PA Man To Stand Trial 50 Years After California Go-Go Dancer's Murder
A trial has been ordered for a Pennsylvania man accused of killing a 24-year-old California woman more than a half-century ago, reports say.
John Sipos, 76, is charged in the Nov. 20, 1969, slaying of 24-year-old Mary Scott, who was found dead inside her San Diego apartment, LehighValleyLive reports.
The North Whitehall man was linked to the killing last October after investigators found DNA evidence from his garbage consistent with matching evidence found on the woman's body, The Morning Call reports.
Sipos reportedly broke into the go-go dancer's home, raped her, and then …
$50,000 Reward Being Offered In Fairfield County Double Homicide Case
Connecticut officials are offering a $50,000 reward in the 2011 double homicide in Fairfield County that left a man and woman in their 20s dead.
On Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, the Norwalk Police Department responded to the incident that occurred on Avenue B in Norwalk.
Rickita Smalls, age 22, and Iroquois Alston, age 27, both of Bridgeport, were found dead in a small dark car awkwardly parked on Avenue B, said Norwalk Police Lt. Terrence Blake.
Smalls, a 2007 graduate of Bassick High School worked in the bakery at Stop & Shop in Westport, and Alston, 27, who had attended Westhill High Scho…
33 Year-Old Cold Case Homicide Solved; One Relative Innocent, Another Guilty, Authorities Say
DNA evidence and a confession have led to an arrest in a brutal homicide cold case committed 33 years ago.
Christopher Joseph Larry Speelman, 58, New Oxford, confessed at the Gettysburg State Police barracks on July 27 to the murder of Edna Laughman, 85, of Oxford Township over three decades earlier.
Laughman was raped and murdered in her home located on 1500 block of Carlisle Pike on Aug. 13, 1987.
Her nephew Barry Laughman falsely confessed to killing her-- spending 16 years behind bars, but DNA evidence in 2003 exonerated them.
A new test was conducted on the attackers DNA in 2018, po…
Grand Jury Indictment Returned In 1999 South Jersey Rape, Attempted Murder, Prosecutor Says
A Camden County grand jury has returned an indictment in a decades-old rape, robbery and attempted murder case, authorities said.
The "cold case" remained unsolved until last year, according to acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Somerdale Police Chief James J. Walsh.
For details on last year's arrest of a fugitive suspect in South Carolina, previously reported by Daily Voice, click here.
Sanika Adams, 46, and formerly of Lawnside, was indicted for his involvement in the April 15, 1999, home invasion robbery, Mayer and Walsh said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
This i…
Video: DNA Matches South Carolina Fugitive, 47, With 1999 South Jersey Rape. Attempted Murder
With the help of DNA, South Jersey authorities believe they have cracked a 21-year-old rape and attempted murder case.
A fugitive from South Carolina was arrested on Friday in connection with the 1999 robbery, rape and attempted murder of two women in Somerdale, NJ, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Somerdale Police Chief James Walsh.
Sanyika L. Adams, 47, of Summerville, South Carolina, has been charged with:
One count of first-degree Attempted Murder
Two counts of first-degree Kidnapping
Four counts of first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault
Two counts of fir…
