Defrosting Cold Cases

The Arizona Daily Star published an appeal for help in the 1996 shooting of Juan Antonio Espinosa.  “The 19-year-old construction worker and his friend went cruising on June 23, 1996. Around 10 p.m., the friend pulled his 1986 Cadillac into the parking lot of a Checker Auto Parts store on South Sixth Avenue to make a U-turn [...]

Tags: Arizona, Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Amber remains in protective custody in Los Angeles and it was not clear if she will be reunited with her foster parents. Authorities have not released any names or filed any charges but continue to investigate. “This girl was taken away from the only parents and family that she knows yesterday,” said Phoenix police Sgt. [...]

Tags: Amber Nicklas, Arizona, California, Child Abuse, Cruelty, Evidence, FBI, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Victim

Phoenix, Arizona: The Desert Schools Federal Credit Union is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a bank robber known as the “Mummy Bandit.” A man wrapped in bandages and walking on crutches entered the Desert Schools Federal Credit Union located inside the Wal-Mart at Bethany Home Road and 35th Avenue [...]

Tags: Arizona, FBI Bank Robbery Task Force, Mummy Bandit