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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: unsolved crimes

unsolved crimes stories: 9 news summaries

Cops: No Evidence Linking Garrido to Dead Hookers

Search of alleged Dugard kidnapper's home finds no connection to unsolved '90s killings

Sep 1, 09 7:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police say they’ve found no evidence linking Phillip Garrido—alleged to have abducted a California girl and imprisoned her for 18 years—to a series of unsolved murders of prostitutes in the late 1990s, the Contra Costa Times reports. After Garrido, a registered sex offender, was apprehended with missing... More »

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murder • prostitute • unsolved crimes • Pittsburg, CA • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 'My Dad Was 
 the Zodiac Killer' 

Californian claims to offer proof that her father was '60s serial killer

Apr 30, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Californian real estate agent came forward yesterday claiming to offer proof that her late father was the serial Zodiac Killer who terrorized the Bay Area in the '60s, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Her carpenter dad took her along to murder sites where the 7-year-old sat in the car... More »

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San Francisco • serial killers • unsolved crimes • Zodiac killer • Deborah Perez

Kin of 'Fiancée': Dream On, Drew

23-year-old 'never said she was going to marry him'—oh, and she has a live-in boyfriend

Dec 21, 08 5:57 PM CST
(Newser) - No stranger to controversy in his romantic dealings, Drew Peterson is now facing off with the family of the 23-year-old woman he says will become the fifth Mrs Peterson, the Chicago Tribune reports. Waitress Christina Raines has some kind of relationship with Peterson, but that’s where the agreement ends;... More »

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marriage • engagement • Drew Peterson • missing person • unsolved crimes

Drew Peterson Engaged Again

Would-be wife No. 5
is also 23; but murder suspect is still married to missing No. 4, Stacy

Dec 17, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson, whose wife Stacy has been missing since last year, wants to move on to bride No. 5, his lawyer tells the Chicago Sun-Times. “He proposed and she accepted,” Joel Brodsky says, though “I guess he’s got to get divorced.” Peterson doesn’t see... More »

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engagement • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • unsolved crimes

Police Find Remains Near Anthony Home

Utility worker found
duct-taped skull
of a young child

Dec 11, 08 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The remains of a young child have been found within a quarter-mile from the Florida home of Casey Anthony, the 22-year-old mom charged with killing her missing daughter. A utility worker made the discovery this morning when he picked up a bag and a duct-taped skull rolled out, the Orlando ... More »

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crime • murder • missing child • remains • unsolved crimes • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Kidnap Dad Suspected in Love Triangle

'Rockefeller' may have been involved with missing woman, hubby

Aug 7, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A love triangle could be behind a California couple's 1985 disappearance, which police say involved Christopher Chichester—potentially yet another alias for accused kidnap dad Clark Rockefeller, reports the Boston Herald. Authorities theorize Chichester, a tenant of Linda and John Sohus, may have become romantically involved with Linda before growing... More »

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California • crime • disappearance • love triangle • unsolved crimes • murder plot • Clark Rockefeller

Chilling 911 Tape Bared in Bid for Clues to Girls' Murder

Investigators hope call from anguished family member will inspire tip-off

Jul 22, 08 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities struggling to crack the case of two Oklahoma girls found murdered last month have released an emotional tape of a 911 call made by a family member who discovered the bodies, reports CNN. Investigators hope the heart-rending tape will spur somebody to identify the killer or killers who left... More »

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murder • 911 call • Oklahoma • unsolved crimes • Weleetka

Girls' Sleepover Killings Stump Okla. Cops

No suspect in murder
of girls, aged 11 and 13, on rural road

Jun 11, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in rural Oklahoma have no suspects in Sunday's slaying of two girls aged 11 and 13, ABC News reports. The best friends were found with multiple gunshot wounds in a ditch by a country road. They had gone for a stroll after a sleepover at one girl's house. Police... More »

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murder • Oklahoma • shooting • unsolved crimes

Peterson's 3rd Wife Murdered: New Autopsy

Savio exhumed amid probe into ex-cop's missing 4th wife

Feb 21, 08 7:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials in a Chicago suburb ruled today that the third wife of former policeman Drew Peterson—who's under suspicion in the disappearance of his fourth spouse—was murdered, the Chicago Tribune reports. Kathleen Savio was found dead in a dry bathtub in 2004, and her death had been considered an... More »

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murder • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • unsolved crimes

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