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For years in Salt Lake County, February 9th was a date fraught with nervous anticipation. After the slaying of 6-months-pregnant Sonia Mejia in 2006 and Damiana Castillo in 2008, a dedicated police task force patrolled the area in hopes of preventing a repeat killing in the years that followed. Today, concerned Utahns eagerly await the trial that could bring about a conviction 17 years in the making.
Jack the Ripper was a serial killer from the late 1800’s that has never been identified. He was known for having murdered and mutilating at least five women in the east end of London, also known as the Whitechapel Murders.
According to CBS News, two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges connected to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man’s headless and handless body was found in a field.
On January 15, 1947 an aspiring actress by the name of Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles.
Judith Jarvis of Pennsylvania has been charged with the murder of her husband, Carl Jarvis, who was found shot to death in August 1987.
Steven Hanks of Kansas was arrested Thursday and charged with the 1980 murder of his neighbor, 23-year-old Mary Robin Walter. Authorities believe this is the oldest homicide arrest in the state of Kansas.
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.
One year after buying their first home together, Keith and Elaine Dardeen decided it was time to move from Ina, IL. With a population of under 500, Ina had a surprisingly violent history, and they dreamed of moving their growing family to a community that felt safer. Unfortunately the family wouldn't make it out of Ina alive. 35 years ago today, were the victims of a gruesome multiple murder.
Fourteen years ago this week, 14-year-old Sabrina Matthews lost her life in a vicious stabbing attack that took place in her family home in Cambria Heights, a predominately black, middle class neighbourhood in Queens, NY. Six years ago this week, the case came full circle, and loose ends were tied up just as her broken family acknowledged the anniversary of Sabrina's death.
On October 31st, 2004, an unidentified pregnant woman was seen existing the women’s bathroom in Hilton Resort and Marina in Key West, Florida at 2 in the morning. Later that day, a member of staff discovered the body of an infant in a garbage bin. The woman has never been identified.
The first ever instance of domestic terrorism hit the United States 40 years ago this week. Prior to 1982, there was no tamper-resistant packaging, but our approach to food and drug safety was forever changed when an unknown assailant left tainted bottles of Tylenol on the shelves in several stores around the Chicagoland area.
The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation is still seeking assistance to help solve a 26-year-old cold case.
Police in Essex County, Massachusetts, have indicted John Carey for the 1986 strangulation murder of 20-year-old college student Claire Gravel.
In 2010, Shannan Gilbert, a 24-year-old sex worker, went to a client’s house in Oak Beach, Long Island. She called 911 while leaving the house, repeating, “There is somebody after me.” She wanted the officers to locate her address; by the time they called her back, she had already disappeared. Her investigation led to the discovery of four other bodies on Gilgo Beach.
The opening statements have finished for the long-awaited trial for the murder of Jeanne Ann Childs in 1993, a cold case in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After 25 years of waiting, a suspect has been arrested and is facing a trial to determine if he is guilty of the killing.
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.
For over 20 years, the murder of Claire ‘Lisa’ Hills has continued to be a mystery in spite of the presence of DNA evidence collected from the crime scene. The case has remained unsolved, but the search for the killer remains unabated.
