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Abusive Husband Identified In 1973 Murder Of DC Woman Found In Virginia Forest: State Police Abusive Husband Identified In 1973 Murder Of DC Woman Found In Virginia Forest: State Police
Abusive Husband Identified In 1973 Murder Of DC Woman Found In Virginia Forest: State Police A woman found stabbed to death and dumped in a Virginia forest more than five decades ago was killed by the man she was trying to escape — her husband, investigators say. Shirley L. Washington was 33 when her body was discovered in Conway Robinson State Forest near Gainesville on Dec. 8, 1973.  She had been stabbed eight times. Now, 52 years later, Virginia State Police say they’ve finally solved the case. The killer, investigators say, was Clarence Washington — her husband — a violent man with a history of stabbings who died in 2013 before he could ever face charges. By the time sh…
Cold Case Cracked: NJ Bank Worker's Killer Arrested After 36 Years On The Run, Cops Say Cold Case Cracked: NJ Bank Worker's Killer Arrested After 36 Years On The Run, Cops Say
Cold Case Cracked: NJ Bank Worker's Killer Arrested After 36 Years On The Run, Cops Say A North Carolina man has been arrested in connection with a 1990 murder in New Jersey, authorities said. Robert William McCaffrey Jr., 54, of Manteo, North Carolina, was taken into custody at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 10 by a multistate task force in the killing of Lisa Marie McBride,  Sussex County Prosecutor Daniel Perez said. McCaffrey is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and burglary in the death of McBride, whose killing occurred on June 23, 1990, in Vernon Township, authorities said.  Investigators said the decades-old case was solved through advancements in DNA t…
Teen Clerk Stabbed 20+ Times In Clothing Store Still Haunts Investigators 37 Years Later Teen Clerk Stabbed 20+ Times In Clothing Store Still Haunts Investigators 37 Years Later
Teen Clerk Stabbed 20+ Times In Clothing Store Still Haunts Investigators 37 Years Later A brutal murder inside a Maryland clothing store that shocked a community nearly four decades ago is back in the spotlight as investigators again ask the public for help. Tracey Kirkpatrick, 17, was working alone at Aileen Ladies Sportswear in Frederick on Wednesday night, March 15, 1989, when her shift took a deadly turn, according to the Frederick Police Department. Kirkpatrick was last seen alive inside the Westridge Shopping Center store along Route 40 around 8:45 p.m., police said. Nearly two hours later, at approximately 10:50 p.m., a security guard conducting routine patrols noticed…
Separated Siblings Reunited Decades Later After Police ID 1971 Jane Doe Separated Siblings Reunited Decades Later After Police ID 1971 Jane Doe
Separated Siblings Reunited Decades Later After Police ID 1971 Jane Doe For more than half a century, she was known only as “Jane Doe.” Her beaten body was found in a Howard County field in 1971, She died days later, was never identified, and her name was lost to time.  For 54 years, the case gathered dust — the police department's oldest cold case homicide. Now police say they finally know who she was. Authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, that DNA profiling has revealed the victim as Sadie Belle Murray, born in 1924 in Pennsylvania, who at the time of her death went by Sarah Belle Sharkey. And in a stunning twist, detectives also tracked down her …
DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Maryland Mom’s Brutal Shower Slaying 24 Years Later DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Maryland Mom’s Brutal Shower Slaying 24 Years Later
DNA From Water Bottle Puts DC Man Away For Maryland Mom’s Brutal Shower Slaying 24 Years Later After 24 years of silence and questions, justice has finally been served for a Maryland family. A DC man who admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother inside her Chevy Chase home more than two decades ago — a cold case that stunned a quiet Montgomery County neighborhood and baffled detectives for years — is heading to prison for decades, authorities announced. Eugene Teodor Gligor, now 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday, May 7, to second-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Leslie Preer, who was found face-down and bloodied in her shower af…
Ex-Boyfriend Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell: Police Ex-Boyfriend Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell: Police
Ex-Boyfriend Re-Arrested In Cold Case Killing Of DC Officer Denna Campbell: Police Nearly 30 years after DC police officer Denna Fredericka Campbell was fatally shot in her White Oak apartment, her former live-in boyfriend has been arrested for her murder — again. A Maryland man is behind bars for the second time decades after a cold case killing that shook the DC law enforcement community and resulted in him changing his name. Amir Jalil Ali, 62, of Laurel, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 5, by Montgomery County officers working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, officials announced Wednesday at an afternoon press conference. Ali is charged in the 1995 murder of his t…
