OUTRAGE! CHILD KILLER JOHN ATHAN WALKS FREE

A MONSTER nabbed after 20 years for the murder of Kristen Sumstad, 13, has walked out of jail free thanks to a loophole. Dedicated Seattle cold case detectives arrested John Athan 20 years after the 1982 murder by tricking him into licking an envelope. DNA sealed the deal for the monster.
But wait...the judge sentenced Athan to a laughable 10 years in jail. He has served ONLY seven years in jail. Kristen's best friend Kim Alguard said: "I don't know anybody in the community or who knew Kristen that thinks seven years is fair. But we did what we could."
The nutjobs on the parole board said:"Mr. Athan has

PHILANDER HAMPTON PLEADS GUILTY TO '78 MASSACRE

PURE EVIL. A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to murdering five teens ended the saga in one of the Garden State's oldest active cold cases. Philander Hampton, of Jersey City, told cops he and his cousin, Lee Evans, lured the teens to a ramshackle area of Newark and into an abandoned house with the promise of jobs--then they locked them inside and set the firetrap ablaze. The

MISSING: MARIO ANDRES OLGUIN-BOCANGEL

On July 29, 2011 Mario Andres Olguin-Bocangel was abducted by his father Mario Olguin in Fairfax, Virginia. The 4-year-old who turns 5 on September 18 is a male, Hispanic who stands 3'6", is 38 lbs. and has black hair and brown eyes. A felony warrant for Kidnapping was issued for Mario on August 1, 2011. They may travel to Mexico. The child has a scar on his right forearm and a mole on his forehead. If you have any information contact the FBI or your local enforcement agency.

SYLVIANE FINCK LOZADA MISSING: FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED

MISSING?

MISSING?

A POPULAR Belgian schoolteacher who has been missing for over a month may have been the victim of foul play, cops have revealed.
Sylviane Finck Lozada was reported missing from her Baton Rouge, LA home on July 18, although she last spoke with her family a couple of weeks earlier.
Her husband Oscar Lozada boarded a plane from Dallas to Venezuela July, only with the couple's young daughter.

$10,000 REWARD FOR INFO ON CLEO BURDETTE MURDER

$10,000 REWARD

A $10,000 reward has been put up for any information that will lead to the capture of Cleo Burdette's killer.
Back in August 2004, the 78-year-old's battered body was found on the couch of his Sissonville, WV, home but cops are refusing to reveal anymore details about the baffling case.
Deputies did however find broken windows, a disabled phone line and  someone had clearly ransacked the cattle trader's home.
Lt. Sean Snuffer with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s office said: “We feel that it could have been a robbery that could have gone bad.”
“Investigators have shown that Burdette did have quite a substantial amount of money.”

HOW GA. COPS CAUGHT LAUREN GIDDINGS' KILLER

LAUREN Giddings' accused killer first became a person of interest, when he appeared distraught in various media appearances, cops told the court yesterday. Then they took a closer look and found the evidence they think will convict 25-year-old law graduate Stephen Mark McDaniel. Among his possessions: a master key to an apartment where Lauren Giddings, 27, lived next door and packaging for a hacksaw. MORE ON HOW COPS NABBED KILLER AT CRIME SCENE USA

TRIAL BEGINS FOR 1994 JENNIFER CUSWORTH MURDER

JUSTICE AT LAST?

A FATHER four  has begun his trial for the 1993 murder of a gorgeous 19-year-old college student.
Jennifer Cusworth's battered body was found the night after she had attended a huge house party near her home in Kelowna, Canada.
But despite the length of time, cops refused to give up on catching their killer, taking over 230 DNA samples since her death and now they finally believe have their man.
Neil Snelson, a local Christian musician, who is actively involved in the First Lutheran Church and apparently matches DNA samples found at the scene.

