A key question lingers more than 25 years after JonBenet Ramsey was slain on Christmas night in 1996. Was she murdered by an intruder intent on kidnapping or molesting her? Or was she killed by a family member, either accidentally or with malice? One thing is sure...the Ramsey’s social status and their elite neighborhood spawned […]
It was a crime that stunned the nation, shivered the suburbs, and spawned “The Fugitive” television series. The 1954 Cleveland slaying of beautiful Marilyn Sheppard endures as the most infamous cold case in Ohio history. Found guilty of killing his wife, Dr. Samuel Sheppard was released from prison ten years later when his conviction was […]
The 1964 murder of teenager Beverly Jarosz is Cleveland's second most notorious cold case. Beverly was viciously butchered in her bedroom in broad daylight over Christmas vacation. Her killer had an impossibly tight window of opportunity to commit the crime and slip away. Especially haunting was Beverly’s premonition about her death and the fact that […]