crime that has not yet been fully solved and is not the subject of a recent criminal investigation
Authorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the death of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974.
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Key FactsDNA Confirms Ted Bundy’s Role in Two Utah Murders
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- Hunters found Melissa Ann Smith’s body in a wooded area of Salt Lake County on October 27, 1974; she was 17.
- One month later, Laura Aime, also 17, was found murdered beside a highway in Utah County after disappearing following a Halloween party.
- A DNA database match identified Bundy as Aime’s killer in April 2026; a later test also confirmed his role in Smith’s murder.
- Investigators are examining another unsolved 1974 murder of a 16-year-old in Utah, where a lead also points to Bundy.
This case shows how important it is to preserve evidence, even after decades.— Sheriff Rosie Rivera of the Salt Lake County Police Department, speaking at a press conference.
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'The Best British Cold Case Drama': Nicola Walker And Sanjeev Bhaskar Star In ITVX's 'Gripping' Series
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Duane "Keffe D" Davis sentenced to 40 years for rapper Tupac Shakur's murder: Davis was found guilty last month over his role in the late rap superstar's death ...
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Key FactsDavis receives 40 years to life for Shakur murder
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- The sentence comprises two consecutive terms of 20 years to life, for murder and use of a deadly weapon.
- Davis announced an appeal, and his lawyer Michael Sanft also said an appeal would follow.
- Shakur was shot four times and died six days later in hospital; Marion “Suge” Knight suffered a minor injury.
- Davis is the only person charged, but the person who fired the fatal shots was never conclusively identified.
You don’t get to take a man from his family. The world never forgot about Tupac.— Delivered by Judge Carli Kierny during the sentencing of Duane Davis in Las Vegas.
California chemist found dead in 1982 linked to Chicago Tylenol murders: A California chemist found dead from suicide in an Idaho church in 1982 has been linked ...
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Duane "Keffe D" Davis found guilty of 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur: Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted over the drive-by shooting of the rap superstar 30 ...
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Key FactsJury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac murder
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- The jury deliberated for under three hours Monday after a weekslong trial in Las Vegas.
- Prosecutors said Davis obtained the gun and ordered the shooting but did not fire the shots himself.
- The defense cited a lack of physical evidence and called Davis’s book and statements financially motivated dramatizations.
- Tupac Shakur was shot from a white Cadillac in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, and died six days later.
"He is responsible of the murder of Tupac Shakur,"— Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal, in closing arguments in the trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis
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Suicide or murder? Czech police exhume Masaryk as case reopens: Police have exhumed Jan Masaryk’s remains nearly 79 years after his death to investigate whether ...
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Tupac murder trial latest: Duane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty by jury: Thirty years on from the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996, a jury has found former ...
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Cold case cracked? VPD investigating if 'Lucky' is a man missing from Vancouver for 33 years
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How a 99-year-old mathematician unraveled a century-old braid mystery: Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two ...
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Police crack 20-year-old cold case involving man found bound and beaten in Scarborough backyard
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Suzy Lamplugh detectives reveal they are 'haunted' by her disappearance: Suzy Lamplugh, 25, disappeared after leaving the office of Sturgis and Sons in Fulham ...
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‘A miracle’: Teen murdered nearly 26 years ago identified through genetic genealogy
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Florida ex-con arrested for 40-year-old cold case murder — after calling cops to give them a tip
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Las Vegas cold case murder solved 20 years after man strangled with phone cord inside his home
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Suspect arrested in 1987 Baton Rouge cold case murder of jingle writer www.theadvocate.com/_services/v1/client_captcha/challenge?request=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJleHAiOjE3NDcyNzg3MTEsImlhdCI6MTc0NzI3ODQxMSwicmVkaXJlY3QiOiIvYmF0b25fcm91Z2UvZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudF9saWZlL2pvaG4tZm9zdGVyLXBlcmZvcm1zLWhvbWV The Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested a suspect in the 1987 murder of a ... Show more
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‘The weight of a secret’: On a cold February night 25 years ago, a New Hampshire mother and her teenage daughter disappeared without a trace
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Frisco police make third arrest in murder case gone cold: Authorities have been investigating the murder of a Plano businessman for 24 years.
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The cult Russian cold case that inspired an outback murder mystery: How did comedian Ben Jenkins end up writing a cosmic crime drama? Ask his mother-in-law.
