- The Coney Island Love Triangle Murder | Cold Case Files
In the early hours of January 12, 2020, Michael Israel broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Coney Island home and killed her new boyfriend, James Santiago — while passing drivers who saw him drove by.
- The Steven Kraft Case | Cold Case Files
On April 28, 2020, Steven Kraft — a 34-year-old Marine veteran — dropped his two daughters off after a custody visit and was never seen again.
- The Kingston Campbell Case: A 6-Year-Old Killed, $40,000 Reward, Still No Arrest
A 6-year-old was shot in his own bed. Three years later, the reward has grown to $40,000 — and still no arrest.
- The Caleb Flynn Murder Trial | Cold Case Files
He blamed a burglar. Prosecutors proved it was him.
- Cold Case: Who Killed Emily Pike?
She walked away from a group home. 18 days later, she was gone.
- He Sold a Car to a Stranger. It Got Him Killed | Cold Case Files
He met a stranger to sell a car. He never came home.
- The Dickus Family Murders: Unsolved 20 Years Later
A boy and his stepmother, stabbed in their own home. Twenty years later, no one has answered for it.
- The Aliza Spencer Case | Unsolved Binghamton Murder
A 12-year-old was shot walking home with her own family. Four years later, there’s still no arrest.
- She Had a Protective Order. He Ambushed Her Anyway. | The Leona Edwards Case
She did everything a domestic violence victim is told to do. It didn’t stop him.
- The Compassionate Release Murder | Cold Case Files
A judge freed him early. Nine months later, she was dead.
- The God’s Misfits Murders | A Custody Battle Turned Deadly
Two women drove to a custody exchange. Neither one came home.
- He Walked Free for 40 Years. Then His Own DNA Caught Him. | The Salem State Cold Case
In June 1986, 20-year-old Salem State College student Claire Gravel was strangled with her own tank top and left along Route 128 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Police quickly named a person of interest, but in 1986 there was no DNA database, no way to turn suspicion into proof. The case went cold.
- The Rosa Lee Crabtree Case | Unsolved Cold Case Files
On November 7, 2005, 68-year-old Rosa Lee Crabtree came home from Sunday service to her house in Rougemont, North Carolina. Someone was waiting inside. Twenty-one years later, no one has ever been arrested or charged.
- The Salinas Christmas Murders | Unsolved Cold Case
Christmas morning, 1980: Estella Salinas and her 14-year-old son Andrew never made it to their family gathering. Forty-five years later, the case remains unsolved.
- The Good Samaritan Murder | Aaron McInnis
Aaron McInnis stopped to help a stranger in Northeast Portland. It cost him his life — and it took nearly two years to bring his killer to sentencing.
- The Ray Lightner Case | Cold Case Files: UNSOLVED
He survived surgery, spoke to his family that night, and was dead by morning. 33 years later, no one has ever been arrested.
- The Fito Celedón Murder | Unsolved | Cold Case Files
He was shot dead on his own birthday. Sixteen years later, no one has ever been arrested.
- The Jared Bridegan Ambush | A Tire, a Trap, and a Custody Fight
A tire in the road was the trap. Four years later, only one of three people charged has faced a jury.
- Her Killer Lived in the Same Building | The Carmen Van Huss Case
Her killer lived in the same apartment complex. It took thirty-three years to prove it.
- Their SUV Got Stuck in the Mud. They Never Made It Out. | The Sawmill Killings
Brothers Matthew and Philip Reagan left Ohio on a cross-country road trip in March 2020. Their SUV got stuck on a back road on the Navajo Nation near Sawmill, Arizona — and both men were found shot to death half a mile away. Six years later, no suspect has ever been named.
- He Came to Salt Lake for the 1993 All-Star Game. A Single Hair Named Him 33 Years Later.
In February 1993, during NBA All-Star Weekend, 35-year-old Theresa Morlock was strangled inside her Salt Lake City apartment. Thirty-three years later, a preserved hair and forensic genetic genealogy finally put a name to her killer.
- Her Car Was on I-80. She Was Found 500 Miles Away | The Tammy Zywicki Case
Tammy Zywicki, 21, vanished from a broken-down car on Interstate 80 in 1992. She was found nine days later, 500 miles away. The case remains unsolved.
- Two Everett Murders, Four Years Apart. A Piece of Chewing Gum Solved Both.
Two Everett, Washington women were murdered four years apart in the 1980s. It took a CODIS hit on decades-old evidence and an undercover gum operation to close both cases.
