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January 4, 2022

Cold case murder, rape of Atlanta girl, 14, solved with DNA, police say

The cold case investigation into the death of a 14-year-old Atlanta girl more than 25 years ago has been solved but the suspect died last year, authorities announced Tuesday.

January 3, 2022

California woman found partially buried in desert decades ago identified by DNA

A woman found partially buried in the Southern California desert nearly three decades ago has been identified through a DNA sample, authorities said Monday.

December 29, 2021

New Jersey high court overturns Florida woman’s 2016 murder conviction in 1991 death of son, 5

A Florida woman walked out of a New Jersey prison on Tuesday night, hours after the New Jersey Supreme Court overturned her 2016 murder conviction in the 1991 death of her 5-year-old son, according to reports.

December 15, 2021

O'Jays guitarist Frank Little Jr.'s remains identified nearly 40 years later

The remains of a homicide victim found in an Ohio suburb nearly 40 years ago were recently identified as long-missing guitarist Frank "Frankie" Little Jr. of The O'Jays through an advanced DNA database. 

December 11, 2021

YouTuber finds car of Tennessee teens missing for 21 years, helping advance cold case

A scuba-diving YouTuber has found a car connected to the cold case disappearance of two Tennessee teens who went missing without a trace 21 years ago.

December 10, 2021

Suspect charged in 25-year-old cold case murder in Northern California

Authorities in Northern California have charged a suspect already serving a life sentence with the 1996 cold case murder of a 21-year-old woman, the sheriff’s department said in an announcement Thursday.

December 3, 2021

Florida man arrested for 1983 cold case murder after new fingerprint tech links him to slaying, police say

A Florida man was arrested this week for the death of a woman who was found badly beaten and run over at a train station nearly four decades ago after new fingerprint technology linked him to the slaying, authorities said this week.

December 1, 2021

Las Vegas police solve cold case rape, murder of 16-year-old

Las Vegas police announced Monday that investigators solved the 42-year-old cold case kidnapping, rape and murder of 16-year-old high school student Kim Bryant – but that no arrests would be made.

November 26, 2021

Janina Jefferson murder: Ex-con ex-husband Eric Jones remains on the run 5 years after ambush shooting

Virginia police renewed their pleas for the public’s help catching a murder suspect who has eluded capture for five years after the ambush shooting death of Janina Jefferson in a parking lot outside her workplace.

November 19, 2021

Washington state police solve 62-year-old cold case of Camp Fire girl, 9, murdered while selling mints

Spokane police said they have identified who killed a Camp Fire girl, 9, who went missing in 1959 while selling mints.