Cold Case
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The Sherri Rasmussen Case: an LAPD detective, a bite mark in a coroner’s freezer, and 23 years of silence
In 1986 Sherri Rasmussen’s father told LAPD detectives her killer was an ex-girlfriend with a badge, and was told there was nothing there. A swab found in a coroner’s freezer proved him right 23 years later, and the fight over… Continue reading
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The Amy Bradley Case: a Lifeguard Vanishes From a Cruise Ship Balcony as It Docks in Curaçao
At 5:30 a.m. on March 24, 1998, Ron Bradley saw his daughter asleep on their cabin balcony. Thirty minutes later she was gone. Twenty-eight years, a dozen sightings and a Netflix series later, Amy Bradley is still missing. Continue reading
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The Kristin Smart Case: 30 Years, a Podcast, a Grave Under a Deck, and a Body Still Missing
Kristin Smart walked away from a Cal Poly party in May 1996 and never reached her dorm. It took a podcast, a grave under a deck and 26 years to convict Paul Flores, and searches in 2026 still have not… Continue reading
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The Natalee Holloway Case: the Aruba beach, the $250,000 sting, and the confession that took 18 years
Natalee Holloway left an Aruba nightclub at 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005, and was never seen again. Eighteen years, one FBI sting and a second murder later, Joran van der Sloot told a Birmingham courtroom what he did on… Continue reading
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The Susan Powell Case: A Midnight Camping Trip, Two Fans on Wet Carpet, and a Mother Never Found
Susan Cox Powell, 28, vanished from her West Valley City home on December 6, 2009, while her husband claimed he was camping with their sons in a snowstorm. Two years later he killed the boys and himself, and her body… Continue reading