WHO MURDERED ANNE MARIE TINSLEY, 8, IN 1988?

ON APRIL 1, 1988, April Marie Tinsley vanished on her way home from school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Despite a desperate manhunt for the 8-year-old cutie, it ended in tears on April 4, 1988 when her body was found in a ditch in southeastern DeKalb County. She had been raped and murdered. If you have any information on this heinous...

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WAS ROBYN GARDNER IN ON INSURANCE SCAM?

 WHEN party girl Robyn Gardner, 35, vanished during a sex trip to Aruba on August 2, police on the Caribbean island thought they had their man: her companion, Gary V. Giordano. But now it appears that he is going to be sprung tomorrow. Cops think he's lying but there is little evidence. Now, a new possibility has emerged: Was the blonde...

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NEW LEADS IN MELANIE MELANSON 1989 DISAPPEARANCE

'NEW LEADS'SHE VANISHED over 21 years ago, but now a private detective believes that he has new leads in the mysterious disappearance of Melanie Melanson.The 14-year-old was last seen at a high school party in a woods near her home in Woburn MA and then she vanished without trace.But 22-years on P.I Michael Garrigan, who has worked the case...

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JENNIFER PERSIA, 16, MURDERED DURING '94 BURGLARY

  JENNIFER PERSIA was just 16 when she was found murdered on the living room floor of her home in Magnolia, New Jersey. She had been stabbed multiple times and cops soon discovered containers of coins and silver certificates were missing. That was April 4, 1994. The case is still unsolved. For information leading to an arrest and conviction in the slaying of Jennifer Lynne Persia. Anyone with information should call the Camden...

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HOESCHELE THOMAS 2007 KILLER BUSTED

THOMASHE was a loving father in the wrong place at the wrong time, but now four years on cops say they've caught Hoeschele Thomas's killer.The 48-year-old was minding his own business outside his Largo, FL home when a vehicle approached him and the guys inside asked him if he wanted to buy drugs.When he refused, an argument erupted and someone...

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING: LIGHT POSTING FOR HOLIDAYS

HEY, WE deserve a break too so we're going to kick back and take it easy this weekend. Sadly, some horrific crime usually occurs on the Thanksgiving holiday but it would be nice if this year was an exception. Have a fabulous, safe holiday. God Bless.The team at COLD CASE USA...

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COPS SEEK CLUES IN COLD 1988 DEBRA BAKER HOMICIDE

DEBRA Baker was savagely murdered on Jan. 13, 1988 in Austin, Texas. Now, cops believe a man named Mark Norwood is linked to the brutal murder but need more evidence. MORE ON DEBRA BAKER MUR...

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D.B COOPER MYSTERY: DID HIJACKER PUBLISH MEMOIR??

REAL?THE MYSTERIOUS crook who pulled off America's biggest hijacking may have released a memoir, taunting authorities about his audacious crime.  The newly unearthed autobiography, tauntingly called "HA-HA-HA" has a drawing of a man in a suit holding a briefcase while parachuting from a jet.  The author claims to be D.B Cooper...

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GA. COPS SEEK KILLER OF LEVI FRADY; SLAIN IN 1997

LEVI FRADY, 11, was last seen alive Oct. 22, 1997 on Little Mill Road in Forsyth County. As night was falling he was looking forward to watching Game 5 of the World Series. It would be a game he did not see. His body was found the next day in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area. He had been shot once in the head and twice in the chest,...

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SLIM HOPES FOR MISSING MARYELLEN MCMILLIN

MISSING MARYELLENSHE left work and after going home to get changed she was supposed to be meeting friends for a drink later that night. But after saying goodbye to her husband and her sister, who said she seemed disorientated at the time, Maryellen McMillin never arrived. And although she was legally declared dead in 2004, a friend...

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LAPD REOPEN NATALIE WOOD DROWNING MYSTERY

LAPD cold case detectives are taking another look at the drowning death of movie star Natalie Wood after the boat's captain hinted at something more sinister recently. Wood drowned off Santa Catalina Island on Nov. 29, Thanksgiving weekend 1981. She was cruising with her husband Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken. Wagner said in...

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UNSOLVED NEW MEXICO MURDERS HAUNT 50 YRS LATER

AS PEOPLE said, they weren't hookers, they weren't criminals but a vicious monster snuffed out the lives of two New Mexico girls more than 50 years ago. He has never been caug...

