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# Cold Case

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# Abducted
Gardaí are to begin digging in a Kerry forest for a man missing for 25 years
The search is just 1km from where Charles Brooke Pickard’s car was found 25 years ago.
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Sep 13th 2016, 8:30 AM
# Cloppenburg
Bones found in attic may be from woman who froze to death 39 years ago
The skeletal remains were found by a man clearing out his dead father’s barn.
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Sep 5th 2016, 3:52 PM
# Minnesota
The remains of an 11-year-old boy abducted in 1989 have finally been found
Jacob Wetterling was with his brother and friend when taken by a masked gunman.
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Sep 4th 2016, 12:20 PM
# Cold Case
'You may be unknowingly shielding a killer': Fresh appeal in Raonaid Murray case
Tomorrow marks 17 years since the teenager was killed just yards from her home in Glenageary.
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Sep 3rd 2016, 12:18 PM
# Mystery
Human skull buried for up to 70 years found in back garden in South County Dublin
DNA analysis is to be carried out.
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Jul 13th 2016, 3:51 PM
# peter watts
Police appeal for answers - 40 years after the mysterious death of a boy found under a bridge
On a Sunday in 1976, Peter Watts left his home in Wales to do homework with a friend. He was found dead in London hours later.
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Jan 23rd 2016, 4:00 PM
# Mystery
Cold case: £20k reward for information about sexual assault and murder of primary school teacher
The 52-year-old woman lived her life “totally at odds” with how she died, according to her sister Penny Barnes.
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Dec 14th 2015, 7:45 AM
# Canada
Irishman linked to 1990s missing person case found not guilty of sexually assaulting his wife
The wife claimed he threatened her saying, “You know I’ve done it before, they’ll never find you.”
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Oct 28th 2015, 6:52 PM
# Mystery
Cold case: Retired primary school teacher sexually assaulted and murdered in her own home
The 52-year-old woman lived her life “totally at odds” with how she died, according to her sister Penny Barnes.
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Oct 17th 2015, 8:45 AM
# Cold Case
Kilkenny man charged with 1987 murder of Ann Nancy Smyth
Her murder investigation was re-opened in 2012.
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Oct 15th 2015, 10:11 PM
# barbara rowan
Two men charged over brutal murder of teen babysitter, after 31-year investigation
Police say they’ve solved the shocking 1984 murder of 14-year-old Barbara Rowan.
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Oct 3rd 2015, 9:00 PM
# Cold Case
'You know I've done it before, they'll never find you': Canada sex assault case linked to Irish missing person
He is on trial for sexual assault offences.
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Oct 1st 2015, 6:09 PM
# Unsolved Murder
Cold Case: The Itaewon Burger King murder has been made into a film - but there's still no conviction
A crime that shocked South Korea.
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Sep 27th 2015, 11:40 PM
Voices
There are 150 murder cold cases in Ireland and we need profilers to solve them
While DNA is still vital, we need a range of experts with fresh eyes to solve old cases, writes criminologist John O’Keeffe.
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Sep 16th 2015, 11:00 PM
# Cold Case
Looking for a breakthrough 20 years after farmer was shot in the head
John Cusack was found by a local postman, lying face down outside his back door.
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May 26th 2015, 11:05 AM
# Cold Case
Mark Nash sentenced to life for the brutal murder of two women at Grangegorman
The mutilated bodies of the two women were found in their sheltered accommodation nearly 20 years ago.
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Apr 20th 2015, 7:53 PM
# Cold Case
Pope Francis helps shed light on notorious 1970s murder
It’s hoped the pope’s decision could help Italy shed light on one of its most notorious crimes
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Mar 8th 2015, 7:30 AM
# Belinda Pereira
Detectives appeal for info on 1996 murder of sex worker in Dublin
Gardaí believe people may have information relevant to their investigations.
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Dec 28th 2014, 8:21 PM
# Murder
Woman arrested over 1994 Belfast shooting
Sean McParland was shot in Skegoniel Avenue in north Belfast while babysitting.
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Sep 22nd 2014, 2:00 PM
# Cold Case
Man arrested over death of Caroline Graham 25 years ago
The 53-year-old is being questioned by police in Antrim.
