Cold Case Cracked: Arrest Made In Vernon Murder Of Lisa Mare McBride
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…
Philadelphia Nun’s Cold-Case Hit-And-Run Still Unsolved 20 Years Later: Police
A cold-case hit-and-run that killed a Philadelphia nun on her way to church remains unsolved 20 years later, and investigators are asking the public to take another look at what they may know.
The Philadelphia Police Department and the Citizens Crime Commission renewed their call for tips last Friday, Jan. 9, marking two decades since Sister Paul Mercedes Perreca, IHM, was struck and killed, according to a release.
Sister Paul, a longtime eighth-grade teacher at St. Martin of Tours School, was crossing at Cottman Avenue and Hawthorne Street around 6:27 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2006, when she was hit…
Howard County Police ID 1971 Jane Doe, Reunite Her Children Decades Later
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 …
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Montgomery County Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case
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…
PA Executive, Bride-To-Be, 24, Gunned Down With AR-15 In Burglary; Jewelry Turned Up In FL
A Pennsylvania woman was gunned down during a home invasion in Rostraver Township, and a Washington County man is now charged with her murder, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli announced on Monday, May 19.
Dorian Jeri-Greene, 39, of Monongahela, was arrested in Tampa, Florida, and is charged in the Thursday, April 11, home invasion and shooting of Jennah Seibert. He faces the following charges:
Felony Criminal Homicide
Felony Robbery
Felony Burglary
Felony Theft
Dorian Jeri-Greene who is accused of murdering Jennah Seibert before fleeing to Florida and pawning …
Columbia 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…
Cold Case: Human Remains Found On Island In Susquehanna River, PA State Police Say
A cold case is heating up as Pennsylvania State Police work with the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office to identify human remains discovered nearly 40 years ago on Weise Island, officials announced on Monday, April 7.
The remains were located on Tuesday, March 18, 1986, on the island in the Susquehanna River, according to a release from PSP Lancaster. Investigators believe the deceased was an African American man between 20 and 40 years old, standing about 6-foot-1 and weighing around 190 pounds.
At the time he was found, the man was wearing size 11.5 New Balance sneakers, blue jeans with a …
Two Lakewood Men Face Murder Charges For 2010 Shooting: Prosecutor
Two Lakewood men were indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, April 2, charged with murdering a man in Toms River in 2010, authorities said.
Maurice Cole, 36, and Jerron Evans, 41, fatally shot 22-year-old Rondell Proctor, an Arkansas resident, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
Oh Thursday, May 27, at 12:40 a.m., Toms River police responded to the Winteringham Village Apartments at Route 166 and found Proctor with several gunshot wounds to the torso and a gunshot wound to the face, Billhimer said. Proctor was transported to Community Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead…
DNA Nails 82-Year-Old For Brutal 1979 Rape, Murder Of Virginia Woman In Prince George's County
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'
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…
Bay Shore Widow's Killer Nabbed Decades Later Thanks To Retired Detectives, DNA Evidence: DA
A chilling murder mystery in New York that went unsolved for over two decades has finally been cracked thanks in part to a pair of determined detectives long since retired, prosecutors said.
On Long Island, Raul Ayala, 51, of Georgia, was indicted for first-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Feb. 7, in the 2003 killing of Edna “Timmie” Schubert.
The 88-year-old Schubert, a widowed former Department of Motor Vehicles employee who lived alone, was found dead inside her North Bay Shore home on Fredrick Avenue on Dec. 12, 2003, Suffolk County Police said. Her body was discovered b…
'A Sign From Kyle:' Mother's Hope Fuels Renewed Push For Justice In 12-Year Waterford Cold Case
Twelve years after 34-year-old Kyle Seidel was senselessly murdered in the parking lot of the Halftime Lounge and Bowling Alley in Waterford, his mother, Darlene, is keeping his memory alive—and her determination to see justice served stronger than ever.
Kyle was found on Dec. 21, 2012, with a single gunshot wound and rushed to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. Despite years of relentless investigation by the Waterford Police Department, the State of Connecticut’s Office of the Chief State’s Attorney - Cold Case Unit, and other area agencies, the case remains…
