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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2011

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

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 20, 2011

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

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 10, 2011

FBI: Ted Bundy's DNA May Solve More Murders

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2011

FBI Investigating New D.B. Cooper Lead

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2010

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

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2010

NYPD Detective Cracks 29-Year-Old Cold Case Murder

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.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleOctober 6, 2009

Delaying, Delayed, and Good Ol’ Hamstrung Justice

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2009

Forensic Lab IDs 7th Victim of Milwaukee Serial Killer

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2009

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

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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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2009

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

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.

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