It’s been 24 years since the disappearance of 2-year-old Washington toddler, Teekah Lewis, and her mother vows to never give up hope in finding her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Teekah vanished from the New Frontier Lanes in Tacoma on January 23, 1999. She was there with her family: her mom, aunts, uncles, and friends were …
Alabama authorities announced on Thursday that they have identified a girl who was found dead in 2012 — a development which led to the arrests of her father and stepmother on Tuesday. WTVM reported that Opelika Jane Doe’s real name is Amore Wiggins. Othram Labs and Astrea Labs obtained DNA from her scalp and hair, …
An Ohio elementary school teacher hopes the 42nd anniversary of her mother’s disappearance will bring answers after she uncovered repressed memories involving the day her mother vanished. On January 7, 1981, Lonene “Lonnie” Rogers vanished during a blizzard in Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania. Although there’s a chance Lonnie may have left voluntarily, her daughter, Alison Morea …
DNA technology has led to the identification of a 15-year-old California boy found dead on a street in Long Beach in 1978, and police say the “next step” is to identify his killer. The boy has been identified as Kenneth Nevada Williams, a frequent runaway from La Puente. But Kenny didn’t run away from home …
Florida police announced on Thursday that they have arrested the mother of a newborn baby girl whose body was found in the Atlantic Ocean in 2018. In June 2018, an off-duty Boynton Beach firefighter on a charter boat discovered “Baby June’s” body floating near the Boynton Beach Inlet. WTVJ reported that Palm Beach County police …
An Arkansas man remains unaccounted for more than 28 years after he vanished under suspicious circumstances. Jarrod Green, then 20, had plans to meet a man in North Little Rock before he disappeared. KARK reported that Green was from Searcy, and his car was found abandoned in a local Walmart parking lot days after he …
Washington police in Tacoma released the age progression photo of missing tot Teekah Lewis last week “in the hopes of solving one of the area’s oldest” cases of missing children, according to CNN. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Teekah, 2 at the time of her disappearance, vanished from the New Frontier Lanes in Tacoma on January …
Florida police say they’ve solved a 43-year-old murder case using advancements in DNA technology. Evelyn Marie Fisher-Bamforth, then 32, was raped and beaten to death on January 22, 1980, by someone who broke into her home and attacked her in her sleep, WTVJ reports. It’s the oldest cold case solved in #MiramarPD history: Evelyn Marie …
Philadelphia police have solved at least one part of a 65-year-old mystery — they have identified a young boy found dead and stuffed into a box in the city in 1957. Investigators used DNA and intricate genealogical sleuthing to uncover the boy’s name, KYW reports, and criminal charges may be filed in his death. Philadelphia …
The 1996 death of Colorado girl and beauty pageant winner, JonBenét Ramsey, will be getting a new investigation as the anniversary of her death nears, Boulder police say. In a statement Wednesday, the Boulder Police Department announced its partnership with the Colorado Cold Case Review Team as the “26th anniversary of JonBenet Ramsey’s homicide” approaches. …
It’s been five years since Georgia woman Jenna Van Gelderen was last seen and her family hopes a renewed interest in her case will bring answers. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jenna, who was 25 when she disappeared, has been missing since August 19, 2017. Since then, cellphone and debit card activity stopped and no one …
A former deputy attorney general living in Nevada was arrested on Tuesday for the unsolved 1972 slaying of a woman in Hawaii. KRNV reported that Tudor Chirila Jr., 77, was arrested in Reno, Nevada, for fatally stabbing Nancy Anderson, 19, at her apartment in Honolulu half a century earlier. Anderson was found covered in blood …
