Cold Case

Investigators exhume body of unknown man killed in …

Usually, they're putting something in the ground. Tuesday, they were trying to dig something up; the body of a John Doe buried in 1982 so that investigators could obtain a DNA sample.

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Police share more info on cold case death of teen boy

The Boardman Police Department will host a press conference this afternoon to give an update on a 1975 death investigation of a 13-year-old boy.

Woman’s ’01 death on Sharon Line remains unsolved

Ernestine Phillips-Fears was found on a cloudy, cold, windy Sunday in March 2001 at Cantwell and Carson avenues on the East Side.

’01 killing of couple in driveway remains unsolved

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2001 Youngstown fatal shooting remains unsolved

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Sheriff seeking information on body found in 1976

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Air Force asks YPD to reexamine 1975 murder of Airman

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Police ID man found in Mahoning River in 1980

Ralph Coffman was found in the river June 29, 1980.

Cold case: Mom wants justice for son killed in 2012

For years, Sparkle Johnson has lamented if her son only had something to keep him busy, Carlos Crues might still be alive.

Man still thinks of childhood friend who was murdered

Chester Clardy, Jr. was murdered Jan. 30, 1998. His case was never solved.

Family seeks answers in murder of mother in 1996

Now in their 30s, the three are hoping they can find out who was responsible for the death of her mother, Tonya Rust, who was found shot to death Feb. 23, 1996, in a chair in the living room of her Brooklyn Avenue home on the South Side.

Shooting that killed 1, injured 2 remains unsolved

Terril Mitchum, 18, was one of 34 homicide victims in Youngstown that year. His case is unsolved.

Youth worker remembers slain students; cases unsolved

The scene of the murder of Quinton Floyd in 2006 in Youngstown.

Family left with no resolution in woman’s 2014 killing

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