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COLD CASES
Montana deputies ID remains found in 1985, looking into possible link with serial killer Wayne Nance
Montana authorities used DNA and forensic genealogy to give a name to Christy Crystal Creek, whose skeletonized remains were discovered in 1985: Janet Lee Lucas, 23.
By Aaron RasmussenMay 13 2021, Published 9:26 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
No longer on the sidelines: How amateur sleuths are helping cops solve cold cases
Thanks to TV and podcasts, many cold cases and murders are getting a second look. Here's how police are solving these crimes after exposure in the media.
By Jean CampbellMay 10 2021, Published 1:43 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
College student was murdered almost 40 years ago. Police say they have now arrested her suspected killer.
Firozeh Dehghanpour was murdered in Nebraska in 1983 and her case went cold. After almost 40 years, police arrested a suspect in the case based on DNA evidence.
By Mack BushMay 8 2021, Published 9:19 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
DNA evidence leads to arrest in cold case murder: Victim was bridesmaid in suspect’s wedding, police say
Investigators used DNA evidence taken from a Texas murder crime scene, upload it to the genealogy database GEDmatch and come up with a suspect in a cold case murder.
By Aaron RasmussenMay 7 2021, Published 9:02 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
A 79-year-old woman was raped and murdered in 1980. In 2021, police say they made an arrest.
Police in Anaheim, California, announced the arrest of a suspect in a cold-case murder from 1980. The victim was raped and killed and found in an apartment 40 years ago.
By Nate HomanMay 1 2021, Updated 2:08 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Who killed Katelyn Markham? A girl goes missing, skeletal remains found, but no arrests
Katelyn Markham was reported missing in Ohio and then found dead months later. Police have made no arrests in her case, though a couple of suspects exist.
By Jean CampbellApril 30 2021, Updated 3:37 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
A break in the case?: Indiana investigators working to determine if a recent suspect is the Delphi murderer
Indiana investigators are looking into if a man who allegedly tried to kill a 9-year-old girl has any connection with Libby German and Abby Williams' 2017 murders.
By Aaron RasmussenApril 29 2021, Updated 8:40 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
Cold case cracked: Florida man accused of abducting, raping, murdering elderly woman in 1985
A Boynton Beach man was charged in connection to the rape and murder of an elderly woman in 1985. Police say they solved the cold case murder with the arrest.
By Nate HomanApril 25 2021, Updated 2:32 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Who killed Joseph Roy Davis? Almost 47 years later, Jacksonville homicide still unsolved.
Joseph Roy Davis was found dead after he tried to pick up a fare in his cab. His murder remains an unsolved cold case nearly 50 years later.
By Victor FakunleApril 25 2021, Updated 12:52 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
'We now have closure': Family praises arrest in 36-year-old cold case murder case
Authorities in Kansa reexamined and retested evidence from a 36-year-old murder and identified and arrested a suspect. Family and officials praised solving the cold case.
By Aaron RasmussenApril 22 2021, Updated 3:50 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Police never knew what happened in this cold case from 1995. Now there’s been an arrest.
The suspect was charged with first-degree murder for the killing that took place over a quarter of a century ago, police said. Officers haven't released what caused them to make an arrest.
By Mack BushApril 22 2021, Published 2:25 p.m. ET
FEATURES
10 takeaways from bombshell new report on efforts to solve ‘Holy Grail’ of FBI cases — where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Jimmy Hoffa's kidnapping and likely murder might be the most investigated case of all time. A new report from RadarOnline.com reveals new details on the efforts to find his remains in Michigan, New Jersey and Canada.
By Front Page Detective StaffApril 22 2021, Updated 12:07 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Delayed justice for father of 7 children murdered on his way home from work 11 years ago
A father of 7 made a pit-stop on the way home in Ohama, Nebraska, only to be killed in 2009. Now, more than a decade later, his case has gone cold.
By Victor FakunleApril 18 2021, Updated 11:55 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
16 years ago a teen was found dead in an abandoned building. Police announced they just arrested the accused murderer.
A teen, Courtney Coco, was found dead in an abandoned building in Texas in 2004 and police in Louisiana now say they have arrested the murder suspect.
By Front Page Detective StaffApril 14 2021, Published 11:13 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
Virginia man who killed girlfriend in 2009 confesses to wife’s 1989 cold case murder
A man already in prison for killing his girlfriend in 2009 was recently given another 40 years behind bars after he confessed to the 1989 murder of his estranged wife.
By Aaron RasmussenApril 13 2021, Updated 4:11 p.m. ET
MISSING
'Major Development' as father, son arrested in connection to Kristin Smart disappearance case.
