It was a cold night in February 2021 when lead detective David Zaweski and his colleague Steven Cunningham arrived at the crime scene. Det. David Zaweski: The patrol officers had already been out there canvassing the area. They were knocking on doors looking for anyone that might’ve seen anything or heard anything. Det. David Zaweski:…
Kevin Jiang was a 26-year-old Yale graduate student, an Army veteran, and, his friends say, a man of faith who volunteered with the homeless. He seemed to have no enemies, and no one could figure out why someone may have targeted him on Feb. 6, 2021, when he was shot in the street not far…
On Feb. 6, 2021, Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale graduate student and former Army National Guardsman, spent the day with Zion Perry, his fiancée, who was also a graduate student there. The couple went hiking and ice fishing, followed by dinner at her home in the affluent East Rock section of New Haven. Police say…
This story originally aired April 13, 2024. It was updated on Jan. 18, 2025. Scott Sherman is the mayor of Winona, Minnesota, a small city on the banks of the Mississippi. “There’s just something about Winona that keeps pulling you back,” he told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant. “Living here in Winona is really…
Melissa Calusinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for the death of Benjamin Kingan, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois day care center. She has long insisted she is innocent. “This is not where I belong,” Calusinski told “48 Hours” correspondent Erin Moriarty. “I’m gonna continue to fight no…
Former day care worker Melissa Calusinski has served 16 years of a 31-year prison sentence for a crime she insists she didn’t commit — a murder that may not have even happened. She was convicted in 2011, at the age of 25, of murdering Benjamin Kingan, a 16-month-old whom she cared for at an Illinois…