Category: Cold Case

Police Use Genetic Technology to Solve Teen’s 1976 Murder

Law authorities say they used investigative genetic geology to solve the 1976 rape and murder of a 19-year-old nursing student. Investigators said the technology helped identify the man who attacked Janet Stallcup at Christmastime that year while she was on her way to a party. Her body found eight days later inside her car, about two-…


Former Classmate Charged in 1995 Murder of Mary Catherine Edwards

A former classmate has been charged in the 26-year-old case of Mary Catherine Edwards, who was raped and murdered in 1995. Edwards was a teacher who lived alone in Beaumont, Texas. She was last seen on the evening of Jan. 13, 1995. Her parents discovered her body in the bathroom after going to her house…


Anaheim Police Make Arrest in 1980 Cold Case

Anaheim police say a New Mexico man has been arrested in connection with the decades-old sexual assault and murder of a 79-year-old woman. The case began Feb. 18, 1980, when Viola Hagenkord was found dead on her apartment floor. Before being killed, she had been sexually assaulted inside her home, on the 2500 block of W….


Orange County DA Lands Conviction in 1993 Cold Case

The Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office has closed a 28-year cold case after working to clear a 30-year, countywide backlog of untested sexual assault kits, it said April 14. “Clearing the backlog of sexual assault kits has long been a priority of mine since I was a county supervisor,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in…


Cold-Case: $100,000 Reward Offered for Info on Valentine’s Day Murder of Teenage Couple

A reward of $100,000 is offered by Colorado officials for information leading to the suspect(s) in relation to the Valentine’s Day double murder of a teenage couple decades ago. Metro Denver Crime Stoppers announced the major reward increase in a statement 21 years after “high school sweethearts” Nicholas Kunselman and Stephanie Hart-Grizzell were found shot…


Police Seek Help Solving Long Beach Homicide

The Long Beach Police Department put out a call Jan. 7 for help solving the homicide of a woman found dead in her home. Although the crime happened March 30, 2020, police have only now released the story to the public. In a press release, the department said it initially neglected to post the incident…