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Investigating One Serial Killer Suspect Leads Ohio Police to Another

According to officials in Cleveland, a cold case unit in Ohio that was investigating suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell believes it has stumbled upon another suspected serial killer who has been preying on area women. "There were questions about whether there were more homicides related to Sowell, so our cold case...

Hearing Set in Decade-Old Murder Case of Oregon Teen

(Oct. 11) -- The former boyfriend of an Oregon teenager who was found dead more than a decade ago is expected to appear in court later this week for a hearing to determine if and when murder charges against him will go to trial. Nick McGuffin, 28, will appear Thursday before Coos County Circuit Court Judge Richard Barron,...

When Garden Gnomes Attack

(Sept. 22) -- Zombies get more press, but garden gnomes may be a bigger threat to public safety. Or so says Chuck Sambuchino of Cincinnati, who is on a one-man crusade to warn his fellow citizens about the looming dangers garden gnomes present to America's suburbs and rural areas. "As many as 10 percent of unsolved cold...

Police Hope 'Grim Sleeper' Could Revive Cold Cases

(July 10) -- Police are using information from the arrest of alleged "Grim Sleeper" killer Lonnie Franklin to see if they can crack dozens of cold cases. Franklin, 57, was arrested Wednesday and charged with killing 10 women between 1985 and 2007. Now police hope that information about him and his activities -- including...

Soda Could Help Liquid Sleuths Solve Cold Cases

(July 7) -- Scientists who can precisely measure hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in water and other beverages can tell where a dead woman spent the last two years of her life, whether expensive wine is worth the price and where the milk sold in fast-food stores came from. These are just some of the skills that biologists,...

Background on cold cases

Cold case refers to a crime or an accident that has not yet been solved to the full and is not the subject of a recent criminal investigation, but for which new information could emerge from new witness testimony, re-examined archives, retained material evidence, as well as fresh activities of the suspect (e.g.

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