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Cold Case Spotlight

Cold Case Spotlight

Monroe Police Department investigating 48-year-old murder of Connecticut 8-year-old Renee Freer

A $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of her killer remains in effect.
Renee Freer
Renee Freer

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Cold Case Spotlight

More than 30 years later, authorities still working to identify Bone Lake Jane Doe

On June 12, 1993, a woman’s head was found floating in Bone Lake in Scandia, Minnesota. The next day, her foot was found on the banks of the Mississippi River. She remains unidentified.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Family hoping to find answers in death of Virginia man Chad Austin

The 30-year-old went missing on Memorial Day in 2019. His remains were found at Panther Falls in Virginia nearly a year later.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Richard Garcia’s 1986 homicide still unsolved 39 years later

The 26-year-old was found dead in a hotel room in Tucson, Arizona, on May 29, 1986.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Case of Phoenix mother murdered in 1975 still unsolved after 50 years

On March 12, 1975, 47-year-old Nancy Hartley was shot and killed during an armed robbery at a Phoenix gas station.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Fairbanks, Alaska, murder of Mahogany Davis still unsolved after 23 years

The 21-year-old mother was stabbed near the doorway of her apartment on May 11, 2002. She died in the hospital later that day. 
Mahogany Davis
Mahogany Davis

Murdered woman's divorce attorney arrested in her 2013 killing

Aliza Sherman was stabbed more than 10 times outside of the attorney’s office in downtown Cleveland.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Case of Woodlawn, Maryland, college student killed in 1976 still unsolved nearly 50 years later

On April 26, 1976, 18-year-old Deborah Scott was found murdered in her family’s Woodlawn, Maryland, apartment.

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Cold Case Spotlight

Fabiana Mitchell’s 1994 homicide still unsolved more than 30 years later

The 20-year-old was found dead in her bathtub on May 6, 1994. 

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Cold Case Spotlight

Mistrial declared in Orange County trial for Megan McDonald’s 2003 murder

After six days of deliberations, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision.
Megan McDonald
Megan McDonald

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Cold Case Spotlight

Authorities identify 10-minute window in which Missouri teen could have been kidnapped 46 years ago

The 19-year-old vanished during her shift at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own gas station on April 17, 1979.