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Forensic genealogy unmasks cold case suspect as strangler, sexual predator decades later: officials

NEWYou can listen to Fox News articles now!Years after DNA linked a 1991 murder and a rape in Massachusetts forensic genetic genealogy has helped investigators identify a man authorities claim was responsible for both cases.Evidence of the killing of Cherie bishop in 1991 and Donna Bell’s rape in 1993 were uploaded to the Combined DNA Index System on Thursday, Plymouth County district attorney Timothy Cruz announced. Cruz said that for decades, the Bishop families and Bell families did not know the whole story about what happened to their loved one. “They carried the tragedies throughout their lives. Investigators said Bishop, 28 was found strangled near her Brockton home in June 1991. Bell was raped by a man in Brockton, Massachusetts in 1993.FOLLOW FOX TRUE CRIME ON XBishop, who was wearing only socks and a single diamond earring was found dead near Mulberry Park. Her cause of death was ruled to be mechanical asphyxiation, and the manner of death was homicide.Investigators collected DNA evidence through a rape kit and analyzed it at the time, but no suspect was identified. The evidence was retested later as forensic genealogy technologies advanced. Bell died in 2021. Cruz said investigators knew since 2016 that there was a connection between the cases, but DNA evidence could not identify a suspect. Like what you’re reading? FIND OUT MORE ON TRUE CRIME HUBThe district attorney’s office said Othram – a Texas forensic genealogical lab – identified a probable relative of the suspect and helped investigators identify Carey. Carey, who died from natural causes at 64 in June 2025, lived at Brockton Veterans Administration Medical Center, about 1.5 miles away from both crime scene, the district prosecutor’s office stated.

  

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City manager ‘begged’ fired Cincinnati police chief for more officers on street as crime skyrocketed

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Cincinnati’s now-former police chief, once sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against White male officers, has been fired.

A termination announcement says Teresa Theetge was “begged” to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She was from her role as the city’s top law enforcement officer on Thursday after only about three years on the job. She was a police officer in Cincinnati for 35 years.

City Manager Sheryl Long made Theetge’s termination announcement.

“I recognize Chief Theetge’s more than 35 years of service to the Cincinnati Police Department and to this City. At the same time, after completing this review, it’s become clear that a change in leadership is necessary for the department moving forward,” Long said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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In a scathing termination letter, Long blasted Theetge for what she viewed as ineffective leadership and poor communication, including failing to adhere to a summer anti-violence plan.

“As just one example, you admitted you did not agree with the City’s Summer Safety Plan, which included more police coverage in the urban core, and you admitted that I begged you to fill the police work details called for in the summer plan.”

Cincinnati found itself under national scrutiny last August after a viral beatdown in the city’s downtown left a woman with neurological damage.

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In the early-morning hours of July 26, a confrontation outside the LoVe nightclub, located on the corner of Fourth and Elm Street in the city’s downtown business district, led to a horrific beatdown that was captured on video. 

The video circulated rapidly on social media, sparking fury as at least two White victims were pummeled into the ground by a group of Black suspects. Once on the ground, the suspects did not back off. Instead, they continued to stomp on the victims, one of whom was left with a possibly life-altering brain issue.

Over the course of the next month, seven people were arrested and charged with crimes related to the beating.

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Long also ripped Theetge for two shootings in the Fountain Square area in the city’s downtown last October, saying she “failed to provide leadership in response to two shootings” in the area that month.

“You further admitted that on October 14 (the day after the second shooting) you chose to go to a play rather than attend a public safety town hall meeting…” Long wrote in the termination letter, later adding that Theetge “should not need to be told to attend a public safety meeting … the night after a shooting on Fountain Square.”

In May of last year, four White male officers filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Theetge, who was the city’s first female police chief, saying that they were passed over for promotions and passed over for preferred assignments because of their race and/or sex.

