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Mahwah NJ, in a remarkable breakthrough, the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) Center has successfully identified human remains discovered in New Jersey eight years ago as belonging to Maria Quinones Garcia, a Pennsylvania woman reported missing in 2014. This achievement underscores the pivotal role of investigative genetic genealogy in resolving long-standing mysteries and providing closure to affected families.
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Bridgewater NJ, in a case that haunted Somerset County for over 25 years, investigators have finally made an arrest in the 1997 murder of Tamara Tignor, thanks to advanced DNA technology. Robert Creter, a 60-year-old Canadian man, has been charged with murder in connection to Tignor’s brutal death, prosecutors announced this week.
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Mahwah NJ, after five decades of dead ends and unanswered questions, an arrest has been made in the 1974 murder of Mary Schlais, a hitchhiker traveling from Minneapolis to Chicago. The breakthrough came not from traditional police work alone but through the cutting-edge genetic sleuthing of the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG), marking a milestone achievement for the New Jersey-based team.
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Weehawken NJ, a New Jersey lawyer already charged in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood about 15 years ago pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges stemming from sexual assaults in another area of the city that occurred at nearly the same time.
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Long Island NY, Criminologist Scott Bonn pinpointed a dozen years ago that the Gilgo Beach serial killer was probably an educated, professional white male with a family living on the South Shore of Long Island.
Continue reading Suspected “Gilgo Beach Serial Killer” Arrested in Manhattan
Continue reading NJ Transit Police Probe into ID of Mystery Woman Struck, Killed by Train in 2008
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Twp of Washington NJ, can you help solve a cold case crime for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office that took place in Twp. of Washington ?
The Cold Case Task Force is responsible for the investigation of all cold case homicides within Bergen County. A murder investigation is deemed a cold case once all leads have been exhausted and the case remains opens and unsolved after a period of three years. The task force currently has 99 cold cases that it will ultimately investigate.
Continue reading Cold Case Task Force: Doris Weatherwalks of Twp. of Washington
Continue reading NJ State Police and Brigantine Police Solve 25-Year-Old Cold Case
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Newark NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose, III announced the arrest of VICTOR TAYLOR (DOB: 12/12/1971, single, unemployed) of 12 Herpers Street, Irvington, NJ, for the murder of Mark Holley. The arrest is the result of a Cold Case Homicide Investigation conducted by the North Jersey Cold Case Task Force under the direction of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Chief Robert Anzilotti.
Continue reading COLD CASE TASK FORCE CHARGES IRVINGTON MAN WITH 2015 NEWARK HOMICIDE
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Palisades NJ, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today the establishment of the North Jersey Regional Cold Case Task Force and the charging of a defendant in a 2005 cold case.
The Task Force, which originated as a joint effort between the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the New Jersey State Police under the direction of Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, has now expanded to include detectives from the Essex County and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Offices, and the Newark Police Department. It is dedicated to investigating and bringing closure to unsolved homicide and sexual assault cases in the three counties involved.
Continue reading NORTH JERSEY REGIONAL COLD CASE TASK FORCE IDENTIFIES SUSPECT IN 2005 SEXUAL ASSAULT COLD CASE
Ridgewood NJ, As reported on this blog, Village Officials confirmed this month that an illegal dumping of construction materials took place behind Ridgewood’s composting facility on Lakeview Drive.
This is going to be the new COLD CASE for the Village of Rdgewood. The person or persons responsible will be name only when the statues of limitations are up for this crime or they are retired and collecting a pension. Either the Police Department Management is inept or the Village Manger is holding back. If the person responsible was a village employee or ” worker bee” they would be gone by now.