Breakthroughs in forensic technology have led investigators to the identity of a woman whose body was found in California more than 30 years ago. According to ABC News, the identification of Tracey Hobson, who was 20 years old when her remains were found in August 1987, was confirmed through forensic odontology. A study of Hobson’s …
Authorities in Massachusetts announced Tuesday that they know who raped and killed a Harvard University graduate student in her apartment in January 1969. In a statement, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan identified Michael Sumpter, a career criminal who died in 2001, as the person who killed Jane Britton, 23. They said Britton was found beaten to …
Authorities recently confirmed that the remains found along a Tennessee interstate in 1985 are that of a New Hampshire girl who vanished a year earlier—but who wasn’t reported missing until last year. Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigations director David Rausch announced in a statement issued to The New …
Investigators in Florida have come closer to solving a 17-year-old murder after a DNA sample run in an genealogy database identified distant relatives of the suspect. The Orlando Sentinel reports that police made an arrest on Friday in the 2001 murder of 25-year-old Christine Framke, a University of Florida student found dead in her apartment …
Authorities in Georgia say genetic testing led to the identification of a suspect in the cold-case death of a 28-year-old woman found dead in her bedroom in 1997. According to ABC News, Jerry Lee was arrested last week on suspicion of murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm during the …
A woman was recently arrested in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of a 19-year-old Georgia woman who remains missing 27 years later. Per The Macon Telegraph, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda McSwain, 46, at Mercer University and charged her with the kidnapping of Sabrina Long. Long was last seen August 14, 1991, at …
An Alabama mother, her husband, and her mother are facing criminal charges after police allegedly found her 13-year-old son chained, stripped naked, and living in a dog crate. Per AL.com, the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office got involved Thursday after an anonymous caller claimed a child living in a Prattville home was being chained and abused. …
At just 18 years old with a promising future ahead of her, a Georgia teen was gunned down inside a friend’s apartment for seemingly no apparent reason. Almost six years later, her family still doesn’t know who killed the beloved teen, but they vow to never stop looking until justice is served. Vanessa “Honey” Malone, …
The Tennessee man who confessed to fatally shooting a woman in 1994 during a botched robbery attempt learned his fate in court this week. According to WREG, Phanhsay Phanivong, then 16, shot Angela Perkins, 23, to death in East Memphis as she drove home from work. The case remained cold until 2014 when an inmate serving …
A discarded cigarette reportedly helped police in Illinois identify a suspect in the 2009 stabbing death of a young mother whose body was found in her home. According to The News-Gazette, Michael Henslick, 30, was charged with the November 2, 2009, murder of Holly Cassano, 22, whose body was discovered by her mother in their home in …
It’s been 14 years since she last saw her teen daughter alive, but an Oklahoma mother is on a mission to find the killer and to help change laws. Next month marks the 14th year since 18-year-old Brittany Phillips was raped and killed inside her Tulsa apartment. The young college student, described as a sweet, …
A Texas man was arrested for murder on Monday after her admitted, almost 40 years after the disappearance of his 5-year-old nephew, that he beat the boy to death. Dallas Morning News reports that Terry Lee Woodson, 64, initially told police in 1981 that his nephew, Anthony “Burt” Woodson, disappeared. According to Woodson, he left the little …
