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 …
Advancements in DNA testing may bring Minnesota police closer to identifying three babies who were found dead in the same river between 1999 and 2007. Retired Goodhue County investigator Glen Barringer told the Post Bulletin that in the past six months, forensic testing has provided them leads in at least one of the cases involving …
A decades-old cold case in connection with a young girl brutally raped and killed will be getting another look. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 14-year-old Nacole Smith took a wooded shortcut on Childress Drive in northwest Atlanta on June 7, 1995, which ultimately proved to be fatal. A killer lying in wait snatched the girl, then …
Julie Ann Hanson was just 15 years old when her body was discovered in a Naperville, Illinois, cornfield on July 8, 1972. She had been stabbed 36 times and investigators believe she was also sexually assaulted. Nearly 49 years passed without an arrest – until this week. Authorities on Wednesday charged 76-year-old Barry Lee Whelpley …
On Thursday, Massachusetts authorities named a person of interest in the unsolved 2000 abduction and slaying of a 16-year-old girl. According to the Boston Globe, Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said new information led them to investigate Francis Sumner Sr. in connection with Molly Bish’s murder. Early declined to say what information led them …
