MISSING BONES FROM GRISLY MO. COLD CASE FOUND

ONE PART of a grisly puzzle has been solved by a Missouri cold case detective. The bones of a victim of an unsolved homicide that had been missing for many years were finally discovered at the University of Arkansas where they were being used in class.
According to cops, Det. Lorie Howard reopened the cold case of a Jane Doe whose decomposed body was found at an abandoned house near Pineville, Mo.in 1990.
Evidence included clothing, shoes and bindings found with the body but not the skeleton, which had been sent to the U of A 20 some years ago. The plan was to get an anthropologist to give cops more clues as to the identity of Jane Doe. But the bones had been forgotten.
According to Fox News: The cold case was becoming colder until recently, when the anthropologist's successor discovered that some bones the school had been using as teaching aids were those Howard had been searching for.
The good news is the bones still had identifying marks and the skull's teeth matched a cast made of the victim's teeth after the body was found. DNA testing had previously been carried out on one of the victim's fingernails but Howard was hopeful the bones would offer more conclusive results. "But now I've got a femur, which is your best source of DNA," Howard told a local newspaper. "And I've got teeth, which have pulp, which could be another good source of DNA."

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WAS VEGAS MAN BEHIND 1970S SEX SLAYINGS?

THE long arm of the law eventually caught up with a 77-year-old man for a quadruple murder of several young women more than 30-years ago.
Joseph Naso is now likely to spend his twilight years behind bars for the murders of Roxene Roggash, Pamela Parsons, and Tracy Tofoya, and Carmen Colon. So cunning was the killer that some of their bodies weren't found until years later, but now after decades of investigation, officers finally believe they have got their man.    

Naso, 77, was arrested Monday just after serving an unrelated year-long stint in jail for grand theft at a grocery store.
While cops remained tight lipped about the case they believe sick writings and photos found in Naso’s home tie him to the murders of the young women.

Chris Perry, director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety, will not dismiss the possibility that more have died at Naso’s hands.
He told CNN: “We're hoping that people who have missing relatives will take a look at this and maybe put a couple of the pieces together and get that information to us so we can follow up on it.”

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CASE CLOSED: SLAYING OF BOY, 15, IN 1969 SOLVED

FOR MORE than 41 years, a Tewksbury, Massachusetts family has endured a daily nightmare. Now, that nightmare appears to be over with the collapse of a Secrecy pact. On Sept. 17, 1969 John McCabe went to a high school dance and never came home. Just 15-years-old, he was found dead in a field. He had been gagged and
hogtied and had a noose around his neck. Now, three men have been
arrested in connection with the young man's slaying. John’s now 80-year-old mother and father were there to see someone finally charged with the boy's murder.
“I think I was hoping that it might be over because my wife and I have lived with this for so long,” said Bill McCabe, murder victim’s father. “She’s been a great source of strength.”
Cops say Edward Brown, 59, had a moment of conscience and told detectives they initially grabbed John to scare him for flirting with the girlfriend of Walter Shelley, now 60, and charged with murder. Also charged with murder was Michael Ferreira, 57.  
“There aren’t better moments in this business then when you can sit with a family, like we did with the McCabe’s, and tell them that they are going to be able to confront the three people who killed their boy,” said Middlesex County District Attorney Gerry Leone.
COLD CASE SOLVED AFTER 41 YEARS

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TATT'S ALL FOLKS! BODY ART CLEARS COLD CASE

HIS TATTOO gave him away. Cops in California say a really clever gang member's tattoo led to his conviction in a 2004 cold case murder. Anthony Garcia, 22, was convicted of first-degree murder with gang enhancements for the slaying of John Juarez, 23, on January 23, 2004. Garcia was linked to the slaying when a detective was sifting through photos of gangland tats. His image was entered by the California Highway Patrol when he was stopped in 2008. According to KTLA, the tattoo featured an image of Ed's Liquor on the 6600 block of Rosemead Boulevard. In front of the
building, a peanut-shaped man is being shot by a helicopter and then laying face down. The dumb inscription? "Rivera Kills" referring to Tivera 13, his gang. The helicopter represents his nickname: Chopper. Bye Bye Dickhead.

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LONG ISLAND KILLER: 'BRIGHT, CHEERFUL, CAREFUL'

HE'S BRIGHT. Cheerful. Likely in a relationship. He is Jekyll and Hyde come to life. And cops think he is the Long Island serial killer responsible for at 10 slayings of hookers whose bodies were dumped on a local beach. The New York Times has done a stunning job using criminologists, profilers etc to draw a "chilling" profile of the killer. Serial killer researcher Scott Bonn said: "This is someone who can walk into a room and seem like your average Joe."

ACCORDING TO THE TIMES: He is most likely a white male in his mid-20s to mid-40s. He is married or has a girlfriend. He is well educated and well spoken. He is financially secure, has a job a

nd owns an expensive car or truck. He may have sought treatment at a hospital for poison ivy infection. As part of his job or interests, he has access to, or a stockpile of, burlap sacks. He has to be persuasive enough and rational enough that he is able to convince these women to meet him on these terms. He has demonstrated social skills. He may even be charming.”

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