Author: Cold Cases

Several unsolved murders in the city of Hartford, CT (USA) are now offerring twenty five thousand dollar rewards for information leadng to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Most have occurred in the last several years but some go as far back as 2015. Take a look, maybe you can solve a crime.

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/rewards-offered-for-info-about-11-hartford-cold-case-homicides/3759690

For more than four decades, Kristin O’Connell’s family and community supporters have refused to let her 1985 murder go cold, and new forensic technology may finally help answer what happened to her. Kristin was 20 years old when she was killed while visiting Ovid, New York in August 1985, and her case remains one of New York’s oldest unsolved homicides. Investigators have preserved physical evidence from the scene that has never been tested with today’s advanced DNA technology, the kind that has helped crack hundreds of cold cases nationwide.

Kristin’s mother, Phyllis O’Connell, started a fundraiser to help cover the cost of that testing, and dozens of donors have already stepped forward to support the effort. The fundraiser has raised $4,640 toward its $10,000 goal so far. Kristin’s family says they will never stop fighting for the justice she deserves.

Additional information is at the middle of the page https://savagewatch.com/new-york-cases-2/

To view the GoFundMe: go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-justice-to-kristin-oconnell.

It was April 11, 1975 when the body of a teeanged black female was found in the Mississippi River north of the town of Clinton, Iowa. An autopsy determined that she was murdered. In June of 2026, LAw Enforcement identified the girl as fifteen year old Cheryl Lynn Edwards who lived in the town of Waukegan, Her family had been searching for her for over 50 years. Her killer though has never been identified.

Source: Lake and McHenry County Scanner: Sam Borcia writerhttps://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/06/23/investigators-identify-waukegan-teen-as-victim-in-cold-case-where-she-disappeared-was-found-murdered-in-river/

Eugene McCollum was a serial killer who had victims in both Massachusetts and Florida. More than a quarter of a century later, one of his victims who was unidentified finally was given her name. She was 16 years old Tiffany Bradley from Massachusetts. Her partial remains were found in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 2000.

Sources: Masslive Cold case murder: Officials identify ‘Chelsea Jane Doe’ killed by Eugene McCollom – masslive.com

Roberta Walls was twenty two years old when she was found murdered in Virginia Beach, Virginia (USA) in May of 1986. Nearly forty years to the day she lost her life, Charles Berry from Connecticut was arrested for her murder as a result of extensive DNA testing. The crime was vicious and in sexual assault and Walls had been stabbed. There are several unsolved cases of women murdered in the town and surrounding areas where Berry was last living.

Source: https://people.com/suspect-arrested-40-years-after-22-year-old-woman-was-found-raped-and-murdered-near-library-where-she-worked-11979096

It was a bizarre discovery, a hunter in Haddam, Connecticut (USA) finding a human skull on the shore of the Connecticut River. Through DNA testing, it is revealed that the skull belonged to 37 year old Brian Cranfield. Cranfield had been missing and presumed drowned after he and another man had gone missing after their boat overturned on the Connecticut River in Vermont at Sumner Falls in 2001. The other man’s body had been recovered a month after the incident. No other remains of Cranfields have been identified.

Source: WFSB https://www.wfsb.com/2026/05/06/state-police-solve-quarter-century-old-cold-case/

Trenny Gibson was a 16 year old who went missing from a school field trip in 1976 in the famous Smokey Mountain Nation Park. She was last seen walking on the Forney Creek Trail heading back to the Clingman’s Dome parking area. To date there has been no sightings of her. https://www.wvlt.tv/2026/04/24/mystery-mountains-nearly-50-years-later-trenny-gibsons-disappearance-remains-unsolved/

Theresa Corley was 19 years old when she went missing and days later found murdered on  I-495 North in the town Bellingham, Massachusetts (USA). For nearly fifty years the case has gone cold, but it is believed that several persons may either know information or be involved in the murder and possible sexual assault of Corley. For more information visit. https://www.wpri.com/news/crime/cold-cases/woman-refuses-to-give-up-searching-for-sisters-killer-its-about-justice/

When people think of serial killers, the name Ted Bundy is one of the first names that come to mind. The now deceased monster was described as handsome, charismatic and smart. All traits he used to lure women to violent deaths one as young as 12 years old in Florida. His crimes were beyond savage and there are still several missing person cases in the Western United States that Law Enforcement believes were done by Bundy. Bundy acknowledged thirty victims, but the number may be much higher. He was executed in Florida after he travelled there and murdered twelve year old Kimberly Leach and two female college students at Florida State University named Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman.

It was announced that Ted Bundy is the murderer of seventeen year old Laura Ann Aime who went missing Halloween Eve of 1974 in Utah County in the state of Utah (USA). Her remains were found almost a month later in the American Fork Canyon. Bundy had been a longtime suspect and DNA evidence proves he was responsible.

Source New York Post Author Caitlin McCormick https://nypost.com/2026/04/01/us-news/ted-bundy-killed-utah-teen-who-disappeared-after-halloween-party-in-1974/

Thirty Two year old Sandra Robinson was a mother of four children who was stabbed to death as she worked her job and the Prepaid Superstore on March 17th, 2010 in the town of Douglas, Georgia (USA). James Willie who is now 58 years old has been charged with her murder. He was a customer and associate of Robinson at the time of the murder.

Source WALB/Grey news – Taylor Lewis & Akim Powell. Investigators make arrest in 2010 cold case involving mother of 4 who was killed at her job