Infamous resolved Cold Cases

I have a cooler that has seen some shit... and still keeps stuff cold!

The resolve of that cold case, I tell ya man....
 
That one with the guy, you know, who did that thing over there.
 
What are the most infamous resolved Cold Cases?
Who drank my damn beer while I was in the men's room...

It was drunk ass James...again. Forgetting where he put his beer and thinking mine was his when he started looking for it. Rank villany

How was it resolved...caught him doing it again a little later. Case solved. Perp walk his butt to the bar to get me a replacement.
 
What are the most infamous resolved Cold Cases?





Top 5 of the best for me, unresolved though:


5. Madeleine McCann: ( Sigmund Freud's Grandson, Clement Freud, lived 2 miles away from where Madeleine's parents were staying. After Clement's death, it started surfacing that he was one of the most worst :eek::eek::eek::eek:philes in history, we're talking Jimmy Savile level grossness).







4. Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon







3: The Springfield Three:







2. Flannagan Isle Lighthouse Keepers:







1. Dyatlov Pass Incident:

 
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Good thread, cold cases are fascinating.




Top 5 of the creepiest for me:


5. Madeleine McCann: ( Sigmund Freud's Grandson, Clement Freud, lived 2 miles away from where Madeleine's parents were staying. After Clement's death, it started surfacing that he was one of the most worst :eek::eek::eek::eek:philes in history, we're talking Jimmy Savile level grossness).




4. Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon




3: The Springfield Three:





2. Flannagan Isle Lighthouse Keepers:



1. Dyatlov Pass Incident:

Aren't these unresolved cases? TS is looking for resolved cases.
 
Aren't these unresolved cases? TS is looking for resolved cases.

A cold case is an unresolved case, with which no progress can be made, due to lack of evidence/ leads/ further information.
 
A cold case is an unresolved case, with which no progress can be made, due to lack of evidence/ leads/ further information.

Yes, but they can hypothetically be solved. TS asked about those, not unresolved cases. It is in the OP:

What are the most infamous resolved Cold Cases?

For example:

An Oregon family waiting nearly four decades to find out who killed their 18-year-old daughter finally received the closure they longed for this week, thanks to a dogged team of investigators determined to solve the cold case.

An Oregon family waiting nearly four decades to find out who killed their 18-year-old daughter finally received the closure they longed for this week, thanks to a dogged team of investigators determined to solve the cold case.

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Another resolved cold case
 
BTK went cold didn’t it? And then many years later he came back and they found him.
 
Yes i wanted to discussed cases that went cold but were then resolved later on in time.

but i'm also fascinated with cold cases so we can discuss them aswell
 
BTK went cold didn’t it? And then many years later he came back and they found him.

Well, they didn't so much find him, as he gave himself away.

I remember reading about how he got caught, and apparently he sent authorities a letter asking if a computer disc could be traced, and pleaded that they be completely honest in their answer. They answered him in a newspaper ad assuring him that they couldn't trace it. They lied. He sent them a disc with one of his puzzles on it, or some shit. They traced it. Bingo bango. "Brilliant" serial killer identified.
 
Well, they didn't so much find him, as he gave himself away.

I remember reading about how he got caught, and apparently he sent authorities a letter asking if a computer disc could be traced, and pleaded that they be completely honest in their answer. They answered him in a newspaper ad assuring him that they couldn't trace it. They lied. He sent them a disc with one of his puzzles on it, or some shit. They traced it. Bingo bango. "Brilliant" serial killer identified.

They set a trap and he fell for it.

IIRC, the Word Document had a digital signature from the church he volunteered at.

In his letters to police, Rader asked if his writings, if put on a floppy disk, could be traced or not. The police answered his question in a newspaper ad posted in the Wichita Eagle saying it would be safe to use the disk. On February 16, 2005, Rader sent a purple 1.44-Megabyte Memorex floppy disk to Fox TV affiliate KSAS-TV in Wichita.[29][30] Also enclosed were a letter, a gold-colored necklace with a large medallion, and a photocopy of the cover of a 1989 novel about a serial killer (Rules of Prey).[30]

Police found metadata embedded in a deleted Microsoft Word document that was, unbeknownst to Rader, on the floppy disk.[31] The metadata contained Christ Lutheran Church, and the document was marked as last modified by "Dennis."[32] An internet search determined that a "Dennis Rader" was president of the church council.[29] From the Home Depot incident, the police also knew BTK owned a black Jeep Cherokee. When investigators drove by Rader's house, they noticed a black Jeep Cherokee parked outside.[33]

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