Cold case

Woman arrested in Oklahoma nearly three decades after San Carlos murder

Shu Ming Tang was killed in 1993 at the Devonshire Little Store in San Carlos. Nearly 30 years later, a…

2 years ago

DNA helps police solve 45-year-old cold case murder

A team of two Alameda police sergeants and three retired officers turned to DNA to solve the 45-year-old murder of…

2 years ago

Arrest in 1978 cold case nabs suspect in slaying of 15-year-old Marissa Harvey

San Francisco Police said Sunday they have cracked a decades-old cold case with the arrest of a suspect in the…

2 years ago

Police arrest three suspects in 2001 cold case stabbing murder

Three men were arrested last week in connection with a cold case homicide in San Jose in 2001, police said.…

3 years ago

Berkeley police offer reward in 2010 fatal shooting cold case

Berkeley police are offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for…

3 years ago

Police arrest suspect in 1999 murder of Salinas auto dealership owner

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the cold case homicide of an auto dealership owner in Salinas in…

3 years ago

Forensic sketch shows what Arianna Fitz may look like five years after disappearance

Five years after the remains of 32-year-old Nicole Fitts were found in San Francisco's McLaren Park, police are continuing to…

3 years ago

Detective digs up old fingerprint evidence leading to arrest in 1979 homicide

A 41-year-old cold case homicide suspect is in custody after a Sunnyvale police detective dug up old fingerprint evidence left…

3 years ago

DNA leads to arrest of possible serial killer in Michaela Garecht cold case

Representatives from the Hayward Police Department, Alameda County District Attorney's Office and the FBI issued a joint statement Monday to…

3 years ago

Man faces murder charges after DNA links to 1981 cold case rape, murder of teen girl

A 57-year-old man who had been serving a lengthy sentence in Nevada for a sexual assault conviction was arraigned on…

4 years ago

Police investigate Los Gatos cold case homicide scene

San Jose police are investigating a cold case homicide in the first block of N. Santa Cruz Blvd. in Los…

4 years ago

Police call on public to help solve missing person case 49 years later

With the 49th anniversary coming up Saturday of the disappearance of a young woman in Hayward after an evening of…

4 years ago

DNA identifies suspect in 1982 double murder of teen cousins

DNA technology has helped police identify a man who's been dead for 20 years as the suspect in the slaying…

4 years ago

Missing person report leads to identification of 1976 homicide victim

Police announced Thursday they've identified the victim in a cold case homicide that occurred more than four decades ago in…

4 years ago

East Palo Alto police seek witnesses, justice in one-year-old homicide

East Palo Alto police are asking for witnesses to come forward with information in homicide that's gone unsolved for a…

4 years ago

Police make arrest in 2008 cold case homicide

A suspect was charged this week in a gang-related 2008 cold case homicide and an additional attempted murder in 2011,…

5 years ago

DNA leads to life sentence in 1979 sex crime, murder

A three-time felon already serving time for a sex crime in another state was sentenced on Friday to life in…

5 years ago

Authorities identify ‘Jane Doe’ discovered at Vacaville construction site in 1991

Vacaville police said Monday that they know the identity of a woman who was found dead at a construction site…

5 years ago

42 years after dual murders, ‘Gypsy Hill’ killer, rapist sentenced to life

A man convicted in the decades-old cold case murders of two teenage girls in San Mateo County will likely spend…

6 years ago

Fugitive convicted of 1983 cold-case Richmond homicide

Sherill Lynn Smothers was found guilty of a cold-case murder in Richmond from 1983 after skipping bail for a previous…

6 years ago

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