“Defendants’ intentional and discriminatory practices in assigning Lieutenants to preferred assignments has disproportionately favored non-White males and/or females, without legitimate, non-discriminatory justification, thereby denying Plaintiffs equal employment opportunities,” the suit says in part.

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“The City and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of white men, including through hiring, diversity initiatives, outreach programs, promotional processes, and other steps that demonstrate both a systemic practice of discrimination against white males, and that there are background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority,” the lawsuit also says.

Theetge’s attorney did not return a request for comment. Neither did Mayor Aftab Pureval’s office.

  

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Bus crash near Pentagon injures 23, including 10 War Department personnel

NEWYou can now hear Fox News articles. A Friday morning bus accident near the Pentagon injured 23, including 10 Department of War employees, according to a Pentagon Force Protection Agency Corporate Communications Office statement. “At around 7:20 am today, an Omni Ride bus and a Fairfax Connector transit vehicle collided on Metro Access Road. Twenty-three passengers sustained injuries. Ten of the 23 injured passengers are Department of War employees. First responders transported eighteen individuals to local hospitals for medical evaluation and treatment. Five passengers were treated at the scene and released on their own recognizance,” according to the statement obtained by Fox News.

  

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US economic chokehold on Iran reaches peak leverage and more top headlines

Fox News First, the morning newsletter from Fox News, is now available for you to listen to! Here’s what you should know to start the day…TOP 31. US economic chokehold against Iran reaches maximum leverage 2. Trump was pressed about whether he would use a nuclear weapon against Iran 3. Defense Department scientist’s death raises questions MAJOR HEADLINESEYES in the Sky — Rep Burchett claims that a football-sized object was tracked by sonar at 200mph. Continue reading…FLEEING The Scene — Patriots Coach breaks his silence on affair scandal following kissing photos leak. Continue reading…DAY in COURT — School Teacher Known as ‘Mr Wonderful,’ accused of heinous crime against students. Continue reading…BEYOND NFL DRAFT — Fernando Mendoza’s emotional hug with his mother steals the spotlight.Continue Reading…HEIR APOLOGIA — Rams shock NFL Draft first round by picking Alabama QB. Continue reading …–POLITICSMAPS and MAYHEM – Virginia’s redistricting battle reveals the state’s sharply partisan turn, as a legal fight looms. Continue reading …’LAME DUCKS’ — Jeffries rips into DeSantis for being ‘charismatically-challenged’ over redistricting gamble. Continue reading…NONPROFIT EXPOSED – GOP lawmakers target SPLC’s federal judge with lifetime appointment to the bench.

Continue reading…BROKEN PROMISES — Podcasters who helped Trump win now warn that his Iran war will hand power back to Dems. Continue reading…BROKEN COMMITMENTS — Podcasters that helped Trump win now warn that his Iran war could hand power back to Dems.Continue Reading…ROUGH ENDORSEMENT – CNBC host grills Elizabeth Warren about rallying with controversial Senate candidate.Continue Reading…OPINIONDAVID MAMON — Iran and its allied are committing epic fraud in America. I see it every day. Continue reading DAVID BIER – Trump’s immigration crackdown could be affecting the legal workers that we need. Continue reading …–IN THE NEWSZERO TOLERANCE – Popular destination cracks hard on tourists due to new limits that threaten summer getaways. Continue reading…SECRET CRUSHED — NOAA identifies bizarre “golden orb” found 2 miles below the seabed near Alaska. Continue reading…DIGITAL NEWS QUIZ: What landed a Democrat in hot waters? How did Jelly Roll get lost? Take the quiz here. Continue reading…PEAK SIGHTING — A stunning bird’s eye view of tulips blooming at an Illinois farm. Watch the video. LINDSEY GRAHAM – Iran’s economy has fallen into a free fall. BENNY JOHNSON – SPLC’s corporate fraud must be stopped. Watch the video…LISTENAs federal momentum grows behind psychedelics research, highlighting a controversial compound’s potential role in treating veterans trauma, listen in. Check it out … FOX WEATHERWhat’s it looking like in your neighborhood?Continue reading… FOLLOW FOX NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebookInstagramYouTubeTwitterLinkedIn

