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March 28, 2021

Convicted child killer on the run for nearly 50 years may be captured soon, authorities say

Investigators are reportedly closing in on a convicted murderer of a 14-year-old girl who escaped from prison nearly 50 years ago, authorities said Saturday.

March 19, 2021

Massachusetts widow's killing solved 36 years later, alleged killer confessed before he died

Authorities in Massachusetts this week announced the solving of a decades-old brutal slaying of a widow following the killer's 2019 confession just before he died. 

March 12, 2021

Texas school employee wanted for murder is captured in Mexico after 7 years on the run, authorities say

A former Texas school district employee accused of killing his boss nearly eight years ago is facing murder charges after he was captured in Mexico and returned to the U.S. on Tuesday, authorities say.

March 10, 2021

Fingerprint analysis matches suspect to 30-year-old cold case murder in Massachusetts: investigators

Massachusetts authorities said this week they have identified at least one of the suspects involved in the 30-year-old cold case murder of a professional gambler, according to reports.

March 8, 2021

NC woman adopted as infant discovers biological father is on FBI's Most Wanted list after DNA test

A North Carolina woman who was adopted as an infant has discovered through genealogical sleuthing that her biological father is one of the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives for brutally murdering his mother, wife and three sons in 1976, according to reports.

March 3, 2021

Colorado man arrested in 1982 cold-case murders of 2 women last seen hitchhiking near Rocky Mountains

Authorities in Colorado have arrested a 70-year-old man in connection to the 1982 murders of two women who were last seen hitchhiking from a small town near the Rocky Mountains, according to reports.

February 16, 2021

Colorado officials offer $100G reward in cold-case murder of teenage 'high school sweethearts'

Colorado officials are offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information related to the decades-old cold case double murder of teenage "high school sweethearts" at a Subway restaurant.

January 31, 2021

Connecticut cold case murder of teen girl solved via DNA evidence, authorities say

A Connecticut man was arrested by police and held on a $2 million bond Saturday in connection with the cold case murder of a teenage girl nearly 17 years ago.

January 27, 2021

California couple’s slaying in Mexico leads to arrest, authorities say

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the slayings of an elderly California couple whose bodies were found at the bottom of a water well about two hours south of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report.

January 15, 2021

Killer of Amber Hagerman, who inspired Amber Alert system, still being sought 25 years later

Authorities in Texas this week expressed renewed hope that new DNA technologies could lead them to solve the cold case murder of Amber Hagerman, the girl who inspired the Amber Alert system.