FBI Releases Height, Key Info On Nancy Guthrie Kidnap Suspect, Doubles Reward Amount
The FBI has released new details about the male suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.
The agency describes him as 5-foot-9 to 5-foot-10, with an average build and a black, 25-liter Walmart-brand Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, according to the FBI’s Operational Technology Division analysis released early Thursday evening, Feb. 12.
The masked man was seen tampering with Guthrie’s doorbell camera early Sunday morning, Feb. 1, the day she was reported missing.
Today, the FBI is increasing its reward up …
Remains Of 3 More 9/11 Victims ID'd Through DNA: Cancer Survivor, Aspiring MBA From Floral Park
Nearly 24 years after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, the remains of three more 9/11 victims have been identified, offering long-awaited closure to their families.
On Thursday, Aug. 7, New York City officials announced three victims who had been identified through advanced DNA testing. They are:
Ryan Fitzgerald, 26, of Floral Park, who was working on the 94th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower when it was struck by United Airlines Flight 175
Barbara Keating, 72, a cancer survivor from Palm Springs, California, who was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 w…
Lancaster Detective Cracks 2013 Cold Case Murder After DNA, Confession; Suspect Waives Hearing
A former Lancaster man accused of stabbing another man to death during a 2013 robbery has waived his preliminary hearing, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.
Shawn D. Jones, 54, is charged with killing Allan Wayne Hess, 59, during a burglary in the 200 block of West Walnut Street on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Jones waived his hearing before Magisterial District Judge John Bender on Monday, July 29, allowing the case to proceed to Lancaster County Court.
The cold case was reopened by Detective Sergeant Shawn Gunnet, who su…
DNA Links Man To Rape Of Sleeping 76-Year-Old In Stratford, Officials Say
DNA testing led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Camden County man who is charged with sexually assaulting an elderly woman after breaking into her home, authorities announced Thursday, June 26.
On Thursday, May 8 at 12:32 a.m., Stratford police responded to a report of a home invasion burglary and sexual assault, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Stratford Police Chief Ronald Morello said.
A 76-year-old woman said while she was asleep in her bedroom, a man, later identified as Stephon Bullock, entered her room, jumped on top of her and held her down, authoriti…
DNA Helps Nab Armed Home Invader: Evesham PD
A 62-year-old Bellmawr resident was arrested and charged on Tuesday, June 17 with committing an armed home invasion in Evesham Township, all thanks to DNA testing, authorities said.
On Thursday, Feb. 27 at 9:36 p.m., officers responded to a residence on Dana Road and discovered an unknown suspect, later identified as Edwin Dillard, had entered a home, armed with a boxcutter knife, and attempted to rob a husband and wife, Evesham police said.
Dillard began the assault as the husband was retrieving trash cans from the curb, police said. Dillard then attempted to restrain them with rope, polic…
Man Pleads Guilty To Bridgewater Cold Case Homicide Nearly 30 Years Later: Prosecutor
After nearly three decades, a Bridgewater homicide finally has a resolution, authorities said.
Robert Creter, 61, pleaded guilty on Monday, May 19, in the 1997 death of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said. Creter pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and is expected to be sentenced to 10 years in state prison, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997 at 4:38 p.m., Bridgewater police responded to Gilbride Road near Washington Valley Park where they found Tignor, a 23-year-old Newark resident, dead, authorities said.
The case remained unsolved until 2023…
DNA Confirms Body Of Camden Woman Who Disappeared 14 Years Ago Was Pulled From River: Officials
Fourteen years after she was last seen, the body of a Camden woman reported missing in 2010 has been identified, authorities said.
DNA results confirmed the remains pulled from a submerged car in the Cooper River in Pennsauken last year were those of Bernadine Gunner, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said Tuesday, April 29.
Camden County Prosecutor's Office (inset)/Bernadine Waters Gunner Facebook photo
Gunner, 52, was last seen on July 11, 2010, driving her 2006 blue Hyundai Elantra after threatening to take her own life, police said.
On May 16, 2024, human remains were found …
Abducted New Haven Toddler Found In Mexico 24 Years Later
A decades-old New Haven cold case has ended in an emotional reunion, thanks to a relentless detective, modern DNA testing, and a long trail of digital breadcrumbs.
Andrea Reyes, who was abducted at the age of 2, has been found alive in Mexico, more than 24 years after she was taken by her mother, Rosa Tenorio, New Haven Police announced on Wednesday, March 5.
Despite an active felony arrest warrant for Tenorio, she successfully evaded law enforcement for decades, allegedly taking her daughter across the border and raising her in Puebla, a city of over a million people.
Her father, wh…
Five Jersey City Victims Identified In Deadly Newark Crash: Prosecutor
Five of the victims in a fiery Newark crash that killed six people earlier this month have been identified, authorities said.
At 10:47 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, a vehicle carrying six people was traveling on Raymond Boulevard toward the Route 1&9 southbound on-ramp, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. The vehicle then veered off the roadway, went airborne, and struck a support column for the Pulaski Skyway, Stephens said.
Lamar McKnight, 31, has been identified as the driver. Darryl McKnight, 29, Darnell Carr, 22, Bradley Cunningham, 41 and Veronica Bailey, 31 h…
DNA Match Cracks 1997 Bridgewater Murder Case, Suspect Arrested In Canada
After 27 years, authorities announced an arrest in a major Bridgewater cold case murder.
Robert Creter, a 60-year-old Winnipeg, Manitoba resident was charged with the murder of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor, 23, of Newark, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said Monday, Dec. 2.
Bridgewater police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the discovery of Tignor's body by a Bridgewater resident on a dirt access road that ended in a cul-de-sac off Gilbride Road near Washington Valley Park on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997, McDonald said. An autopsy determined her death to be a homicide, authorities sai…
Alexandria Man Who Repeatedly Sexually Abused, Impregnated Teen Girl Learns Fate In Court
An Alexandria man who picked up a teen girl at an area park and sexually assaulted her at a DC park will spend years in prison after getting her pregnant and continuing to abuse her.
Francisco Flores-Lopez, 34, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old District resident, resulting in her getting pregnant, federal authorities announced.
According to court documents, the girl met Flores-Lopez on social media, and the two met up for the first time in June 2022, the same month she was set to turn 14 years old.
Flores-Lopez, who was 32 years old at the time, pi…
Found Skull Matched To Central PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says
A skull found in 2020 has been DNA matched to a woman who went missing in 2007, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Heike Leich was 47 when she wandered away from the home she shared with her common-law husband, Jonathan Hawthorne, in the 7900 block of Fishing Creek Valley Road in West Hanover Township at 7:30 p.m. on August 8, 2007, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.
Hawthorne reported her missing, noting that she left behind her ID, purse, and medication — she had been diagnosed as bipolar and previously requ…
Man Admits To 2020 Rape Of Girl, 13, After Breaking Into Her Cambridge Home: DA
A Cambridge man has confessed to the violent rape of a 13-year-old girl more than 23 years ago, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
Roger W. Reddick, Jr., 41, pleaded guilty to three counts of rape of a child with force and was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, the Middlesex District Attorney announced. He'll serve three years of probation following that.
Related: Bust Made In Decades-Old Child Rape Case Thanks To New DNA Testing: DA
Reddick broke into a Cambridge home in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2000, pinned the girl to her bed with his hand …
