DNA and the discovery that dental records were submitted upside down have led to the identification of a Utah John Doe found dead in 1983 — and the remains belong to a 17-year-old boy who went missing four months earlier. Robby Lynn Peay ran away from a youth treatment center in Salt Lake City on …
DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man for the 2007 murder of a Colorado mother of two. Darrell Burklund, 72, was arrested last week in York, Nebraska, and charged with the April 6, 2007, murder of Jessica Bajarano in Frederick, Colorado, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said. Bajarano was found in …
A court hearing was held on Monday regarding the ongoing disappearance of an Iowa newscaster who vanished in 1995. Jodi Huisentruit, 27, was reported missing after she failed to show up for work at KIMT in Mason City. The news station she worked for reported that Steve Ridge, a private investigator, has asked the court …
Newly released search warrants alleged that a confession was made in the 2000 unsolved disappearance of a 9-year-old North Carolina girl. Asha Degree vanished from her Shelby home in 2000. WBTV reported that Degree was last seen being pulled into a 1970s green Lincoln Thunderbird, or a similar vehicle. Degree was reported missing by her …
On Wednesday, state and federal authorities searched the former home of a 13-year-old Mississippi girl who vanished more than 32 years ago. According to WTVA, the FBI and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation were at the Tupelo home where Leigh Occhi disappeared in 1992. Not only were dogs seen searching the property, but people were also …
DNA testing has led to the arrest of a former classmate of a Hawaii high school sophomore who was found dead at the school on March 21, 1977. The Honolulu Police Department announced the arrest of Gideon Castro, now 66, last week for the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, NBC News reported. He was found …
An Ohio man has been identified as the killer of an 18-year-old woman who was beaten to death with an oven grate in 1981. James Vanest, who was 26 at the time he lived upstairs from Debra Lee Miller in a Mansfield apartment building, was shot to death in November after barricading himself in a …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy got away with murder for 45 years, and even after law enforcement connected him to the crime, they determined he “would never be well enough to stand trial” after finding him bedridden in a care facility in Tennessee. John Greer reportedly told Charlotte County investigators that he shot Adele Easterly, 25, …
Colorado investigators are making progress in the JonBenét Ramsey case, according to reports. Sources told ABC that cutting-edge forensic and scientific technology is being used in the Ramsey case. They also claimed leading experts are involved in the ongoing homicide investigation. “I’m not sure what it will take to bust it wide open, but it …
A private investigator who has worked on the unsolved 1995 disappearance of an Iowa newscaster said there are four suspects in her presumed abduction and death. Steve Ridge, who has investigated KIMT news anchor Jodi Huisentruit’s disappearance since 2019, told “NewsNation Prime” that Huisentruit started dating a man about two weeks before she vanished. Ridge …
A recent tip reportedly led investigators to Minnesota in search of an Iowa news anchor who has been missing since 1995. Mason City, Iowa, police Chief Jeff Brinkley told FindJodi.com that their department worked with Minnesota law enforcement to investigate a lead in Winsted. FindJodi.com — a website dedicated to the disappearance of KIMT news …
A car resembling a vehicle possibly involved in a 9-year-old North Carolina girl’s 2000 disappearance was reportedly seen being taken from a property on Wednesday. WSOC-TV reported that authorities were spotted towing the vehicle from a property in Cleveland County. Though tipsters said a similar vehicle was seen picking up Asha Degree 24 years earlier, …
