A three-decade-old Dallas County homicide case is finally headed to court after forensic evidence linked a longtime suspect to Tamika Cromer’s death.
Category: Cold Cases Solved
Idaho Detectives Identify Chemist Dr. Matthew Betkouski as a Tylenol Murders Person of Interest, but Chicago-Area Officials Say They Have No Evidence Tying Him to the 1982 Cyanide Killings
Ada County investigators say old workplace remarks drew new scrutiny, while Chicago police, Arlington Heights police and the FBI urge caution.
New Jersey Police Identify Larry Burney as Suspect in William Jenkins’ 1982 Bound Stabbing Death in East Orange After DNA Testing Links Prison-Era Evidence
State investigators said modern DNA work tied Burney to the decades-old killing. He died in prison in 2005.
Baltimore Prosecutors File Murder Charges Nearly 40 Years After Teresa Ann Houck Was Found Slain in Druid Hill Park in October 1986
DNA testing helped investigators connect a decades-old killing to a suspect and revive a cold case that had gone unsolved for generations.
Massachusetts Police Solved Claire Gravel’s 1986 Murder Near Salem After DNA From Her Tank Top Matched a Former Salem State Student Decades Later
A long-unsolved killing ended with a guilty verdict and life sentence after investigators linked new DNA testing to a man convicted in a separate attack.
DNA Match in 1990 Dekalb County Rape Case Sends Decatur Man Moses Robinson to Life Sentence After Guilty Plea in Atlanta-Area Cold Case
A decades-old sexual assault kit finally linked investigators to a suspect after the case sat unsolved for years.
Billings Cold Case Solved After 47 Years as Investigators Identify Corina Contreraz’s Killer in 1978 Teen Murder Using Genealogy and DNA Evidence
A fingerprint card and modern DNA testing helped Yellowstone County investigators identify the man responsible for the killing of 16-year-old Corina Contreraz.