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 …
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 …
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 …
A Florida man was arrested Wednesday for the 1998 murder of a consignment store worker after he reportedly submitted his fingerprints for a job application—and the prints were found to have matched those recovered from the crime scene. According to WFLA, Todd Barket, 51, was apprehended in Brandon in connection with the slaying of Sondra Better, 68. Better …
The unsolved murder of North Carolina woman Allison Foy has helped pave the way for investigators to crack other unsolved crimes. Authorities credit Foy’s sister for relentlessly pushing for new DNA-collection equipment that can pick up more forensic evidence than previous methods used. Port City Daily reports that Foy’s sister Lisa Valentino, has been pushing for years …
Around three weeks after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children created a forensic image of what a deceased boy probably looked like before authorities found his remains in Georgia, a retired teacher spotted him on the news. She said she may have had the child in one of her classes. Atlanta’s FOX 5 …
A Minnesota man has been accused of violently stabbing a woman to death decades ago after authorities identified him using DNA from a genealogy website and a messy napkin, the Daily Beast reports. Jerry Westrom, 52, was charged this week in connection with the 1993 homicide of Jeanne Ann “Jeanie” Childs in Minneapolis. Investigators zeroed …
Authorities in Florida say a 60-year-old woman was arrested recently — more than three decades after she allegedly murdered her son in Nevada. According to Fox News, Amy Elizabeth Fleming is accused of killing 3-year-old Francillon Pierre in 1986 before reporting him missing and suggesting his father played a role in the disappearance. In a …
Breakthroughs in forensic technology have led investigators to the identity of a woman whose body was found in California more than 30 years ago. According to ABC News, the identification of Tracey Hobson, who was 20 years old when her remains were found in August 1987, was confirmed through forensic odontology. A study of Hobson’s …
Authorities in Massachusetts announced Tuesday that they know who raped and killed a Harvard University graduate student in her apartment in January 1969. In a statement, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan identified Michael Sumpter, a career criminal who died in 2001, as the person who killed Jane Britton, 23. They said Britton was found beaten to …
Authorities recently confirmed that the remains found along a Tennessee interstate in 1985 are that of a New Hampshire girl who vanished a year earlier—but who wasn’t reported missing until last year. Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald, Manchester Police Chief Carlo Capano, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigations director David Rausch announced in a statement issued to The New …
Investigators in Florida have come closer to solving a 17-year-old murder after a DNA sample run in an genealogy database identified distant relatives of the suspect. The Orlando Sentinel reports that police made an arrest on Friday in the 2001 murder of 25-year-old Christine Framke, a University of Florida student found dead in her apartment …
