The cause of death was a gunshot wound, and the manner of death was determined to be homicide. It was estimated that he had been deceased for approximately 6 months.
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Leads were transmitted back to the agency and investigators were able to identify a potential relative that currently resides in Arkansas. That individual was contacted and did, in fact, report having a sister who had been missing since August 1974.
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The victim has been positively identified as Rebecca “Becky” Burke, 52. The newly formed DeKalb County Cold Case Task Force seeks information about Burke’s death.
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She was discovered face up, handcuffed, and her body was burned. She died as a result of over 17 blows to her head and she was also strangled.
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DNA extracted from five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has revealed interesting—and unexpected—insights about his health and ancestry.
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For more than four decades, years after the discovery of the remains, investigators pursued several leads across the United States and Canada in hopes of uncovering her identity.
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In January 1996, officers responded to the Oglethorpe House Residence Hall located at the University of Georgia. They found a deceased infant in a trashcan at the basement level women's restroom.
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On May 13, 1997, an archeologist from the University of Illinois was working a construction landfill in Rockdale, Illinois when he located a human bone.
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The DNA of five suspects was compared with the unknown male DNA and all five were eventually eliminated as suspects.
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Gerald Coleman never reported his wife missing, and died in a Massachusetts state prison in 1996. Police say Gerald Coleman is a person of interest in his wife’s murder.
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