DNA leads to arrest 40 years after girl abducted from bus stop, killed
A detective said he arrested Ramirez, who appeared so shocked he could say little more than, "Oh my gosh."
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A detective said he arrested Ramirez, who appeared so shocked he could say little more than, "Oh my gosh."
The defense hoped Rena Crumb's testimony could help clear their client. But then she blurted out: "I lied."
Orange County officials announced this week that a pair of 30 year old homicide cases have been resolved using genetic technology.
Fillingim had been reported missing by her sister in Tampa on May 16, 1980. She was a week from her 17th birthday.
Investigators say they got the cup from the trash at a Philadelphia airport and used genetic genealogical research as well to lead them to the suspect.
Prosecutors said all four victims were raped, and that DNA evidence linked Richardson to the crimes.
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said.
After Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch's bodies were found, their bodies remained unidentified for 19 years.
Teresa Ann Bailey Black was arrested after a forensic artist's rendering of the child that led to a tip, authorities said.
A blood sample previously obtained from him was an exact DNA match to the evidence collected from the girl's clothing, the sheriff's office said.
John Kevin Woodward was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after arriving from Amsterdam.
Pham disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in Seaside on Jan. 21, 1982. Her body was found two days later.
"Sometimes such small pieces of evidence can solve a case," the police chief said.
A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence. Could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports for "48 Hours."
Nearly 20 years ago a death row inmate wrote to "48 Hours" that he was framed for the murder of four people. Was evidence planted? New DNA tests could answer that question. Correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.
A kidnapper tried to kill an 8-year-old girl, but he could not silence her. CBS News' Michelle Miller reports.
"48 Hours" has covered the murder of A-list fashion writer Christa Worthington, murdered on Cape Cod, for nearly 16 years; now the man convicted of killing her may get a new trial. Correspondent Susan Spencer reports.
While he has claimed he was responsible for up to 100 homicides, authorities have officially linked him to only a dozen so far.
His headstone finally bears a name: 2nd Lt. Osmund Bartle Wordsworth — a great-great-nephew of English poet William Wordsworth
Robert Earl Hayes' case was featured in a 2002 play, "The Exonerated," which was made into a Court TV movie.
DNA evidence played a role in charges brought 37 years after a baby died in the far northern part of the state, police announced Tuesday. Investigators announced that they'd arrested the baby's mother, Lee Ann Daigle, 58, in Lowell, Massachusetts, CBS Boston reports.
Police said they were able to identify Lee Ann Daigle due to advancements in the use of DNA technology and genetic genealogy.
Sherri Herrera was found dead on March 30, 1993 on an onramp to Interstate 10 near in Riverside County.
Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the "pillowcase rapist" for a string of rapes back in the 1980s. CBS Miami's Joan Murray reports.
Detectives said they dug through 500 boxes of evidence and thousands of sexual assault cases to link the cases to Robert Koehler.