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Sleuthing with Science: A Q&A with Forensic Genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick

That specialist who has worked on such high-profile cases as Amelia Earhart and the “Arm in the Snow” case, which involved identifying remains from a 1948 plane crash in Alaska, tells us about the field and where it’s heading Read More

Golden State Killer Update: One Victim’s Family Responds to Our Coverage of the Cold Case

The lack of closure in an unsolved case can have a sharpening effect on those left behind. Sally Duray, whose uncle was murdered by the Golden State Killer, shares her experience in a hand-written letter to writer Michelle McNamara Read More

NEW EVIDENCE: Investigators Release a Third Recording Believed to Be of the Golden State Killer’s Voice - NSFW

One month after we launched an online manhunt for the Golden State Killer authorities are releasing new audio evidence from the case. Hear it now Read More

Update: In the Footsteps of a Killer

Writer Michelle McNamara shares the latest on the manhunt for the Golden State Killer Read More

In the Footsteps of a Killer

Fifty rapes. Ten murders. Two identities. One man. From 1976 to 1986, one of the most violent serial criminals in American history terrorized communities throughout California. He was little known, never caught, and might still be out there. Now a determined investigator, a retired detective, and a group of online obsessives are on the hunt to track him down Read More

Hear the Golden State Killer

Hang-up phone calls to his victims were a big part of the Golden State Killer’s m.o. Read More

Profile of a Killer

The Golden State Killer (known as the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker by authorities) is an unidentified violent offender whose DNA and m.o. link him to 50 rapes and sexually motivated attacks in Northern California and to ten murders in Southern California. Read More


The Evidence Locker: Inside the Case of The Golden State Killer

A slide show of crime scene photos and other evidence Read More

In The Footsteps of a Killer: The Writer’s Cut

Ten murders and 50 rapes. That’s one way to describe the crimes of the Golden State Killer, a serial attacker who terrorized California women and couples from 1976 to 1986. What that tally doesn’t reveal is the particular psychological horror this criminal—known by authorities as the East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker—inflicted on many of his victims. Writer Michelle McNamara brings the Golden State Killer’s most twisted sins to light Read More

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