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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. He loved nature, and…

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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21 hours ago

Bank Employee who Stole $200k in 1969 Identified by Deathbed Confession

Theodore John Conrad had been living as Thomas Randele for more than 50 years — Seventy-one-year-old Thomas Randele had lived a very seemingly normal life. He had been married to his wife for forty years, and they lived in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He worked at a Country Club as a golf pro. His daughter was grown and starting a family of her own. But Thomas was…

True Crime

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Bank Employee who Stole $200k in 1969 Identified by Deathbed Confession
Bank Employee who Stole $200k in 1969 Identified by Deathbed Confession
True Crime

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3 days ago

Man Who Posed as Pastor to Scam People Out of Life-Savings Sentenced

Nathan Peachey was the mastermind in a four-man operation that spanned to Norway. — Four men worked together to defraud the hard-earned life savings and retirement funds from multiple people across the United States. Nathan Peachey of Pennsylvania considered the mastermind, would pretend to be a pastor looking to get donations and investments towards ministries named The Joseph Project, Jericho Outreach, Jericho Outreach-Norway, and…

True Crime

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Man Who Posed as Pastor to Scam People Out of Life-Savings Sentenced
Man Who Posed as Pastor to Scam People Out of Life-Savings Sentenced
True Crime

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5 days ago

Police Have Identified Philadelphia’s Oldest Doe Homicide Victim

Joseph Augustus Zarelli, formally known as “Boy in a Box,” was found on February 25, 1957. — On February 25, 1957, that would start the oldest homicide cold case worked by the Philadelphia Police Department. A college student was out in the woods in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, when he stumbled upon a cardboard box. Inside the box was what he believed was a doll, but upon further inspection…

Cold Case

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Police Have Identified Philadelphia’s Oldest Doe Homicide Victim
Police Have Identified Philadelphia’s Oldest Doe Homicide Victim
Cold Case

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Mar 21

Story of Serial Killer Nurse Charles Cullen

He is believed to have killed dozens, if not hundreds, of people while working in hospitals. — This case is incredibly disturbing, and not just because of the heinous acts carried out by this sick individual, but the multiple medical institutions that never reported their suspicions to the authorities. …

Serial Killers

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Serial Killers

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Mar 19

Former Weather Man Posed as CIA ‘Spy’ to Con Millions Out of Companies

Garrison Courtney convinced private companies that he was a deep cover agent working on American soil — Have you heard the term “fake it till you make it”? This fraudster we will discuss took that phrase and ran with it his entire career. His lies eventually put him in a position to swindle companies out of millions of dollars. From 2012 to 2019, Garrison Courtney convinced at…

True Crime

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Former Weather Man Posed as CIA ‘Spy’ to Con Millions Out of Companies
Former Weather Man Posed as CIA ‘Spy’ to Con Millions Out of Companies
True Crime

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Mar 16

3 of the ‘Bear Brook Victims’ Identified, Detectives Looking to Identify Final Victim

Missing since 1971, DNA has finally identified the missing mother and her two daughters — On November 10, 1985, a group of hunters discovered two bodies in a metal drum at the Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Determined to be an adult female between the ages of twenty-three and thirty-three with dark curly hair and extensive dental work, and a girl between…

Cold Case

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3 of the ‘Bear Brook Victims’ Identified, Detectives Looking to Identify Final Victim
3 of the ‘Bear Brook Victims’ Identified, Detectives Looking to Identify Final Victim
Cold Case

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Mar 14

Killer Identified in 1983 Murder of Restaurant Owner Joette Smith

DNA identified the killer thirty-nine years later — On March 29, 1983, a man was walking his dog on the banks of the San Lorenzo River on the two-hundred block of woodland drive in Ben Lomond, California, when he saw a body floating in the river. She only wore one nylon, a black boot, and a string of…

Cold Case

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Killer Identified in 1983 Murder of Restaurant Owner Joette Smith
Killer Identified in 1983 Murder of Restaurant Owner Joette Smith
Cold Case

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Mar 6

“Happy Face Killer” Victim gets Identified 16 Years After Conviction

Known until now as Blue Pacheco Jane Doe, who was killed in 1993 — On June 3, 1993, a woman’s body was found on the side of the westbound Pacheco Pass highway near Gilroy, California, by a truck driver who had stopped to take a break. She wore blue jeans, a blue T-shirt, and a blue jacket. …

Jane Doe

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“Happy Face Killer” Victim gets Identified 16 Years After Conviction
“Happy Face Killer” Victim gets Identified 16 Years After Conviction
Jane Doe

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Mar 2

DNA Helps Identify Both Victim and Killer in 30 Year Old Cold Case

Stacey Lyn Chahorski was reported missing in January 1989 — On the morning of December 16, 1988, two state transportation workers found the body of a very decomposed woman on the side of Interstate 59 in Dade County, Georgia, close to the Alabama border. By that afternoon, authorities, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, arrived at the crime scene. The…

Cold Case

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DNA Helps Identify Both Victim and Killer in 30 Year Old Cold Case
DNA Helps Identify Both Victim and Killer in 30 Year Old Cold Case
Cold Case

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