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Cold Case

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The StarNews has revisited unsolved cases from the files of local police departments and sheriff's offices. These stories focus on serious crimes, often murders, that have left the perpetrators on the loose and the victims' families and friends seeking answers. Anyone with information about one of these cases is asked to call the law enforcement agency in charge of the investigation.

Cold Case stories

  • Trucker who confessed to Bolivia woman's murder linked to several others

    September 19, 2011
    Long-haul trucker John Boyer's gray beard and round face give him a grandfatherly appearance, but when he opens his mouth, he seethes with anger toward women. This hatred had murderous results, authorities said, as he picked up prostitutes around...

  • Unsolved homicides pose challenges for investigators

    August 11, 2011
    Unsolved homicides make a lasting impression, not just on the families who lost a loved one but on detectives consumed by the nagging thought of leaving the question of who committed the crime unresolved.

  • Police say they have new leads in Priscilla Rogers murder probe

    December 31, 2010
    The 41-year-old Rogers’ skeletal remains were discovered off River Road on Dec. 30, 2009

  • Cold Case - Little information about would-be groom's shooting death

    December 26, 2010
    Mark Johnson had been shot once in the abdomen with a .22-caliber handgun. He bled to death. Johnson also had another injury: a defensive wound on his left palm.

  • Investigators revisit 10-year-old murder of prostitute

    August 11, 2010
    Investigators reworked a 10-year-old cold case in May and June, interviewing people and searching the home where the woman was said to have been be slain.