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Aug 8th 2014, 10:29 AM
# Cold Case
Sniffer dogs being used in search for body of Caroline Graham murdered in 1989
Detectives in Portadown will today search a house where the 19-year-old used to live.
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Aug 4th 2014, 11:54 AM
# Closure
Ireland's cold case detectives say 'it's never too late'
One garda inspector in the unit gave us some insight into how cases are chosen for review and how modern advances have helped give families some closure.
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Aug 3rd 2014, 8:30 PM
# Cold Case
1970s manslaughter conviction of Martin Conmey "miscarriage of justice"
The Co Meath man served three years in prison, but his conviction was quashed in 2010 after new facts came to light.
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Jul 29th 2014, 4:47 PM
# caroline graham
76-year-old woman released after being arrested in connection with 1989 murder
Caroline was 19 years old and was living with her boyfriend when she disappeared in 1989.
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Jun 24th 2014, 12:34 PM
# Cold Case
FBI adds 'family annihilator' to Ten Most Wanted list
Investigators say the man brutally murdered his wife, mother and three sons at their home in Maryland almost 40 years ago.
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Apr 10th 2014, 6:44 PM
# Cold Case
Efforts made in Lebanon 'from time to time' to find remains of Irish soldier, says Shatter
Private Hugh Doherty and Private Kevin Joyce were both killed in Lebanon in 1981. Joyce’s body was never recovered.
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Mar 26th 2014, 3:02 PM
# Investigation
77-year-old man arrested in connection with Jean McConville murder
Jean McConville was abducted by the IRA in 1972.
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Mar 18th 2014, 1:37 PM
# Cold Case
75-year-old man arrested over deadly UVF bomb at Belfast pub in 1971
Fifteen people died in the bomb at McGurk’s Bar in north Belfast more than four decades ago.
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Mar 12th 2014, 11:00 AM
# Cold Case
DNA breakthrough in 1984 baby boy death mystery
The body of the baby boy was found in a green plastic bag on the banks of the River Lagan in Antrim.
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Feb 21st 2014, 9:50 AM
# Cold Case
Man arrested in connection with 'chilling' 1993 murder
The PSNI reopened an investigation into Joseph Reynolds’ death in October last year.
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Jan 30th 2014, 1:43 PM
# Cold Case
The 7 types of cold you're dealing with this January
From a bit of a sniffle to an awful dose.
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Jan 9th 2014, 9:30 PM
# Cold Case
Grand jury voted to charge JonBenet Ramsey’s parents
New documents reveal that in 1999 a Colorado grand jury voted to charge the parents of the slain child beauty queen.
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Oct 26th 2013, 11:15 AM
# Cold Case
Man arrested in England in connection with 20-year-old Belfast murder case
The 46-year-old is the third person to be arrested since the case was reopened last week.
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Oct 22nd 2013, 8:06 AM
# Newry
Appeal for information about attempted murder and sexual assault of a young girl
The attack took place in 1994 in Newry.
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Oct 17th 2013, 2:44 PM
# Northern Ireland
Man arrested over 'cold case' murder of father-of-five in 1993
Joseph Reynolds, a 40-year-old painter, was shot dead as he made his way to work in east Belfast 20 years ago.
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Oct 15th 2013, 1:03 PM
# Cold Case
Police in Belfast re-open 'chilling' 20-year-old murder case
Joseph Reynolds was gunned down on this way to work in the city in 1993.
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Oct 11th 2013, 12:59 PM
# Cold Case
Bodies found in cars in Oklahoma lake may solve decades-old mystery
Three of the bodies are believed to be those of a group of teenagers who disappeared in the early 1970s on their way to a football game.
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Sep 18th 2013, 8:48 PM
# Cold Case
Man must serve 19 years for murder of pensioner
Peggy Teford was killed 25 years ago, and the conviction came after the PSNI re-opened the case.
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Aug 30th 2013, 12:36 PM
# Cold Case
Appeal for information on 1987 murder of Antoinette Smith
Antoinette ‘Angie’ Smith, 27, attended a David Bowie concert on the evening before her disappearance on July 1987. Her body was found the following year at Glendoo Mountain, Co Dublin.
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Jul 11th 2013, 6:45 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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