Fort Wayne Police make arrest in cold case stabbing

Her case ran cold until detectives spent nearly a year reviewing evidence, conducting forensic testing, and interview multiple witnesses in several states including the suspect. March 25, 2020FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) – Fort Wayne Police homicide detectives made...

Arrest made in 36-year-old Newaygo County cold case

“Investigating a cold homicide case is extremely difficult but investigating a decades-old case with no body means an extraordinary amount of legwork, patience and tenacity,” March 20, 2020NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich. — Nearly 37 years after a 25-year-old White...

Ohio single mom’s 1991 cold case murder solved using DNA uploaded to public genealogy site

“He’s a ghost in the investigation,”​ March 13, 2020A single mother’s cold case murder in Ohio has been solved with an arrest after nearly 29 years.Rachael Johnson was 23 when she was raped, beaten, stabbed and set on fire on March 30, 1991....

Former Vandalia PD employee charged with misconduct and theft

She’s also accused of theft for allegedly taking contraband being held as evidence from the locker that was valued over $500. March 6, 2020FAYETTE COUNTY, IL — A former Vandalia Police Department employee has been charged in Fayette County Court with official...

DNA helps solve 20-year cold case in Indianapolis

March 10, 2020INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An arrest has been made in a 20-year-old murder case in Indianapolis.William Swain is charged in the October 2000 murder of 39-year-old Arthur McPhaul.Swain faces felony charges of murder, criminal deviate conduct resulting in a...

Minnesota deputy accused of stealing on job convicted of misconduct, resigns

motion-activated surveillance camera in a bedroom caught officer stuffing a phone charger into his pocket while executing a search warran February 7, 2020ST. PAUL — A sergeant with the Ramsey County sheriff’s office was convicted of misconduct of a public...