A bill (SB 2276) that passed the Legislature today and is headed to the governor would require anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit DNA, usually a sample of saliva. ...more

May 1, 2009

Jessie LaDon Albach has been like a ghost haunting her family. A brother who was supposed to take her to a ballgame the night the 15-year-old vanished can't shake the knowledge that he never found her. Denise Yand, the sister she was to visit that summer, sees traces of her in the long hair and the walk of passers-by. ...more

February 23, 2009

Those close to Sabine Musil-Buehler yearn for justice in her disappearance and likely killing, but they worry they may never get it if the body of the missing Holmes Beach hotelier is not found. ...more

February 14, 2009

University of Florida student Tiffany Sessions put on a sweatshirt, took her Walkman and told her roommate she was going for a walk. ...more

February 9, 2009

It's been 11 years since Jessie Johnson's house went up in flames. ...more

January 28, 2009

LORIDA The Highlands County Sheriff's Office is still seeking the identity of a woman found dead Monday in a citrus grove near Buckhorn Road in Lorida. "We're still hoping to get a citizen who can provide us information in that regard, (or) a loved one or friend," said Lt. Tim Lethbridge, with the Criminal Investigations Unit, on Tuesday. The victim was listed as between 45 to 60 years of age, of apparent Hispanic ethnicity, 4 foot 10 inches tall and 123 pounds. She also had short, black, graying hair and was found dressed in shorts and a T-shirt. ...more

October 15, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has received a $500,000 grant to help use DNA testing to solve cold cases, Maj. Harold Winsett said. ...more

September 23, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has received a $500,000 grant to help use DNA testing to solve cold cases, Maj. Harold Winsett said. ...more

September 22, 2008

After promising to help prosecute old murder cases from the civil rights era, the FBI has done little but let those cases get even colder. ...more

September 19, 2008

Attorneys said Wednesday they are trying to free a reputed Ku Klux Klansman after a federal appeals court overturned the three life sentences he was serving for the 1964 abduction of two black teenagers who died after being beaten and thrown in the Mississippi River. ...more

September 11, 2008