Convicted killer John Getreu was linked to the long-unsolved murder of Leslie Perlov in 2018, when experts examined DNA found underneath the victim's fingernails. The same DNA would help convict him in the 1974 sexually-motivated murder of Janet Ann Taylor, in what prosecutors have called "The Stanford Murders."
Jorge Rueda Landeros was charged with the beating and strangulation death of professor Sue Marcum more than a decade ago, but has been working as a yoga instructor under a fake name for much of the time since then.
Joseph Jowers was fatally shot in the head outside a Tuscaloosa club as he walked his girlfriend to her car more than 26 years ago. Thomas Terry Johnson Jr. is now charged with his murder.
“This is not a case solved with DNA,” Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said of the arrest of Jere Bagenstose, whose wife has never been found.
In 2017, Christopher Gonzalez was linked to the 2000 murder of Dora DelValle-Almontaser, who was raped and strangled while housesitting at her uncle's Bronx apartment. A year and a half later, DNA would also connect the suspect to the 2005 murder of Angel Serbay.
The Florida Office of the State Attorney said Michael Townson, 53, admitted to killing Linda Little in October 1991. He also confessed to as many as nine murders to Memphis CBS station WREG.
A couple came upon human remains along a rural Kentucky road, initially believing they'd come upon dead livestock. What they found was the body of a woman recently identified as Linda Bennett, 38.
In the new documentary “Suburban Nightmare: JonBenét Ramsey,” John Ramsey continues to push his efforts to get evidence from the case sent out to independent labs.
“Closure will not be possible until those responsible for this evil act are brought to justice,” the son of victims' Barry and Honey Sherman said of his decision to add $25 million to an existing $10 million reward in the case.
