Wisconsin woman missing nearly 63 years was found "alive and well"

Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she first disappeared from her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, in July 1962.

• May 4

1981 cold case homicide closed thanks to DNA evidence, police say

Vicki Radig, 20, was reported missing by her family in March 1981.

• Apr 22

Case solved 53 years after mom traveling with daughter found murdered

Forensic genealogy and a DNA profile helped identify a suspect in the case of Phyllis Bailer, an Indiana mother who was murdered in 1972.

• Apr 18

Did a father use his 6-year-old son as an alibi for murder?

Reginald Reed Sr. said he was playing video games with his son, Reginald "Reggie" Reed Jr., when his wife, Selonia Reed, was killed. But detectives doubt his story.

• Apr 13

Detective believes 6-year-old's mother was killed in next room while he slept

For most of his life, Reggie Reed has wondered who murdered his mother Selonia Reed decades ago in Hammond, Louisiana. A fresh look at the evidence ultimately implicated the man he called his "rock" — Reginald Reed Sr., the man who lovingly raised him.

• Apr 13

Kansas murder victim identified after more than 50 years

The remains were identified as belonging to a young Kansas man who was last seen six months before his body was found.

• Apr 10

Police seek tips after 1997 Jane Doe homicide victim is identified

A person found skeletal remains in 1997. Over 25 years later, police have identified them and are investigating the case as a homicide.

• Apr 9

Daughter uses podcast to try to solve dad's unsolved 2002 murder

Madison McGhee has spent tens of thousands of dollars and interviewed dozens of people to try to solve her father's murder.

• Apr 8

Stephen Smith: A Death in Murdaugh Country

New evidence discovered after Murdaugh murders reignites a cold case. "48 Hours" obtains findings of independent forensic experts. CBS News national correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.

• Nov 25, 2023
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Forensic genetic genealogy helps identify "John Doe" killed in 1986

An investigation into the death of David Clary, who was killed in 1986, remains ongoing, police said.

• Mar 25

Woman identified 59 years after remains found on California cliff

A woman has been identified nearly 60 years after her decomposed remains were found in California.

• Mar 21

82-year-old arrested after DNA pegs him as suspect in 1979 cold case

Rodger Zodas Brown, 82, has been arrested and charged in the 1979 murder of Kathryn Donohue.

• Mar 18

Schoolmate arrested in Hawaii girl's 1977 murder released from jail

Gideon Castro was arrested in Utah on a fugitive warrant for suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara.

• Mar 14

Car in Oregon river may be linked to family that vanished in 1958

Authorities planned to pull a car from the Columbia River believed to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters.

• Mar 6

Schoolmate arrested in girl's 1977 killing returning to Hawaii to face murder charge

Dawn Momohara was found dead on March 21, 1977, on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School, according to the Honolulu Police Department.

• Feb 27

DNA leads to arrest, confession in 1997 killing of Florida man, authorities say

The word "Greed" was written on the victim's bedroom wall in blood in the 1997 murder, Florida officials said.

• Feb 26

Phoenix police arrest suspect in 1986 cold case murder

Lachelle "Shelley" Waite was found dead in her Phoenix, Arizona home on Jan. 16, 1986.

• Feb 23

Police arrest suspect in 1989 cold case murder of Michigan mother

Linda Marie Meteer was found dead in 1989. This is the first arrest made in the case.

• Feb 19

Remains of man missing 20 years found in Utah reservoir

Steven Willard Anderson, 46, who went missing in 2004 has been found inside a submerged car in a Utah reservoir.

• Feb 13

"Jeweled Mom" murder victim identified 43 years after body found

Florida investigators teamed up with a forensic genetic genealogy company to make a DNA profile that led to the identification.

• Feb 12

Suspect arrested in 1998 murder featured on Toronto police podcast

Investigators developed a male DNA profile from the evidence but there were no matches in 1998.

• Feb 10

Man found dead hours after being questioned about girl's 1996 murder

Nearly three decades after 15-year-old Danielle Houchins was found dead, authorities say DNA finally led them to her killer.

• Feb 6

Details emerge after schoolmate arrested in Hawaii girl's 1977 murder

Before Dawn Momohara was killed, she got a call from an unknown male and told her mother she was going to a shopping center. That was the last time her mom saw her, police said.

• Jan 31

Mystery solved decades after woman tried for 3 murders escaped prison

Sharon Kinne was charged with killing her Missouri husband, her boyfriend's wife and a man she'd picked up in a Mexican bar.

• Jan 30

New lead emerges in cold case mass murder mystery

The cold case known as the "Crazy Killers of Brabant" revolves around decades-old supermarket robberies that killed 28 people in Belgium.

• Jan 28

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