WALLER CASE EERIE REMINDER FOR AMANDA JONES KIN

AS THE SEARCH for missing Missouri mom Jacque Sue Waller appears to have hit a wall, the haunting image of another missing mom is casting a long shadow. Waller--a mother of triplets--disappeared June 1 and her estranged hubby Clay is considered a person of interest. Meanwhile, the disappearance of Amanda Jones just has hit the six year mark.  Jones was 26 when she disappeared Aug. 14, 2005 just a few days before she was to give birth to a baby boy. Her car was found abandoned that day at the Jefferson Clounty Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. Her keys and cell phone were never found. Brian Westall, the man Jones said was the unborn baby's father, is still the last person known to have seen her.
Her devastated mom Berth Propst said of a drugstore video of Amanda: "A

MISSING KATELYN MARKHAM'S FIANCE: SHE'S OKAY

The fiance of missing Ohio woman Katelyn Markham believes that she is still alive--despite vanishing more than two weeks ago. The search for the pretty art student has now gone national.
John Carter told ABC: "My gut feeling is that she's alive and that she's ok. I have to believe she's alive. I have to believe that I'm going to have her in my arms soon." He was the last person to see her. So far cops say there's no evidence of foul play but that doesn't mean something nefarious has not happened. MORE FROM ABC ON KATELYN MARKHAM CASE

SUSPECTED KILLER OF EILEEN ADAMS NEW TRIAL IS OCT. 11

ON OCT. 11, Eileen Adams may finally get justice after nearly 44 years. That's when suspected sex killer Robert Bowman will be retried for the 1967 torture murder of Eileen, 14 at the time of the slaying. The creepy 75-year-old's first trial ended in a hung jury, although one juror said it was 10-2 to convict. There is a gag order on the defense and prosecution.
The grisly slaying had Satanic elements and was shocking beyond belief when it occurred. It stumped cops for years --even after Bowman's ex-wife told detectives she saw Adams hanging

LOIS SCHMIDT, SON TARGETED BY PROFESSIONAL KILLER

IT WAS a heinous crime that demands justice. On June 28, 2004 a cold-blooded murder rocked Virginia Beach, Virgina. Lois Schmidt, 29, and her son, Jonathan Vetrano, 7, were found dead. Both had been shot in the head and their home set on fire. Cops say at about 6 a.m. that day, an unknown male approached Schmidt's home claiming to be a former classmate. She didn't recognize him and closed the door. According to the FBI report, "at approximately 7:00 a.m. that same morning, a white male (possibly Hispanic) was observed sitting in a raspberry-colored 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck in the vicinity of the victims' residence. The truck has not been seen in the neighborhood since the incident occurred.

SEXY ROBYN GARDNER PHOTOS ADDS TO MYSTERY

WHO WAS Robyn Gardner? The pretty 35-year-old Maryland dental assistant also had modeling aspirations and our sister site Crime Scene USA (thanks to Chelsea Hoffman at Gather.com) have gotten their hands on some fairly provocative pictures. Gardner vanished in Aruba on Aug. 2 after going on a sex holiday with secret beau Gary Giordano (behind the back of her other boyfriend.)He is suspected of killing her in a botched insurance scam. MORE NAUGHTY ROBYN GARDNER PIX AT CRIME SCENE USA

NO CLOSE IN HEIDI CHILDS, DAVID METZLER MURDERS

IT'S NOW been two years since Virginia Tech students Heidi Childs and David Metzler were mysteriously murdered. Heidi, 18, and David, 19, of Lynchburg were shot to death on the evening of Aug. 26, 2009 in the parking lot of a campground in the Jefferson National Forest. There have been no arrests. Their bodies were discovered the next day by a man walking his dog. But cops in Virginia are refusing to characterize the case as "cold."
Detectives have followed up on more than 1,300 tips and are confident someone "hold the key" to blow the case wide open. The shocking murders were considered random by police, who admit

COULD SAFE CRACK RICHARD CHARTRAND MURDER?

ANSWERS?

A HUGE safe found hidden away in an old casino could help police finally crack the 1968 murder of former casino boss.
Richard Chartrand was blown up in his South Lake Tahoe, NV neighborhood by a sophisticated bomb but his killers were never caught.
It's current owner, attorney Mike Laub said last Thursday crews discovered a secret four foot safe behind the walls, completely sealed off. 
He told KSDK: "There is a pirate part of your personality that hopes to find diamonds and gold."
"I can't go anywhere without being stopped and asked what is inside the safe. I had no idea this would become such a distraction."