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TEEN MICHAEL HINSON'S 1970 MURDER STILL UNSOLVED

ON Sept. 12, 1970 Michael Hinson, a Grade 11 Dorman High School baseball player, was shot while at the intersection of Asheville Hwy. and California Ave. in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The shooter is believed to be the front passenger in a green late 60’s model Plymouth Fury, and may have lived in the Cleveland Park community...

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PORTUGAL REFUSES TO EXTRADITE GEORGE WRIGHT

KILLERWRIGHT TODAYA PORTUGUESE court is refusing to extradite a murdering militant, who was convicted of killing a war hero and allegedly hijacked a plane before spending 41 years on the lam.As we reported here George Wright's murdered gas station attendant and father of two, Walter Paterson, in Wall, NJ back in November 1962. But eight...

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MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS JEAN VIKEN'S SHOOTING

IN HAPPIER TIMESSHE was a beloved mother of four young kids who was found executed in dense woods near her home.But nearly four years after her 2008 murder a dark cloud remains over her memory as her killer's have yet to face justice for the horrific crime near Hawkins, WI.Her sister Jane told WSAW: "We were celebrating her birthday when...

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BECKY BORNGOFT SEES RAPIST JAILED 17-YEARS ON

JUSTICE AT LASTSHE WAITED more than 17-years for justice but Becky Bornhoft has finally seen her rapist jailed for the vicious attack.Back in 1995 she was fast asleep in bed when a loud crash on her door woke her up.She said: "It was only a second or two before he entered my bedroom.Smashing her in the head, he put his weight on her and forced...

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MOTIVE FOR RHONDA HINSON MURDER BAFFLES COPS

THIS CHRISTMAS will mark 30 years since Rhonda Annette Hinson was cruelly murdered after leaving her staff party. The 19-year-old Burke's County woman's shooting death remains unsolved and still frustrates detectives. There was never any apparent motive. On the evening of December 22, 1981 Rhonda had attended the Hickory Steel Company's...

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NEW HOPE AS TIP REOPENS KATIE SEEFELDT CASE

AGE PROGRESSEDAGE 12SHE was a naughty, grounded, 12-year-old girl when she vanished without trace back in October 2002.Today she would be 21, but the mystery surrounding her disappearance remains.Investigators once believed Katie Seefeldt may have run away, but but now after what officers are calling a credible tip in the case deputies have...

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KILLER FRANCISCO ACEVEDO POSED NAKED VICTIMS

"JUSTICE"A TWISTED killer, who beat and strangled his victims, before posing them naked with their hands tied behind their backs has been found guilty of their murders.Francisco Acevedo's killing spree began in 1989, with the slaying of Maria Ramos, but his thrist for blood could not be quenched.So two-years later he beat and strangled Tawanda...

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TEXAS COUPLE'S 1980 MURDER HAS 'NO CLEAR MOTIVE'

THE SLAYING was brutal. On May 9, 1980, neighbors heard gunfire from the quiet house in San Antonio. Seconds later a 1973 tan or gold Mercury Montego sped down the street. It belonged to Margaret and Keith Conable. Neighbors thought one of them must be sick. But the next morning, a neighbor noticed the car was still gone and went over to...

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NO NEWS IN ANCHOR JODI HUISENTRUIT'S VANISHING

MYSTERYSHE was a popular TV news anchor who simply vanished one morning in a mystery which has baffled cops and the general public for more than 16-years.Cops believe there was a struggle before Jodi Huisentruit disappeared as her car keys were left in the parking lot along with a single shoe.But although they suspect foul play may have been...

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RICHARD FINNEY 1986 MURDER: COPS APPEAL FOR HELP

FINNEYHIS stabbing was so vicious that the knife used had been bent to a 90-degree-angle, but despite cops spending thousands of hours trying to solve the murder, his killer remains at large.So after trying everything including extensive DNA testing, cops are appealing for the public's help to bring Richard Finney's killer to justice.The...

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TED BUNDY CONFESSED: DEBRA KENT STILL MISSING

CRAZYMURDERED?NOTORIOUS serial killer Ted Bundy ultimately confessed to her murder, but with little evidence to go on, cops cannot be sure that she is dead. Debra Kent was just 17-years-old when she vanished after attending a high school play with her parents in Bountiful, UT. Back in November she'd offered to pick up her brother...

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LIGHTSEY SAUL BUMPED OFF LOVE RIVAL BACK IN '88

KILLERA DEADLY affair with his pals wife led Lightsey Nathan Saul to bump off his love rival and now 24-years on he's been convicted of murder.Cops say that the 59-year-old murdered his pal Joe Daggett because he was hopelessly in love with his wife.Cops believe that in March 1988, Saul disposed of his pal, whose body has never been found,...

