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Reputed Miss. Klansman appeals to US Supreme Court

A reputed Ku Klux Klansman convicted two years ago in the 1964 kidnappings of two black men asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to decide whether the statute of limitations had expired before prosecutors charged him.

Atlanta college students investigate cold cases

The single moms and young college students sit in a circle, throwing out names, dates, anything that could lead them to the suspect in the unsolved lynching of four black sharecroppers killed decades ago.

83 years after teen disappears, police reopen case

The teenage girl disappeared in 1926. But a deathbed confession supposedly made decades ago has led detectives to open what might be one of Britain's oldest-ever cold case reviews.

Prosecutors say reputed Klansman is flight risk

A reputed Ku Klux Klansman recently acquitted in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964 is a flight risk and should remain in prison while the government considers appealing the ruling, federal prosecutors argued Tuesday.

Suspect Arrested in 1974 Utah Slaying

Authorities said a soil sample containing DNA helped them identify a suspect in the slaying of a Brigham Young University student who was shot five times in 1974.

3 Life Terms Handed Down in '64 Killings

Reputed Ku Klux Klansman James Ford Seale showed no emotion Friday as he was sentenced to three life terms in prison for his role in the segregation-era abduction and killing of two black teenagers.

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DNA advances could implicate more in Leigh rape case
Source: abc.net.au

Twenty years after the brutal rape and murder of a Newcastle schoolgirl, there are claims more advanced DNA technology could have changed the outcome of the case.

Rapist jailed years later with DNA evidence
Source: abc.net.au

A man has been jailed by the District Court in Adelaide for at least seven years for a violent rape and home invasion more than two decades ago.

Unsolved Cold Cases San Antonio TX
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The San Antonio Police Department needs your assistance in solving these Unsolved Homicide Cold Cases.

Cold Cases Milwaukee WI
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Anyone with information is asked to call Milwaukee Police Cold Case Hotline at 414-935-1212. Please mention you saw the profile of the case on the Milwaukee Police Department's Web site under "Cold Case Unit

Goodbye, Philly: No more location shooting for 'Cold Case'
Source: TV Squad

The stars aren't happy about it either. John Finn -- who plays Lt. Stillman, Lily's boss -- said, "It's a big mistake. Philadelphia was our heart and soul. Love Park and Fishtown and all those places, you cannot recreate that anywhere."

Answers could surface in unsolved beach slayings
Source: Silicon Valley Mercury News

"Two couples fatally shot while camping in different countries more than 30 years apart may have been victims of the same man: a drifter who authorities say was a religious zealot and disapproved of relationships between unmarried couples." The suspect, Joseph Henry Burgess, got …

CBS and the CW gear up for fall
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Shows still "on the bubble" and yet to be renewed: "Eleventh Hour," "Gary Unmarried," "The Unit," "Cold Case," "Without a Trace," "Numb3rs," and "Rules of Engagement" at CBS. "Everybody Hates Chris," "The Game," "Reaper" and "Privileged" at the CW.

BREAKING: Drew Peterson's stepbrother confesses to helping haul body to getaway car
Source: Herald News

The stepbrother of Drew Peterson comes clean about help he gave to his stepbrother to dispose of what he believes to be the body of Peterson's wife.

Police may be close to arrest in Chandra Levy case
Source: CNN

Police are close to making an arrest in the Chandra Levy murder case, one of Washington's most infamous cold cases, CNN affiliate KGO-TV reported Saturday.

Alberta O. Jones - Kentucky's First Black Female Attorney - Murder Still Unsolved
Source: The Louisville Courier-Journal

This comes again from the Louisville Courier-Journal's Black History Month series. Ms. Jones was brutally murdered on Aug. 5, 1965. Her murder has never been solved. It would be wonderful if bringing her case back to public consciousness would generate some new leads.

Whereabouts Of Teen-Ager Baffles Police - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Robin F. Murphy, 17 of Carmel Ny dissapears in Putnam County

Man Dies 35 Years After Being Shot; Death Ruled Homicide
Source: FOXNews.com

A man who was shot in the back 35 years ago has died of complications from that shooting. His death has been ruled a homicide....

Baskin-Robbins found it hard to get scoop on Gary Condit
Source: The Modesto Bee

Gary Condit, the former California congressman whose intern Chandra Levy was found murdered, is coming out of this lawsuit looking like an even bigger creep.

Family Hopes Cash Reward Brings Heat To A Cold Case
Source: WAVE - News

Reba Jeter was found in Elizabethtown, KY stabbed and frozen two and a half weeks after she went missing on New Years 1979. The murderer(s) of this mother have eluded justice for 30 years. It is time to bring this family closure.

Has Weleetka case gone 'cold?' | NewsOK.com
Source: The Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman

WEELETKA — Last week, CNN's Nancy Grace profiled the killings of two Weleetka-area schoolgirls as a "cold case," but investigators insist the case is nowhere near cold and not in danger of being shelved anytime soon.

Cold case tip-off leads to nuclear war bunker
Source: abc.net.au

Police are drilling through an underground bunker in an abandoned Blue Mountains house, as they investigate the disappearance of a Sydney woman in 1979.

toledoblade.com -- Man charged in 1967 murder of 14-year-old
Source: toledoblade.com

A former Toledo man was arrested last night in Cathedral City, Calif., near Palm Springs, and charged with the murder almost 41 years ago of a 14-year-old Sylvania Township girl, authorities said. Almost like Cold Case.

After 39 years, an unsolved murder at Penn State fascinates | Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/30/2008
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

The ongoing interest has caught the attention of state police, who still regard the matter as an open case. Investigators have talked to several of the amateur sleuths about their findings and are planning DNA testing and other evidence reexamination, state police said.

Woman charged over 1996 baby murder
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cairns police have charged a 52-year-old woman with the murder of a baby in far north Queensland 12 years ago. The mutilated body of the newborn was found in the driveway of a surburban Cairns house in May 1996.

Police make 'breakthrough' in 1996 baby murder case
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Police in far north Queensland say they have made a breakthrough in one of the region's most shocking unsolved crimes. The torso of a newborn baby was found on the driveway of a home in suburban Cairns in May 1996.

Cold case killers behind 14 rapes
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

The body of teenager Trudie Adams - whom police say was raped and murdered 30 years ago - is still buried somewhere in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, they say. Police believe the gang that killed the 18-year-old were behind 14 other sex attacks in the 1970s.

Caravan To Catch A Killler-a Mother's Mission For All Daughters

I recently finished the 2nd CARAVAN TO CATCH A KILLER. I was continually surprised, yet grateful for all the care and concern, that was paid to Brittany's murder and related issues.

CBS returns to crime, comedy roots
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Crime and comedy are coming back in full force to CBS' schedule next season as the network re-embraces the genres that have performed best for it in recent years.

DB Cooper Parachute May Have Been Found
Source: The New York Times

SEATTLE — The worn parachute that children found while playing on their family's property in rural southwestern Washington this month may be the one that D. B.

Dead man in murder 'confession'
Source: BBC News

An elderly man who recently died of cancer left an apparent confession to a murder unsolved for almost 38 years. Harvey Richardson, 77, left nine sides of A5 paper detailing the strangulation of 19-year-old Lorraine Jacob in Liverpool in September 1970.

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