DID PSYCHO PHD. KILL CO-ED BETSY AARDSMA IN 1969?

HE WAS brilliant and deeply disturbed. In the dying days of flower power, in 1969, a number of experts now believe Penn State Phd. Rick Haefner went into a university library and stabbed to death Betsy Aardsma, 19, a freshman from Holland, Michigan. For four decades the case has remained cold but two authors are fingering Haefner--now dead--as the killer. And his nephew is backing them up. Above is a clip on the case from 2008. Here is the link from the Lancaster New-Era on the latest developments. NEPHEW, OTHERS FINGER HAEFNER IN MURDER

9/11 ANNIVERSARY MOST WANTED: AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI

I KNEW Osama bin-Laden and you sir, are no Osama bin Laden. Well, they say Number 2 tries harder. As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 approach we're featuring these most wanted nutters. The FBI is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the apprehension or conviction of Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the death cult Al Qaeda's second in command. Ed McMahon to Osama's Johnny. He had been indicted for his role in the August 7, 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. He is also believed to be the architect of the massacres on 9/11. He is a physician and the founder of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. They oppose the Egyptian government (and pretty much everything else that's happened since about, oh, 1200 AD.) In 1998 it merged with Al Qaeda. 

FAMILY OF PAULA HERNANDEZ STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE

UNSOLVED

THEY'VE waited 15-years for justice, but Paula Hernandez's family are still no nearer to finding the cold blooded killer who gunned down their daughter.
Back in 1996, she was executed on the driveway of her of their South Austin home, by a person who cops have yet to find.
Her distraught mom Josie, 70, said: "Our family has been to hell and back. I think about this every day. It's like it just happened. I'm reliving the same thing over and over and over."
On that tragic day, Hernandez was coming back from her new job at Payless ShoeSource the first job she'd had in years and one which she hoped would provide for her family. 

JUSTICE AT LAST FOR 1978 CARROLL BONNET MURDER

WATSON

THREE decades after his naked body was found dead of a single stab wound, with a taunting note left for cops, justice has finally been served on his killer.
A jury took just a few hours to convict Jerry Watson, now 52 of first degree murder for the weird 1978 murder of the 61-year-old hospital worker.
At the time of the killing, the 19-year-old Watson left a puzzling note which said: "I'm leaving this crime with only one clue. Find it yourself. Die pig. –Helter." 
And after getting away with his crime for 33-years Watson must have thought that he'd gotten away with his crime but the Omaha Police Department's cold case unit, began investigating the case again.

1981 USMC BASE TRIPLE HOMICIDE STILL UNSOLVED

A MOM and two children dead. Unsolved. Cold. Chilling. A teenager accused.

In 1981, two sisters and their children were living at USMC Camp Lejeune in North Carolina while their husbands were stationed in Alaska and Japan. On a warm summer evening when one of the sisters, a nurse, was working four pre-teen cousins camped out in a family vehicle. But when they entered the house the next morning they found a massacre and three family members dead. Sharon

DID WENDY SUE WOLIN'S KILLER GET AWAY WITH IT?

AS FLOWER power revved up, Elizabeth, New Jersey was stunned by the heinous murder of a 7-year-old girl. On March 8, 1966, Wendy Sue Wolin planned to leave her apartment with her mom Shirley Fleischner. Shirley went around back to get the car and then pick up the skinny little girl at the front of her building. Then, a stocky man wearing a green corduroy coat and fedora, approaching from the opposite direction, suddenly crouched low and thrust a $1.50 hunting knife through her coat and into her stomach. The child doubled over and cried out while the monster continued on. A fire station was across the street and Wendy told them she had been stabbed. But they found her bleeding--the knife gone through her ribs and into her liver. She died in hospital an hour later.

