Twenty-five years ago, in February, 1988, Selena Cooper, 29, and her daughter Joi Little, 9, were hog-tied, raped and murdered by Robert Fleming. I learned about this case while I was writing my book about the NYPD’s Cold Case Squad and it always enraged me. On top of the horrible fact that some guy raped […]

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I wrote about the Baby Hope case in my book The Restless Sleep because a friend of mine who works at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner told me the case haunted him. The details of her brief life and her death are grim. It may be a long shot, but it’s good to […]

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People often ask in the comments section about what to do or who to call about an unsolved murder. The answers to those questions are on the left under the heading: Getting Help – Contacting a Cold Case Squad. First read the document titled Before You Contact a Cold Case Squad. Then look up the […]

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The Daily News story of a daughter who tracked down her father’s killer is a must read. An earlier article from June 10th in the same paper gives more details. The picture below is of Joselyn Martinez and her father a year before he was murdered.

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