December 20, 2018 Convicted rapist, 48, who threw teen girl off New York City roof in 1989 for denying him sex sentenced A convicted rapist who shoved a 17-year-old girl off a New York City roof after she denied his sexual advances in 1989 was sentenced on Wednesday two years after DNA evidence linked him to the decades-old murder.
December 19, 2018 DNA, genetic genealogy made 2018 the year of the cold case: 'Biggest crime-fighting breakthrough in decades' Law enforcement’s new partnership with genetic genealogy made 2018 a year of profound impact in how years-old cold case murders and rapes are investigated and solved.
December 16, 2018 Escaped child killer missing for more than 40 years may be ‘hiding in plain sight,’ feds say A convicted child murderer who has eluded authorities for more than four decades may be living under an alias one of two states and “hiding in plain sight,” according to federal officials.
December 14, 2018 Human remains found in search for Florida woman who vanished in 2010, police say Lynda Meier vanished after leaving her Florida apartment at around 5 a.m. on June 4, 2010. On Wednesday, police may have finally discovered where she ended up.
December 10, 2018 'Baby Jane Doe' funeral held for newborn found near California highway, as cops still searching for relatives More than four months after a newborn girl was found dead in a cardboard box along a Southern California highway, community members came together Thursday to pay their last respects as authorities are still searching for her relatives.
December 8, 2018 Massachusetts man who confessed to murder granted new trial after 33 years A man who Massachusetts prosecutors said confessed to killing a young mother 33 years ago has won a new trial under the state’s post-conviction DNA testing law.
December 2, 2018 Utah prosecutors say they have name of cold case killer of 2 A Utah cold case involving the murders of two women on the same date two years apart is closer to being solved now that prosecutors know the name of the accused killer.
November 29, 2018 Woman found dead in sleeping bag, wrapped in carpet along Utah road identified after 20 years Just over two decades after a woman's body was discovered in a sleeping bag wrapped in a carpet along a highway in southeastern Utah, officials revealed Wednesday they finally know who she is.
November 21, 2018 California man arrested in 1973 cold case murder of Stanford graduate, police say A California man was arrested Tuesday in the 1973 killing of a Stanford graduate, whose body was found strangled and sexually assaulted miles from campus.
November 20, 2018 Harvard grad student’s murder solved through DNA after nearly 50 years Nearly 50 years after a Harvard graduate student was raped, beaten and strangled, prosecutors on Tuesday identified her killer through DNA.