$5000 REWARD IN 1977 RONNIE ODELL DAVIS CASE

$5000 REWARD

THEY'RE still hopeful of finding out the truth, despite it being more than 34 years since Ronnie Odell Davis disappeared. And now his family have offered $5000 to anyone who can help them finally put the mystery to rest.
Back in August 1977 the 24-year-old vanished without trace from his home near Swink, OK and cops, suspecting foul play, have followed up numerous leads. Each has been nothing more than a blind alley, and the handsome red headed youngster, who was approximately six-feet-two inches and 180lbs has never been seen again.
Davis was wearing blue denim jeans, a blue denim shirt and a gold watch at the time of his disappearance and investigators say Davis' truck, a white and blue 1975 Ford XLT three-quarter ton, is also missing.

AZ. COPS: ON VERGE OF CLOSING RANDY PARSCALE CASE

 BAFFLING DISAPPEARANCE may have new hope. Randy Parscale was 10 when he vanished while on a hiking trip with his grandfather and two brothers in Peppersauce Canyon in Arizona on April 7, 1979. Randy wandered ahead of the rest of the group and was never seen again. An extensive search was launched but there was no trace of the boy. However, Pinal County Sheriff's Office detectives believe they may be on the verge of solving the case--but they need the public's help.

But there are some disturbing clues. One of the searchers was able to follow the child's footsteps to a dirt road where they suddenly stopped--as if the boy

LINDA K. WOODRUFF 1979 KY. MURDER COLD AS ICE

WHO MURDERED Linda K. Woodruff? The 28-year-old store clerk was shot to death during what may have been a robbery gone awry at a Kwick Pick store in in Madisonville, Kentucky on this date in 1979. She had been working in the store alone in the store. No money was taken and for 32 years, the case has been a mystery and getting colder with each passing year.
If you or anyone you know has any information related to this investigation, please contact KSP Detective Daniel Morck or the KSP Post 2 Madisonville at 1-270-676-3313 or toll-free in Kentucky at 1-800-222-5555. Callers may remain anonymous. You may also email Detective Morck directly at Dan.Morck@ky.govThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
If you need to report information that is of an emergency nature, please contact the Kentucky State Police toll free at

HUNG JURY TRIGGERS ROBERT BOWMAN MISTRIAL

ONE JUROR said it was 10-2 to convict Robert Bowman, 75, in the 1967 sex slaying of Eileen Adams. But in the end the two holdouts would not be moved. We will take a guess: CSI effect. It's believed the prosecution is anxious to retry Bowman. MORE IN THE TOLEDO BLADE

WILLIAM WALTER ASHER III BUSTED 36-YEARS ON

BUSTED

ARREST

A DYING mom's wish led the FBI to capture her fugitive son, who had eluded capture for 36 years.
Back in 1966 William Walter Asher III was part of a four man crew who shot and beat a San Francisco barman to death during a robbery.
But although he was captured, convicted and given to life imprisonment, eight years into his sentence a woman helped him escape.
Agents believed he was in the Northwest Territories of Canada and near Alaska, but could not find him.
They later found out that he had assumed the name David Donald McFee, worked as a long-haul truck driver, married, and raised a family.

EILEEN ADAMS MURDER: JURY DELIBERATES ON BOWMAN

IT HAS been one of the most shocking cold case trials in memory and now it's coming to an end. Robert Bowman, 75, charged in the 1967 sex slaying of Toledo schoolgirl Eileen Adams is now waiting as the jury deliberates.

GUILTY PLEA IN 1976 DARLENE STACK SEX SLAY

THE SUSPECTED killer in the notorious 1976 murder of Darlene Stack is set to plead guilty, his lawyer revealed. Michael Whitney will receive a life sentence for the killing. Whitney was charged in early August after cops revealed DNA at the scene linked Whitney to the crime. Whitney and Stack lived in the same boarding house in suburban Chicago. Stack, 28, was found raped and murdered (she had been stabbed to death) and although Whitney was eyed at the time, the case went nowhere and gathered dust. Whitney is already serving a 60-year sentence for another 1982 murder. He was going to be paroled next year. Not now. He is back in court Sept. 8. FOR A BACKGROUNDER, CHECK OUT OUR LINK

MELISSA HASKELL SMOTHERED BABY IN '92: COPS

FOR NEARLY 20 years a Pennsylvania woman got away with murder but on Monday, her run from justice came to an end. Melissa Haskell, 38, of Bridgeport was charged with third-degree murder in the death of Ryan Baurley, who was just 5-months-old in 1992.
The baby's dad Michael said of the arrest: "The very recent developments in this investigation has once again ripped open the wounds that are very difficult to heal for our family."

