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Solving Cold Cases: AI Helps Catch Killer After 11 Years

May 15, 2025

A long-awaited breakthrough happened in a cold case from 2014. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office made an arrest in the murder of seven-year-old Terrez Coleman. This arrest came after a decade of hard work and new technology. In 2014, Terrez was tragically killed in a d

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Unmasking the Mystery: A Woman's Identity Revealed Across Continents

March 21, 2025

A global effort to solve cold cases has achieved a remarkable breakthrough. A woman, who was found deceased in Spain back in 2018, has finally been identified. She was known only as "the woman in the chicken coop" until recently. Her true identity is Ainoha Izaga Ibieta Lima, a 33-year-old from Para

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A Mystery Resurfaces: The Martin Family's Lost Car

March 7, 2025

In 1958, the Martins, a family of five from Portland, vanished without a trace. Kenneth and Barbara Jean Martin, along with their daughters Barbara, Virginia, and Susan Margaret, were supposed to visit the Columbia River Gorge to gather greenery for Christmas wreaths. They never came back. It was a

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Cold Cases Solved: The Power of DNA Technology

March 7, 2025

Imagine two women, Cathy Swartz and Catherine Edwards, living their lives in different parts of the country, unaware that their fates would be tragically linked by a brutal end and a decades-long mystery. Cathy, a young mother of 19, was found dead in her Michigan home in 1988. Her fiancé, Mike Warn

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Uncovering the Chilling Truth: Wayne Adam Ford's Deadly Obsession

February 22, 2025

Wayne Adam Ford's chilling words, "I hurt some people, " opened the door to a dark world. This world was explored by a Southern California author who spent years investigating Ford's deadly compulsion. The author's book, "Body Parts: A Serial Killer's Deadly Compulsions, " sheds new light on Ford's

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The Long Island Case Solved by Technology

February 11, 2025

On a chilly December day in 2003, a disturbing discovery was made on Long Island. Neighbors found the door of Edna Schubert's home in North Bay Shore, N. Y. , wide open. Inside, they saw a shattered window and papers flying in the wind. But the worst was yet to be seen. Edna Schubert, a 88-year-old

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Solving Dawn's Murder: Modern DNA Testing Leads to Arrest

January 27, 2025

It's been nearly 50 years since the body of Dawn Momohara, a 16-year-old student from McKinley High School in Honolulu, was found. The close-knit community was shaken by the tragic discovery. Dawn was partially clothed, with an orange cloth around her neck, and signs of sexual assault. The case rema

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A Business Owner's Shocking Past: DNA Solves Decades-Old Assault Cases

January 17, 2025

Imagine digging up crimes from the past. That's what happened when DNA testing finally caught up with Kurt Alan Rillema, a Michigan business owner. Police found that Rillema, 51, was the FBI behind two sexual assault cases way back in 1999 and 2000—at golf courses in Oakland County and Penn State Un

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Cracking Cold Cases in Norway: A Genetic Detective Story

January 10, 2025

Did you know that Norway is jumping on the DNA detective bandwagon? With the help of commercial DNA databases, a new tool called Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) is heating up old crime scenes. This isn’t your typical CSI stuff; IGG uses family trees to find suspects. And guess what? They’ve al

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Two Decades Later: Mall Kidnapper Finally Brought to Justice

December 20, 2024

In an incredible turn of events, a jury convicted a 67-year-old man last week for a 1994 kidnapping at the Oakridge Mall, thanks to a cold-case investigation that relied on DNA evidence. Thomas John Loguidice was found guilty of felony kidnapping with the intent to rob, after he was linked to the cr