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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. …

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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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Sep 17

1986 San Diego Campsite Jane Doe Identified After 3 Decades

Though identified, her cold case remains unsolved — On February 16th, 1986, hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail made a grizzly discovery at the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation. The partially decomposed body of a woman lay at the edge of the campsite. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office was immediately dispatched to the scene and began their investigation…

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Sep 15

The Search for Elias Monroy: Abducted as a Newborn in 1987, Authorities Still Seek Reunion

The ongoing effort to locate Elias Monroy, taken during a doctor’s visit 36 years ago — On Monday, February 2, 1987, Maria Pacheco took her newborn son, Elias Monroy Jr., for a routine check-up at the LA-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles. Elias was only two weeks old and was born happy and healthy, but it had been a difficult delivery for Maria. Maria was still…

True Crime

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The Search for Elias Monroy: Abducted as a Newborn in 1987, Authorities Still Seek Reunion
The Search for Elias Monroy: Abducted as a Newborn in 1987, Authorities Still Seek Reunion
True Crime

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Sep 14

Ex-Food Network Chef Juan Carlos Cruz’s Murder-for-Hire Plot Exposed

Culinary star to criminal suspect: how Juan Carlos Cruz attempted to hire an unhoused man to kill his wife — In early May 2010, a man walked up to a couple of unhoused men in Santa Monica, California. He would offer the men a thousand dollars to split if they would kill someone for him. One of the unhoused men, who went by ‘Big Dave,’ said he was uncomfortable killing…

Celebrity

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Ex-Food Network Chef Juan Carlos Cruz’s Murder-for-Hire Plot Exposed
Ex-Food Network Chef Juan Carlos Cruz’s Murder-for-Hire Plot Exposed
Celebrity

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Sep 12

Decades in the Dark: DNA Cracks the 1959 Cold Case Murder of Candy Rogers

The daughter of the suspect helped give the last living relative answers — It would become Spokane, Washington’s oldest cold case. The brutal murder of nine-year-old Candy Rogers. Who was abducted while going door to door selling Campfire Girl mints. Candy Rogers disappeared on March 6, 1959. The fourth grader who attended Holmes Elementary was described as small for her age but had…

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Decades in the Dark: DNA Cracks the 1959 Cold Case Murder of Candy Rogers
Decades in the Dark: DNA Cracks the 1959 Cold Case Murder of Candy Rogers
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Sep 11

Solving a Decades-Old Mystery: 1980 ‘Disco Dress’ Lake Erie Jane Doe Finally Identified

The Woman Behind the Mystery: How Forensic Science and Dogged Investigation Revealed the Identity of the Woman Found on Lake Erie’s Shore — March 30th, 1980, marked a dark day in the history books of Lake Erie, Ohio. That morning, the Sandusky Police responded to a call about a bizarre object floating at the lake’s edge. As they approached Cedar Point, officers realized the gravity of the situation. Backup was requested, and the…

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Solving a Decades-Old Mystery: 1980 ‘Disco Dress’ Lake Erie Jane Doe Finally Identified
Solving a Decades-Old Mystery: 1980 ‘Disco Dress’ Lake Erie Jane Doe Finally Identified
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Sep 6

Former NFL Wide Receiver Rae Carruth and the Murder Conspiracy that Shocked America

Rae Carruth hired someone to kill his pregnant girlfriend. She eventually succumbed to her injuries; the child survived — On November 16, 1999, just after midnight in Charlotte, North Carolina, A woman named Cherica Adams called 911 and reported being shot at. During the 911 call, Cherica told the dispatcher that she had been shot and that she was eight months pregnant. …

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True Crime

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Sep 5

Justice Swings Down: Man Convicted in 1982 Ax Murder of Wife After 4 Decades of Uncertainty

James Krauseneck got to live his life for years before being charged with the murder — On February 19, 1982, in Brighton, New York, when thirty-year-old Jim Krauseneck returned home from work. The house was quiet, and he couldn’t find his wife and three-year-old daughter. …

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Justice Swings Down: Man Convicted in 1982 Ax Murder of Wife After 4 Decades of Uncertainty
Justice Swings Down: Man Convicted in 1982 Ax Murder of Wife After 4 Decades of Uncertainty
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Sep 4

Identity Thawed: The ‘Lady in the Fridge’ Jane Doe Finally Named After Years of Mystery

Amanda Schumann Deza was reported missing in 1994 and thought to have been a victim of serial killer, Terry Rasmussen — For twenty-seven years, a woman, known only as ‘The Lady in the Fridge,’ has laid unidentified. In March 1995, a scavenger searching for bottles and cans found a submerged refrigerator in the Whiskey Slough canal near Bacon Island Road in Holt, California. Curious, he waded over to the fridge and…

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Identity Thawed: The ‘Lady in the Fridge’ Jane Doe Finally Named After Years of Mystery
Identity Thawed: The ‘Lady in the Fridge’ Jane Doe Finally Named After Years of Mystery
True Crime

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Sep 2

Truth After Time: Joseph DiMare’s 1961 Murder Resolved as Wife’s Guilt Surfaces Four Decades Later

Francis DiMare died before she could face any charges of murder — It was on March 24, 1961, when Miami PD was called to the scene of what was believed to be a carjacking. The alleged victim who called, thirty-three-year-old Francis DiMare, claimed that while she and her husband, fifty-three-year-old Joseph DiMare, were on their way to dinner, two men had jumped…

Murder

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Truth After Time: Joseph DiMare’s 1961 Murder Resolved as Wife’s Guilt Surfaces Four Decades Later
Truth After Time: Joseph DiMare’s 1961 Murder Resolved as Wife’s Guilt Surfaces Four Decades Later
Murder

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