COLD CASE

Flagler County deputies released a new image Friday of a murder victim from a 1993 cold case who may have connections to South Carolina.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police used advancements in DNA technology to identify a suspect in the deaths of two women who were found murdered in the 1990s.

The body of a missing 22 year-old hiker has been recovered at the base of a cliff at the Boney Mountain State Wilderness Area by Ventura County police.

The body of a woman who died after being found unconscious along the side of a highway in Georgia has been identified as a Florida mother who went missing in 1985.

A man who is already serving a life sentence for a brutal murder in Brevard County pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to another murder in Daytona Beach that has gone unsolved since 1991.

After almost 30 years a murdered Kissimmee mom has been identified as the victim in a South Carolina cold case.

A man indicted in the 1991 killing of a Daytona Beach woman is appearing in court.

A man who is already serving a life sentence for a brutal murder in Brevard County now faces charges for the death of a woman that has gone unsolved since 1991.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday it had been chosen to host a meeting of the Florida Sheriffs Association Cold Case Advisory Commission.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office discussed an arrest made in a 1992 cold case at a news conference Wednesday morning.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said technological advancements are breathing new life into a suspicious death from 1984, moving deputies closer to identifying the cold case victim.

An infant who was declared missing in 1981 after her parents, a Florida couple, were discovered dead in a wooded Texas area was found more than 40 years later by cold case investigators, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday.

The remains of a Florida teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology.

Orlando police and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office are looking for Leslie Lagrotta for seven rape cases over a 10-year period.

A Lake Mary woman is accused of murdering a baby found dead inside a sanitation truck in Greenwich, CT in 1986.

In just the past year, the cold case unit has solved 10 cold crimes, more than have been solved over the past several decades.

Cold Case Death Penalty FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2017 file photo, William Lewis Reece, left, waits for a hearing to begin in Oklahoma City. Jury selection began Monday, May 10, 2021, in the death penalty trial of Reece, an alleged serial killer accused of kidnapping and killing an Oklahoma woman more than 20 years ago. Oklahoma County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) (Sue Ogrocki)OKLAHOMA CITY — (AP) — A jury in Oklahoma has recommended a death sentence for an alleged serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping a woman from a car wash and killing her more than 20 years ago. “We’re all so happy that he got the death penalty,” said Johnston’s mother, Kathy Dobry.

Michael Haim, now 55, was found guilty in 2019 of killing his wife and sentenced to life in prison.

Florida officials say a DNA test led to the arrest of a suspect in the April 1985 slaying, rape and kidnapping of a 78-year-old woman who had dementia and had wandered away from her home.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is increasing the rewards in two major cold cases that happened years ago this month. “I do believe there’s a lot of people walking around who know who killed my son,” said Walker’s mother, Alfreda Walker Tarver. “Originally, when deputies responded they believed it was a car accident and the next day in the autopsy they found out he had been shot and killed,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. The other case is the 26-year-old cold case of the murder of 15-year-old Laralee Spear. AdThey’re just two of dozens of cold cases the office still has but the sheriff is bringing light to theirs as the anniversary of their deaths comes this month.

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been nearly 15 years since Jennifer Kesse vanished from her Orlando condominium. Kesse’s parents sued the Orlando Police Department for a copy of their daughter’s case file. The Kesses have hired a private investigator and there are now some new theories about what may have happened to her. “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant recently spoke to Drew and Joyce Kesse, Jennifer’s parents, about where the case stands right now. The private investigator believes Kesse had left her condo and was locking the door when she was grabbed by the workers.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Decades after the fact, Orange County deputies believe they’ve figured out who strangled a woman who was found dead inside an apartment on April 16, 1997. Deputies said they were called to a possible burglary at a residence on Lee Street and found 42-year-old Donna Byrd dead from strangulation. In September, deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office’s newly formed Cold Case Unit submitted the fingerprints for review and got a match for 51-year-old Jimmy Lee Mahone, according to a news release. Deputies in Orange County contacted officials at the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia after they received information that Mahon could be in that area then on Tuesday, he was arrested in Macon on a murder charge, records show. He’s being held in Macon until he can be extradited back to Florida.

TAMPA, Fla. – DNA, fingerprints, a silver gun and a bizarre Facebook tirade led them to a man suspected of sexually attacking a woman nearly 20 years ago, Tampa police said. The newspaper reported Rivers told investigators he'd had the gun for about two years. But the woman told them about a strange Facebook message she received in 2014. Police obtained a search warrant that allowed them to take a DNA sample from Rivers, now 39, on July 2. But the DNA lab report that came back Sept. 3 showed Rivers’ DNA matched the sample taken after the attack, and he was arrested.

According to officials, Susan Perkins sustained life-threatening injuries on Aug. 31, 2004 after jumping from the trunk of a car. On August 31, 2004, around 8:30 p.m. Susan Perkins and a friend were tinting windows in a salon on Maitland Avenue, officials said. A masked Black male entered the salon, officials explained. He was armed with an unknown type of rifle.According to investigators, the man ordered Perkins and her friend into Susans red Ford Focus and made them drive to the Washington Mutual Bank. The victims leaped from the trunk but Susan struck her head on the pavement in her brave attempt to escape, investigators said.

Preview: "48 Hours" Cold Case: Who killed Amy Gellert? Help cops solve a 20-year-old case. A young woman killed, her family brutally stabbed – someone out there knows something ... is it you? Erin Moriarty has the story Saturday, March 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.