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Cold Case Spotlight – Stephen Spina

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Stephen Spina, 36, planned to spend his Monday off having lunch with his girlfriend and taking his 12-year-old daughter to a Yankees game. Neither ever happened. On September 17, 2007, Stephen  was stabbed to death in his Mamaroneck, NY apartment. With no signs of forced entry and nothing stolen from the home, it is very likely that Stephen knew his killer. He was last seen by a neighbor at 9:30am and was found deceased by his girlfriend around 12:30pm. Detectives received a number of leads, including information about Stephen’s tires being slashed not long before his murder. Also investigated were tips regarding prior relationships of Stephen’s and his girlfriend. Even with many leads in the case, detectives have been unable to name a suspect or rule anyone out.

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Cold Case Spotlight – Karen Marchioni

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Two days after Karen Marchioni’s 41st birthday she was found murdered in her own home. At 11:09am on Monday, October 8, 2001, Karen placed a 911 call to say she had been attacked in her Nelson Street apartment in Framingham, Massachusetts. When police and paramedics arrived they found Karen unresponsive and lying in a pool of blood. Two hours later, after being airlifted to the hospital, she succumbed to the dozens of stab wounds on her face and neck.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Derryck Harris

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Around 2:15pm on January 19, 2014, 19-year-old Derryck Harris and his childhood friend, 19-year-old Lamar Broussard, got into Broussard’s car to drive up to the store. Within minutes of leaving they were ambushed by unknown suspect(s). Derryck and Lamar were both killed in the hail of gunfire that erupted at the intersection of 100th and Longfellow Avenues in Oakland, California. Just three weeks earlier Lamar’s 13-year-old brother had been shot and killed a few blocks away.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Scharod Fleming

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On January 17, 2004, 15-year-old Scharod Fleming attended a teen dance party at the YMCA in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Around 10:30pm police arrived after 2 fights had broken out and spilled into the street. The officers left a short time later thinking that the situation had been defused. At 11:50pm, as the teens gathered in front of the property an unknown gunman opened fire. Multiple teens were shot, wounded or hurt. Scharod Fleming died of his gunshot injuries a short time later on January 18, 2004.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Crandall “Jack” Reed

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Crandall “Jack” Reed, 51, had pulled his Yellow Cab taxi into the parking lot of the Boy Scouts of America building on Edgewood Ave in Jacksonville, FL around 3:30am on Friday November 16, 2007. As he sat in his cab an unknown car pulled in front of him attempting to block in Reed. Knowing something wasn’t right, Reed drove his cab around the building. As he attempted to escape, someone jumped from the unknown car and began shooting. Reed was able to drive to a convenience store a few blocks away before collapsing on the steering wheel and being discovered by police responding to a “shots fired” call in the area. Reed, who proudly served 20 years with the US Navy before retiring and was a veteran of Desert Storm, died from gunshot wounds a short time later at a local hospital .
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Cold Case Spotlight – Kristen Wilson

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On November 27, 1996, the day before Thanksgiving, 29-year-old Kristen Wilson returned to her apartment in southwest Houston with last minute groceries for the family holiday dinner planned at her grandmother’s house the next day. After putting away the groceries she went to change close in her bedroom and was attacked by an unknown intruder.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Diane Schofield

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Diane Schofield, 21, was found on July 10, 1975 in the trunk of her car in a parking lot near the Des Moines airport. Her wrists and ankles were bound and she had been strangled with a strip of knotted cloth. Investigators do not believe robbery was the motive, as Diane was found with a $200 watch and jewelry still on her body. There have been many theories over the years and some confusion about when and where Diane’s murder took place. Detectives have admitted that they have a suspect but without the help of individuals willing to come forward there is not enough evidence to prosecute Diane’s killer.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Arnold Hayes

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In 1972 Arnold Hayes was running for Sheriff of Maries County in Vienna, Missouri. In July of that year, while sitting outside his home, Arnold Hayes was ambushed, shot and killed. Two men where arrested in connection to Arnold’s murder but were later released “pending further investigation”. Despite the evidence investigators did have, no one was ever charged.
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Cold Case Spotlight – Robert Placencia

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On August 7, 2006, around 10:23pm, Robert Placencia, 17, was gunned down while walking home from his father’s house, in the Meadowvie​w area of Sacramento, California. Robert’s murder was the first of three in that area over a 30 hour stretch but detectives do not believe Robert’s shooting was connected to the two others. It is thought that Robert’s shooting death may have been a case of mistaken identity. Robert left behind many loved ones, including a young son.
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