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The Woman Who Vanished After Appearing on The People’s Court
In November 2011, 33-year-old Florida mother Michelle Parker disappeared on the same day an episode of The People’s Court aired featuring a dispute w…
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The Cigarette Butts That Solved a 64-Year-Old Double Murder
In 1962, Charles Hale and Lester McCollum were murdered near Battle Ground, Washington, leaving investigators with a mystery that would remain unreso…
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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 …
4 days 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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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