 10, 2022

Hawaii man, 75, nabbed for 1982 rape and murder of 15-year-old girl whom he stabbed 59 times: Officials

Investigators in California have cracked a nearly 40-year-old case involving the violent murder of a 15-year-old girl who was abducted while walking to the bus stop.

August 5, 2022

Biden signs bipartisan cold case law establishing federal right to request review for victims' families

The Homicide Victims’ Families Rights Act establishes a federal right for cold case victims' families to request reviews of evidence and updates on case files.

August 4, 2022

Florida serial killers charged in a pair of 1983 rape and murder cold cases

Two convicts were charged Thursday in the 1983 cold case killings of Barbara Grams and Linda Lansen — after an innocent man served 37 years in prison, authorities announced.

July 28, 2022

Texas man arrested 34 years later for allegedly stabbing his grandmother 51 times

Pennsylvania law enforcement officials credited advancements in forensic technology for helping identify Jeremy Brock as a suspect in his grandmother's murder.

July 28, 2022

Texas man gets two life sentences in cold case killings of two women

A Texas man convicted of killing two women years apart was given two life sentences for the cold case murders in the San Antonio area.

July 28, 2022

JonBenet Ramsey case: father to pursue legal action if Colorado ignores request for independent DNA testing

John Ramsey is willing to take legal action if the Colorado government ignores his petition for independent DNA testing in his daughter JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 murder case.

July 27, 2022

Florida authorities are probing the mysterious 2011 murder of a beloved airline pilot

Florida authorities are taking a fresh look at the mysterious, unsolved murder of an American Airlines pilot fatally shot when he opened his front door in 2011.

July 26, 2022

Two California cold case homicides from 1980s solved with advances in DNA technology

A suspect in two cold case homicides from 1987 and 1989 in Orange County, California, was identified this week due to advances in DNA technology.

July 26, 2022

Texas man charged in cold case killing after fleeing to Mexico

A Texas man faces a murder charge for a 2004 shooting at a Houston apartment complex that left another man dead following an argument, authorities said,