cold cases

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The inmate who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is now considered to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Samuel Little, who has been behind bars since 2012, told investigators last year that he was responsible […]

The names of James Chaney and Medgar Evers are well-known in civil rights lore as both men were killed while fighting for voter equality in the South. Elbert Williams does not enjoy the name recognition of the aforementioned but he too was murdered for the same reasons, and his murder case from 1940 was recently […]

A 34-year-old cold case involving the racially motivated murder of a 23-year-old black man has been solved with the arrest of five white people – including two police officers who allegedly tried to cover up the homicide. Timothy Coggins was found dead on a power line on Oct. 9, 1983 in a small Georgia town […]

Before Black Lives Matter became a movement, before there was daily scrutiny of the police on the evening news and before videos showcasing police brutality on African-Americans came a dime a dozen – her life mattered. It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since the disappearance of Mitrice Richardson and five years since […]

WHEATON, Md. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday announced an indictment on first-degree felony murder charges in the disappearance of two sisters from a suburban Maryland mall in 1975, bringing some clarity to the baffling case that made parents question whether to allow their children out of their homes alone. Twelve-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katharine […]

Fifteen-year-old Dominique Allen had already dealt with some challenges in her young life. She’d lost her mother to Crohn’s disease, and two friends to violence. In spite of those odds, Allen had perservered, asking a guidance counselor at school for help in navigating her educational process so that she would be certain to graduate. She’d […]