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Tag: Cold Cases
Investigations
Chicago Police Applicant Charged After Confessing to Sexual Assault During Polygraph Exam
Stephone Arnold, 30, his 35-year-old brother, Sherrow Harris, and their now-deceased cousin developed a scheme in which Arnold posed as a robber and “forced” the other two men to rape the women at gunpoint in September 2016, prosecutors say.
April 17, 2025
Investigations
Florida Detectives Crack 1986 Murder of Bodybuilder
The man who has been identified by detectives as the killer is Harry Van Collier, an acquaintance of the victim who was killed seven months after Halpern was murdered.
June 20, 2024
Patrol
Trial of Man Accused of Murdering Maryland Deputy in 1971 Ends in Mistrial
A jury in Montgomery County began deliberating Friday after a week-long trial that turned on whether Larry David Smith was recently coaxed into admitting to the crime.
January 18, 2024
Investigations
Federal Grant Helping Idaho Investigators Close Cold Cases
The grant ISP is using is part of the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, a program through the Bureau of Justice Assistance to help transform how law enforcement handles sexual assault cases.
January 12, 2024
Investigations
10 Tips for Successful Cold Case Investigations
Building and maintaining an effective cold case unit involves assigning the right personnel, training them, and giving them the necessary resources and support.
December 21, 2023
Investigations
Arizona Investigators Identify Teen Girl Found Dead in 1992
She was identified as 15-year-old Melody Harrison, who was reported missing from Phoenix in June 1992. Officials credited the "persistent" and long-lasting efforts of police investigator Stephanie Bourgeois.
November 17, 2023
Special Units
Miami-Dade Police Find Multiple Crime-Connected Cars in Lake
Some cars in the lake could date back to an international feud in the 1970s and 1980s between Colombian drug cartels and the United States government, a period known as the Miami drug wars.
August 9, 2023
Investigations
MD Investigators Solve 51-Year-Old Cop Killing
In October 2021, the 50th anniversary of Captain James Tappen Hall’s homicide, detectives from the Cold Case Unit decided to review the case.
September 7, 2022
Patrol
Charlotte Officers Working with Nonprofit to Close Cold Cases
The department is working with the North Carolina Unidentified Project, a group that helps departments pay for the advanced forensic technology needed to identify victims.
July 28, 2022
Special Units
Kansas City Chief Disbands Cold Case Squad Because of Staffing Issues
“We used to have a missing person cold case squad, and just two weeks I disbanded that to put them back into regular homicide and regular assault squad because we don’t have enough regular detectives,” Chief Rick Smith said.
April 13, 2022
Investigations
Washington, DC, Police Close 1990s Serial Rape Case After Forensic Genealogy Investigation
On Wednesday morning, authorities arrested Giles Daniel Warrick, 60. Police attribute 10 attacks in all to the suspect; they have charged him in eight, including first-degree murder and rape.
November 14, 2019
Investigations
Video: NYPD Offers Record Reward to Crack Cold Case Murder of Officer
The NYPD is offering a record $111,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the man who shot and killed off-duty Brooklyn Officer Robert Bolden at Dunne's Bar & Grille in January 1971.
July 22, 2019
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