Haskell was Ryan's babysitter from the time he was a month old, was alone with him in his family's home when he died Aug. 26, 1992. Then

WAS SCOTS ELVIS FAN GERRIE LAWRIE MURDERED?

A SCOTTISH Elvis Presley fan who vanished during celebrations of the King's birthday has been found dead but Memphis cops are still unsure how she died. Gerrie Lawrie, 40, had been to the southern city six times and hoped to move there. When she didn't fly home, her family became worried.
Our sister site Crime Scene USA has the story.

GAL PAL BUSTED IN 1985 JOHN MAYERCHAK MURDER

KILLER

FOR over a quarter of a century the death of John Mayerchak has remained a mystery. Found dead from a shotgun blast to the face in his Northampton, PA apartment, the jolly 51-year-old's murder baffled detectives for more than 26-years. With seemingly no enemies, no links to organized crime and no signs of forced entry at his home, authorities suspected the divorcee who liked women was killed by one of several he was known to consort with.
But with little to go on, the case quickly went cold.
Now however, Lucinda A. Andrews, 56, has admitted to the killing, just 12-days before the 26th anniversary of his death.
In court Monday, according to the Allentown Morning Call the now gray and bent woman offered just a hint of an explanation for what defense attorney Robert Sletvold called a "horrible incident."

HOLLY BOBO FAMILY'S HEARTBREAKING NIGHTMARE

IN AN exclusive interview with the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun, Holly Bobo's parents described the daily nightmare they have endured since the pretty, 20-year-old nursing student vanished April 13 from her Tennessee home. It has consumed their lives. Karen Bobo said: "It's the same thing. It's like a nightmare that you live over and over every day." MORE AT OUR SISTER SITE CRIME SCENE USA

LET'S FIND CREEPY CHILD MOLESTER REX REICHERT

MEET DIRTY REX. As child molesters go, Rex Reichert is pretty brutal and the FBI would live to see him brought to justice. The 65-year-old pervert is wanted for thesexual abuse of two jboys, 14 and 10,  in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Reichert had cared for the boys while a relative was receiving medical treatment. The boys also visited him on weekends and accompanied him on camping trips. On September 28, 1990, Reichert was charged with criminal attempt with intent to commit the crime of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, criminal solicitation with the intent of promoting or

DAVID DIXON BUSTED FOR 32-YEAR-OLD MURDER

JUSTICE AT LAST?

HE MUST have thought that after more than three decades they had got away with the vicious murder of security guard Rachel Moncrief.
But now thanks to improvements in DNA technology, cops have arrested David Dixon, now 61, in connection with the 1979 killing which saw her stabbed more than 30 times.
It is the third result for the recently reopened cold case unit at the Santa Clara County district attorney's office who did DNA testing of blood on the victim's clothing and a marijuana cigarette.
The cold case leader Ted Kajani said: "When the lab found that blood stain, obtained a DNA profile, they uploaded it into the system and got a hit."

WHO IS RACINE JANE DOE TORTURED, KILLED IN 1999?

