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South Carolina man gets life for 1976 cold case killing
South Carolina man gets life for 1976 cold case killing

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for a killing that went unsolved for more than four decades until a DNA match helped investigators crack the case. Charles Ugvine Coleman pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in the March 1976 death of Elizabeth Ann Howell Wilson before his trial started at the Fairfield County Courthouse More

February 16, 2022

Man fatally shot on I-95, family still seeks answers
Man fatally shot on I-95, family still seeks answers

“Someone took his life. And that person is still out there…” JUPITER, Fla. (Scripps News West Palm) — It’s been nearly a year since Christopher Maassen was shot and killed on I-95 in Jupiter, and his family is still searching for answers.   Peaceful, spiritual, and loving are just a few words his relatives use […] More

February 11, 2022

Police eye genetic DNA 25 years after JonBenet Ramsey killed
Police eye genetic DNA 25 years after JonBenet Ramsey killed

Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say they are looking at "genetic DNA testing" to see if it can be used to help solve the case. The 6-year-old was found dead in the basement of her family's Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996, bludgeoned and strangled, several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note had been left behind. Her death was ruled a homicide, but nobody was ever charged in the case. More

December 21, 2021

Remains found in 1982 are those of former O’Jays guitarist
Remains found in 1982 are those of former O’Jays guitarist

Skeletal remains found nearly 40 years ago have been identified as those of a guitarist who once played with the R&B group The O'Jays and also co-wrote a few of their songs, investigators said. Authorities used DNA and genealogical research to identify the remains of Frank "Frankie" Little Jr., which were found in a garbage bag in a wooded area behind a business in Twinsburg in 1982. More

December 14, 2021

Idaho man gets life in prison in cold-case murder and rape
Idaho man gets life in prison in cold-case murder and rape

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Eighteen-year-old Angie Dodge was raped and killed in her Idaho home a quarter-century ago and an innocent man wrongly served 20 years in prison for the crime. On Tuesday, the man authorities have said is the real killer was sentenced to life in prison. Brian Leigh […] More

June 14, 2021

Head found in Louisiana identified as that of Texas woman
Head found in Louisiana identified as that of Texas woman

CAMERON, La. (AP) — A head found along a highway near the Louisiana coast three years ago has been identified as that of a Texas woman who was last seen in 2017. Investigators used dental records to identify the dead person as Sally Ann Hines, 58, of San Antonio, news outlets reported. Police had received […] More

June 4, 2021

Murder, rape charges filed in decades-old Maryland cold case
Murder, rape charges filed in decades-old Maryland cold case

COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man has been charged with murder and rape in connection with the 1982 abduction and slaying of a woman who had been walking to the grocery store. Howard County Police announced Thursday that 62-year-old Howard Jackson Bradberry Jr. of Laurel was arrested at his home May 25. Police say DNA […] More

June 1, 2021