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Zodiac Killer may be tied to Black Dahlia case after ‘code cracked,’ new suspect emerges

NEWYou can now listen Fox News articles.Alex Baber is the co-founder of Cold Case Consultants of America. He said that after nine-months of work he cracked He told Fox News Digital that for the first time ever, LAPD detectives have approached a suspect’s family to obtain their DNA. This was during an interview at the Hamptons Who “That’s not happened in the Black Dahlia Case… We have a pretty good sense that we are sitting in the right place.” The Los Angeles Police Department declined to comment. A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment. TED BUNDY UNMASKED AS THE COLD CASE FINALLY SOLVED BY DYNAMICS He said that after digging deeper into social security records he found out that it was an alias of Marvin Margolis who, according to him, dated Short during the 1940 He said that his AI software flagged a connection between the two cases. Once he had identified Margolis as a possible suspect, Baber went to his son and showed him “First time in my life that someone has made physical contact with me. He says, ‘We are going to be OK .'”‘DATING GAMES'” Baber recalled that “I said ‘I’m sorry to blow your mind but he is also suspected on record, not from my agency, but from the grand juries in “He said, ‘Elizabeth? He said that the features of the sketch were similar to those suffered by Short, and that the word “Zodiac” was hidden in a black background on the bottom right. He said that her name generated a numerical sequence that was used to rearrange the cipher. He said that her name generated a numerical series used to rearrange cipher. Margolis lived with Robinson in Los Angeles at the time of Short’s murder, according to police records from the investigation Baber obtained and shared with his findings. “LIKE WHAT YOUR READING?” Find out more on the TRUE CRIME HUB”The medical field produces the most serial murderers,” he said. He cited Dr. Harold Shipman who killed over Kelly said, “In my opinion this guy fits like an old glove.”

  

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Elite school teacher known as ‘Mr Wonderful’ accused of heinous crimes against students

Former private school teacher “Mr. The former teacher, who was nicknamed “Mr. Wonderful”, has been charged with rape involving his two former students. The abuse occurred between 2000 and 2010 according to the allegations. He pleaded guilty. According to statements released by Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, the allegations include Rutledge repeatedly abusing and grooming students. Fares stated in a statement released by the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office that “for a long period of time, I lived inside trauma without fully comprehending it.” “It wasn’t until the last few years that I started to piece together the truth about what happened to me. Matt Rutledge abused me and raped. I was manipulated and threatened by a serial predator into silence. My youth was not my youth. “ICE BOSTON ARSRESTS GUATEMALAN NATIONAL CHARGED FOR CHILD RAPE, WHO WAS RELEASED BACK INTO COMMUNITY BY COURT”Simon said that she was 15 when Rutledge began “grooming”. The abuse “continued” for years after she left the campus. Her statement read: “I fought against this privately for twenty years.” “I’ve been fighting it publically for two years. Before all of this, I used to be a normal person. A lawyer. A mother and a wife. A woman trying build a new life on top of what I had buried. Melissa Fares then called. Melissa was someone I didn’t know. I picked up and told her that I had been waiting to hear from her for 20 years. According to NBC citing a Miss Hall’s School report, Rutledge allegedly shouted “Make way for Mr. The prosecution has not publicly stated what led to the decision to charge Rutledge. The prosecution has not revealed publicly what led them to charge Rutledge. She said, “Miss Hall’s School knew.” “This entire school knew.” They allowed abuse to continue for decades. They failed us, their families and every girl who trusted them to protect her. They must be held accountable. The school stated that Wednesday’s arraignment had been a painful and important moment for the community. “We will continue our full cooperation with authorities.” We regret the harm caused to survivors and the impact it has had on our community. According to WCVB, a pre-trial is scheduled for the 18th of June. Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf Whitten contributed to this story.

  

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