DNA from tossed cigarette cracks mysterious cold case rape, murder of mom found dead in bed: Report
Cold Cases
Suspect Richard Knapp was convicted of sexual assault in 1986 but his DNA was never entered into a database
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
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 …
Murder
February 11, 2019
[Update] 33 years later, mother who claimed her son disappeared at a market fair is charged with killing him: Report
A little boy who disappeared in 1986 may have been murdered. His mother was arrested last month on suspicion that she killed her son, Francillon “Yo-Yo” Pierre, while she still lived in Las Vegas. The Palm Beach Post reports that 60-year-old Amy Elizabeth Fleming is behind bars in Palm Beach County, Florida. Police arrested Fleming on January …
Podcast
September 25, 2018
Tuesday Crime Stories: Molly Bish’s mom searches for answers in teen daughter-turned lifeguard death; remains found
Molly Bish was 16 when she disappeared from her life guard job at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts, 18 years ago. Her murdered remains were found on a mountainside three years later. No one has ever been arrested in Molly’s kidnapping and murder. This is a case that Nancy Grace has closely followed for years. …
Cold Cases
September 11, 2018
Nearly 25 years later, suspect confesses to shooting college student dead during botched robbery
The Tennessee man who confessed to fatally shooting a woman in 1994 during a botched robbery attempt learned his fate in court this week. According to WREG, Phanhsay Phanivong, then 16, shot Angela Perkins, 23, to death in East Memphis as she drove home from work. The case remained cold until 2014 when an inmate serving …
Cold Cases
August 21, 2018
Infant girl found facedown, dead in pond 15 years ago may be identified — through same method cops used to find Golden State Killer
Florida officials are hopeful that DNA technology will finally allow them to identify the infant girl who was found floating facedown in a Gainesville pond on August 21, 2003. Per The Gainesville Sun, the Baby Jane Doe was so decomposed that authorities initially had difficulty determining her race. It was through DNA testing that they ascertained that she …
Cold Cases
August 10, 2018
Experts exhume ‘girl in the box’ & other children from graves in effort to solve decades-old cold cases
Law enforcement, along with a team of forensic experts, are exhuming bodies from graves in Philadelphia in an attempt to solve decades-old cold cases, some of which violent deaths. ABC reports that a team led by a forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle, are exhuming seven human bodies from the Potter’s Field Cemetery in Philadelphia, then transporting them …
Cold Cases
July 11, 2018
Do you know them? Decades later, authorities need help identifying remains of 2 children found on side of highway
North Carolina authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying two children whose remains were found in Orange County in the ’90s. In 1998, a boy was found under brush near a billboard sign near the westbound lanes of Interstate 85 and Interstate 40. He’s believed to have been dead for several months before he was …
Organized crime
July 2, 2018
From the driver’s seat: My conversations with Jimmy Hoffa’s former driver
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared without a trace after making a call home from a pay phone on July 30, 1975. It’s been 43 years, but one of his associates told me what it was like working for the notorious leader of the Teamsters. Marvin “The Weasel” Elkind will tell you driving for the mob was an …
Murder
June 27, 2018
Chewing gum helps detectives crack cold case of beloved young teacher’s murder: Report
After over 60 suspects were excluded for the 1992 murder and rape of a beloved Pennsylvania teacher, detectives may have finally found the person responsible for her death. Washington Post reports that 25-year-old Christy Mirack, of Lancaster was brutally raped and murdered in her home on December 21, 1992. The school teacher had just finished wrapping …
Cold Cases
May 18, 2018
Can a VHS tape help solve cold case? Nearly 30 years later, police re-evaluate preserved video of Halloween murder
On Halloween day in 1989, 30-year-old Sylvia Salinas, of Galveston, Texas, was stabbed to death through the heart behind a register at the grocery store she owned. Nearly 30 years later, the cold case is coming to light again after the murder victim’s great niece, Christine Taylor, contacted a local news station after seeing a …
