“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.
DNA evidence on Lillian DeCloe's nightgown recently led Broward Sheriff's Office detectives to a Vietnam War veteran, who was DeCloe's neighbor in the 1990s.
“I just hope that he is sorry for what he’s done, that he’s remorseful. But even if he’s not, he can’t change my heart as I forgave him a long time ago," Mary Robin Walter's daughter said of the arrest of Steven Hanks, who had once been a neighbor of the victim.
Betty Rolf, 60, vanished during a 15-minute walk from her Appleton, Wisconsin home to her place of work. The next day, a police officer found her partially-nude body underneath the gravel with a purse strap wrapped around her neck.