cold case
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There’s a Promising New Development in a Slain Black Woman’s Decades-Old Cold Case, But There’s a Catch
Authorities are one step closer to answers after this major breakthrough pertaining to a 1996 homicide.
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You Won’t Believe What Solved This 30-Year-Old Murder of Two Siblings
The Dekalb County DAs office just arrested a man in connection with a 1990 rape and double murder.
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The Department of Justice Is Still Investigating Emmett Till’s Murder…Kinda
Six decades after a white woman’s murderous lie incited the white supremacist lynching that pushed the civil rights movement into second gear, Department of Justice officials told Congress they were still looking into it. On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Department of Justice updated Congress on the progress of cold civil rights cases.…
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Grand Jury Indicts Georgia Men on Murder Charges in Racially Motivated 1983 Killing
Two white men are set to head to trial after a grand jury indicted them on multiple counts, including felony murder, in relation to the 1983 killing of a young black man. The grand jury came to its decision Tuesday, indicting Franklin Gebhardt and William Moore Sr. on charges of felony murder, aggravated assault and…
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5 Arrested in 34-Year-Old ‘Racially Motivated’ Murder, Including 2 in Law Enforcement
Police have arrested five people in west-central Georgia in connection with the death of a 23-year-old black man in a case more than 30 years old. On Friday, Spalding County, Ga., Sheriff Darrell Dix announced the charges, including against two people who worked in law enforcement and allegedly helped cover up the deed. On Oct.…
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Fla. Man Arrested in 1993 Killing of Ex-Girlfriend
Fort Myers, Fla., police have nabbed a suspect in a 23-year-old homicide case after putting together pieces of the investigation with the help of prime-time television programming, News-Press.com reports. “We continued to be diligent … and turn over all the stones we could,” said Fort Myers Police Sgt. Brian O’Reilly, who was only in seventh grade when…
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Man Charged With Murder in 2006 Killing of NYC High School Student
The family of a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school student who went missing on Father’s Day in 2006 before her body tragically turned up days later may be one step closer to closure after authorities revealed that, a decade later, a man has been indicted in the case, the New York Times reports. Chanel Petro-Nixon, then…