Unsolved Cases

As part of a plea deal, Richard Cottingham, known as "Torso Killer" received immunity from prosecution for the four other killings. More

December 5, 2022

The suspect, Christian Brueckner, is currently serving a 7-year prison sentence in Germany for a rape he also committed in Portugal in 2005. More

November 29, 2022

Dec. 26 will mark 26 years since the day the body of JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was found in the basement of her family's home in Boulder. More

November 10, 2022

Nora Elia Castillo, a Colorado woman whose remains were found in a Baca County field in 1988, have been identified thanks to genetic genealogy. More

October 31, 2022

Investigative genealogy identified the so-called Lady of the Dunes as Ruth Marie Terry, whose mutilated body was found on Cape Cod's shore in 1974. More

October 31, 2022

Jason Groshart, suspect in a 2004 Denver sexual assault cold case, was identified after 18 years; he awaits extradition to Colorado from Missouri. More

October 6, 2022

Julia Henemyre was found in a snowbank and later died at an Indiana hospital. It was ruled an accident but daughter Amanda Walterman believes it wasn't. More

September 22, 2022

A pretrial hearing for Cory Bigsby in Virginia court is rescheduled. He faces child neglect and endangerment charges related to his son, Codi Bigsby, 4. More

September 20, 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

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

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

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

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

Teresa Ann Bailey Black is charged with felony murder, cruelty to children, aggravated assault and concealing the death of another in the death of her 6-year-old son, William DaShawn Hamilton. More

July 13, 2022

Seven years after a man was shot and killed in the driveway of his Tennessee home, his killer remains on the run, and his family is still waiting for justice. More

July 13, 2022

Robert John Lanoue, 70, was charged in the 1982 killing of 5-year-old Anne Pham, who disappeared while walking to kindergarten. More

July 11, 2022

The father of missing 4-year-old Codi Bigsby has been indicted by a grand jury on 30 counts unrelated to his son's disappearance. More

July 6, 2022

William Reece, who was already sentenced to death for a cold-case killing in Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of three girls whose disappearances in Texas also went unsolved for decades. More

June 29, 2022

Long Island, New York authorities linked Diane Cusick’s 1968 death to so-called “Torso Killer” Richard Cottingham, who was already convicted in 11 other killings. More

June 22, 2022

A Milwaukee man is facing charges for a murder in Indiana in 1991 after prosecutors say he stabbed the victim multiple times in his apartment. More

June 22, 2022

A preliminary hearing was held for Cory Bigsby, the father of 4-year-old Codi Bigsby, who was reported missing by his father. Cory was arrested on child neglect charges unrelated to Codi's disappearance. He was denied bond and the judge set a trial date. More

June 13, 2022

Ethan Liming died from blunt force trauma received during a brutal beating at the hands of a group of three males who were playing basketball and engaged Liming and his friends in a fight, Akron police said. More

June 9, 2022

Cory Bigsby was denied bond Tuesday after being denied three times previously. He is the father of four-year-old Virginia boy Codi Bigsby, who was reported missing by his father back in January. More

June 7, 2022

DENVER (Scripps News Denver) — A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection to the 1998 murder of a woman found on Navajo tribal grounds, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. On June 30, 1998, 47-year-old Bonny Baker was reported missing. Her boyfriend, Crespin Nene-Perez, killed her and left her body […] More

June 6, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — After nearly half a century, the Salt Lake City Police Department were able to finally solve a cold case murder. The department announced Thursday it had closed the homicide case involving the death of 39-year-old James Bednarik in 1974. Police said the suspect, 75-year-old George B. […] More

May 26, 2022

By: Erin Miller NORFOLK, Va. (WTKR) – For 22 years, Alondo Adam’s family has been left without answers. They don’t know who killed him, in his Norfolk home or why, but now his case has been re-opened.   “Whoa. Londo was funny. lovable. He loved his family,” said Shannon Bishop Burrus, Alondo’s older sister, as she […] More

May 26, 2022

19-year-old Marcus McGee's killers remain on the run 14 years after he was shot at a Nashville Swifty Gas Station. More

May 24, 2022

BALTIMORE COUNTY (Scripps News Baltimore) — Baltimore County Detectives are still working to solve the 2009 homicide of Daniel Ho Coverston. These detectives are interested in hearing from people who frequently visited the area near the Alameda Shopping Center where a payphone was located.   They think the person who made the call from that […] More

May 23, 2022

Lucille Hultgren’s killing was the only cold case in the town of 25,000 people 30 miles south of Sacramento, authorities said. More

May 18, 2022

The two men who were with Shannan Gilbert that night told largely the same story to investigators. Police have said neither is a suspect. More

May 13, 2022