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When homicide detectives called Jackie Vadurro at the end of January, claiming to have matched her 23andMe DNA test kit to a 36-year-old cold case murder, she thought they were joking. But, no — the cops were dead serious. SNIP Vadurro, a content creator who lives in an RV around Palm Springs, CA., went on to reveal that the detective said her DNA was a possible match to a 1986 cold case murder of a Jane Doe who’d been fatally shot and thrown off onto the side of a rural San Diego road. SNIP “And now they think that I...

The FBI and Henry County authorities are making another appeal to the public as the seven year anniversary of the Short family murders draws near this August.....Investigators want information regarding the identities and locations of people who worked for Michael Short at MS Mobile Home Movers on a weekly or day-to-day basis, including migrant workers.

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has launched a probe into what is widely considered one of the most embarrassing episodes in NYPD history: the coverup of a cop killing in Louis Farrakhan's Harlem mosque April 14, 1972. Thirty-four years after he landed on the scene of the notorious Harlem mosque murder as a young sergeant, top cop Kelly told The Post he has assigned members of the Major Case Squad to reopen the investigation into the slaying of Police Officer Philip Cardillo inside a Nation of Islam mosque. "There is a feeling in certain quarters that there are a lot of...

This is a reference thread with links to previous FR threads discussing the arrest of a suspect, John Mark Karr, in the decade-old cold case concerning the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, plus case resources for continued commentary on investigation of the crime.

CHARLES CITY — As the first anniversary of her disappearance nears, investigators in the Evelyn Miller murder case say they continue to check all leads and remain optimistic that they will find the person responsible for the death of the 5-year-old Floyd County girl. Floyd County and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation representatives updated the media on the case during a news conference Tuesday. Floyd County Attorney Marilyn Dettmer said Floyd County Sheriff’s Department and DCI agents work on the case on a daily basis. “We hold regular meetings to share information and review the case,” Dettmer said. “We have...

Court Tv Cable Channel is having a special on the Chandra Levy murder case tonight at 9:30 EDT. They claim to have new details. Might be worth watching.

In the years before 1974 -- the year police say Dennis Rader started killing in Wichita -- his Air Force service took him all over the map, military records show. Police in at least two of the U.S. cities where Rader was stationed will check their archives of unsolved homicides from the 1960s to see whether they could be linked to the BTK killings, officials said Tuesday. Rader, 60, was charged March 1 with 10 counts of first-degree murder for killings attributed to the serial killer in Wichita and Park City from 1974 to 1991. Rader's Air Force records, which...

Unsolved slaying has area on edge Irving residents watchful since woman, 79, was killed 06/02/2002 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News IRVING - The real estate listing for Kathleen White's house tells prospective buyers they could "enjoy this quiet neighborhood on a corner lot near Las Colinas." Those who live near that home where the 79-year-old woman and her poodle Jo Jo were slain three months ago say their homes no longer fit that description. Two people were arrested in Ms. White's death but were released because police didn't have enough evidence to present to a grand...