Section I · The Index
The ones that refused to stay cold.
Files that sat untouched for years, sometimes decades, and the DNA, dogged detectives, or single overlooked detail that finally broke them open.
7 cases on file · 1 reported in full
Eight-year-old April Tinsley was abducted and killed in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1988. Her case stayed cold for thirty years, until forensic genetic genealogy finally identified her killer in 2018.
A long-unsolved case revisited and ultimately resolved years later.
A cold case revisited and resolved years later.
A secret kept for fifty years that finally cracked a cold case open.
A man whose hidden double life unraveled a long-cold case.
A cold case revisited and resolved years later.
A case that stayed cold for forty-three years before it was finally closed.