Cold Cases

Tina Wolfenbarger
Cold Cases
January 1, 2021

Family hopes new year brings justice for beloved mom found dismembered, beheaded & stuffed in trash bags [Exclusive]

A 21-year-old inexplicably disappeared from her Georgia home she shared with her husband and two children in 1998. Years later, her case remains unsolved but her family vows to never give up until an arrest is made.   When Melissa Wolfenbarger disappeared in November 1998, her husband, Christopher Wolfenberger, apparently didn’t report her missing. Her mother, …

Cold Cases
December 14, 2020

‘Delta Dawn’: Toddler found floating in river in 1982 identified — but mom remains missing

Earlier this month, authorities in Mississippi said they identified an 18-month-old girl who was found dead in a river on December 5, 1982. As AL.com reports, Jackson County police said on December 4 that the child — initially called “Delta Dawn” — has been identified as Alisha Ann Heinrich. Heinrich was reportedly discovered near Interstate …

Cold Cases
December 5, 2020

Mom charged in cold case deaths of newborn twins found in garbage bin

A Michigan mother was charged Friday with two counts of murder in the 2003 deaths of her newborn twin sons in Illinois, who were found dead by a Waste Management employee emptying trash bins in an alley, the Daily Herald reports. Antoinette Briley, 41, reportedly admitted to the “birth, death and disposal of the two …

Cold Cases
November 20, 2020

Terminally ill man calls cops, confesses to 1995 cold case murder: Reports

On Wednesday, an Alabama man reportedly called the police and confessed to fatally shooting someone 25 years earlier. AL.com reported that Johnny Whited, 53, subsequently met with Decatur investigators at the crime scene and provided information about Christopher Dailey’s unsolved murder that corresponded with their evidence. Authorities believe Whited shot Dailey, 26, to death on …

Cold Cases
October 30, 2020

Skeletal remains found off interstate identified nearly 40 years later as missing woman: Police

Authorities in California announced Tuesday that skeletal remains discovered near an interstate in 1981 belong to a Texas woman who was reportedly known to hitchhike. As KTXL reports, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that the remains found off Interstate-5 belong to Lilly Ann Prendergast, 26. The missing woman’s brother told …

Cold Cases
October 28, 2020

DNA solves 46-year-old murder and sexual assault of 5-year-old Montana girl

Genealogical DNA helped solve the 46-year-old murder of Siobhan McGuinness, a 5-year-old Montana girl who vanished while walking home from a neighbor’s at dinner time one cold afternoon in February, MontanaRightNow reported. The little girl’s body was found two days later in a culvert off Interstate 91, 10 miles from her home. She sustained trauma …

Karen Bodine
Cold Cases
October 22, 2020

A mother’s dying wish: What happened to Karen Bodine?

Will a mother’s dying wish to know who murdered and dumped her daughter’s naked body near a landfill be answered?  It’s no secret that Washington State has been called the breeding ground of serial killers, like Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer. With all of its natural beauty and stunning landscapes, this area of …

Cold Cases
October 14, 2020

FIRST FAMILIAL DNA CASE IN NY CRACKS 35-year-old murder of teen girl

On Tuesday, a trial date was set for a Florida man accused of raping and killing a New York girl in 1984. WHEC reported that Timothy Williams’ trial was scheduled for June 7, 2021. Williams, 56, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Wendy Jerome, 14, who was found beaten and raped in an alcove behind …