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Former LAPD Detective Guilty of Murder

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.

March 7, 2012

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LAPD Detective's Murder Trial Set To Begin

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.

January 29, 2012

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

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.

December 11, 2011

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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.

December 7, 2011

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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.

October 19, 2011

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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.

August 9, 2011

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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.

August 1, 2011

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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.

August 28, 2010

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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.

March 24, 2010

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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.

October 6, 2009

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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.

May 19, 2009

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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.

April 30, 2009