By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The genealogy website used to find the man accused of being California’s Golden State Killer had no idea its database was tapped in pursuit of a suspect who eluded law enforcement for four decades, the site’s co-founder said Friday. The revelation came as …
“No one thinks they live next door to a serial killer. But at the same time I’m just like, he was a weird guy. He kept to himself. When you start to think about it you’re like, I could see him doing something like that, but I would never suspect it.”
Police in New York believe they’ve found the remains of a woman missing since 1966 under the Long Island home of her then-boyfriend—a married policeman. Louise Pietrewicz, 38, vanished without a trace in October 1966. The Cutchogue woman was raising an 11-year-old daughter at the time of her disappearance. People reported that the remains were wrapped in …
Traci Pittman Kegley mysteriously vanished in 20 years ago, leaving her 2-year-old daughter alone in her car on a rural Alabama road. Her disappearance has been a cold case for years, but not investigators believe they could be close to finding the mother’s remains. They reportedly have suspects on their radar. Nancy Grace explores the …
“When the tips all dry up, then I guess we move on to the next case.”
By JAY REEVES, Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The mother of Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who vanished during her senior trip to Aruba in 2005, is seeking at least $35 million from the producers of what she contends was a fake television documentary about the case. Beth Holloway said in a federal lawsuit filed …
The town of Hoover, Alabama, has six unsolved murders on their books–a statistic that continues to trouble their police department with each passing day. The Hoover Sun reported that years–in some cases, decades–after their murders, local police are working to give their families closure. Hoover Police Captain Gregg Rector told the paper that all of …
On New Year’s Eve in 1980, 30-year-old Brad Baker, an Indiana native, lost his life just before going on a date with a Virginia radiologist. It took authorities over 30 years to close the case, but their resolve and determination paid off when tips led them to the killer. Shortly before Christmas in 1980, Baker, who studied …
Authorities are seeking the public’s help to close an 18-year-old cold case involving a double homicide and two missing Oklahoma teenagers, KFOR-TV reports. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering a $10,000 reward for whoever provides credible information about the case. Between Dec. 30 and 31, 1999, the home of Danny and Kathy Freeman …
Sherra Wright received $1 million from her ex-husband’s life insurance policy
No arrests have been made nearly five years after Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found dead with her clothes cut off in the bathtub of her off-campus apartment. According to M Live, authorities determined the 23-year-old’s cause of death was asphyxiation associated with drowning. Police noted that Niswender was deprived of oxygen before being placed in …
Natalie Wood’s death 36 years ago has been one of Hollywood’s biggest mysteries, but the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department has restarted its investigation as new evidence came to light in recent years. It was ruled an accidental drowning soon after the actress’s body was found along a Catalina Island beach on November 29, 1981, but …
