Cold Case

• From cold to closed: Advances in DNA analysis helped solve cold cases in 2025

  In a Quebec courtroom last October, Sylvie Desjardins delivered a message to her daughter's killer that was 30 years in the making.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2025
  
• Criminology students lead police to murder suspect in decades-old cold case

  The Texas case remained cold until recently, when a group of criminal justice and forensic science students pushed investigators to dig further into one particular person.

  Crime

  Nov 19, 2025
  
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• Cold Case: Quebec man sentenced to life for 10-year-old girl’s death in 1994

  The man in his 60s was already in prison for other crimes when he admitted last month the evidence in the 1994 case proves he murdered the 10-year-old girl.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2025
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• Edmonton senior’s 1990 murder cold case has police searching for wells north of the city

  Senior Ruth Clarke, 83, vanished 35 years ago. Now, historical crimes investigators are searching for old homestead wells north of Edmonton where her remains may have been hidden.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2025
• Cold Case: Quebec man admits to 1994 murder of 10-year-old girl

  An already-incarcerated 62-year-old Quebec man was convicted of second-degree murder Friday after admitting he killed 10-year-old Marie-Chantale Desjardins in 1994.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2025
• Her death a century ago was a mystery. Now, Canadian police know who she is

  Saskatoon police say they have solved what they believe is the oldest cold case in Canada using genetic genealogy technology.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2025
• Montreal police solve cold case from 2008 using genetic genealogy to track killer

  Catherine Daviau, 26, was found dead in her Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie apartment in December 2008.

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2025
• Minnesota fishermen who found car in river likely solved 1967 cold case

  The two fishermen credit a lucky catch with helping locate the vehicle and remains of missing businessman Roy Benn.

  News

  Aug 18, 2025
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• Ontario offers $50K reward to help solve fatal 2022 shooting

  On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Jonas Palmer’s death, OPP say the province is offering a $50,000 reward for information that helps to solve the fatal shooting.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2025
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• OPP offering $50K reward in effort to revive 17-year-old cold case

  Ontario Provincial Police say a $50,000 reward is being offered for information that can help solve a 2008 cold case murder in the Belleville area.

  Crime

  Jun 16, 2025