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Julia Wendell, 21, a polish woman who made headlines earlier this year after claiming she was Madeleine McCann, the missing three year old who disappeared on a family vacation in 2007, has received the DNA test results that state that she is not the missing girl and is in fact 100 percent polish.
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, a healthcare technology company, was found guilty in January of 2022 of four counts of wire fraud.
Judith Jarvis of Pennsylvania has been charged with the murder of her husband, Carl Jarvis, who was found shot to death in August 1987.
After fifty-five years, the child known as “the boy in the box” has been identified by Philadelphia Police as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.
Richard Cottingham, 76, plead guilty Monday to the 1968 murder of Diane Cusick near New York City and confessed his involvement in four murders. Cottingham is believed to be one of America’s most prolific serial killers and has previously been convicted of 11 other killings.
Prosecutors with the Office of the State’s Attorney For Baltimore City have dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Syed was released on his own recognizance on September 19 while the State Attorney’s Office decided whether or not to re-try him based on new DNA evidence.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn approved a motion by prosecutors Monday to overturn Adnan Syed’s murder conviction in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee. Syed’s case gained national attention after it was focused on the podcast Serial.
In Philadelphia, February 1957, a college student came across a box discarded in the woods, which held the body of a malnourished boy between the age of three and seven. The cause of death appeared to be blows to the head. While several major theories have been developed as to who the boy was and what happened to him, his case remains unsolved after over sixty years.
As the front woman for Seattle-based rock band The Gits, Mia Zapata was building herself a promising career before she was killed on July 7, 1993. Her killer would walk free for ten years before finally being linked to her brutal murder.
On July 27, 1981, six-year-old Adam John Walsh was abducted from a Sears department store in Hollywood, Florida. His severed head would be found two weeks later along a Florida Turnpike. In the aftermath of the horrifying crime Adam’s father John Walsh became a victims rights advocate.
Twenty-eight years ago, on July 11, 1994, a body floated to the surface off the coast of the Heligoland archipelago, a collection of islands off the coast of Germany. For the past two decades, the secret of the identity belonging to this body which would become known as “The Gentleman” has been lost, but recent research may have just found a clue to help figure out the truth.
Hawai’i man Gary Ramirez, 75, was arrested on August 2 in connection with the 1982 murder of 15-year-old Karen Stitt in Sunnyvale, California.
“Blanket Denial,” the new episode from Forensic Files II premiers this Sunday, July 31st, at 10 p.m. ET. The first episode unravels a twisting tale that could only be solved through the use of diligent forensic science work, read on to hear more about the production of this new, exciting episode.
Police in Dallas, Texas arrested 53-year-old David Rojas on Friday in connection with the 1989 murder of Mary Hague Kelly.
On Monday, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced 68-year-old David Sinopoli had been arrested the day prior in connection with the 1975 murder of 19-year-old Lindy Sue Biechler in Manor Township.
A 58-year-old woman has been arrested in the cold case of the unidentified baby, “Baby Garnet.” The woman was arrested on July 12 in Wyoming, where she confirmed she was the child’s mother.
Bay Area Tech CEO John Kevin Woodward was taken into police custody at New York City’s JFK airport Saturday for the 1992 murder of Laurie Houts in Mountain View, California.
The cold case murder of an elderly couple in 2005 is believed to have been solved and will be heading to trial in the coming year. According to Texas Rangers, DNA evidence has linked the murder to a killer who they have taken into custody now as they continue to investigate.
The body of Sylvia Nicole Smith, a Midland County Texas teenager who went missing in 2000, has been identified as remains in 2013. Despite finding the remains nearly a decade ago, the journey to identify who they are spanned numerous organizations and approaches to the work.
The over 30-year-old cold case of Michelle Koski’s assault and murder has been solved using genetic genealogy. The 1990 case was left alone for 15 years before a cold case team started investigating, but in the end, it was too late.
