The ruling comes after the state Supreme Court ordered a new trial and prosecutors said new DNA results did not link Carter to the crime scene.
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Detectives say the identification of a Boise church decedent opened a new line of inquiry in the long-unsolved poisonings.
Chesapeake Police Offer Reward for Tips in 2021 Apartment Shooting That Killed Kerry Eaton Jr. and Left Another Person Wounded on Towne Point Road
Investigators are asking for help in a cold case tied to a fatal apartment shooting in Chesapeake.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Closes 1978 Corina Contreraz Homicide After Forensic Genealogy and DNA From an Old Booking Card Identified Suspect Angelo James Stallsmith
Nearly 50 years after a 16-year-old was found dead east of Billings, investigators say modern DNA methods solved the case.
DNA Testing in East Orange Cold Case Identifies Former Resident Larry Burney as Suspect in 1982 Stabbing Death of William Jenkins
Renewed forensic work and genetic genealogy brought a break in a four-decade-old Essex County homicide.
DNA Breakthrough Leads Arlington Police and FBI to Arrest Mayra Velasquez in 2012 Stabbing Death of Irasema Chavez After 14 Years
Investigators say investigative genetic genealogy and a DNA match to discarded trash helped crack the long-unsolved case.
DNA Testing Identifies Wittmann Man in 1987 Glendale Cemetery Killing of Navy Veteran, but Investigators Say No Charges Will Be Filed After Suspect’s Death
Modern forensic testing linked a decades-old Arizona cold case to a man who died days after giving investigators a DNA sample.
Dayton Police Arrest Jesse James Lockley Jr. in 2003 Arlene Hall Homicide After DNA Match Links Him to Clothing From the Cold Case
Investigators say DNA testing and a renewed review of the case led to the arrest nearly 23 years after Hall was found dead.
Pennsylvania Authorities Charge Indiana Man in 2002 Erie County Cold Case After Grand Jury Links Him to Sabrina Kahler’s Disappearance and Death
Investigators say witness testimony, old evidence and a Cold Case Section review helped identify a suspect in a case that had gone unsolved for years.
Houston Man Arrested in 2011 Cold Case Murder of Bridget Caldwell After Police Say New Evidence Linked Him to Her Strangling Death
Court records say the victim had reported domestic violence and stalking before she was found dead in her apartment in 2011.