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Cold Case: Murder of former House staffer remains unsolved
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
Former congressional staffer Walter Graham was found strangled to death in his Mount Vernon-area apartment more than 20 years ago, and his killing remains a mystery. Graham's case is one of thousands of unsolved homicides in the D.C. area, and Fairfax County Police are still seeking any bit of...
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Cold Case: Lyon sisters went missing in Montgomery County in 1975
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 7, 2013
It's been 38 years since two young Montgomery County sisters disappeared. On the morning of March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon walked from their Kensington home to the Wheaton Plaza shopping center in order to have lunch at the Orange Bowl restaurant....
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Cold Case: Father of three's Christmas Eve slaying remains unsolved
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, May 5, 2013
Joel "Buddy" Simpson was running out of time on Christmas Eve 1991. Simpson called his mother to let her know that he still had to pick up his three children. They were all supposed to spend the night at her house in Southeast Washington and open presents the next morning. But Simpson never...
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Cold Case: Aspiring model found dead near school
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013
Audrey Hamilton, an aspiring beautician and model, told her friends at a McDonalds restaurant that she was tired and was going home. It was near midnight, Aug. 29, 1993. The several blocks walk through Congress Heights would be dangerous. To protect herself, Audrey, 18, carried an empty glass...
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Cold Case: D.C. police find car, ski mask and rope, but woman still missing
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013
District of Columbia schools secretary Barbara Dreher was last seen by her daughter on Aug. 12, 1984. The 39-year-old Dreher dropped off two of her young sons at her adult daughter's home in Southeast Washington, then waved goodbye. Her car was found several weeks later, but Dreher was not....
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Cold Case: Executive found dead while husband was away
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Robin Warr Lawrence had been dead for at least three days before she was found inside her Springfield home. Her 2-year-old daughter Nicole was in the home with the body. The child was unhurt but dehydrated. The investigation into the 1994 death of the 36-year-old Lawrence took several twists...
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Cold Case: Innocent Images operation began with Prince George's County case
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 7, 2013
Innocent Images, the FBI's worldwide probe into the proliferation of child porn and sex crimes against children, began 20 years ago with its investigation into the disappearance of a Prince George's County boy. Ten-year-old George Burdynski, who was known as "Junior," was last seen on May 24,...
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Cold Case: Iraq veteran death's goes unsolved
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013
Marc Jonathan Ficarra survived three tours of duty in Iraq, but he died on the streets of D.C. The killing took place about 3 a.m. Jan. 21, 2006, a Saturday morning in Adams Morgan. The 34-year-old sergeant in the Air Force was with a group of friends and was headed back to a parking garage on...
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Cold Case: 'If we don't have hope, we don't have anything'
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Mar 24, 2013
Moriba Salim Hylton had returned to his old neighborhood to celebrate his new teaching job when someone gunned him down. Four years later, his sister is still waiting for answers about the death of her brother, a 27-year-old artist who had just signed on to work at a D.C. charter school. "We...
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Cold case: Foul play suspected in disappearance of Frederick teen
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: Wed, Mar 20, 2013
More than 20 years have gone by since William Walter Brooks Jr. went missing days after his 17th birthday. The Frederick teenager was last seen leaving his father's home on Aug. 25, 1992. He was on probation for a juvenile offense and was supposed to meet up with his probation officer later...
