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9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later 9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later
9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later Pennsylvania State Police investigators are seeking tips in a 9-year-old girl's cold case murder.  Carol Ann Dougherty was found dead inside St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church in Bristol Borough on Oct. 22, 1962. She was strangled and had been sexually assaulted, according to troopers.  Police said Dougherty had stopped at the church while riding her bike to the library. She had stopped there to say a prayer, according to a report in the Bristol Courier-Times the day after her murder.  Then-Bristol Police Chief Vincent Faragalli called her killing "one of the most br…
COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech COLD CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech
Cold CASE: Two Charged 16 Years After NJ Robbery Victim Is Beaten To Death, Thanks To New Tech UPDATE: Leroy Julious had planned on whipping up a celebratory dinner after cashing a bonus check from his cook's job at The College of New Jersey when his brutally beaten body was found in a gravel lot across the street from his Ewing home. Julious's murder went unsolved for 16 years -- until authorities announced that technological advances and a shared mission among various agencies and law enforcement forensic experts cracked the cold case. Breyon Goodman, 36, of Trenton, and Jason Howard, 41, of Providence, R.I. killed Julious during a robbery near his Ewing home on May 9, 2008, t…
16-Year-Old Cold Case Results In 2 Murder Arrests In Mercer County 16-Year-Old Cold Case Results In 2 Murder Arrests In Mercer County
16-Year-Old Cold Case Results In 2 Murder Arrests In Mercer County Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a 2008 robbery and fatal beating, authorities said. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced the cold case arrests on Monday, April 22 in connection with the death of Leroy Julious of Ewing Township. Breyon Goodman, 36, of Trenton, and Jason Howard, 41, are each charged with murder, felony murder and robbery, they said. Goodman was arrested in Trenton on April 15 by U.S. Marshals. Howard was served his complaints in Rhode Island, where he is incarcerated for an un…
Cold Case Murder Of Atlantic City Celebrity 'Cooks Books' Re-Examined 40 Years Later Cold Case Murder Of Atlantic City Celebrity 'Cooks Books' Re-Examined 40 Years Later
Cold Case Murder Of Atlantic City Celebrity 'Cooks Books' Re-Examined 40 Years Later Investigators in Atlantic County are asking for help in solving the murder of a local celebrity in Atlantic City nearly 40 years ago, authorities said. In a news release on Wednesday, March 27, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office asked for public assistance in the investigation into the 1985 killing of Raul Sanchez. He was known to many as "Cooks Books."  Suarez earned the nickname while he was an emcee at the 500 Club in Atlantic City. He was also a radio show host and a taxicab driver. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office is looking for new information about the 1985…
Mom Found Burned Dead In Vacant Lot ID'd As NJ Woman — Now Police Hope To Find Her Daughter Mom Found Burned Dead In Vacant Lot ID'd As NJ Woman — Now Police Hope To Find Her Daughter
Mom Found Burned Dead In Vacant Lot ID'd As NJ Woman — Now Police Hope To Find Her Daughter Known for 30 years as the "Girl with the Scorpion Tattoo," the unidentified victim found brutally murdered on Staten Island has been identified as a New Jersey woman — with a daughter whom authorities are hoping to find. Christine Belusko of Clifton was handcuffed, strangled, beaten and burned in a Staten Island lot, the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office said. In the weeks leading up to her killing, she had been staying at a Mount Airy Lodge near Mount Pocono, PA, authorities said. Now, investigators hope to find Belusko's daughter, Christa Nicole, who would have been two…
Convicted Killer Charged With Murder In 40-Year-Old NJ Homicide Of Teen Girl: Report Convicted Killer Charged With Murder In 40-Year-Old NJ Homicide Of Teen Girl: Report
Convicted Killer Charged With Murder In 40-Year-Old NJ Homicide Of Teen Girl: Report A man previously convicted of murder has been identified and charged in a 40-year-old cold case involving the killing of a teen girl in New Jersey, WFMZ reports. DNA technology helped investigators identify Arthur Kinlaw — a previously convicted murderer who ran a prostitution ring in the Bronx alongside his wife — as the suspect in the homicide of Long Island resident Dawn Olanick, aka “Princess Doe,” the outlet reports citing Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer. The teenage victim’s identity had been a mystery for decades after she was brutally beaten near Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blai…
32-Year-Old Cold Case Rape Cracked: Arrest Made In Sex Assault Of Susan Negersmith 32-Year-Old Cold Case Rape Cracked: Arrest Made In Sex Assault Of Susan Negersmith
32-Year-Old Cold Case Rape Cracked: Arrest Made In Sex Assault Of Susan Negersmith A South Jersey man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was found dead on Memorial Day Weekend in Wildwood three decades ago. The case dates back to 1990, when a 20-year-old Susan Negersmith, of Carmel (Putnam County) NY, was spending the weekend with friends in Wildwood, authorities said.  Using a DNA match, police arrested Jerry Rosado, now 62, of Millville, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Wildwood Police Chief Robert Regalbuto. Rosado is charged with the sexual assault of Negersmith. He has not been charged in connection wi…
Discovery Of Human Remains Submerged In PA Waters Cracks 18-Year Cold Case Discovery Of Human Remains Submerged In PA Waters Cracks 18-Year Cold Case
Discovery Of Human Remains Submerged In PA Waters Cracks 18-Year Cold Case The recent discovery of a missing vehicle submerged underwater containing human remains in a suburban Philadelphia town could help police crack a cold case dating back to 2003. Divers who found the vehicle and recovered the remains believe both belong to James Amiable, a Ridley Township man who left to pick his daughters up from a babysitter and never showed up on Dec. 4, 2003. The discovery was made Saturday, March 19, by Adventures with Purpose Underwater Dive and Recovery, a volunteer search and rescue organization that works directly with families. Amabile's vehicle and remai…
Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings
Man Serving Life For Murder Confesses To 2 Cold Case Killings A man sentenced to life in prison after strangling a single mother has been linked to two cold-case killings including one in Maryland and another in Virginia dating back to 1987, according to police. Charles Helem, 52, is serving life in prison at a supermax state prison for the 2002 murder of Patricia Bentley, a 37-year-old single mother from Chantilly, Virginia. He strangled Bentley with a phone cord and his hands, according to officials. This week, Helem was indicted for murder by a Fairfax County grand jury in the 1987 murder of another woman and is also suspected of killing a third wo…