- The Fence That Hid a Face for 20 Years | The Jennifer Kesse Case
A camera caught her killer’s face every three seconds. A fence blocked it every single time.
- She Wanted to Be an Astronaut | The Minerliz Soriano Case
She dreamed of being an astronaut. The man who killed her taught astronomy on the sidewalk.
- A Stranger’s DNA Under Her Fingernails — Solved 23 Years Later
On May 2, 2001, Leslie Preer was killed in her Chevy Chase home. The DNA she took from her attacker cleared her husband within two months — and sat unmatched for 23 years.
- She Walked Into the Woods in 1983. It Took 43 Years to Prove What Happened.
She walked into the woods with her boyfriend. Only he walked out.
- He Posted His Birthday Plans. A Rival Gang Was Reading Them.
He posted his birthday plans online. A rival gang was reading them.
- The DNA Analyst Who Made Evidence Disappear | The CBI Crime Lab Scandal
She spent 29 years handling DNA evidence for the state. Then an intern found what she had been deleting.
- Four Women, Nineteen Weeks, Eighteen Years | The William Reece Murders
Four young women vanished in nineteen weeks. It took eighteen years to prove who took them.
- A Cigarette He Threw Away Solved It 44 Years Later | The Sarah Geer Cold Case
Police talked to him the day after. It took 42 years to come back.
- Off Duty, Unarmed, Shot in a Parked Car | The Sergeant Mason Cold Case
He was off duty, unarmed, and parked on a quiet street. It took nine years to name his killer.
- He Flew to Brooklyn to Sell Sneakers | The Sneaker Deal Murder
He flew to New York to sell ten pairs of sneakers. He never flew home.
- He Told 911 It Was an Allergic Reaction | The Murder of Jade Benning
He told 911 it was an allergic reaction. The lab found cocaine.
- 42 Years After She Vanished, Someone Finally Went to Prison | The Texas Killing Fields
She walked home from a payphone in 1984. It took 42 years to convict anyone.
- The Pond on Section Line Road: A 24-Year Ohio Cold Case Finally Solved
She left to pick up her son. Four days later, they pulled her car out of a pond.
- The Grief Book Murder: How Kouri Richins Poisoned Her Husband With Fentanyl
She wrote a children’s book about grief. A jury said she caused it.
- The MO3 Murder-for-Hire: Kewon White Convicted in Dallas Rapper’s Killing
A Dallas rapper was chased down a freeway and shot. Prosecutors say a rival rapper paid for it.
- The Cohasset Disappearance: How Brian Walshe Was Convicted of Murder With No Body
She vanished on New Year’s Day. Her body was never found. Her husband was convicted anyway.
- The Fire Captain: The Ring Camera That Recorded Rebecca Marodi’s Murder
A fire captain told her wife she was leaving. The Ring camera recorded what happened next.
- The White Cadillac: How Tupac Shakur’s Killing Finally Reached a Verdict
He told the story of Tupac’s murder for years. Then a jury finally listened.
- The Rope on the Sidewalk: A 1990 San Diego Cold Case Solved by DNA
A woman walking to work saw a rope on the sidewalk. It led down the hill.
- The Courthouse Murders: America’s First Cyberstalking Death Case
She told her lawyer she was afraid. Then she walked into the courthouse lobby.
- 24 Years in an Evidence Locker: The Sherry Holtz Cold Case
The knife sat in an evidence locker for 24 years. When they finally tested it, the jury needed eight minutes.
- The Weimar Cold Case: Four Killings, One Small Town, 34 Years
Firefighters found the house burning with the doors padlocked from outside. It took thirty-three years to name the man who did it.
- The Maya Millete Case: She Walked Into Her Own House and Vanished
She walked into her own house in Chula Vista and was never seen again. Five years later, a jury convicted her husband of murder — with no body, no crime scene and no cause of death.
- The Dee Warner Case: Sealed Inside a Tank on Her Own Farm
She vanished from her own farm. Three years later, they found her sealed inside a tank on the property.
- The Bailey Scott Case: An Argument Over Birdseed
An argument over birdseed ended with a 23-year-old mother dead — and the man who shot her was a former police officer.
- The Kim Thomas Cold Case: Solved After 35 Years
She was murdered in her own home in 1990. It took 35 years, a wrongly-suspected husband, and a DNA breakthrough to finally name a suspect.