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Teen suspect in Baltimore killing of DC officer was ‘paranoid' about being targeted, tipster said
More than six years after an off-duty D.C. police officer was shot and killed as he sat in a car in Baltimore, a suspect has been charged. The suspect, an 18-year-old alleged drug dealer, saw people in a car and was “paranoid” that they would harm him, court documents say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Naming the nameless: Jane Doe exhumed in Fauquier County to try to identify woman, solve case
A woman’s body was discovered under an abandoned school bus in Fauquier County in 1976. Nearly 50 years later, no one in the sheriff’s office even remembered the case, until they were contacted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia, and told about a special program to try and name the nameless.
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Fauquier using new program to identify Jane Doe
There is a renewed effort to try and solve a mystery that spans almost 50 years in Fauquier County, Virginia. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Ten years later: Where is Relisha Rudd?
Ten years ago, D.C. police sent the first Amber Alert in a case that will never be forgotten in Washington. Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared and has never been found. In our latest News4 Rewind, we spoke to reporters and advocates about Rudd’s case and the mystery that remains unsolved today.
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DNA links suspect to two Virginia cold case murders
Nearly 40 years after a real estate agent was murdered while working late at her Stafford County, Virginia, office, evidence collected in hopes the new technology would lead to her killer appears to have done just that. News4’s Jackie Bensen has details on the arrest and its connection to the murder of another Virginia woman.
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Remains found in Florida believed to belong to 16-year-old girl who vanished nearly 20 years ago
Nearly two decades after a 16-year-old girl vanished in Florida, authorities have found human remains amid an investigation into her suspected burial site.
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Man arrested in 1991 fatal stabbing of his estranged wife in Fairfax County
A man who fled the country after the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife more than 30 years ago is now behind bars in Northern Virginia, the Fairfax County Police Department announced.
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Man arrested in 1991 fatal stabbing of his estranged wife in Fairfax County
A man is facing a murder charge for the 1991 stabbing death of his estranged wife, a mother of three young children. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey explains why Fairfax County police never gave up, and where they got an important break.
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Mistrial declared in 1971 killing of Montgomery County sheriff's deputy
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday evening in the 1971 killing of a special sheriff’s deputy as jurors were deadlocked after more than two days of deliberation. One juror who remained anonymous told News4 that several people on the jury didn’t think the state proved its case and that one or two were convinced they would never convict 71-year-old...
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Mistrial declared in 1971 killing of sheriff's deputy
A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday evening in the 1971 killing of a special sheriff’s deputy. News4’s Paul Wagner reports jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked after two days of deliberation.
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Jury deliberates in 1971 Montgomery County homicide cold case
A jury is deliberating in the alleged 1971 murder of a Montgomery County sheriff’s deputy. James Tappen Hall’s killing remained unsolved for more than 50 years before investigators took another look at the evidence and arrested a suspect. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.
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DNA evidence helps solve 1992 rape case; Montgomery County police concerned about more victims
Police say they’ve solved a rape case that happened 31 years ago in Mongtomery County thanks to new DNA evidence from a California crime.
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FBI to exhume body of Maryland woman whose unsolved 1969 killing was featured in Netflix's ‘The Keepers'
Joyce Malecki was found strangled after she went Christmas shopping and never returned. The case received renewed attention after “The Keepers” raised questions about whether Malecki’s disappearance was linked to that of Sister Cathy Cesnik.
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Body of ‘Jane Doe', found in 1973 in Loudoun County, exhumed to solve cold case
A young Black woman found shot to death in a field in rural Loudoun County, Virginia has remained unidentified for 50 years. But a new and extraordinary effort is trying to identify Jane Doe — and bring her killer to justice.
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Body of 1973 ‘Jane Doe' exhumed in effort to identify her
Authorities exhumed the body of a young Black woman found dead in a field in rural Loudoun County in 1973. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the effort to identify this “Jane Doe.”
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DNA breakthrough leads to arrest in 1994 homicide
A suspect has been arrested in the murder of a Virginia woman dating back almost three decades, detectives in Northern Virginia announced Monday. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.
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Arrest in 1994 cold case killing of woman found slain in her Springfield home
The victim, Robin Lawrence, 37, was found stabbed to death in her home on Reseca Lane in Springfield on Nov. 20, 1994.
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Las Vegas police videos show surprise raid of home in Tupac Shakur murder investigation
Two dozen Las Vegas police body camera videos show the moment a man and woman exited a home raided in July in connection with the cold case killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
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Man who killed NH beauty school student Laura Kempton in 1981 is identified
The man who killed a beauty school student in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, more than four decades ago has been identified, authorities said Thursday. Laura Kempton, 23, was found dead of massive head trauma at an apartment on Chapel Street on Monday, Sept. 28, 1981, according to an unsolved homicides page on the city’s website. Through DNA information and other investigative…
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All your questions answered about the Gilgo Beach murders
A suspect has been taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder, over a decade after the remains of 11 people were found along a beach in Suffolk County. Here’s what you need to know.