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How a discarded coffee cup helped solve a 24-year cold case killing: Twenty-four years after the killing of a Canberra grandmother, a coffee cup discarded on an ...
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Man arrested in Miami Gardens cold-case killing of teen, police say: Investigators identified Warren Masai Pollock in the 2019 fatal shooting of Rodney Hinds Jr ...
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The homicide victim in a 1975 Iowa cold case was "Jane Doe" for 51 years. She was identified Monday as Cheryl Lynn Edwards, 15, of Waukegan, Illinois ... Show more
Homicide victim in 1975 Iowa cold case identified as Illinois teen
Homicide victim in 1975 Iowa cold case identified as Illinois teen
Cold case arrests: CMPD charges three people in 2017 killing: Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC police detectives have charged three suspects in a nearly decade-old ...
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Former Charleston resident Robert McCaffrey, who was convicted of obstruction of justice in his wife’s disappearance, has been indicted in a New Jersey cold ... Show more
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The Coldest Case: Boston police seeking tips in Swedish nanny’s 1996 murder: "We urge anyone with information, no matter how little it is, to call ...
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Greater Boston cold cases solved or updated in 2026: As the Boston murder case of nanny Karina Holmer reaches 30 years without resolution ...
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Cleveland authorities continue search for Keshaun Williams 3 years after disappearance
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Family still without answers 23 years after murder of 'bubbly' Essex mum: She was attacked in the lobby area of a block of flats in Harlow
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Margaret Press is a retired grandma who uses DNA and family history to crack missing-persons and murder cold cases...
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BBC Audio | Outlook | The retired grandmother cracking cold cases with DNA
BBC Audio | Outlook | The retired grandmother cracking cold cases with DNA
Man sentenced to 20 years for killing his then-girlfriend in 1980s cold case: A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Oregon for the death of his ...
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The Gilgo Beach Killer Just Pled Guilty — Here Are 16 Other Cold Cases That Were Reopened Decades Later
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Utah teen identified as victim of serial killer Ted Bundy: New DNA testing has solved the 51-year-old case of murdered teenager Laura Ann Aime ...
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Key FactsTed Bundy Linked to 1974 Murder After Decades
Apr 2, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Laura Ann Aime disappeared in 1974 after leaving a Halloween party and was later found murdered in Utah.
- Modern forensic DNA testing finally confirmed Ted Bundy as the perpetrator more than five decades later.
- Although Bundy confessed before his 1989 execution, definitive proof of his guilt had been lacking until now.
- The victim’s family expressed gratitude for the resolution as authorities officially closed the cold case.
We can now say without any doubt that Ted Bundy murdered Laura Ann Aime.— Sheriff Mike Smith, at a press conference; according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
17 Disturbing Things I Just Learned About: “What made the case especially unsettling wasn’t just the violence — it was the contrast between the footage and what ...
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Unanswered questions as search for Nancy Guthrie enters a new month: The disappearance of the mother of TV presenter Savannah Guthrie captivated the US ...
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Nancy Guthrie Investigation: Sheriff Reveals Glove Owner Identified by DNA: DNA culled from a glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home matches an employee who works ...
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DNA from cigarette helps identify teenager’s killer nearly 44 years after her death
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★ An aging director investigates a fresh murder while making a film about a decades-old cold case in this exquisite whodunit from Italian novelist Alessandro ... Show more
Broken Truths by Alessandro Robecchi
Broken Truths by Alessandro Robecchi
DNA from cigarette helps identify teenager’s killer nearly 44 years after her death
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Izabela Zablocka: How a Polish TV journalist helped crack a murder cold case: An interview by journalist Rafal Zalewski with a murderer was the "tipping point" ...
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Journalist Kate Crane debuts with a heartrending true crime memoir about her father’s decades-old disappearance. Readers will be rapt. @hanoversquarepress What Ever Happened to Eddy Crane? A Memoir and a Murder Investigation by Kate Crane
The Hawks have announced a major breakthrough in a decades-old apartheid-era cold case, advancing the investigation into the kidnapping and murder of three ... Show more
Hawks make breakthrough in 1985 kidnapping and murder of three apartheid activists
Hawks make breakthrough in 1985 kidnapping and murder of three apartheid activists
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The Last Case of John Morley Reopens A Forgotten Murder On Xbox, Play Anywhere And PC | TheXboxHub
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The Last Case of John Morley Review | TheXboxHub: Review - If you want a good mystery and don’t mind a few hiccups along the way, then come and solve The Last ...
