Topic: Cold Case

An independent dive team known as Chaos Divers discovered 97 submerged vehicles in the Chicago River while searching for a single missing car. Using sonar technology, the team located piles of mangled cars near the Richard J. Daley boat launch, potentially providing leads for various cold cases and insurance fraud investigations.

The murder of JonBenét Ramsey is back in the spotlight following a new Netflix docuseries. John Ramsey expressed hope that advanced DNA testing and genealogy research by the Boulder Police Department will finally lead to an arrest in the decades-old cold case.

Police used genetic genealogy to identify a suspect in the 1986 rape and murder of a woman named Michelle. By matching DNA found at the crime scene with samples from genealogy databases, investigators were able to pin the crime on a suspect named Hartman after 30 years. The segment warns that criminals who leave DNA at scenes can now be tracked through their relatives' data.

A woman was arrested in Michigan for a 1977 attempted murder in Texas after living under an assumed name for decades. Local news coverage utilized the arrest to encourage viewers to be suspicious of their neighbors. This type of reporting is criticized for fostering unnecessary fear and paranoia within quiet suburban communities.