The genealogy site’s clarification of its terms and conditions has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records. Source: New York Times
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Queens Man Is Charged in 1976 Killing of Pregnant Teenager Evelyn Colon
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2021
Luis Sierra, 63, of Ozone Park, was arrested this week in the killing of Evelyn Colon, a Jersey City 15-year-old whose dismembered remains were found along a riverbank in Pennsylvania, the authorities said. Source: New York Times
Uncovering a Cemetery's Lost Black History, Stone by Stone
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
Sourland Mountain, a once-isolated region in New Jersey, has long inspired tall tales. Two local women turned “history detectives” have been trying to recover its true story. Source: New York Times
The Gilgo Beach Murders Were a Cold Case. Then a New Police Chief Arrived.
By Gotham Rex on September 25, 2020
After a decade of little movement in a series of killings on Long Island, a new sense of urgency. Source: New York Times