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AMBER ELIZABETH SCHOLZ STILL A MYSTERY 30-YEARS ON

WITHOUT TRACEIT'S been 30-years since she vanished, but cops are refusing to give up on the case of Amber Elizabeth Scholz. On November 8, 1981 the gorgeous 21-year-old had been partying with pals and was dropped of by a friend at her Rock Spring, WY apartment. She was never seen again. Scholz's father called the police when...

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DID JOHN WAYNE GACY MURDER CANADIANS?

KILLER CLOWNCANADIAN VICTIMS?SERIAL KILLER clown John Wayne Gacy who murdered at least 33 teenage boys in America is now being eyed by Canadian investigators.The Ontario Provincial Police are dusting off their case files to see if any of the eight unidentified bodies found in the crawlspace of his Chicago home are from their country.It's...

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COPS RENEW PAIGE RENKOSKI HUNT; MURDER EYED

COPS are turning up the heat on the mysterious disappearance of Michigan woman Paige Renkoski. The 30-year-old Okemos woman was driving home from Detroit Metropolitan Airport when she disappeared in May 1990. Cops have ruled the case a homicide even though her body hasn't been found. HUNT FOR PAIGE RENKO...

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MARY RIVERA SENSATION: CHARGES DROPPED

DROPPEDTHE ELDERLY fugitive who was busted for killing her husband more than 40 years after he died has had all the charges against her dropped.As we reported here beck in 1970, Mary Rivera, now 76, was accused of killing her husband by "throwing hot grease on him and by throwing other substances and liquids."     ...

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SOUTHSIDE SLAYER GUILTY OF THREE MORE MURDERS

DEATH?THE SERIAL killer dubbed the "Southside Slayer" has been found guilty of murdering three more women - including a girl of just 15. Michael Hughes viciously raped and sodomized his teen victim, Yvonne Coleman, before strangling her to death, back in January 1986, cops said.Her nude body was found near a park barbecue pit.The youngster...

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NEW EFFORT IN 1981 CHRISTINE GUENTHER MURDER

IT HAS been 30 years since Christine Guenther was murdered, her body discovered by a hunter on Oct. 31, 1981. The 15-year-old's killer has never been caught. The resident of Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania vanished from a bus stop Oct. 26 after getting out of school. She had a doctor's appointment in Pittsburgh but never made it and instead...

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ROOMIE BUSTED FOR 1995 MARY ANN O'NEILL MURDER

JUSTICE?CAUGHTHE was a suspect from the start, but Raymundo Pereda managed to evade authorities for more than 16-years for the brutal murder of his former roommate.But investigators finally caught up with their man, hiding in plain sight and now they're hoping he'll face justice for the vicious murder of Mary Ann O'Neill.Back in November...

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VICIOUS 2008 RAPIST IS MANUEL MCGEE: COPS

RAPIST?A VICIOUS rapist, who played the good Samaritan before violently attacking a woman has been busted more than three years on from the vicious crime, cops say.Manuel McGee allegedly promised to help direct her to Federal Boulevard in Denver, CO, but instead he led her into a secluded park, where he raped her.Grabbing her neck he violently...

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DAD SEEKS ANSWERS IN 1974 PHYLLIS BOHLE MURDER

THE ELDERLY father of Phyllis Bohle is offering a $10,000 reward to help solve the case. Bohle, 23, was beaten and stabbed to death in her Severn, Maryland home on March 25, 1974. But the case quickly went cold, but now with new technology cops are hoping to finally bring peace to her family. Cops say several pieces of evidence discovered...

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PREGNANT SOLDIER AMANDA GONZALES: REWARD UPPED

STRANGLEDTHE KILLER of a pregnant soldier who was five months pregnant when she was viciously strangled to death will not be allowed to get away with murder, military investigators have vowed.And now a reward of $125,000 has been offered by special agents with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command in a bid to smoke out her killer.November...

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'GRIM SLEEPER' LONNIE FRANKLIN JR - SIX MORE??

GRIM SLEEPER?THE "Grim Sleeper" serial killer suspect has been linked to six more murders than the 10 he has already been charged with, cops say.Lonnie Franklin Jr is accused of killing 10 women, all of whom were found in alleyways within a few miles of his home in downtown LA as we reported here.All the victims, some of whom were prostitutes,...

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