cold case

Remains of 16-year-old girl found nearly 20 years after she was murdered

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ORMOND BEACH, FL – After nearly two decades of uncertainty, Florida law enforcement officials believe they have found the remains of Autumn Lane McClure, a 16-year-old girl who went missing in 2004. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the remains were discovered on Wednesday during an excavation of a suspected burial site. McClure was last reported seen on May 10, 2004, by her then-boyfriend, who initially claimed to have dropped her off at the Volusia …

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Suspected serial killer may have more victims

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AUSTIN, TX – Raul Meza Jr., a suspected serial killer, turned himself in to the police last year, saying, “I think you are looking for me.” Since then, he has been held in a Texas jail, accused of the strangulation murder of 65-year-old Gloria Lofton in 2019 and the capital murder of former probation officer Jesse Fraga, 80, in 2023. While Meza has not yet faced trial for these crimes, law enforcement continues to probe …

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Suspect arrested in five-year-old murder case, accused of dismembering victim

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HOUSTON, Texas- A cold case has taken a chilling turn as police arrested a man suspected of a gruesome murder dating back to 2018. Eric Fardell Arceneaux, 51, is now facing charges for the alleged murder and dismemberment of Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old mother who disappeared five years ago. Despite the arrest, the victim’s body remains missing. The case has been shrouded in mystery since Jimenez-Rodriguez vanished after dropping her special needs child off at …

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Woman found guilty of killing newborn daughter and leaving her body in a river

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A woman in South Carolina has recently been convicted of killing her newborn daughter over three decades ago. Stacy Michelle Rabon, now 50 years old, suffocated and stabbed the baby just hours after her birth before disposing of the body in a river. On Friday, the jury in York County found Rabon guilty of homicide by child abuse in the tragic 1992 death of the infant. The baby was known as “Angel Hope” by the …

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Volunteer dive team investigating cold case finds more than 30 vehicles in a lake

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A routine search for clues in a cold case led to an unexpected discovery in Miami on Sunday. A volunteer dive team, United Search Corps, found more than 30 vehicles submerged at the bottom of a lake. The team, led by founder Doug Bishop and diver Ken Fleming, initially embarked on the search hoping to find evidence related to an unsolved disappearance. The case in question involved an individual who had driven from Pinellas County …

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Former pastor arrested for abduction and killing of an 8-year-old girl

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David Zandstra, an 83-year-old former pastor, has been apprehended in connection with the cold case murder of an 8-year-old girl in Pennsylvania. The crime dates back to 1975 when Zandstra confessed to abducting and killing the young girl, Gretchen Harrington, on her way to Bible camp. According to the Delaware County District Attorney’s office, Zandstra lured Harrington into his green station wagon on August 15, 1975. He then drove her to a remote location where …

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A deceased West Virginia man is tied to unsolved sexual assault and murder of 16-year-old girl

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After 45 years, one of Canada’s most notorious cold cases has finally been cracked. Canadian authorities have linked the 1975 rape and murder of 16-year-old Sharron Prior in Longueuil, Quebec with Franklin Maywood Romine, a West Virginia man who died in 1982. Romine had a substantial criminal background— Escape from the West Virginia Penitentiary in 1964, rape in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1974, and he was on the run in Canada by the time Sharron …

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Cold Case Solved: Two Men Charged with 1975 Murder of Indiana Teen Girl

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More than 47 years after 17-year-old Laurel Jean Mitchell went missing and was later found dead in northern Indiana, authorities have finally found the culprits responsible. Indiana State Police have announced the arrest of Fred Bandy Jr. and John Wayne Lehman, both 67 years old and residents of Goshen and Auburn, Indiana, respectively. The positive correlation of a recent DNA match and eyewitness accounts led to the arrest of the suspects, who are now charged …

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Man Unknowingly Hung Up Picture Of His Mother’s Killer In His Childhood Bedroom

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Jeff Slaten and his younger brother Tim were awakened by police officers and told their mother had been murdered. The day of her death was September 4, 1981. Tim Slaten said that he saw the crime scene and knows that he won’t ever be able to unsee the horror. The murderer that took the mother’s life wasn’t caught- until now. A recent development in this cold case led to some disturbing realizations. Tim Slaten was …

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A Cold Case Double Murder Of A Mother And Daughter Sees Justice Served

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Prosecutors have convicted two brothers of murder in the cold case stabbing death of a Detroit woman and her 11-year-old daughter. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office reported Monday that a jury convicted Tony Johnson, 42, and Henry Johnson, 37, of premeditated first-degree murder and premeditated felony murder. Krissy Geiger, 11, and Tina Geiger, 36, were killed July 24, 2013, in their Clinton Township apartment. Tina Geiger suffered about 60 stab wounds, and Krissy Geiger had …

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