May 1, 2019 Tossed cigarette leads to arrest in cold case rape, murder of Washington woman An Oregon man was arrested Sunday in connection to a cold case rape and murder of a Washington woman 25 years ago after DNA from a tossed cigarette butt led authorities to him, according to officials.
April 29, 2019 Utah nonprofit plans DNA testing lab it says will 'revolutionize cold cases' in U.S. A non-profit in Utah plans to build a DNA testing lab that they say will revolutionize the nation's handling of criminal cold cases.
April 29, 2019 Indiana man sentenced to 115 years for 1998 rape and murder after DNA breakthrough An Indiana county judge sentenced a man to 115 years in jail for the 1998 rape and murder of a woman whose home was set on fire after the crime. The break in the case came when police submitted evidence for DNA testing.
April 22, 2019 Woman indicted in 1975 cold-case murder of 16-year-old Georgia girl dies before trial The cold case 1975 murder of Georgia teenager may never see all of its questions answered, as the accused killer who'd been arrested two years ago has died, investigators revealed.
April 19, 2019 Texas police seek author of mystery letter in girl’s cold case murder 45 years ago A Texas cold case squad on Friday released an old handwritten letter that could solve a 17-year-old girl’s brutal murder 45 years ago.
April 18, 2019 California cold case rape, killings of 2 women linked to dead inmate in Washington More than four decades after two women along California's central coast were raped and murdered, officials revealed Wednesday that DNA from an old razor has linked the cold case killings to a man who died of cancer while in prison.
April 15, 2019 Stephane Henderson: Texas authorities boost reward in bid to solve 1993 cold case What happened to Stephane Meeks Henderson?
April 15, 2019 DNA helps identity 2 women found dead in Texas ‘killing fields’ decades ago Texas cold case detectives on Monday announced a breakthrough in identifying two women believed killed by a serial killer decades ago.
April 15, 2019 Idaho man pleads guilty to 1992 Washington murder, after DNA from cigarette butt led to arrest An Idaho man pleaded guilty on Friday to a cold case killing from 1992 in Washington state after he was arrested based on evidence recovered from a cigarette butt that connected him to another unsolved slaying.
April 14, 2019 DNA leads to arrest in murder of 94-year-old Northern California woman Northern California cold case detectives have announced an arrest using DNA in the death of 94-year-old woman they say was “brutally murdered.”
