Search Results for cold case

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Kennesaw September 13, 2025

Sentence handed down in 1997 Kennesaw rape cold case solved via DNA

Cobb District Attorney Sonya F. Allen announced in a public information release that Jerry Lee Pruitt was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, burglary and…

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Cobb County September 9, 2025

Victim identified in decades-old Cobb cold case

By Mark Woolsey Cobb police Cold Case Unit investigators report significant progress in a more than 40-year-old homicide investigation. Police say the body of an unidentified white female was discovered…

Cobb County September 25, 2024

Man sentenced in 34-year-old cold case sexual assault solved with use of DNA

Cobb Superior Court Judge Robert Leonard sentenced Christopher Lee Milton, 58, to 30 years for aggravated assault, rape and aggravated sodomy (13 to be served, with a permanent restraining order…

Criminal Justice System November 19, 2021

How is the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative helping to solve cold cases?

The Cobb County District Attorney’s office announced earlier that an arrest had been made in a cold case from 30 years ago as part of the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative…

Criminal Justice System November 19, 2021

Arrest made in Cobb 30-year-old sexual assault cold case

Cobb DA Flynn Broady announced an arrest in a 30-year-old cold case of sexual assault. [The Cobb County Courier has a policy of withholding or redacting the name of suspects…

Cobb County January 21, 2020

Genetic genealogy helps solve three Cobb rape cold cases

Three Cobb cold cases from 1999 were solved with the use of technology called genetic genealogy, according to a public information release from the office of Cobb District Attorney Joyette…

Cobb County October 22, 2019

Arrest made in 1991 cold case murder of Cathy Glass

Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes and Cobb Police Chief Tim Cox announced that an arrest has been made in the 1991 murder of Cathy Glass, due to the work…

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Health & Wellness January 19, 2026

New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada

by Zachary W. Binder, UMass Chan Medical School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity…

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Health Care May 8, 2025

Measles could again become widespread as cases surge worldwide

by Rebecca Schein, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Globally, measles is on the rise across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America and…

Health Care March 3, 2025

As flu cases break records this year, vaccine rates are declining, particularly for children and 65+ adults

by Annette Regan, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In February 2025, flu rates spiked to the highest levels seen in…

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Government & Politics, National Government April 16, 2026