SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The man charged with the brutal murder of 15-year-old Karen Stitt from 1982 finally received his sentence in a Santa Clara County courtroom on Monday. The investigation went cold ...

The notorious serial killer, known to have killed at least four victims linked to San Bernardino County, has been linked to a 45-year-old cold case.

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The man who was convicted in the 1982 cold case murder of 15-year-old Karen Stitt will spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors in Santa Clara County said.

Justice is a difficult thing. He’s lived his entire life, and my niece didn’t get that privilege,” the girl’s aunt told a newspaper.

The victim, who was found on the side of the highway in Oregon in 1980, is the latest person to be identified and linked to ...

The 1980 unsolved murder of Larry Eugene Parks on Interstate 5 has been solved by Oregon State Police using genetic genealogy ...

A chilling cold case from 1980 has finally seen a breakthrough. Investigators announced that Larry Eugene Parks, a ...

Diana Troop was 11 when she first saw the battered shoebox hidden in a closet. But it would be seven decades before Diana ...

A young mother told friends that she’d be “back in 10 minutes.” She never returned, and the police in San Jose have now ...

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that a set of remains were identified through forensic DNA testing ...

Authorities in California believe they may have solved a cold case that’s remained a mystery for nearly half a century.