Cold Cases

Hae Min Lee's family to appeal Baltimore judge’s decision to overturn Adnan Syed's conviction in a case examined by the "Serial" podcast. More

September 29, 2022

Jury instruction is scheduled to take place later this week followed by closing arguments in the Kristin Smart murder trial. More

September 28, 2022

In this latest installment of 'From the Bench,' Judge Ashley Willcott looks at two convictions in the cases of Adnan Syed and Michael Carneal. More

September 23, 2022

Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering Hae Min Lee. He walked out of prison a free man based on arguments his conviction was flawed. More

September 21, 2022

Families of Annette Schnee and Bobbi Jo Oberholtzer, killed in 1982 in Colorado, finally see justice. Alan Lee Phillips was convicted of all charges. More

September 20, 2022

Host Sarah Koenig noted that most or all of the evidence cited in prosecutors' motion to overturn the conviction was available since 1999. More

September 20, 2022

Baltimore judge orders release of Adnan Syed after overturning his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case chronicled in podcast “Serial.” More

September 19, 2022

Cops say DNA evidence proves Garry Artman dumped a woman's body in Maryland in 2006. He's in custody in Michigan in connection with a 1996 cold case. More

September 19, 2022

A Baltimore hearing will consider a request to set free Adnan Syed based on new evidence. He's serving a life sentence for the murder of Hae Min Lee. More

September 19, 2022

The Broward Public Defender’s Office said in a motion that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer held a longstanding animosity toward lead defense lawyer Melisa McNeill. More

September 19, 2022

Former Nevada deputy attorney general Tudor Chirila Jr. was arrested in Reno as a suspect in a 1972 Hawaii homicide. He's being held without bail. More

September 16, 2022

Baltimore prosecutors asked a judge to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case chronicled in the podcast “Serial." More

September 14, 2022

DNA evidence led to the arrest of Feng Lu in the killings of Maoye Sun, Mei Xie and their sons Titus, 7, and Timothy, 9, near Houston. More

September 14, 2022

DNA evidence found on a napkin helped lead a jury to find Jerry Westrom guilty of murdering Jeanie Childs after the 1993 case went cold for 29 years. More

September 9, 2022

Montgomery County, Maryland Sheriff's deputy James Tappen Hall was murdered 51 years ago. Larry David Smith was arrested on Wednesday for the killing. More

September 8, 2022

Investigators collected new DNA evidence they hope will lead to a break in the killings of Kansas women Mandi Alexander, 24, and Mary Drake, 79, at a bakery 20 years ago. More

September 6, 2022

Jurors deliberated for about 35 hours over six days in Dana Chandler's trial, who is accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend. More

September 2, 2022

An Australian man was convicted on Tuesday of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that was triggered by a popular podcast. More

August 31, 2022

Investigators now believe a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 was murdered. The search for Harmony Montgomery has become a homicide investigation. More

August 11, 2022

The family of Yolanda Bindics is holding out hope that her killer will be caught and brought to justice, now 18 years after she was last seen alive. More

August 11, 2022

Court records show a motion to vacate the conviction of Cedric L. Dent, 47, in the shooting death of Anthony Milton was granted by a judge and the district attorney's office agreed not to continue prosecuting the case. The shooting happened outside a New Orleans supermarket. More

August 8, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — A man who allegedly was involved in a murder case that occurred more than 25 years ago has been formally charged by the state of Florida. According to a grand jury document from the Leon County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office filed Thursday, Alan Lefferts was formally charged with first-degree […] More

August 5, 2022

Eyewitnesses who saw Kristin Smart at a party the night she disappeared took the stand Wednesday in the trials of Paul Flores and Ruben Flores. More

August 4, 2022

Ten years after a man was found shot to death inside a Nashville apartment, his killer remains on the run. More

August 2, 2022

Thirty-seven years later, authorities are still trying to identify the remains of some of their victims. More

August 1, 2022

SALINAS, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) – More witnesses were expected to take the stand Tuesday morning in the case against Paul and Ruben Flores, but that didn’t happen. Shortly after Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe took her seat in the courtroom, she announced the trial would be postponed until next Monday. […] More

July 27, 2022

A 76-year-old man suspected of a 2021 rape has been arrested in the killings of two women that had been unsolved for decades, authorities said. More

July 26, 2022

Barry Morphew has pleaded guilty to forgery for casting his missing wife's 2020 election ballot for then-President Donald Trump. More

July 22, 2022

Investigators have confirmed that remains unearthed in a Florida junk yard 41 years ago match a missing teenager, the victim of a serial killer now imprisoned for life in California. More

July 22, 2022

Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in his opening statement how Cruz killed their children at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. More

July 18, 2022