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The Detective Who Was the Killer: A 65-Year-Old Chicago Murder Mystery Finally Solved
In 1960, eight-year-old Gloria Kowalewicz was abducted and murdered in Chicago, leaving investigators with a mystery that would endure for more than …
8 hours ago
The Evidence Left Behind: Can Forensic Science Identify Mexico's Missing?
When remains are too badly damaged for visual identification — burned, skeletonized, or decomposed beyond recognition — the work of putting a name to…
8 hours ago
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: The Case That Remains Open in History
n 1929, seven men were murdered in a Chicago garage, and suspicion fell on Al Capone’s organization. Forensic ballistics provided important investiga…
6 days, 11 hours ago
The Crew Cut Killer: A 57-Year-Old Murder Mystery and the Girl Finally Identified
In 1969, a 16-year-old girl was murdered in California, leaving investigators with a mystery that would span more than half a century. Decades later,…
1 week ago
The Boy in the Box: How Philadelphia Finally Gave a Name to Joseph Augustus Zarelli
For more than six decades, he was known only as the “Boy in the Box,” one of America’s most haunting unidentified murder victims. His battered body w…
1 week, 5 days ago
The DNA That Waited 39 Years: The Teresa Ann Houck Cold Case
In October 1986, 23-year-old Teresa Ann Houck left the Baltimore club where she worked and was never seen alive again. Hours later, she was found sho…
2 weeks ago
The Murder Solved by a Family Tree: How Genetic Genealogy Changed Cold Cases
For decades, investigators could possess a killer’s DNA yet have no suspect to compare it against. Investigative genetic genealogy changed that equat…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Murder Solved by a Family Tree: How Genetic Genealogy Changed Cold Cases
For decades, investigators could possess a killer’s DNA yet have no suspect to compare it against. Investigative genetic genealogy changed that equat…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Name That Was There All Along: The 23-Year Hunt for Joshua Crawford’s Killer
Joshua Wayne Crawford was found murdered inside his Maryland apartment on the day he turned 21, leaving investigators with a violent crime scene but …
3 weeks ago
Six Years, One Scene, and Evidence That Waited: The Tyler Hall Case
On September 17, 2026, the GBI announced murder and related charges against Rashad Jackson in the 2020 death of Tyler Hall in Norcross, Georgia. Hall…
3 weeks, 6 days ago