New Jersey college students, staff help police make arrest in 1974 cold case
An arrest has been made in a 50-year-old murder case thanks to the diligent work of some New Jersey college students.
Genealogy research at N.J. college leads to arrest in 50-year-old cold case
An arrest has been made in a 50-year-old Wisconsin murder case thanks to genealogy researchers at a college in New Jersey. Jon K. Miller, 84, of Owatonna, Minnesota, was arrested on Thursday and charged in the killing of the 25-year-old hitchhiker,
Wisconsin cold case: How investigators made an arrest after 50 years
Authorities will discuss how they were able to make an arrest 50 years after the murder of a Minneapolis woman who was killed hitchhiking across Wisconsin.
Hitchhiker's 50-Year-Cold Case Cracked By NJ College's Genealogy Center
After nearly five decades without answers, the 1974 murder of Mary Schlais has been solved, thanks to groundbreaking work by the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center in Mahwah,
Ramapo College genealogists help crack decades-old cold case murder in Wisconsin
Mary K. Schlais, of Minneapolis, Minnesota was found dead on a road in Spring Brook, Wisconsin on Feb. 15, 1974. Fifty years later, 84-year-old Jon Miller was charged with murder.
DNA genealogy research helped track down murder suspect in 50-year-old Dunn County cold case
After a 50-year long investigation, a suspect in the murder of Mary Schlais is arrested and in the Dunn County Jail. Investigators say new DNA testing was critical to the
DNA evidence leads to Wisconsin cold case arrest
DNA from a stocking hat found at the crime scene of Mary Schlais's murder lead investigators to make an arrest nearly 50 years after her death. FOX 9's Rob Olson has more.
65-year-old cold case of dead child found on side of Wisconsin road is solved with DNA
Though Chester Alfred Breiney's adoptive parents admitted to dumping his body, prosecutors lacked the evidence to prove a ...
1959 cold case murder in Wisconsin solved through DNA testing, 65 years after boy found dead in culvert
The boy's adpotive mother admitted to killing her son, but investigators could not tie the case to skeletal remains found in ...
84-year-old arrested in 1974 cold case murder after he's ID'd with genetic genealogy
A 84-year-old man has been arrested for a cold case murder from 50 years ago after he was linked to the case with genetic ...
Suffolk cold case: Quantez Russell still missing nine years later
Where is Quantez Russell? It’s the answer detectives need in solving a case dating back to 2015. Nine years later, there are ...
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Solved: Wisconsin agencies crack 65-year-old cold case of child remains found in Mequon
Now, around 65 years later, Wisconsin researchers and law enforcement agencies have solved the cold case of Markku Jutila ...
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Genetic scientists speak about technology used to make an arrest in a Dunn County cold case
After holding a news conference just last week regarding an arrest made in a decades-old cold case in Dunn County, scientists ...
Dutch police use hologram in bid to solve cold case murder of Amsterdam sex worker
In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the hologram of a women sits behind a window. She looks out as passers-by, then appears to ...
Texas DPS features Lubbock teen's 1987 cold-case killing, reward offered
The Texas Department of Public Safety is offering a $6,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who ...
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Cold case involving death of 7-year-old solved 65 years later through genetic genealogy
Investigators in Wisconsin announced Friday they have solved a 65-year-old cold case involving the death of a 7-year-old boy ...
Man charged in Dunn County cold case appears in court
DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A man arrested in a Dunn County cold case appeared in court Tuesday. Court records show a ...
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Group from Ramapo College helps solve 1974 cold case murder of hitch-hiker in Wisconsin
The 84-year-old's DNA was found to be a match on Nov. 4 -- which would have been Mary Schlais' 76th birthday, police noted.
84-year-old charged in 1974 cold case murder of hitchhiker thanks to DNA from hat left at scene
The octogenarian stabbed the hitchhiker in the back after she refused his request for “sexual contact,” according to court ...