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Aug 3, 2011 10:35 AM CDT

Woman Says DB Cooper Was Her Uncle

Actually, his name was Lynn Doyle Cooper, says Marla Cooper

(Newser) - Marla Cooper (yes, Cooper) says she knows the true identity of "skyjacker" DB Cooper: His name was Lynn Doyle Cooper, known to family members as LD, and he was her uncle, Marla tells ABC News . She recalls a suspicious conversation between LD and another uncle she overheard as an...

DB Cooper Lead Points to Man Who Died 10 Years Ago

Aug 2, 2011 9:33 AM CDT

DB Cooper Lead Points to Man Who Died 10 Years Ago

But if FBI is right, skyjacker survived his daring jump

(Newser) - Don’t expect to see the notorious skyjacker known only as DB Cooper to be doing a perp walk anytime soon. The " promising lead" the FBI touted yesterday points to a man who died of natural causes 10 years ago, the Seattle Times reports. A spokesman said the FBI...

Jack Daniel McCullough, Accused 1957 Killer of Maria Ridulph, Says Unused Train Ticket Proves Nothing

Accused 1957 Killer:
Train Ticket Proves Nothing

Jul 8, 2011 9:03 AM CDT

Accused 1957 Killer: Train Ticket Proves Nothing

Jack Daniel McCullough says he still has 'iron-clad alibi'

(Newser) - Despite the fact that a recently unearthed, unused train ticket led to the arrest of Jack Daniel McCullough for an unsolved 1957 murder, the 71-year-old is sticking with his original story. "I have an iron-clad alibi," McCullough tells the AP from a Seattle jail. "I did not...

London Coroners Uncover Skull, Solve 130-Year-Old Murder

Coroner Cracks
130-Year-Old
Murder Mystery

Jul 6, 2011 11:45 AM CDT

Coroner Cracks 130-Year-Old Murder Mystery

London coroners solve a case so old, Sherlock Holmes could've worked it

(Newser) - A skull dug up in a back garden has solved a 130-year-old mystery surrounding the murder of a wealthy London widow. Julia Thomas was murdered by her housekeeper in 1879, but her head was never found, and the case was dubbed the "Barnes mystery" by the Victorians for the...

Dutch Woman Atie Ridder-Visser Confesses to Murder Committed in 1946

Woman Confesses
to Murder She
Committed
—in 1946

Jun 9, 2011 1:27 PM CDT

Woman Confesses to Murder She Committed —in 1946

96-year-old Atie Ridder-Visser killed a man she believed to be a Nazi

(Newser) - A murder mystery has been solved with the confession of a 96-year-old woman—and it only took her 65 years to do it. The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who had high political ambitions, rocked the Dutch political landscape at the time. Atie Ridder-Visser...

Norberto Gonzalez Claudio Busted 28 Years After Huge Bank Heist

Robber Busted 28 Years
After Huge Bank Heist

May 11, 2011 8:19 AM CDT

Robber Busted 28 Years After Huge Bank Heist

Norberto Gonzalez Claudio spent decades on the run

(Newser) - A Puerto Rican militant has been arrested 28 years after he allegedly took part in one of the biggest bank robberies in American history. Norberto Gonzalez Claudio, 65, is accused of participating in the $7 million armed robbery of a Wells Fargo truck in Connecticut in 1983, AP reports. Claudio,...

Long Island Serial Killer: Latest Remains Found Likely Victim of Another Killer

Latest Remains
Not Related to LI Killer

Apr 13, 2011 1:39 PM CDT

Latest Remains Not Related to LI Killer

Search for Shannan Gilbert takes to the sea

(Newser) - The serial killer that Long Island cops suspect is using a lonely stretch near Jones Beach as a dumping ground may not be the first to have done so: The latest remains pulled from the area are too old to be connected with those of four prostitutes found in December....

Did This Man Murder Women With Matching Initials?

Apr 13, 2011 3:43 AM CDT

Did This Man Murder Women With Matching Initials?

Photographer Joseph Naso suspected in string of cold-case deaths

(Newser) - Investigators probing a Nevada man suspected of having murdered four women in California between 1977 and 1994 have found a disturbing similarity to the unsolved rape and murder of three young girls in upstate New York in the early '70s. Bizarrely, all seven victims had matching initials for their first...

FBI Wants You to Crack
Code in 12-Year-Old Murder

FBI Wants You to Crack Code in 12-Year-Old Murder

They're hoping amateur puzzle fans can solve notes found on St. Louis man

(Newser) - The FBI’s best cryptanalysts haven’t been able to crack a mysterious code found in the pocket of a murder victim 12 years ago—so they’re hoping you can do it. Ricky McCormick, 41, was found dead in a Missouri field in 1999, and the bizarre notes in...

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

UPDATED

Mar 5, 2011 6:00 PM CST

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

Connecticut man Aaron Thomas arrested in 14-year-old case

(Newser) - US Marshals descended on a Connecticut home yesterday and emerged with the man they say is responsible for at least 17 rapes over 14 years up and down the East Coast. New Haven police today said DNA confirmed Aaron Thomas, 39, is the East Coast rapist; investigators reportedly got his...

13 Years Later, Notorious BIG
Investigation Back On

Jan 7, 2011 7:45 AM CST

13 Years Later, Notorious BIG Investigation Back On

Task force investigating new leads, say sources

(Newser) - Thirteen years later, the murders of rappers Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur remain two of the music industry’s highest-profile unsolved mysteries—but that could soon change. Police “reinvigorated” the Notorious BIG murder case months ago, sources tell CNN , and they are actively looking into leads and new information...

14 Hollywood Murders
Still Unsolved

Dec 3, 2010 10:56 AM CST

14 Hollywood Murders Still Unsolved

Ronni Chasen joins a long list of eerie crimes

(Newser) - The story of Ronni Chasen's unsolved murder continues to get stranger, but it's not the only Hollywood murder involving a culprit who has yet to be caught. The Daily Beast lists 13 more:

Tupac Shakur and the Notorious BIG: Both rappers were victims of drive-by shootings within six months of

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12 Rapes,
4 States,
13 Years,
and Still
on Loose

Mar 15, 2010 9:40 PM CDT

12 Rapes, 4 States, 13 Years, and Still on Loose

Cops from Va. to RI still hunting for East Coast Rapist

(Newser) - A man responsible for at least 12 rapes over the past 13 years, in four states from Virginia to Rhode Island, continues to elude authorities, who now think the suspect—described as a black man in his early to mid-30s, and a smoker—is back in the Washington suburbs, where...

Cops: No Evidence Linking Garrido to Dead Hookers

Sep 1, 2009 7:06 PM CDT

Cops: No Evidence Linking Garrido to Dead Hookers

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

(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...

'My Dad Was
the Zodiac Killer'

Apr 30, 2009 2:45 AM CDT

'My Dad Was the Zodiac Killer'

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

(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...

Kin of 'Fiancée': Dream On, Drew

Dec 21, 2008 5:57 PM CST

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

(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;...

Drew Peterson Engaged Again

Dec 17, 2008 11:00 AM CST

Drew Peterson Engaged Again

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

(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...

Police Find Remains Near Anthony Home

Dec 11, 2008 11:09 AM CST

Police Find Remains Near Anthony Home

Utility worker found duct-taped skull of a young child

(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 ...

Kidnap Dad Suspected in Love Triangle

Aug 7, 2008 11:21 AM CDT

Kidnap Dad Suspected in Love Triangle

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

(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...

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

Jul 22, 2008 5:26 AM CDT

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

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

(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...