DNA leads to arrest in unsolved 2010 slaying of bookseller found strangled & beaten in home: Police
Cold Cases
The slain woman’s family had offered a $100,000 reward for information
Murder
July 1, 2020
Mom greeted by cops after Florida vacation, arrested for 2002 unsolved murder of toddler son: Police
A New York woman was arrested Tuesday for the 2002 murder of her 16-month-old son. On August 29, 2002, the Yates County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about Kelly Anderson, then 24, finding her son, Ethan Eslick, deceased at their Dundee home. Police said in a statement that Anderson’s live-in boyfriend, Ronald McGuire Sr., …
Murder
June 26, 2020
Suspect in Aniah Blanchard’s murder is charged with 2018 cold case slaying
Alabama officials announced Thursday that the suspect in Aniah Blanchard’s murder was formally charged with killing a homeless man in December 2018. Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, was charged with fatally shooting Stephen Hamby, 29, in a wooded area surrounding a Salvation Army in Montgomery. A second victim, Geraldine Talley, 54, survived being shot in the face …
Cold Cases
June 19, 2020
‘She has a name now’: Bones found on side of road identified 30 years later as missing teen, but mystery still surrounds unexplained death
Human remains found on the side of a Texas road in 1990 were recently identified as a woman who hadn’t been seen or heard from for three decades. KTRK reported that Manvel police confirmed the bones found off County Road 101 in September 1990 belong to Julie Gwenn Davis. Despite their announcement, it remains a …
Cold Cases
May 26, 2020
Chuckie Mauk: $100K reward for information to help crack case of Little League boy shot dead after buying candy from store
In 1986, 13-year-old Chuckie Mauk was shot in the back of the head after walking out of a Georgia convenience store to buy candy. Childhood friends never forgot about the case; one is even offering $100,000 for information that leads to a conviction in the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, witnesses in the middle Georgia …
Murder
April 29, 2020
SOLVED: Police crack 1983 murder case of teen boy found dismembered on road
Authorities in Ohio announced this week that they solved the murder of a 15-year-old boy whose dismembered body was discovered on a road in 1983. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office used DNA phenotyping, genetic genealogy, and forensic genealogical research to identify John Muncy’s killer. Though Muncy’s dismembered remains were discovered …
Cold Cases
April 29, 2020
The friends of Chuckie Mauk: Childhood friends of murdered Little Leaguer join together to solve 34-year-old cold case [Part One]
It was 1986 and the number one song in America was “That’s What Friends Are For.” And if I should ever go away Well, then close your eyes and try To feel the way we do today And then if you can remember Keep smiling, keep shining Knowing you can always count on me, for …
Murder
April 25, 2020
TV repairman linked to decades-old rape and murder of teen girl Girl Scout camp counselor
Authorities may have finally solved a decades-old cold case involving a 16-year-old girl who was raped and murdered at a Colorado Girl Scout camp, KDVR-TV reports. Margaret “Peggy” Beck was found dead at the Flying G Ranch in Jefferson County, Colorado, on Aug. 18, 1963. She was a camp counselor and had been alone on the …
Cold Cases
April 23, 2020
40 years after a partially-nude teen girl is found murdered on the side of the road, police have a suspect
Authorities announced on Wednesday that they’ve identified a sole suspect in the 1981 cold case murder of a developmentally-disabled teen girl. In a Facebook post, the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento District District Attorney’s Office said they believe they know who fatally stabbed Mary London, 17, and dumped her body on the side of a …
Cold Cases
April 21, 2020
Chuckie Mauk: Will newly-discovered details crack case of Little Leaguer gunned down after buying bubble gum?
On February 17, 1986, 13-year-old Chuckie Mauk was shot in the back of the head after walking out of a Georgia convenience store to buy bubble gum. It’s a case that Nancy Grace holds dear to her heart and she’s determined to find justice for the young boy. “I’m going to hold onto this case …
Cold Cases
March 25, 2020
Police exhume suspect’s grave to solve 1985 cold case rape & murder of girl stabbed 29 times
Police in Washington announced on Wednesday that they’ve identified the person who raped and murdered a 12-year-old girl in 1985. Spokane police said Clayton Giese stabbed Marsi Belecz 29 times, raped her, and slit her throat 34 years earlier. The Spokesman-Review reported that Belecz ran away from home after buying herself a new dress. Her mother …
Murder
March 19, 2020
Cold case cracked: Discarded cigarette leads to arrest in mother’s 1985 sexual assault & murder
On Wednesday, police in Florida arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a woman in 1985. The Northwest Florida Daily News reported that investigators in Pensacola used familial DNA to identify Daniel Wells, 57, as a suspect in Tonya Ethridge McKinley’s murder. A family walking their sick dog to an all-night clinic discovered …