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Cold Case Investigations
Long‑unsolved crimes revisited with new leads or techniques.
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How secret family & poison claim helped snare killer after wife found dead
20+ hour, 18+ min ago (1212+ words) Maria Louisa Kirwan’s death was initially ruled an accidental drowning, but that changed when her body was exhumed for re-examination after a number of details raised questions - particularly the suspicious actions of her husband. IRELAND’S Eye is a picturesque little…...
Ogden Cold Case: Richard Billmayer's 1997 Death Solved
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (300+ words) Ogden police say they have resolved the homicide investigation into Richard Roy Billmayer’s 1997 disappearance after Richard Annis, an Iowa inmate serving a life sentence for an unrelated homicide, confessed during a recorded interview. Billmayer’s remains have not been recovered, and…...
News 12 | Hudson Valley | Dna Testing Helps Identify Suspect In 1982 Unsolved East Orange Murder
13+ hour, 21+ min ago (299+ words) Sep 20, 2026, 9:37 AM New Jersey State Police say renewed DNA testing and investigative work have identified a suspect in the 1982 killing of an East Orange man, more than four decades after the case went unsolved. State Police identified the suspect as…...
Bone found on Northern California beach linked to 1999 fishing boat death
13+ hour, 8+ min ago (164+ words) A bone discovered on a Humboldt County beach in March was linked to a man who went missing from a fishing boat more than 25 years earlier, authorities said. DNA testing identified the bone as belonging to Jonathan Raxa, 37, who vanished…...
Last of ‘Speed Freak Killers,’ notorious duo of ’80s and ’90s, dies in California prison
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (499+ words) Wesley Shermantine, one of the Speed Freak Killers, died Thursday at age 60 at California State Prison, Sacramento. Condemned inmate Wesley Shermantine, who was part of a murderous duo known as the “Speed Freak Killers,” has died in a California prison....
DNA from vape leads to arrest of Chehalis man suspected of burglary
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (452+ words) Sep. 18—DNA from a vape left at the scene of a residential burglary in 2025 led to the arrest of a Chehalis man Thursday. Aaron D. Malone, 37, made a preliminary appearance in Lewis County Superior Court on Friday. He's charged with…...
Dawaun Lewis-Taylor Murder Unsolved Six Years On in Columbus
8+ hour, 53+ min ago (389+ words) Six years have passed since 15-year-old Dawaun Lewis-Taylor was shot in the Forest Park neighborhood, and the killing remains unsolved. Officers found the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound in the 4800 block of Heatherton Drive near Northtowne Park on Sept....
Wesley Shermantine, last of 'Speed Freak' serial killers, dies in Calif. prison
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (215+ words) Wesley Shermantine, half of one of California’s most infamous serial killer duos, died in prison last week, officials announced. Loren Herzog, the other member of the Speed Freak Killers, died in 2012. Shermantine and Herzog grew up together in Linden, a…...
‘Nice, quiet woman’: 90-year-old grandma allegedly stabbed 19 times remembered
18+ hour, 9+ min ago (353+ words) A 90-year-old grandmother allegedly stabbed 19 times inside her Bondi Beach home has been remembered as a gentle woman dedicated to her Jewish faith. Valentina Spivak was found with stab wounds to her throat and torso at her unit on Chambers…...
Families of cold case homicide victims encouraged to not give up hope
20+ hour, 57+ min ago (413+ words) Salt Lake County hosted a conference on Saturday to bring together families affected by cold case homicides or who still have missing loved ones....