Cold Cases

Patrick Nicholas was convicted of the 1991 Washington State murder of 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, whose body was found beaten and strangled with pantyhose. Advances in genealogical DNA helped solve the case. 

 "We're disappointed but we're not deterred," Shanquella Robinson’s family lawyer said.

More than 40 years after her body was discovered along the shores of Lake Erie, an unidentified woman wearing a "disco-style dress" has been identified as 31-year-old Patricia Greenwood, whom police believe was murdered.

Rather than calling the unidentified woman found along the Spokane River in 1984 "Jane Doe," the corpse was nicknamed "Millie" for nearly 40 years before being identified as Ruth Belle Waymire, 24.

A young Ohio mom vanished 45 years ago after a July 4 community event. What happened to her?

Danyese LaClair was shot to death in 2000. Who killed her, and why? DNA testing may provide the answer.

The Burton Police Department in Michigan is looking for help in a 2000 murder case.

The race car driver's death led to the creation of the "Chris Trickle" law, allowing murder and manslaughter charges to be filed in Nevada no matter when a victim dies.

In 1990, Elizabeth Mackintosh, a 50-year seminary student, was hung and stabbed in a chapel bathroom.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland identified Forest Clyde Williams III as the killer of Pamela Conyers, 16, whose death by strangulation in 1970 stumped detectives for decades.