The badly decomposed body of a young woman was discovered in the Race Point Dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in July 1974. The woman had been strangled, beaten, and sexually assaulted. Her killer removed her hands and several teeth to make it difficult for investigators to identify her. Without an identity, she became known as the…

A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a Houston nightclub in front of a dozen eyewitnesses. Shortly after the murder, the eyewitnesses identified the attacker as a convicted felon, Lydell Grant. But when the police tested DNA on the victim’s fingernail scrapings, the DNA couldn’t include Lydell as the contributor. Despite the inconclusive DNA…

Lori Slesinski was a recent Auburn University graduate who went missing in 2006. Although a promising suspect emerged early in the investigation, her case went cold. And her disappearance remained a mystery for a decade until new forensic evidence was discovered. Episode Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lori-ann-slesinski-disappearance-murder-rick-ennis-auburn-alabama/https://oanow.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/heres-a-timeline-before-and-after-lori-ann-slesinskis-disappearance-as-created-by-the-prosecution/article_befc4d58-b77b-11ec-8a6a-5bea2c8b386a.html

 In April 2022, police informed the Cashman family that their son, 38-year-old Johnny Cashman Jr, was discovered dead from an apparent medical condition inside his Virginia apartment. Although they were devastated by the news, they believed the police were right about what happened to Johnny. However, they later found out that his apartment was covered…

In November 2006, actress, screenwriter, and director, Adrienne Shelly was found dead inside her New York apartment from an apparent suicide. But according to people who knew Adrienne, she would have never killed herself. And she would never leave her young daughter and husband behind. It wasn’t until the police discovered key forensic evidence inside…

In May 1976, a young wife went missing after having an argument at a restaurant with her husband. The next day, her naked and lifeless body was found 20 miles away from the restaurant at a military air station. Initially, the police suspected the husband was involved with his wife’s murder. But the deeper the…

On the morning of December 19, 1991, the body of thirty-six-year-old Kim Ancona was found in the men’s restroom of the Phoenix, Arizona, bar where she worked. She had been fatally stabbed and sexually assaulted. Her killer left behind little physical or forensic evidence. Blood at the crime scene matched Kim’s blood type, and the…

 In November 1969, Mary Scott arrived home to her San Diego apartment after her shift as a cocktail waitress. The next day, her best friend checked on her after she learned that Mary didn’t show up to work. When her friend entered the apartment, she found that her friend had assaulted and strangled to death….

On February 15, 1997, 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins was murdered in her very own backyard in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The case quickly gained widespread media attention for its brutality and apparent lack of motive. The police received a few tips early on in the investigation, but there seemed to be one particular suspect that stood…

On October 13, 1997, 10-year-old Joel Kirkpatrick was found murdered inside his mother, Julie Rea’s home in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Julie claimed a man wearing a ski mask broke into her house, attacked her, and killed her son. But investigators were skeptical of Julie’s story because they didn’t believe the crime scene matched her story. Can…