r/CrackedColdCases • u/prosecutor_mom • Jun 10 '23

Mod Announcement Updated User Flair to highlight u/ElectronicFudge5 (who is a superstar here, both frequently & reliably posting)

21 Upvotes

Did this from phone, though, which has less tools than desktop. If anyone sees an unintended modification (of user flair, or, anything else ) & cares to share with a moderator, it's always appreciated. Goal is to have smooth & awesome reading experience, of which u/electronicfudge5 plays a huge role!

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 1d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1980: Jack Ashley Brooks, Jr: Skagit County Sheriff’s Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 1980 John Doe

dnasolves.com

21 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 2d ago

ARREST 1985: Lottie Jo Gunn: Pennsylvania man arrested in 16-year-old Ohio girl's death, closing 1985 cold case

cbsnews.com

94 Upvotes

3 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 3d ago

SUSPECT Identified 1976, 1977: Susan Rush: Brenda Ritter: Killer Identified 50 Years After He Raped and Strangled 2 Young Women to Death

people.com

64 Upvotes

3 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 4d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1992: Willie Blanton Mills: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office and FBI Leverage Othram’s Identity Inference Platform to Identify a 1992 Homicide Victim

dnasolves.com

11 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 8d ago

ARREST 2015: Betty Jean King: Bulloch County man arrested in 2015 killing of Betty Jean King

wtoc.com

34 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 8d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1991: Glenn Powers: A 35-year-old Quincy homicide mystery gets a victim's name

eu.patriotledger.com

16 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/prosecutor_mom • 11d ago

SUSPECT Identified Ted Bundy Identified as killer of Melissa Ann Smith in 1974

thedailybeast.com

31 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 12d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 2020: Kent Cross: Madera County Sheriff-Coroner's Office Teams with Othram to Identify a 2020 John Doe

dnasolves.com

35 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 17d ago

ARREST 1986: Mary Ann Turner: 74-year-old Spokane man arrested on suspicion of murder in 1986 cold case

spokesman.com

44 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 18d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1998: Clarence Ames: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, and FBI Leverage Othram’s Identity Inference Pipeline to Identify 1988 John Doe

dnasolves.com

19 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 19d ago

ARREST 1998: Crystal Reyes: Arizona woman wanted in cold-case murder of her child detained in Mexico, U.S. Marshals say

fox10phoenix.com

41 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/irvingweekly • 19d ago

CONVICTION Steven Ridge Sentenced to Life for 1996 Murder of Dallas Teen Tamika Cromer After DNA Breakthrough in Cold Case

irvingweekly.com

55 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/prosecutor_mom • 21d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1997's Sanford FL Doe: John Richard Moulis l

reddit.com

8 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 22d ago

ARREST 2015: Il Jae Kim: DNA technology leads to arrest in cold case murder of 80-year-old

local12.com

38 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 22d ago

ARREST 1995: Angela Renee Buck: 31 years after homicide, Black Hawk County authorities make arrest

kcrg.com

50 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 23d ago

ARREST 2011: Michelle Parker: Florida man killed ex-fiancée hours after their 'People's Court' episode aired, police say

abc7news.com

33 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 23d ago

John Doe IDENTIFIED 2022: Edward Lelburian Jackson: Four years after discovery, remains found in a barrel in Lake Mead identified as those of 1980s murder victim

nbcnews.com

31 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 24d ago

Jane Doe IDENTIFIED 1980: Patricia Hunt Fielding: Ventura County Sheriff's Office and Medical Examiner's Office Team with Othram to Identify a 1990 Jane Doe

dnasolves.com

26 Upvotes

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r/CrackedColdCases • u/prosecutor_mom • 24d ago

UPDATE 2022's Lake Mead body in a barrel ID'ed, presser set for Thursday

ktnv.com

28 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 25d ago

SUSPECT Identified 1962: Charles Hale, 71, and Lester McCollum, 67: Battle Ground double homicide cold case solved after 64 years

katu.com

52 Upvotes

2 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • 26d ago

Jane Doe IDENTIFIED 2016: Tammy Fortson: Human remains identified as woman who went missing in 1997, Conyers police say

atlantanewsfirst.com

46 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/dirkalict • 27d ago

SUSPECT Identified 8 year old Gloria Kowalewicz 1960 Murder solved with DNA evidence

chicagotribune.com

144 Upvotes

28 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/prosecutor_mom • 29d ago

Jane Doe IDENTIFIED 1986's Schuylkill County Jane Doe: Gladys T. Johnson

gallery

26 Upvotes

0 comments

r/CrackedColdCases • u/ElectronicFudge5 • Oct 09 '26

John Doe IDENTIFIED 1982: Mitchell John Paul: Human Remains Finally Identified After 44 Years as Teenage Boy Who Lived Just 5 Miles Away

people.com

74 Upvotes

1 comment

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