Cold Case
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Remains found in Wilson County in 1977 identified as missing 15-year-old girl
Advanced DNA testing helped investigators identify remains found almost five decades ago as a missing Maryland teenager who disappeared in 1977. Her death remains unsolved.
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Warrants: Four Oaks officer now a suspect in 2004 Garner homicide of 16-year-old
According to court documents obtained by WRAL News on Tuesday, Megan Potter, a police officer with the Four Oaks Police Department, is identified as a suspect in the death of Josh Davis. Davis, 16, was found dead on Hall Boulevard on Jan. 6, 2004.
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Michigan man arrested, charged in decades-old rape and kidnapping cold case in Selma
Nearly 25 years after a woman was raped and kidnapped from a store in Selma, authorities said a breakthrough in the case led to an arrest on Sunday.
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Sheriff: 'Feel there is much more to be told' in Sara Graham cold case, as family attorney speaks
A judge denied bond for Connie Graham exactly one week after her arrest, who is charged with killing her stepdaughter, Sara Graham, in 2015 and conspiring with her sons to hide the evidence.
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Stepmother charged with murder in 2015 Robeson County cold case, sons accused of destroying evidence
Connie Graham is charged with felony conspiracy and first-degree murder in connection with her stepdaughter Sara Graham's 2015 disappearance.
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Court appearance postponed for man arrested in decades-old sexual assault cold case
Reginald Taylor, 48, was initially set to appear in court on Wednesday. He was arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in December 2001.
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Raleigh police arrest man linked to decades old sexual assault cold case investigation
Officers arrested 48-year-old Reginald Taylor after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Raleigh in 2001.
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Police: Man arrested, charged with 2019 murder of man found dead in Raleigh park
According to the Raleigh Police Department, officers arrested 49-year-old Roger Riddick and charged him with the murder of Jorge Zelaya in 2019.
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Raleigh man arrested, linked to 1998 Wake County rape case after DNA match
The sheriff's office was told about an alleged sexual assault on Dec. 24, 1998, but investigators never identified a suspect.
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NC woman arrested in 47-year-old Columbus County landfill newborn case after DNA match
A Columbus County woman was arrested Tuesday nearly five decades after a newborn baby was found in a North Carolina landfill.
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Missing since 2001: NC woman found alive, but has one request
Michele Hundley Smith was 38 years old when her husband reported her missing after she didn't return home from a shopping trip to K-Mart in Martinsville, Virginia, on Dec. 9, 2001.
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Garner police still hope for break in 2004 death of teen walking down street
Detectives are hoping this week’s 22-year milestone in the case of Josh Davis’s death brings new information, no matter how insignificant it may seem.
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FBI agents dredge Nash County creek searching for clues in 2003 missing person cold case
On Tuesday, FBI agents teamed up with Nash County sheriff's deputies to dredge a creek, working to solve a decades-old missing person's cold case.
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Cold case: Nash County will dredge creek, interview family and friends after missing man's car found
A car that belonged to a man missing since 2003 was found in a Nash County creek this week, the sheriff's office said.
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Wake County investigators identify victim in decades-old case
The Wake County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with forensic genealogists and the SBI, used advanced DNA testing on a preserved hair sample to finally identify the victim of a 1968 homicide as Myrtle Holcomb.
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Cold case closure: 1968 murder victim identified using hair sample, DNA technology
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with forensic genealogists and the SBI, used advanced DNA testing on a preserved hair sample to finally identify the victim of a 1968 homicide as Myrtle Holcomb.
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1968 cold case cleared: Wake County deputies, SBI discuss decades-old investigation
The Wake County Sheriff's Office has cleared a decades-old homicide investigation after identifying the victim.
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Cold case: Family, Durham sheriff's still searching for answers in woman's 2005 murder
Rosa Lee Crabtree was killed in her home in November of 2005. The Durham County Sheriff's Office tells WRAL they are now re-examining her murder.
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20 years after murder, Durham victim’s family still waiting for answers
Rosa Lee Crabtree was killed in her home in November of 2005. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office tells WRAL they are now re-examining her murder.
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A discover in Elgin, Illinois could bring a decades old cold case to a close.
A discover in Elgin, Illinois could bring a decades old cold case to a close.
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82-year-old man arrested in Moore County for 1979 Maryland murder
Authorities have arrested an 82-year-old man in Moore County for the 1979 murder of Kathryn Donohue in Maryland.
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Suspect in Tupac Shakur killing is a no-show at a Nevada hearing on trial readiness
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The only suspect ever charged in the killing of Tupac Shakur did not appear in court Tuesday for a hearing on whether his defense team is prepared to go to trial.
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Man arrested, charged in connection to fatal 1998 stabbing in Raleigh, police say
Raleigh police say they made an arrest Thursday in a murder case that went cold more than 25 years ago.
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Man arrested, charged with murder in 26-year cold case
Raleigh police say they made an arrest Thursday in a murder case that went cold more than 25 years ago.
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Cold case arrest: Man charged in toddler's 1994 death
Garner police on Friday arrested Jeffrey Wayne Puryear, 53, and charged him with the murder of an 18-month-old child in 1994.
