michigan cold case

Crime Stoppers of Flint & Genesee County highlights the unsolved 2021 murder of Michael Douglas Smith on the 2 of Hearts cold case card and offers up to $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest.

Crime Stoppers is using a deck of cards to keep Michigan’s unsolved cases visible and remembered.

The Lansing Police Dept is asking for help in the 1983 murder of 22-year-old Tracy Forquer found stabbed outside a home. A single tip could break the case after 40 + years of silence.

Lansing man Jerome Ezell disappeared leaving his son alone in the car. Found dead a year later in southwest Michigan, his case remains unsolved. FBI offers $10K reward.

A re‑analysis of DNA evidence has triggered charges in the 2003 killing of Jeanette Wilton in Saginaw. The suspect, Jason Cabello, now faces trial—proving justice doesn’t expire in Michigan.

Carl “Coral” Watts—born in Texas but raised in Metro Detroit—is suspected of murdering over 100 women. Only Michigan helped seal his fate in 2004 with a life sentence.

DNA technology brings long-awaited closure to Detroit Jane Doe case, revealing victim's identity as Darylnn Washington, linking her to serial killer Shelly Brooks.

Michigan true crime junkies are wondering why the former 2nd home of the JonBenet Ramsey family is conveniently hidden from view on Google Earth.