KIRK JARED RIVERS ADMITS TO FOUR-YEAR-OLD MURDER

KILLER

KILLED

BAFFLED detectives got a great break when a man walked into a sheriff's department and confessed to a four-year-old murder, which had long since gone cold.
Kirk Jared Rivers, now 22, walked in and handed officers a note, confessing to the killing of John Pogacar, who was 39 when he was brutally stabbed several times inside his Rancho Cordova, CA home.
He added that his father found his body. 
Sacramento County Sheriff's spokesman John Ramos said: "He handed one of our officers a note, basically claiming responsibility for a homicide that happened four years ago."
He added that detectives were skeptical to begin with but he revealed details that only the killer could had have known, they knew they had their man.
They are still baffled as to why he chose this moment to turn himself in, but like Pogacar's friend Jesse Jurado, they are delighted he turned himself in.
Jurado told Fox 40: "We are so happy. We've been praying to God that this is what we've been waiting for. His family needs closure."    
He added of his friend: "He was a very large man. He's a big teddy bear, a great guy to be around. He was a beautiful man. We are happy his killer has been caught."

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DNA CRACKS DEAF DAWN NILES' 30-YEAR-OLD MURDER

30-YEARS AGO

ALBERT TODAY

A 30-YEAR-OLD Chicago cold case has finally been cracked thanks to new DNA evidence.
Dawn Niles was last seen alive in March 1981, when she left the Windy City's Hinsdale South High School with her boyfriend Gary Albert.
Five days later a fisherman found the 15-year-old's body buried in a nearby forest.
She had been repeatedly stabbed and an autopsy later revealed that she had been three months pregnant at the time of her death. 

Now, 30 years later, Albert, 48, stands accused of her murder after modern techniques linked his DNA to her body The Chicago Tribune reports.
Prosecutor's believe that Niles and Albert who belonged to the high school's drama club for the deaf and the local chapter of the Junior Illinois Association for the Deaf had fought about her pregnancy.  
Friends told them that Albert didn't want to take responsibility for the child and suggested she tell her parents that she had either been raped or impregnated by someone else, according to court filings.
A defense lawyer for Albert, who had pled not guilty called those statements improper hearsay and argued against them, claiming they "infuse undue prejudice," records show.
In pretrial motions they said that it can't be proved that Albert was aware of the pregnancy and that he had no motive to commit such a crime.
The trial which is set to start this summer is expected to present a number of logistical issues for both prosecutors and defense because the defendant and some of the witnesses are hearing-impaired.
A recent pretrial hearing raised the possibility of using as many as three sign language interpreters at the same time.
Albert is currently free on $1 million bail.

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MOST WANTED JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOUGHT IN COLD CASE

"ARMED AND DANGEROUS"

BY the time he was finished, one victim was bound and a second was found shot to death after a fight broke out at a late night party at his home.
But then prime suspect Jose S. Rodriguez vanished after the 2004 killings, which shocked Chicago's, Cicero neighborhood and he hasn't been seen in the seven years since.
Now FBI officer's believe their man, who they consider to be "armed and dangerous" may be comfortable enough to return to the Windy City and they're urging anyone who sees him to turn him. 
The 48-year-old is accused of fatally shooting Gabriella Rodriguez, who he did not know and was not related to, despite having the same last name on November 6, 2004 after a fight broke out.
When the dust settled, FBI's Mike Kosanovich says "One victim was bound and gagged and the second victim, Gabriella Rodriguez, was found shot to death."
He added that the reason for the shooting is unclear.
The search for Rodriguez initially focused on his home country Mexico because cops learned he returned with his wife and children about a month before the murder.
If you have any information about this case, call the Chicago FBI Bureau at (312) 421-6700

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