Philly Boy Found Dead Under Virginia Bridge In 1972 ID’d — Mom, Boyfriend Suspected Killers Philly Boy Found Dead Under Virginia Bridge In 1972 ID’d — Mom, Boyfriend Suspected Killers
Philly Boy Found Dead Under Virginia Bridge In 1972 ID’d — Mom, Boyfriend Suspected Killers The body of a 4-year-old boy found under a Virginia bridge in 1972 has finally been identified — more than 50 years later. Fairfax County Police announced Monday, Aug. 4, that the child, long known only as “John Doe,” is Carl Matthew Bryant, a Philadelphia boy who vanished while traveling to Virginia with his mother and her boyfriend. Detectives made the identification using advanced DNA testing, forensic-grade genome sequencing, and a relentless genealogical investigation that led them from Northern Virginia to Philadelphia. “Detectives from our Major Crimes Bureau Cold Case Squad have so…
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors ‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Maryland Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case: Prosecutors A Maryland man will serve more than two decades behind bars after DNA evidence linked him to a horrifying cold case rape and armed robbery that left a couple traumatized in Montgomery County. James Lorenzo Greene, 49, of Fairmount Heights, was sentenced on Thursday, July 31, to life in prison, with all but 23 years suspended, for first-degree rape stemming from an attack on Walker’s Choice Road in Gaithersburg on July 26, 2000, authorities announced. According to charging documents, a man and woman were walking around 1:55 a.m. that morning, when they were approached from behind by a man ho…
'Get Justice For My Daughter': 50-Year-Old Cold Case Reopened In DMV 'Get Justice For My Daughter': 50-Year-Old Cold Case Reopened In DMV
'Get Justice For My Daughter': 50-Year-Old Cold Case Reopened In DMV Detectives are renewing a solemn promise made to a dying mother — and hoping someone out there finally breaks their silence. Fifty years after 15-year-old Kathy Beatty was found brutally assaulted and left for dead in a Montgomery County woods, cold case detectives are pleading with the public for help — and they’re not giving up. Beatty was reported missing on July 24, 1975, and found the next day by her sister in a wooded area behind the former K-Mart in Aspen Hill, police said.  She had been sexually assaulted and beaten in the head with a rock. She died a week later in the hospita…
DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Maryland DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Maryland
DNA Swipe From Water Bottle Nails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom Decades Ago In Maryland After 24 years of silence, justice finally has been served for a Maryland family. A Washington, DC man has admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother inside her Chevy Chase home more than two decades ago — a cold case that stunned the quiet Montgomery County neighborhood and baffled detectives for years. Eugene Teodor Gligor, now 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday, May 7, to second-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Leslie Preer, who was found face-down and bloodied in her shower after failing to show up for work. Eugene Teodor Gli…
Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island
Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island An Army veteran single mother and her toddler daughter were publicly identified nearly three decades after they were murdered on Long Island. Tanya Denise Jackson, of Brooklyn, and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, were identified as the victims in the 1997 cold case killings that later became known as the "Peaches" homicides during a Nassau County Police press conference Wednesday, April 23.  Jackson's dismembered torso was discovered inside a plastic storage bin at Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997. More of the 26-year-old's remains were found in April 2011…
Maryland Man Charged With 2020 Murder Of Pregnant Woman, Newborn After Cold Case Break: Police Maryland Man Charged With 2020 Murder Of Pregnant Woman, Newborn After Cold Case Break: Police
Maryland Man Charged With 2020 Murder Of Pregnant Woman, Newborn After Cold Case Break: Police A suspect has been charged with murder in the 2020 killing of a pregnant woman and her baby in Columbia, Howard County Police announced Thursday. Edward Robinson, 31, of Columbia, was arrested Wednesday, April 9 in Gaithersburg in connection to the murder of 30-year-old Rabiah Ahmad, which forced the delivery of her baby, who died days later.  The case began on July 31, 2020, around 11 p.m., when officers responded to the 6600 block of Dovecote Drive after several shots were fired into a residence from outside. Inside the house was 30-year-old Rabiah Ahmad, who was 28 weeks pregnant a…
DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Maryland DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Maryland
DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Maryland After more than 45 years, the family of a Virginia woman who was raped and murdered in 1979 is finally getting answers after DNA evidence led to the arrest of an 82-year-old suspect, officials announced. Rodger Zodas Brown, of Pinehurst, North Carolina, has been charged with first-degree murder, rape, and other related offenses in connection with the brutal killing of 31-year-old Kathryn Donohue, of Arlington, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. For decades, the case remained cold—until now. On March 3, 1979, a passerby found Donohue’s body in a parking lot in the 84…
