"Lady in the Fridge" cold case victim identified
There has been a major break in a cold case known as "The Lady in the Fridge". Detectives used DNA analysis and genealogy research to identify the victim, Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza.
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There has been a major break in a cold case known as "The Lady in the Fridge". Detectives used DNA analysis and genealogy research to identify the victim, Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza.
There has been a major break in a cold case known as "The Lady in the Fridge". Detectives in San Joaquin County used DNA analysis and genealogy research to identify the victim, Amanda Lynn Schumann Deza, 27 years later.
A 75-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the cold-case killing of a woman whose body was found in a rural Northern California river nearly 18 years ago, authorities said.
Patricia Joseph was 56 at the time of her 2005 death. An autopsy found she had had died from multiple blunt force traumas and asphyxia.
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The bones were discovered on Jan. 22, 1991 -- two weeks after what would have been Coffey's 37th birthday.
A suspect has finally been identified in a Sacramento-area murder case that had gone cold for years.
A 76-year-old Fairfield man is under arrest, accused in two homicides 16 years apart.
Detectives say a 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested in connection to two cold case homicides in Northern California that date back decades ago.
Detectives say a 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested in connection to two cold case homicides in Northern California that date back decades ago.
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Detectives say a 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested in connection to two cold case homicides in Northern California that date back decades ago.
Detectives say a 76-year-old Fairfield man has been arrested in connection to two cold case homicides in Northern California that date back decades ago.
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A John Doe found on the rocks of the Sacramento River deep water shipping canal in Solano County nearly 40 years ago has finally been identified.
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The man suspected in a 1979 San Joaquin County shooting that left a local bar owner dead has died in prison before standing trial.
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A suspect wanted for a shooting and kidnapping incident in Lodi from back in 2017 has been arrested.
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