California police are set to make a major announcement in connection to the Kristin Smart disappearance case. Reports are officers have made an arrest in the case.
By Front Page Detective StaffApril 13 2021, Updated 10:37 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
Colorado cold case murder solved after 36 years and suspect now behind bars, police say
Police in Colorado said they have arrested a suspect in connection to a 36-year-old cold case murder. The victim was found dead at his home in 1985. DNA helped nab the suspect decades later.
By Nate HomanApril 11 2021, Updated 9:59 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
Unsolved homicide of teens 47 years later has town divided after detective names suspect without evidence
Two teenage girls were murdered in New Hampshire in 1973 and their case is now cold. But, a former detective named a suspect with little evidence and divided a town.
By Victor FakunleApril 10 2021, Updated 2:45 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Donor gives $100,000 to help solve Indiana Delphi murders cold case
An anonymous donor has given money to Indiana police to help capture whoever killed Abigail Williams and Liberty German in Delphi. The reward is now $325,000.
By Aaron RasmussenApril 6 2021, Updated 4:34 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Police were told it would be 'by the grace of god' if they ever learned a murder victim's name. God answered last week.
The victim of a gruesome murder from over three decades ago has been identified thanks to familial DNA. She was 22 years old at the time of the murder, police say.
By Mack BushApril 6 2021, Updated 4:09 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Three charged in connection to South Carolina cold-case murder of teen boy six years ago
A South Carolina teen was killed in 2015. Now, Greenville police say three people have been charged with murder in connection to the cold case file.
By Todd BetzoldApril 5 2021, Published 11:29 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
A deathbed confession 37 years in the making helps solve a cold-case murder
Virginia Hannon was murdered in 1984 and her case went cold. Until 2020, when a man confessed on his death bed that he killed the school lunch lady.
By Victor FakunleApril 3 2021, Updated 10:05 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
Graduate student fatally shot weeks before graduation, years later police still have few answers
A graduate student at San Fransisco State in California was killed days after submitting his thesis and weeks before graduation in 2017. Years later, he is a cold case with no arrests.
By Victor FakunleApril 2 2021, Updated 1:26 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
Remains of pregnant teenager found in suitcases identified almost 45 years after her murder. Suspect under arrest.
Police in Pennsylanvia arrested a man in conneciton to a 45-year-old cold case murder. They also identified the pregnant teenager who was the victim in the case.
By Aaron RasmussenApril 1 2021, Updated 3:18 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
2 for 1: When police found the suspect in a cold-case murder, they realized they solved another crime too
Police in Georgia said they arrested a suspect in connection to a 16-year-old cold case. They also say the same person is a suspect in a sexual assault case.
By Aaron RasmussenMarch 30 2021, Updated 6:19 p.m. ET
MURDER & MAYHEM
Slaughter in the wilderness: The Lava Lake murders and the hunt for a killer
Here is the story of a triple homicide at Lava Lake in Oregon. All fingers point to one suspect, but why was he never charged with the murders?
By Michael EastMarch 28 2021, Updated 12:06 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
18-year-old gunned down the day before leaving for the Air Force. Nine years later, police have yet to make an arrest
An 18-year-old was shot and killed in New Orleans the day before he left for the U.S. Air Force in 2012. Police have yet to make an arrest in the cold case.
By Victor FakunleMarch 26 2021, Updated 5:23 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
BOSTON CHILD SEX SCANDAL: THE TRAGIC DEATH OF STARR FAITHFUL
Starr Faithfull was a socialite in the early 20th Century. But, allegations of child sex abuse and a life of drugs and sex sent her spiraling. Did it play a part in her death?
By Michael EastMarch 20 2021, Updated 10:16 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
WHY COPS ARE REOPENING A 40-YEAR-OLD COLD-CASE MURDER AND HOW YOU CAN HELP MICHIGAN POLICE SOLVE THE CASE
Mary Alice Ellicott was murdered 40 years ago and her killer was never caught. Michigan police are reopening the case and asking for the public's help to solve it.
By Front Page Detective StaffMarch 17 2021, Published 1:12 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
ANONYMOUS TIPS HELP CRACK 4-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA COLD CASE MURDER, DEPUTIES SAY
Tavon Derron Lavar Hill, 20, is accused of bludgeoning a man to death and wrapping the body in a tarp. He was arrested years after the alleged crime.
By Aaron RasmussenMarch 12 2021, Updated 12:37 p.m. ET
MISSING
DISAPPEARED 3 DECADES AGO: FAMILY BELIEVES MISSING FLORIDA WOMAN IS DEAD AND DETERMINED TO FIND HER BODY
Marinthia Ann McCoy went missing in Florida more than 30 years ago. While police continue to ask for information in her cold case, her family believes she is dead.
