O.C. sheriff’s sergeant may have perjured himself in court, assistant public defender says

Larson allegedly played roles in two of the biggest scandals to rock the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in recent years — the evidence mishandling and snitch scandals.  Enter Article DATE HEREAn Orange County sheriff’s sergeant may have...

Colorado police solve four decades-old homicide cold cases with DNA from exhumed killer

Colorado have solved the decades-old cases of the deaths of four females, saying the killer was a man who died by suicide in jail in 1981 Jan 28, 2022Using genetic genealogy and familial DNA, police in Colorado have solved the decades-old cases of the deaths of four...

Suspect arrested in 1978 San Francisco cold case: DA

Marc Stanley Personnette, 76, has been charged with suspicion of homicide for murdering and sexually assaulting Harvey. January 27, 2022SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — A 76-year-old suspect has been arrested for the 1978 sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Marissa...

California woman killed in 1977 identified by cold case team

Remains were identified after a possible match was found between DNA of possible relatives and DNA in a state missing persons database, January 20, 2022RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California woman who was killed in 1977 has been identified by a cold case...

Ex-Kern County deputy Logan August released from prison

August stole high-grade marijuana from a sheriff’s office evidence room in March 2015 January 11, 2022BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Logan August, a former Kern County deputy who stole hundreds of pounds of marijuana and conspired with another deputy to put the...

DNA helps Klamath County investigators identify suspect in unsolved 1978 double murder

The young couple had been hitchhiking through Oregon, possibly to visit Crater Lake, when they disappeared sometime in September of 1978. Both had been shot, their bodies discarded in the woods. January 6, 2022KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The long-cold case of a couple...