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The Unsolved Casefile: Who Killed Michelle Wyatt?

SAN DIEGO (Scripps News San Diego) — It's a mother's desperate plea to find the person responsible for killing her daughter, 40 years ago. Cold... More

March 16, 2021

Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's highest court opened a door Monday for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of a man awaiting trial... More

March 15, 2021

Seattle woman arrested 23 years after infant found dead

SEATTLE (AP) — The mother of a newborn found dead in a trash can at a convenience store in Seattle more than 23 years ago... More

March 15, 2021

The Unsolved Casefile: Who Killed Kelly Acosta?

AURORA, Colo. (Scripps News Denver) — It’s been more than four years, and the trail of whoever killed an Aurora bartender has gone cold. Friends... More

March 15, 2021

Missouri Supreme Court: No new trial for Lamar Johnson

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The effort to free Lamar Johnson, who has spent 26 years behind bars for a murder he says he didn’t commit,... More

March 3, 2021

Man pleads guilty in cold case that led to wrong conviction

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to the 1996 rape and murder of Angie Dodge, a crime for which another... More

February 10, 2021

Daughter of executed man wants DNA to prove his innocence

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of a Tennessee man executed 14 years ago for murder wants to test DNA evidence to prove his innocence.... More

February 4, 2021

The Unsolved Casefile

Court TV takes a closer look at the clues surrounding unsolved cases from around the country and speaks directly to the investigators and family members... More

February 1, 2021

Genetic genealogy helps ID victim of Green River Killer

SEATTLE (AP) — Genetic genealogy helped identify the youngest known victim of one of the nation's most prolific serial killers almost 37 years after her More

January 26, 2021

Sheriff announces charges in 2006 slaying of teenage girl

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Three brothers have been charged in Florida with involvement in the 2006 slaying of a 16-year-old girl. Manatee County Sheriff Rick More

December 22, 2020

Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in More

December 21, 2020

Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison

By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Black man sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first... More

December 16, 2020

Years-old murder shook town; new arrest causes aftershocks

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As days turned into years, Brett Woolley came to accept that his father’s murderer would never... More

December 7, 2020

UK’s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a More

November 13, 2020

Man charged in 1976 Wisconsin killings competent for trial

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — An 83-year-old man charged with killing a couple in a northeastern Wisconsin park in 1976 has been found competent to stand... More

November 5, 2020

Former Idaho governor candidate indicted in 1984 killing

By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was indicted Tuesday in the murder of More

October 14, 2020

Seagram’s heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case

By TOM HAYS Asscociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An heir to the Seagram’s liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and... More

September 30, 2020

this undated file photo shows Madeleine McCann.

German suspect in McCann case faces new rape investigation

A suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann faces another investigation over an alleged rape. More

September 25, 2020

Court reviewer: Ohio State broke law by withholding records

By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old More

September 23, 2020