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Investigators solve deadly New Bedford killing after over 30 years
The man responsible for a deadly shooting at a New Bedford, Massachusetts, housing project in 1991 has been identified, authorities said Monday. Witnesses confirmed that Claudio Jorge was the long-unidentified man who killed Brent Davis, a 20-year-old from Newport, Rhode Island, at the Brickenwood Housing Project on Oct. 25, 1991, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. Investigators who…
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Using DNA to crack New England's unsolved killings: ‘We're going to drive cold cases to extinction'
When a driver discovered a human skeleton along the side of on Interstate 195 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, in 1985, investigators got straight to work, trying to piece together clues in an effort to learn who the remains belonged to. The process was thorough and painstaking, with law enforcement even creating a facial reconstruction out of the skull. But they couldn’t…
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Behind the DNA testing used to identify murder victim decades later
New technology is helping to bring answers to old questions, as in the case of of Keith Olson, found along Interstate 195 in Fairhaven in 1985.
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LISTEN: District attorney outlines some of the evidence against Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney outlined some of the evidence against Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, including graphic internet searches and multiple burner phones.
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DNA testing leads to former US Army soldier in 1978 killing of woman in Germany
Authorities say DNA testing has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man who was repeatedly questioned over decades in the 1978 stabbing death of a woman while he was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany.
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Human Bones in Car Matched to Georgia Man Missing Since 1976
Human bones recovered from a submerged car more than a year ago have been matched to a man who had been missing since 1976.
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2 Men Arrested in 1975 Indiana Cold Case Murder of 17-Year-Old Girl
State police say two Indiana men have been charged with murder nearly a half-century after a 17-year-old girl was found dead in a river.