Closing the Cold Case of Robin Lawrence

A gifted artist is murdered in her home. Her toddler is left at the crime scene to fend for herself. "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.

• Oct 25
• 41:50

Stephen Smith: A Death in Murdaugh Country

New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. CBS News national correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.

• Jul 27, 2024
• 41:52

Young mom's 1975 murder solved, New Hampshire authorities say

Judith Lord, 22, was found dead in her Concord, New Hampshire apartment in May 1975. Her young son was found in the next room.

• Nov 25

Suspect identified 27 years after woman murdered in suburban D.C. hospital

Police have identified a suspect in the 1998 murder of a D.C.-area hospital worker.

• Nov 11

Blood in the Sand

Two teens killed on the same California beach six years apart. DNA on one of the victims leads to two suspects -- one of them worked for the police. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.

• Jul 6, 2024
• 41:59

Killer identified in 1962 cold case

A 1962 Pennsylvania murder cold case closed this week after prosecutors announced they identified the killer.

• Nov 1
• 02:17

"Woman with the German keys" identified 21 years after her body was found

Eva Maria Pommer's body was found on July 4, 2004. She was dressed in an unusual number of layers of clothing for the summertime, Interpol said.

• Oct 10

Killer identified over 60 years after woman murdered in her Albany, N.Y., home

Officials linked DNA from Joseph Nowakowski, who died in 1998, to the killing of 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn in September 1964, Albany Police said Wednesday.

• Oct 8

Tracing family trees to catch killers

Steve Kroft reports on how a new tool that uses a mixture of DNA analysis and family genealogy has been helping law enforcement crack cold cases.

• Oct 21, 2018
• 13:49

Human remains found in Canadian well identified as woman born in 1881

Police have identified a woman whose remains were found in a Canadian well nearly two decades ago. She was born in the 19th century, police said.

• Sep 30

"The woman in pink" identified 20 years after body found in Spain

"The woman in pink" case dates back to July 2005, when a body was found by a road in a small town in Barcelona.

• Sep 25

Woman's remains exhumed in Oregon's oldest unidentified person case

The woman known as "Oak Grove Jane Doe" was found dismembered in multiple locations in Oregon in 1946.

• Sep 24

Remains of woman who vanished in Oregon in 1974 identified, with DNA

Marion McWhorter went missing in Oregon in 1974. Now, remains found two years later have been identified as her, through DNA analysis.

• Sep 19

Navy diver is linked to cold case rape cases in 4 states

The district attorney's office said one victim told investigators she had "waited 40 years" to receive closure.

• Sep 5

Arrest made 20 years after pregnant woman found dead at cemetery

Valerie Laguna, 26, was found dead in a cemetery in 2005. After two decades, a suspect has been charged with murder.

• Sep 2

"American Nightmare" couple helping police

The couple wrongly accused by police of a "kidnapping hoax" that was recently documented in Netflix's "American Nightmare," are now working with law enforcement. CBS News California investigative correspondent Julie Watts spoke to Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn, who were recently honored as California's witnesses of the year.

• Aug 21
• 07:45

Moms unravel 15-year cold case murder

Writer Chuck Hogan's latest project is called "The Carpool Detectives: A True Story of Four Moms, Two Bodies, and One Mysterious Cold Case." CBS Saturday Morning catches up with the women to see where they are now.

• Aug 9
• 08:10

Boyfriend charged 30 years after slain officer gave ominous warning

Denna Campbell was shot five times in her apartment in 1995. Her department-issued handgun was missing and hasn't been found.

• Aug 7

Mysterious deaths of princes solved 5 centuries later, author says

Philippa Langley, who helped unearth King Richard III's body from a parking lot in 2012, says that two young princes who disappeared from the Tower of London were not killed.

• Jul 18

Man extradited to Oregon to face murder charge in girlfriend's 1983 death

Teresa Peroni was reported missing by her family in 1983, but charges were not filed for decades.

• Jul 18

DNA evidence leads to murder indictment 42 years after woman's disappearance

Teresa Peroni was 27 years old when she disappeared on or around July 4, 1983, in Selma, Oregon. She was last seen with her then-boyfriend Mark Sanfratello.

• Jul 4

Man convicted of 1967 murder in one of U.K.'s oldest cold cases

A jury found Ryland Headley, then aged 34, guilty of attacking Louisa Dunne in June 1967.

• Jul 1

Man charged with murder in father's 2003 cold case death

Douglas Herlihy would have been a teenager when his father, Paul Herlihy, died. Officials have charged him with second-degree murder.

• Jun 18

Detective digs up graves to solve cold cases

Applying new techniques to old cases, law enforcement efforts in Detroit brought closure for dozens of families who longed for answers. Jim Axelrod reports.

• Jun 16
• 03:22

FBI, Detroit police trying to solve cold cases

There's an effort underway in Detroit to solve cold cases by exhuming unidentified human remains. CBS News' Jim Axelrod reports. Then, former FBI special agent Katherine Schweit joins to discuss the process.

• Jun 16
• 05:36

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