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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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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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Cold Case: The Itaewon Burger King murder has been made into a film – but...

A crime that shocked South Korea.

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‘You know I’ve done it before, they’ll never find you’: Canada sex assault...

He is on trial for sexual assault offences.

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Two men charged over brutal murder of teen babysitter, after 31-year...

Police say they’ve solved the shocking 1984 murder of 14-year-old Barbara Rowan.

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Kilkenny man charged with 1987 murder of Ann Nancy Smyth

Her murder investigation was re-opened in 2012.

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Cold case: Retired primary school teacher sexually assaulted and murdered in...

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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Irishman linked to 1990s missing person case found not guilty of sexually...

The wife claimed he threatened her saying, “You know I’ve done it before, they’ll never find you.”

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Cold case: £20k reward for information about sexual assault and murder of...

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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Police appeal for answers – 40 years after the mysterious death of a boy...

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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Human skull buried for up to 70 years found in back garden in South County...

DNA analysis is to be carried out.

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'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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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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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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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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Man in his 60s arrested in connection with disappearance in Kerry over 25...

Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into the back of his own van in April 1991, and hasn’t been seen since.

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Man in his 60s released without charge in 1991 disappearance case

On 26 April 1991, Charles Brooke Pickard was bundled into his own van by a group of masked men.

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The unsolved murder of Michael Gallagher, stabbed to death in his kitchen, is...

Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for information.

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'A brutal and frenzied attack': New appeal into 1982 murder of Late Late Show...

A friend of Charlie Self’s appealed for those with information to come forward.

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Police solve 40-year-old murder case of ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer

A controversial DNA technique known as familial DNA was used to identify the killer.

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Gussie Shanahan's disappearance: Gardaí ask for help with 17-year-old cold case

Aengus ‘Gussie’ Shanahan, the youngest in a family of four, has been missing since February 2000.

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New York jury finds man guilty of killing six-year-old boy in 1979

Etan Patz was walking to school on his own for the first time when he disappeared in May 1979.

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Fresh appeal for information on Fiona Sinnott case 19 years after her...

Gardaí switched the case to a murder inquiry in 2005.

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Meet the woman who solves US murders decades after they have taken place

Dr Erin Kimmerle is considered to be one of America’s best forensic anthropologists.

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Member of bible study group strangled a widowed pensioner and set fire to her...

John Joseph Malone is charged with murdering 69-year-old Ann (Nancy) Smyth on 11 September 1987.

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Dessie Fox: The violent killing of an 'incredible family man'

As part of this week’s Getting Away With Murder Series, we go back to 1990 and the killing of a father-of-three in Kildare.

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Jim Mulqueen: A 'lovely, educated' man murdered in his own home at 92

The elderly man, who is fondly remembered by his community, was murdered during a suspected break-in.

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'What did she go through?': The unsolved murder of a young Clare woman

Interpol is involved in the worldwide investigation into the death of Emer O’Loughlin.

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The unsolved case of Felix McCann: Savagely beaten to death in a south Dublin...

What happens when nobody advocates for the victim?

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Witnesses, DNA and a murderer's own guilt: From unsolved homicide to case closed

The garda serious crime review team is tasked with examining cold cases, but how does our system compare with other jurisdictions?

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'They think I'm a monster': US court rules Belfast-born man innocent of...

Jack McCullough was convicted of the murder of Maria Ridulph in 2012.

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Man gets life sentence 30 years after murdering a pensioner and setting her...

John Joseph Malone murdered 69-year-old Ann ‘Nancy’ Smyth in 1987.

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Minister for Justice is 'insulting Irish courts' in Ian Bailey extradition...

French authorities are seeking the extradition of Bailey to face charges relating to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

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Former RFU director Rob Andrew heaps World Cup blame on Lancaster in his new...

Andrew claims Lancaster was ‘dictatorial’ in the build-up to the tournament.

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There is more than one apology due over the abysmal Kerry Babies saga

But one is all we’re likely to get.

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Ian Bailey appeals French decision to charge him over murder of Sophie Toscan...

Bailey has denied any involvement in the killing of the French film producer in 1996.

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Grangegorman murders: Serial killer's appeal against his conviction is rejected

Nash was found guilty in 2015 of murdering the two women, whose mutilated bodies were found in sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman 21 years ago.

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Cold case appeal for information on brutal murder of Limerick teen in 2007

19-year-old Jeffrey Hannan was murdered in violent circumstances on 22 November 2007.

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'Adds insult to injury': Gsoc highly critical of gardaí for losing files in...

Gsoc has published a scathing report into deficiencies in the investigation files into the priest’s murder.

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Man arrested in Spain over killing of 11-year-old Dutch boy in 1998

Nick Verstappen went missing from a summer camp in August 1998 and was later found dead.

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