Authorities in Dallas, Texas, announced Friday they’d made an arrested in the 38-year-old rape and murder of Mary Jane Thompson. Thompson, 21, was found dead behind a Dallas warehouse on February 13, 1984, but her killer had never been found. Advanced DNA techniques led investigators to Edward Morgan, now 60, who has been jailed on …
Loved ones of a woman who was murdered at their Virginia vacation home is pleading for answers as the case continues to remain unsolved, PEOPLE reports. On July 11, 2017, the body of Peggy Lammers was found in the hallway of her family’s waterfront property in Deltaville on the Chesapeake Bay. Investigators determined that Lammers died …
A police officer is accused of the kidnap, rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found in a Florida drainage ditch nearly 40 years ago, WKMG-TV reports. On Thursday, St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara announced that investigators have uncovered evidence that James Harrison, a former deputy, was responsible for the attack. The …
A Colorado man arrested last month on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old girl in 1978 was formally arraigned on murder charges this week. New Yorker Marissa Harvey was visiting her sister in San Francisco in 1978, The Associated Press reported. Police said she went to Golden Gate Park on March 27 for horseback-riding but never …
A 61-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 4-year-old girl 35 years ago in South Carolina. The Lexington County, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Department said that Wake Forest Police had arrested Thomas McDowell at his home north of Raleigh on Thursday. Jessica “Jessie” Gutierrez was abducted from her …
Investigators in Atlanta revealed the identity of the man they say was responsible for the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith as well as another rape almost 10 years later. Acqunellia Smith, Nacole’s mother, told WGCL anchor Karyn Greer, who had been working the case since it happened, last week that a detective …
Investigators have identified the suspect in the 26-year-old rape and murder of Atlanta 8th grader Nacole Smith while she was on her way to school. Acqunellia Smith, Nacole’s mother, contacted WGCL anchor Karyn Greer — who has been reporting the story since it happened and was instrumental in convincing prosecutors to reopen the case — …
California police said they arrested three suspects on Wednesday for a man’s 2001 slaying, but they need the public’s help in locating the victim’s family. Two people fatally stabbed Nhin Phi Ha, 22, outside of his San José apartment. Two decades later, San José police said they have arrested three people — Eutropio Dagayray, 47, …
Florida authorities have reportedly arrested a suspect in the 2002 stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl who was found dead by her mother and sisters. Farrah Carter was killed at her Miramar home, which had no sign of a break-in. Police initially did not know the identity of her attacker, who had been cut during …
Through interviews, police documents, and forensic evidence, ‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ illustrates how a 17-year-old’s disappearance and death sparked years’ worth of investigations, controversies, and a possible cover-up.
A California man who spent nearly four decades in prison for two murders he did not commit has offered a $50,000 reward for evidence leading to the conviction of the real killers. Craig Coley, now 74, was convicted in 1980 of raping and killing his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht, and smothering her 4-year-old son Donnie …
A Missouri woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly fatally shooting her boyfriend in 2004. Alice Weiss, 65, is accused of shooting James Summers, 47, in the head and back with a .22-caliber handgun. Summers was found deceased in the driveway of his Dittmer home, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Authorities have not said …
