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After 3 Decades an Arrest is Made in the Cold Case Murder of Joshua Harmon

The child went missing while playing near his home in 1988 and the cold case was solved in 2021 using new DNA technologies — On May 15, 1988, Eight-year-old Joshua Harmon was playing in the woods behind the Roswell, Georgia, apartment complex. He was still exploring the area. The family had only moved in three weeks ago. It was a warm evening, and many children were playing in the area. …

True Crime

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After 3 Decades an Arrest is Made in the Cold Case Murder of Joshua Harmon
After 3 Decades an Arrest is Made in the Cold Case Murder of Joshua Harmon
True Crime

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Husband Convicted 2 Decades After Wife was Murdered with Anti-Freeze

Julie Jensen would fight from beyond the grave with a letter she wrote before she died — On December 3, 1998, A woman named Julie Jensen was found deceased in her bed by her husband. At first, the police considered it a suicide. But the events following her death brought other things to light. Julie was forty years old at the time of her…

True Crime

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Husband Convicted 2 Decades After Wife was Murdered with Anti-Freeze
Husband Convicted 2 Decades After Wife was Murdered with Anti-Freeze
True Crime

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3 days ago

Man Kills Ex-Wife’s Lawyer and Sets Fire to Cover Tracks

Allen Tayeh is believed to have killed the lawyer for $28,000 owed in legal fees — In Lawrenceville, Georgia, a man was arrested for attempting to flee after setting an office on fire. Later identified as Allen Tayeh, the sixty-five-year-old was initially charged with arson. However, once the building was extinguished, they discovered the body of Doug Lewis, the divorce attorney who owned the office. Lewis…

Murder

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Man Kills Ex-Wife’s Lawyer and Sets Fire to Cover Tracks
Man Kills Ex-Wife’s Lawyer and Sets Fire to Cover Tracks
Murder

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Jun 3

Man Convicted of Sexual Assault Released After 12 Years in Prison When DNA was Finally Tested

Anthony Powell’s DNA was never tested before or during his trial — On March 20, 1991, an eighteen-year-old girl was abducted in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The teen was waiting for the bus home, and it had been around midnight when an unknown man approached the girl. …

True Crime

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Man Convicted of Sexual Assault Released After 12 Years in Prison When DNA was Finally Tested
Man Convicted of Sexual Assault Released After 12 Years in Prison When DNA was Finally Tested
True Crime

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May 31

Genetic Genealogy Used to Solve 1988 Murder and Assault of Betty Rolf

Gene Meyer became a suspect in 2022 after authorities narrowed down the DNA to two brothers — During a blizzard on November 6, 1988, Betty Rolf decided to walk to work at the Appleton County Aire Banquet Room in Appleton, Wisconsin. …

Cold Case

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Genetic Genealogy Used to Solve 1988 Murder and Assault of Betty Rolf
Genetic Genealogy Used to Solve 1988 Murder and Assault of Betty Rolf
Cold Case

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May 16

Lead Suspect Arrested More Than 30 Years After Murder

New mother, Robin Walter, was shot in her home in 1980 — On January 24, 1980, twenty-three-year-old Mary, who went by her middle name Robin Walter, was found fatally shot in her home. Robin was married, a new mother, and a nursing student in Barton County, Kansas. Law enforcement went to the home when neighbors reported hearing several gunshots nearby, and it…

True Crime

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Lead Suspect Arrested More Than 30 Years After Murder
Lead Suspect Arrested More Than 30 Years After Murder
True Crime

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May 13

Police Still Looking for Information on Missing Child from 1971

Anthony Murrill would be 61 if he were found today — Nine-year-old Anthony Murrill was last seen at his home on Sells Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 14, 1971. At the time, the area where Anthony lived, Harris Homes, was a housing project that housed hundreds of low-income families. It was a tight fit in the apartment for Anthony and…

Missing Persons

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Police Still Looking for Information on Missing Child from 1971
Police Still Looking for Information on Missing Child from 1971
Missing Persons

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May 11

Texas Man Exonerated After Spending 10 Years in Prison for Murder

Lydell Grant has been found innocent of a 2010 stabbing — It was close to midnight on December 10, 2010, in Houston, Texas, when Aaron Sheerhoorn was attacked just outside a nightclub. The twenty-eight-year-old had approached a group of people, opened up his shirt, and revealed he had been stabbed and needed help. While trying to get help, the attacker approached…

Exonerated

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Texas Man Exonerated After Spending 10 Years in Prison for Murder
Texas Man Exonerated After Spending 10 Years in Prison for Murder
Exonerated

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May 6

Man Convicted of Kidnapping in 1984 Sexual Assaults of 4 Women

Michael Sharpe had flown under police radar until DNA connected him in 2020 — In the summer of 1984, four women lived their worst nightmare. Starting June 3, 1984, a twenty-five-year-old woman identified as Jane Doe number one in Bloomfield, Connecticut, woke up to a man standing over her bed. He had entered through a screen door to her apartment. He…

Crime

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Crime

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May 4

Lawyer Marco Bisbikis is Accused of Murder & Writing Himself into His Victim's Will

Four men have been charged in connection with the murder of Dan Hutchinson — On June 1, 2022, in Oak Park, Detroit, Michigan, when Dan Hutchinson was leaving his business on his way to see his lawyer, Marco Bisbikis. Dan, forty-seven years old, was nicknamed “Hutch.” The owner of ‘Hutch’s Jewelry’ was a well-known jeweler with a celebrity client list. It was considered one…

Murder

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Lawyer Marco Bisbikis is Accused of Murder & Writing Himself into His Victim's Will
Lawyer Marco Bisbikis is Accused of Murder & Writing Himself into His Victim's Will
Murder

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