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Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham confesses to 1965 cold case murder, police say
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What happened next: how a shocking rape and murder case was solved – 58 years later
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Cop closes 15-year-old case in days : Sgt Koboekae shines in tracing criminals
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Criminology students at the University of Texas at Arlington were emotional after helping police make an arrest in a decades-old cold case.
Julie K. Brown, the journalist who brought down Epstein: ‘I fear the Trump administration will try to cover up for powerful men’
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Hardware purchases and location data: How the FBI says it made an arrest in the DC pipe bomb case, nearly five years later
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College students help police make arrest in 1991 cold case murder investigation : A group of criminology student sleuths helped police in Texas make the first ...
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A killer took 4 lives in Miramar. Nearly 30 years later, family still seeks justice
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She survived a stabbing. Now her attacker is accused in a deadly cold case.: A D.C. man recently arrested in a 1999 cold-case homicide carried out a similar ...
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Suspect ID’d in 1998 cold case murder of woman at D.C. area hospital: Sherry Crandall was killed at her office in 1998. Baari Shabazz was identified Monday as ...
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Greater Manchester's unsolved murders as interactive map details 1,000 cases across Britain
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Victims of Brabant Killers commemorated after 40 years: Silence, criticism, and hope mark Aalst’s tribute to the victims of a 1985 tragedy as calls for justice ...
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Murder Map reveals 1,000 cold cases from across Britain: Merseyside's oldest cold case is that of Alice Barton, the victim of the pillbox murder
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Murder Map reveals 1,000 unsolved cases across the UK including notorious North East killings
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Teen found dead after vanishing on walk home in 1994, WA cops say. Now an arrest: More than 30 years after a Seattle middle school teen disappeared and was found ...
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Judge challenged over release of defendant ahead of Sunnyvale murder trial: A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has been compelled to revisit his recent ...
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Creepiest Wikipedia Rabbit Holes You Can't Unsee: Dean Corll was an American serial killer who, with two teenage accomplices, kidnapped, tortured ...
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Horrific 'Murder in a Choir Loft' cold case now solved, investigators say: Carol Ann Dougherty's slaying in a Pennsylvania church remained unsolved for decades ...
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Police check computer of depraved murderer and make 'worst' discovery of careers: DNA evidence helped police find a double murderer that had evaded justice for ...
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Woman found dead in ravine in 1998 identified but mystery remains, CA cops say: A woman found dead in an El Cajon ravine in 1998 was identified through genetic ...
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Woman Found Dead in California Ravine Identified After 27 Years: The victim found in a San Diego ravine 27 years ago has been identified as Alicia Ledezma ...
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Victim’s video interview helps convict rapist from beyond the grave after sickening attack
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A 9-year-old girl was raped and murdered in a church choir loft in 1962. Police have finally been able to identify the killer
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Cops solve cold case in rape-murder of 9-year-old schoolgirl in church choir loft in 1962
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Man serving life sentence for murder admits to three other cold case killings in California, police say
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Halloween double murder of two lovers in 1980s NYC was tied to the ‘Son of Sam’ killings — and still haunts the NYPD
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Eight arrested in major gang case tied to multiple Oakland homicides: The group was also allegedly involved in robberies, drug and gun trafficking and assaults.
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Denver cold-case killing remains unsolved nearly 30 years later: Robert Escobedo Jr. was shot and killed on Oct. 16, 1997, behind the now-defunct High Rise ...
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‘He didn’t pay for his sins’: Dead suspect in 1987 Davie cold case may be tied to others
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19 Dark And Terrible Things I Learned This Month: Teenager Dylan Redwine disappeared while visiting his father, Mark, for Thanksgiving in Colorado — months later ...
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2 months after a man was killed at Burning Man, experts say it will 'not be a quick solve'
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Grinning rapist faces justice after teenager's evidence from beyond the grave: Kristian John Franks was charged with raping Leah Bedford weeks before she was ...
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Woman found dead with men’s belt around neck in 1971 identified, Florida cops say
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Breakthrough in Long Island cold case as cops arrest alleged killer of 16-year-old girl after 40 years
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