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Search Result: Cold Cases

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Facebook Helps N.Y. Police Solve 45-Year-Old Cold Case

April 24, 2013
A former Fulton, N.Y., resident living in Florida provided the name of 62-year-old Douglas Parkhurst after reading a retired detective's Facebook post about the cold case.

$50K Reward Offered In Va. Trooper's 1984 Killing

August 15, 2012
Almost three decades after the murder of Virginia Trooper Johnny Bowman, law enforcement authorities offered a $50,000 reward in hopes of solving the cold case.

Man Charged In Ala. Cop's 2002 Slaying

July 27, 2012
Birmingham (Ala.) Police this afternoon announced they have filed charges against a man in the 2002 shooting death of Birmingham Police Officer Joseph Jerome Daniels.

Utah Detective Honored for Solving Cold Cases

July 19, 2012
Park began working on cold cases full-time in 2005 and estimates he has solved around a dozen crimes — some of them many decades old — bringing closure to family members of victims who have sought answers for years.

Homeless Man Stops Mont. Cop, Confesses To 25-Year-Old Murder

April 24, 2012
A homeless man approached a Billings (Mont.) Police officer outside of police headquarters and confessed to the murder of a county official in Oklahoma in 1987.

Former LAPD Detective Guilty of Murder

March 8, 2012
A jury has convicted former Los Angeles Police Department detective Stephanie Lazarus of murdering the wife of her former lover in a cold case that forced the department to bring down one of its own.

LAPD Detective's Murder Trial Set To Begin

January 30, 2012
Jury selection is scheduled for this week in the trial of a Los Angeles Police detective accused of killing a romantic rival. The trial of former LAPD Det. Stephanie Lazarus is expected to last about a month.

Texas Officer's Research Leads to Honors for Oregon Deputy Killed in 1880s by Lynch Mob

December 12, 2011
Seventeen years after retiring from the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in Texas, Terry Baker handles cases colder than any he saw during his 39-year career.

Cigarette Butt DNA Helps Close 30-Year-Old Maine Murder Case

December 8, 2011
Mercier, of Industry, Maine, was charged with murder on Sept. 28 in the July 5, 1980, death of Rita St. Peter and pleaded not guilty.

Video: Wash. Jury Rules Trooper's 1998 Death a Homicide

October 20, 2011
The death of Trooper Ronda Reynolds was initially ruled a suicide by the coroner. Her mother who had pushed to clear her daughter's name said the ruling was justice.

Delayed Justice: Cold Cases

September 1, 2011

Jack and Mary Branson have collaborated on "Delayed Justice," which takes readers inside the minds of several of the most dogged cold-case investigators, who worked with active officers to solve cases in the book including the homicides of a 29-year-old Atlanta teacher in 1988 and 42-year-old Kentucky man found in a wooded lot.

FBI: Ted Bundy's DNA May Solve More Murders

August 10, 2011
Detectives in Tacoma, Wash., hope to solve the case of 8-year-old Ann Marie Burr, who disappeared from her house in 1961. Bundy, who was 14 at the time and living in Tacoma, denied responsibility for her disappearance.

FBI Investigating New D.B. Cooper Lead

August 2, 2011
A retired law enforcement officer brought forward an item connected to a witness who may have been connected to Cooper. The FBI's Seattle office appears to be in the process of ruling out the possible witness.

Texas Cops Make Arrest In State's Oldest Unsolved Cop Killer Case

August 29, 2010
Gary Wayne Pettigrew is suspected of killing Tribble, 38, while the officer was returning to work after dropping off cough medicine to his ailing son.

NYPD Detective Cracks 29-Year-Old Cold Case Murder

March 25, 2010
A very good detective did a very good job, and Wednesday a suspected serial killer was brought into a Bronx courtroom charged with a killing that went unsolved for almost three decades.

Homicide Investigator's True Crime Stories

November 30, 2009

Tapping into his experience as an investigator with the Chula Vista Police Department for 17 years, Tom Basinski wrote the true-crime novels "Cross-Country Evil" and "No Good Deed" based on detailed case material from local cases. In "Cross-Country Evil," Basinski chronicled the 18-year investigation that resulted in a conviction of a serial rapist (he interviewed from prison) who murdered a college student working as a prostitute. Listen to his account of the case.

Delaying, Delayed, and Good Ol’ Hamstrung Justice

October 6, 2009
As I like to bitch and gripe at the lack of novel approaches in the justice system, I should at least look at some when they do pop up. A couple of novel ideas were brought to my attention during the last couple of weeks, so I figured I'd share them herein.

Forensic Lab IDs 7th Victim of Milwaukee Serial Killer

May 20, 2009

A seventh victim has been linked to the case of Milwaukee's 23-year-old unsolved serial killer who is known as the North Side Strangler.

Woman Disputes Sister's Claim Their Father Was the Zodiac Killer

May 1, 2009
A Southern California woman's accusation this week that her long-dead stepfather was the Zodiac killer just took on a new, strange twist: Another daughter of the man is coming forward to angrily denounce the charge.

LAPD Ties 72-year-old Man to Two Waves of Serial Killings

May 1, 2009
DNA leads detectives to John Thomas Jr., 72. He is held in two slayings, but police suspect he may have killed up to 30 elderly Westside and Claremont women a decade apart.
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