‘Bear Brook Murders’: Podcast helps ID 3 of 4 victims dumped in barrels at state park
Cold Cases
The suspected killer, Terry Peder Rasmussen, died in 2010 while serving a prison sentence for his wife’s murder
Cold Cases
May 23, 2019
Cold Case: DNA sample submitted in 2005 leads to arrest in 1986 ‘brutal homicide and sexual battery,’ sheriff says
Authorities in Florida say a man has been arrested on suspicion of committing a brutal murder more than three decades ago. According to ABC News, 50-year-old Danny Lynn Emitt was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, when police arrested him for the July 1986 murder of 38-year-old Eveline Aguilar. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced …
Cold Cases
May 14, 2019
‘Boy under the billboard’: Dad charged with son’s murder 20 years after his skeletal remains were found
The father of a boy found dead on the side of a highway in September 1998 was criminally charged Monday, months after he allegedly confessed to his son’s unsolved murder. WRAL reported that an Orange County grand jury indicted John Russell Whitt, 57, on charges of murder and concealing a death in connection with the …
Cold Cases
May 9, 2019
33 years later, husband arrested for staging newlywed bride’s 1985 murder
A Maryland man was charged last week for the 1985 murder of his wife, who was stabbed to death in what authorities long believed was a home burglary gone wrong. From the Baltimore Sun, Karen Norton, 23, had come home from work at JCPenney at 6:45 p.m. on December 17, 1985, when she was fatally …
Cold Cases
May 4, 2019
DNA evidence links serial assaulter to 1980 rape and murder of 81-year-old woman: Cops
Authorities in California say a man has been arrested nearly 40 years after he allegedly raped and murdered an octogenarian in Oxnard. According to Fox News, 58-year-old Lenard Chester was linked to the December 1, 1980, attack after forensic testing of DNA evidence found at the scene. At the time of her death, authorities found …
Cold Cases
May 3, 2019
Suspect arrested for 1972 murder of mom found dead next to shivering infant son: Officials
Authorities in North Carolina announced that a man was arrested in Florida for the kidnapping and slaying of a woman who was found dead next to her 4-month-old son in December 1972. The Raleigh News & Observer reported that DNA evidence led to Monday’s arrest of Larry Joe Scott, 65, in Bradenton, Florida. The Johnston …
Cold Cases
May 1, 2019
DNA from tossed cigarette cracks mysterious cold case rape, murder of mom found dead in bed: Report
Suspect Richard Knapp was convicted of sexual assault in 1986 but his DNA was never entered into a database
Cold Cases
April 19, 2019
45 years after a teen girl is murdered, a mysterious letter about the killing arrives at police station
Police in Fort Worth, Texas, have released a letter that may contain a cryptic clue into the unsolved murder of a 17-year-old girl in 1974. According to the Dallas Morning News, Carla Walker was raped and brutally murdered in February 1974. Her body was found a few days after an unknown assailant pulled her out …
Cold Cases
April 10, 2019
45 years after teen girls brutally killed on Virginia Beach vacation, an 80-year-old man is arrested for their murder
An elderly man in New York City has been arrested for the 1973 slayings of two 19-year-old women who were vacationing in Virginia Beach at the time. The New York Times reports that DNA evidence recovered from the crime scene was matched this fall with Ernest Broadnax’s profile in a national database. Broadnax, 80, was …
Cold Cases
April 8, 2019
Felon arrested for 2001 murder minutes after release from federal prison
A Florida man who walked out of federal prison Friday was reportedly rearrested moments later for a murder he allegedly committed nearly two decades earlier. According to WFTS, New Port Richey police arrested Randy Petersilge, 51, for the November 2001 murder of Simon Clark, 41, who was found dead of blunt force trauma in Pasco County. Authorities …
Cold Cases
April 4, 2019
Serial rapist linked to 13 attacks captured after more than 20 years on the run: Police
Authorities in South Carolina announced the arrest of a man who they’ve reportedly tied to at least 13 attacks which occurred from March 1995 to May 2003. According to the Herald-Journal, the Spartanburg Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that Gregory Howard Frye, 52, was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and first-degree burglary in connection with a …
Cold Cases
March 29, 2019
Inspired by Oscar-winning movie, woman puts up billboards to help find the killer of her twin sister [Exclusive]
A Maryland woman who lost her sister over 20 years ago to a violent crime is hoping that large billboards will capture the attention of someone who can help police crack the case. Jody LeCornu, a college student with big dreams, was just 23 when she was shot dead outside of Baltimore in 1996. Authorities …