Arrest Made In 2017 Disappearance, Murder Of Virginia Mother, Infant: 'Long Time Coming' Arrest Made In 2017 Disappearance, Murder Of Virginia Mother, Infant: 'Long Time Coming'
Arrest Made In 2017 Disappearance, Murder Of Virginia Mother, Infant: 'Long Time Coming' After nearly eight years of unanswered questions, authorities in Virginia have made an arrest in the 2017 cold case murder of a young mother and her infant daughter, officials announced. Carlos A. Johnson Jr., 46, of Newport News, was taken into custody around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, in connection with the deaths of 34-year-old Keir Johnson and her 8-month-old daughter, Chloe Johnson, according to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. The mother and child were last seen on April 30, 2017.  God bring them home!...It's been way too long!!! Why?!? @crimeonlinenews @NancyGrac…
Forensic Facial Reconstruction Offers Hope In Solving 1973 Jane Doe Murder Mystery In Virginia Forensic Facial Reconstruction Offers Hope In Solving 1973 Jane Doe Murder Mystery In Virginia
Forensic Facial Reconstruction Offers Hope In Solving 1973 Jane Doe Murder Mystery In Virginia For over 50 years, the identity of a young woman found murdered in Loudoun County has remained a mystery, but a newly unveiled clay facial reconstruction could be the key to finally solving the case, officials say. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Cold Case Unit, in collaboration with forensic artist and George Mason University professor Joe Mullins, has created a lifelike bust of the victim, known only as Jane Doe.  Using a 3D-printed model of her skeletal remains, Mullins sculpted a depiction of the woman, believed to be a Black female in her late 20s to early 30s, in hopes…
Former Soldier Out For Blood Admits To 1994 Murder Of Young Mother In Fairfax County Former Soldier Out For Blood Admits To 1994 Murder Of Young Mother In Fairfax County
Former Soldier Out For Blood Admits To 1994 Murder Of Young Mother In Fairfax County Three decades after a young mother was found brutally murdered in Fairfax County, a former Army soldier stationed in Arlington admitted to the crime. Stephan Smerk, 52, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of Robin Lawrence in November 1994, prosecutors announced on Friday afternoon. “Our cold case detectives exhibit unparalleled dedication when it comes to closing a case with many unknowns,” Fairfax County Chief of Police Kevin Davis previously said.  “This case is but one example of how our department’s police work goes above and beyond, and it exemplifies ou…
Man Gets Life In Prison For 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Decades Later Man Gets Life In Prison For 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Decades Later
Man Gets Life In Prison For 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Decades Later Justice has been served for a Maryland family more than four decades after Vickie Lynn Belk was abducted and murdered in Maryland. Last year, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced that District resident Andre Taylor, now 63, was arrested on charges that included rape and murder in connection to Belk's death, who was found on Metropolitan Church Road near Route 227 after she was killed 45 years ago.  Vickie Lynn BelkCharles County Sheriff He was convicted in July by a jury after just two hours of deliberation following a nine-day trial. "This case occurred more tha…
Man Accused Of 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Convicted Man Accused Of 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Convicted
Man Accused Of 1979 Rape, Murder Of Maryland Mother Convicted Justice has been served for a Maryland family more than four decades after Vickie Lynn Belk was abducted and murdered in Maryland. Last year, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced that District resident Andre Taylor was arrested on charges that included rape and murder in connection to Belk's death, who was found in Bryans Road on Metropolitan Church Road after she was killed 45 years ago.  Vickie Lynn BelkCharles County Sheriff On Friday, July 19, the state's attorney's office announced that Taylor was convicted by a jury after just two hours of deliberation following …
DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland
DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland More than two decades after Leslie Preer was found murdered inside her home after failing to show up for work, police in Montgomery County say they have arrested a man in connection to the 2001 cold case. DNA evidence has linked Eugene Teodor Gilgor as a possible suspect in the murder, police say, and on Tuesday, he was arrested by the US Marshals Task Force in Washington, DC.  Early in the morning on May 2, 2001, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 4800 block of Drummond Avenue in Chevy Chase, where they found Preer's body, and her death was lat…