Defrosting Cold Cases

Bernard Jackson was sentenced today to 18 consecutive life sentences today for rapes he committed in the Waldo and Armour Hills neighborhoods almost 30 years ago. No trial date has yet been set for Jackson’s unresolved criminal case, in which prosecutors accused him of two more recent sexual assaults in the Waldo area. Read more here.

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From the Pitch: “Bernard Jackson‘s sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 9 a.m.” Jackson could be sentenced to 30 years in prison.  Jackson is also charged with rapes in the same area where five rapes occurred between September 2009 and February 2010. To be continued …  

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The Bernard Jackson trial started today. The trial is expected to last two weeks. “Police arrested Jackson, a suspect in a string of more recent sexual assaults  in the Waldo area, in May 2010 when testing determined that his DNA matched that  of biological evidence in the 1983-84 attacks. He also has been charged for two  [...]

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Bernard Jackson goes on trial coming Monday for the rapes of three Kansas City women nearly three decades ago. Jackson was accused the rapes in the Waldo area that occurred in the 1980s. In February 2011, he was charged with 22 counts related to two of the five “modern” Waldo rape cases, for which he’d been [...]

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We are finally able to see the face of the lady known as Grace Doe. Please take a look and see whether you recognize her. Police believe Grace was killed more than a month before her remains were discovered and that it had probably happened on Halloween night, 1990. A witness reported nearly 20 years [...]

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Bernard Jackson’s trial is scheduled for July 18, 2011. The trial is expected to last two weeks. Jackson is accused of four rapes in the Waldo area that occurred in the 1980s. In February 2011, he was charged with 22 counts related to two of the five “modern” Waldo rape cases, for which he’d been considered [...]

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From the Neosho daily News: The green parachute cord used to hogtie Grace Doe more than 20 years ago was military issue. “Detective Lorie Howard has stated that she believes the bindings are the key to solving the case. Last week, she told the Daily that she has untangled at least some of the mystery with the [...]

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From the desk of Chief Corwin: Kansas City area residents can enjoy a delicious breakfast delivered by a police officer and support Special Olympics Missouri at the same time with Saturday’s Tip-A-Cop event at metro Corner Café restaurants. More than 40 police officers will be at three Corner Café restaurants in Riverside, Kansas City North [...]

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“Jackson County prosecutors today filed 22 charges against Bernard Jackson, a twice-convicted sex offender, in connection with the series of rapes that terrified women in the Waldo area a year ago. Prosecutors used DNA from a lotion bottle and a shirt to link Jackson, 53, to two of the five attacks that happened between September [...]

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A St. Louis County jury convicted Gerald Carnahan of first-degree murder and forcible rape on Thursday afternoon for the death of Jackie Johns 25 years ago in Greene County, MO.  Barring a successful appeal, the 52-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison. The murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of the rest [...]

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