Cold Case Updates...

July 30, 2026
Michelle Louise Collier Identified 48 Years After Her Death

For nearly five decades, a teenage homicide victim recovered from a California vineyard was known only as “Jane Doe.” In July 2026, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office announced that forensic genealogy had restored her name: Michelle Louise Collier, a 15-year-old from Fresno who disappeared in February 1978. The identification provides her relatives with a long-awaited […]

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February 16, 2025
Midtown Jane Doe Identified by Engraved Gold Ring and DNA Testing

Cold case detective, Ryan Glas, is getting closer to solving the decades-long mystery surrounding the identity of a teenage girl whose remains were discovered in 2003 beneath a building in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Initially known as "Midtown Jane Doe," the victim was bound with electrical cord, wrapped in carpet, and buried in concrete. A […]

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