Jennifer Joakim, Saunders County attorney, and Richard Register, deputy county attorney, worked on what is believed to be the longest unsolved cold case in Nebraska history: the 1969 murder of 17-year-old Mary Kay Heese, a high school junior. Richard Register: Mary Kay Heese’s unsolved murder hung over this community for …
It was just before 9 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2023, when police arrived on scene in Friendswood, Texas. OFFICER (bodycam): What happened? CONNOR HILTON: I screwed up so bad. OFFICER: Somebody hurt? CONNOR HILTON: (nods to affirm) Bodycam video shows Connor Hilton, 17, center, sitting on the curb outside his …
It was Thursday, Dec. 1, 1988, when Deborah Atrops, known as Debe, was found murdered in her car, next to a construction site in Beaverton, Oregon. Debe had been reported missing two days earlier by her estranged husband, Bob Atrops, who lived about five miles away on a rural road. …
On a steamy August night in 2013, Melissa Rocuba was airlifted to a hospital still clinging to life with a bullet wound to her head. Her then 22-year-old daughter Chelsea Cicio, who lived next door, was already there when the helicopter arrived. Chelsea Cicio: I had no idea how I …
On a summer’s night in August 2013, 22-year-old Chelsea Cicio received an alarming call from her father, Bruno Rocuba. He said there had been a terrible accident and her mother, Melissa Rocuba, had been injured. Cicio, who lived next door to her parents in Simpson, Pennsylvania, was captured on a …
On Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, when 31-year-old Shea Briar didn’t show up for church, Pastor Angela Smiley knew something was wrong. She had just seen him the night before. Pastor Angela Smiley: We served at a noodle dinner. … He’s there walking the old ladies out. … We were last …
This story previously aired on Sept. 3, 2022. It was updated on Dec. 27, 2025. Todd Kendhammer said his wife Barbara was killed in a freak accident when a pipe smashed into the windshield of their car in 2016. A Wisconsin jury didn’t believe him, and he was sentenced to life …
This story previously aired on Oct. 28, 2023. The 1990 murder of Marlene Warren, shot by someone dressed as a clown, haunted not just the public, but the Palm Beach County State Attorney ‘s Office. Despite identifying two suspects, the case, went unsolved for decades. Dave Aronberg is the current …
In 2021, two decades after her sister went missing, Heather Bish did something she never thought she would do. Heather Bish: 40-year-old me got into the TikTok game. … It’s allowed me to like share my story and share Molly’s story and really just be honest. “Have you heard of …
Victim advocate Heather Aites is trained to comfort those in emotional agony, like Dan Krug, who dashed home from work and learned his wife, Kristil, had been found murdered in their garage in suburban Broomfield, Colorado, on Dec. 14, 2023. Heather Aites: It’s a weird feeling standing there when somebody …