By Victor FakunleMarch 8 2021, Published 12:43 p.m. ET
NEWS
MILWAUKEE COPS MAKE ARREST IN CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK KILLING COLD CASE
A man in Milwaukee faces more than 70 years in prison after police charged him in connection to the fatal shooting of a convenience store worker in 2012.
By Nate HomanMarch 7 2021, Updated 10:37 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
GUNNED DOWN FOUR DAYS AFTER HER 21ST BIRTHDAY. CASE STILL UNSOLVED AND MOTIVE UNKNOWN
A 21-year-old and another person were gunned down in Chicago in 2017. Three years later, police have not made any arrests in the case.
By Victor FakunleMarch 6 2021, Updated 9:09 a.m. ET
FEATURES
THE KILLERS ARE KNOWN, THE VICTIMS ARE NOT: THE STORY OF FOUR DOES WHO HAD THEIR LIVES AND IDENTITIES STOLEN.
Here are the stories of four people murdered by serial killers, though their identities have never been confirmed.
By Jean CampbellMarch 3 2021, Published 12:36 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
MISSING PERSON OR WAS IT MURDER? BODY PARTS HAVEN'T SWAYED POLICE IN MARYLAND WOMAN'S CASE
Friends and family of Melanie Meleney insist she was murdered in Maryland and some of her body parts have been found. But, police continue to investigate her disaperance as a missing person case.
By Victor FakunleMarch 3 2021, Updated 9:05 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
A HIGH-DESERT MURDER MYSTERY: DID A MAN CONFESS TO DECADES-OLD KILLINGS IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA OR WAS IT MADE UP?
Las Vegas area police say a man confessed to two separate killings that have been unsolved for 25 years. But, now he says he wasn't the shooter.
By Alex LangFeb. 27 2021, Updated 2:11 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
AFTER 40 YEARS, FLORIDA POLICE IDENTIFIED WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN A CANAL. THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHO KILLED HER.
For more than 40 years, police didn't know the ID of a woman found dead in a Florida canal. Last year, she was identified as Nicki Elkins, but police still want help finding her killer.
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 22 2021, Updated 1:06 p.m. ET
CELEBRITY JUSTICE
FATAL VOYAGE: NATALIE WOOD’S TRAGIC FINAL HOURS
How did the beloved star end up floating in the ocean off Catalina Island?
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 18 2021, Updated 10:35 p.m. ET
Latest News
CASH-STRAPPED SON OF MURDERED CANADIAN BILLIONAIRES: I DIDN’T KILL MY MOM & DAD
Was Barry and Honey Sherman's son involved in their death? He denies the allegations.
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 18 2021, Updated 10:30 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
COLD CASE UPDATE: SIX-FIGURE REWARD OFFERED IN COLUMBINE HS SWEETHEARTS' MURDER. DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED THEM?
High School sweethearts from Columbine High School in Colorado were murdered in 2000 and their case became a cold case. The reward for information has increased to $100,000.
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 15 2021, Published 1:46 p.m. ET
MURDER & MAYHEM
IN 2003 HE REPORTED HIS GIRLFRIEND'S DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE. 17 YEARS LATER, HE IS NOW CHARGED WITH HER MURDER.
A man who reported his girlfriend’s death in North Carolina on Christmas Eve 2003, now faces accusations of her murder 17 years later.
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 15 2021, Updated 9:37 a.m. ET
MURDER & MAYHEM
INDIANA INVESTIGATORS PROMISE VIOLENT VALENTINE’S MURDERS OF ABIGAIL WILLIAMS AND LIBERTY GERMAN 'WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED'
The remains of two Indiana teenagers were found on Valentine's Day 2017. Three years later, their killer remains free.
By Aaron RasmussenFeb. 14 2021, Updated 9:02 a.m. ET
COLD CASES
COLD CASE: FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS THERE WERE NO ARRESTS IN THE DEATH OF A 4-YEAR-OLD AND HER MOM. DNA HELPED CHANGE THAT LAST WEEK.
Federal officials announced the arrest of Victor Lofton in connection to a 30-year-old Cold Case of mom and daughter in Gary, Indiana. DNA helped solve the case
By Alex LangFeb. 10 2021, Updated 3:30 p.m. ET
COLD CASES
VICTORIA ROSE MILLER WAS MURDERED – AND HER FAMILY HOPES A PODCAST BRINGS HER KILLER TO JUSTICE
Can a podcast help solve the murder of Florida mom Victoria Rose Miller? Her Cold Case in Boyton Beach has left investigators stumped on who is her killer.
By Front Page Detective StaffFeb. 9 2021, Updated 6:50 p.m. ET

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