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Tag: Cold Cases: Page 2
Patrol
Pennsylvania Police Crack Cold Case with DNA, Genetic Genealogy Database
Police in Pennsylvania have made an arrest in the 1992 rape and murder of Christy Mirack, an elementary school teacher in Lancaster.
June 26, 2018
Patrol
Suspect in Infamous Serial Rapes and Murders Captured After 40 Years of Investigation
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert and Sheriff Scott Jones said they relied on DNA evidence to arrest Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who lived for more than three decades on a quiet street in Citrus Heights.
April 25, 2018
Patrol
Death of Detroit Officer Shot in 1972 Now Ruled a homicide
The shooting left Detroit Police Officer Donald Kimbrough paralyzed from the waist down and he died December 7, 2017, from medical complications that resulted from the decades old shooting.
April 20, 2018
Patrol
Michigan Detective Shot, Seriously Wounded Serving Cold Case Warrant
State Police Detective Sgt. Aaron Steensma of the Marshall Post was shot in the chest while serving a search warrant at a residence in Union City in a cold case investigation. He was listed in serious but stable condition at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, according to Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue, director of state police.
January 24, 2018
Patrol
Police Say They’ve Solved 1974 Murder of Texas Officer
More than 40 years after police officer Matthew Murphy was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Alice, TX, investigators believe they have found the person responsible.
November 13, 2017
Technology
Iowa Volunteer Hired as Digital Forensics Specialist After Helping Solve Cold Case
Investigators were looking into the November 2012 mysterious disappearance of Cari Farver. She disappeared and was never seen again, but her family and friends kept receiving bizarre texts, emails and social media posts.
October 19, 2017
Technology
DNA Labs International Confirms Suspect in 13-Year-Old Sexual Battery Case
DNA Labs International was able to determine the probability of paternity for the suspect, allowing for a warrant for the man's arrest to be obtained for two counts of sexual battery on a mentally defective person.
August 1, 2017
Technology
Parabon Announces Snapshot Facial Reconstruction Service
Parabon NanoLabs' new Snapshot Facial Reconstruction Service produces accurate antemortem composite images of deceased persons from skeletonized remains. The service combines two complementary methods of estimating appearance from skeletal evidence: DNA phenotyping and forensic facial reconstruction.
February 25, 2016
Technology
Drug Task Force Delivers Suspect in Cold Case Homicide Using Vigilant Solutions LPR
The 21st Judicial District Drug Task Force in Tennessee used its Vigilant Solutions license plate reader (LPR) system to bring to justice a suspect in a cold case homicide from 2002.
February 11, 2016
Patrol
Oklahoma Police Arrest Man for 1997 Abduction and Murder of Little Girl
Earlier this year, investigators went back to examine blood found on the windowsill of the girl's room and on her underwear, neither of which had been tested previously. Detectives then went back to collect DNA samples from all involved in the case, the affidavit said.
October 15, 2015
Technology
DNA Technology Cracks 1981 Cold Case in Minnesota
Law enforcement officials are still not sure how the body of 17-year-old Carolyn Lee Andrew ended up in a shallow grave in Duluth's Twin Ponds in 1981. But thanks to DNA technology, nearly 34 years later, authorities believe they've finally determined the identity of her killer.
February 3, 2015
Training
Inside the Mind of a Cold Case Detective
The first thing a good investigator, especially a cold case investigator, needs to know is that you can't base your conclusions on past experiences because those experiences are not foolproof. The only way to solve a decades-old murder is through hard work.
October 21, 2014
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