SHE HAS WAITED for love and justice for nearly a dozen years. Jane Doe was found dead on the morning of July 21, 1999 outside Racine, Wisconsin. She had been horribly abused and no one ever identified her. Her murder also remains unsolved.
Cops say she is white, between 18 and 30, 5'8" and 120 lbs. She had brown hair and eyes and two front teeth that slightly protruded. She had some missing and decayed teeth, her ears double pierced. Now, the grim part: Jane Doe was repeatedly tortured for up to four weeks before her death. She suffered burns and blunt force trauma to much of her body, a nose fracture, cuts to the head, abrasions to the forehead, a heavily battered left ear - often called a cauliflower ear - and showed signs of being both sexually abused and malnourished.
Det. Cary Madrigal said: "This is the case that burns in all of our minds,

COPS TURN UP HEAT IN 1992 MISTY COPSEY KIDNAPPING

MISTY COPSEY

GREEN RIVER KILLER

FOR 19 YEARS, the story has been the same: a bloody brick wall. Misty Copsey was a well-behaved 14-year-old who vanished into thin air on Sept. 17, 1992 after a night at the Puyallup Fair with a girlfriend. She never came home and there has never been a body or a single trace of anything to solve the heartbreaking riddle. And, according to the Tacoma News-Tribune, the case was botched almost from the minute Diana Smith--Misty's mom--called the cops and reported her daughter missing. Cops, insisted she was a runaway and generally didn't bother much.

AUSTIN POWERS STAR ACCUSED OF 1990 KIDNAP/RAPE

RANDOM RAPIST?

AUSTIN Powers star Joe Son is set to stand trial for the vicious 1990 kidnap and rape of a woman.
The pint sized actor who made his name playing shoe throwing bad guy, Random Task has turned into a real bad guy after his DNA was matched to the vicious crime.
On Christmas Eve of 1990 the 20-year-old woman was abducted off the LA street by two men, who reportedly then subjected her to a vicious beating.
Then holding her at gunpoint, they repeatedly raped her, telling her her she was going to die as they counted the bullets in front of her, according to Orange County prosecutors.

WILL EILEEN ADAMS FINALLY GET JUSTICE MONDAY?

THE FATE of Robert Bowman will be determined Monday. That's when the prosecution and defense present their final arguments in the case of the 75-year-old accused killer. The old creep is charged with first-degree murder in the 1967 sex strangling of Eileen Adams in Toledo. The 14-year-old was last seen a week before Christmas on a city bus. Her body was found in January 1968 in a field in rural Michigan. Her hands were tied in front of her and her ankles were bound with a cord that attached to her neck. From the back of her shattered skull protruded a nail.
The defense called just one witness Friday: Julie Heinig, who works at a private DNA lab. She testified in

VELDA LEYBA VANISHED ON DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY

THE BIRTHDAY will never be forgotten. Velda Leyba was on her way to daughter Isabel Candelaria's birthday party. It was Dec. 6, 1992. But young mom never made. In the 20 years since, no one has heard from her. Did she meet with foul play or did she die in the raging blizzard howling at the time? Now, her case has been dusted off and cops in Albuquerque are taking another look.
Isabel said her mom called to let her know she was leaving: "It was not in my mom's nature to not be with me. We were very close so I knew when she didn't show up that something was wrong. They (Police) told me I had to wait a 24 hour period before they could report her missing."
Cops largely ignored the case until her Chrysler LeBaron turned up three months later. The car contained her personal items. Sources told cops the

WHO MURDERED ADREANNA ANITA JACKSON IN '05?

ACCORDING to the FBI, Adreanna Anita Jackson left her home in Lakewood, Washington on Dec. 2, 2005 and was not seen alive again. She left to go to school that day but never made it. The school had been closed due a howling blizzard. Her body was found in a vacant lot in Pierce County, Washington on April 5, 2006. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt, white tennis shoes, and a puffy black coat or jacket. She may have been carrying a black and pink backpack. While her death is being called suspicious, there doesn't seem to be much doubt the little girl was kidnapped and murdered. If you have any information call your local office of the FBI.

SHOCKING PORN PIX OF ROBYN GARDNER ON CAMERA

SHOCKING images found on the camera of the boyfriend of Robyn Gardner, the Maryland woman who disappeared in Aruba, have been described as "beyond pornographic", sources say. Cops on the Caribbean island say the images came from the camera of Gary Giordano, 50, who is being held in the disappearance. MORE AT OUR SISTER SITE, CRIME SCENE USA