A man charged with murder in the 1983 death of his then-girlfriend has been extradited to Oregon and made his first appearance in court this week. Teresa Peroni, 27, was reported missing shortly after attending a party in Selma, Oregon, on July 4, 1983, CBS News previously reported. Witnesses said Peroni was last seen walking…
A 72-year-old man was indicted on murder charges this week in connection with the disappearance of his former girlfriend 42 years ago after new DNA evidence emerged. Teresa Peroni was 27 years old when she disappeared on or around July 4, 1983, in Selma, Oregon. According to the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, she was last…
A man who was found dead along Interstate 5 in Oregon has been identified after nearly 45 years and police say a notorious California serial killer is the sole person of interest in the case. The 30-year-old was identified Friday as Larry Eugene Parks. Oregon State Police spokesperson Kyle Kennedy said Randy Kraft, who has…
After Maine police announced an arrest in the cold case murder of a teenage girl in 1984, a former reporter who saw the victim shortly before she died is speaking out. Linda Maxwell, 18, was last seen on August 23, 1984, the Maine State Police said in a statement. She had spent the evening with…
A Wisconsin woman who went missing more than 60 years ago was recently found “alive and well,” authorities revealed last week. Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she first disappeared from her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, in July 1962, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Backeberg reportedly left her family’s…
A suspect has been identified in an Indiana murder that occurred more than half a century ago, officials said. Phyllis Bailer, 26, was traveling from Indianapolis to Bluffton, Indiana on the evening of Friday, July 7, 1972, the Indiana State Police said in a news release. Bailer had her three-year-old daughter in the car. They…
It’s been decades since Reginald Reed Jr., known as Reggie, last saw his mother Selonia Reed. Reggie Reed: After my mother was murdered, things moved fast … I couldn’t really understand, like, why would somebody kill her? Like, what did she do? Reggie Reed: I feel like I missed out on a huge part of…
Reginald Reed Jr., known as Reggie, spent more than two decades wondering who killed his mother, Selonia Reed, when he was only 6 years old. Selonia, a bank teller, was 26 when her body was found in her car in Hammond, Louisiana. One of the last memories Reggie has of that day is his mother…
A set of remains found in Kansas in 1973 have been identified after decades thanks to advanced DNA testing, officials said Tuesday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that the decomposing remains of an unidentified young man were found three miles southeast of Garnett, Kansas on April 18, 1973. The man…
Tracing family trees to catch killers Inside the genetic genealogy being used to solve crimes 13:49 A 1986 murder victim has been identified after a cold case investigative unit combined forces with a forensic genetic genealogy company. Hunters found a set of male human remains in a wooded area in Gilmer County, Georgia, on Aug….