Mollie Westbrook

In 1994, 6-year-old Rikki Neave was strangled by 13-year-old James Watson in Peterborough, England. His mother was wrongly accused. DNA evidence eventually solved the case in 2022, nearly 30 years later.

Illinois serial killer Bruce Lindahl accidentally severed his own femoral artery while stabbing a victim in 1981, dying on the spot. Decades later, DNA forensics posthumously linked him to over 12 murders.

In 1999, 27-year-old Michelle Despinasse was shot dead in her Nanuet, NY home. Her answering machine captured her final moments, her voice pleading "Ken, stop," and became key evidence that convicted her ex-boyfriend.

In December 2019, 30-year-old Nadine Lott was brutally beaten by her ex-partner Daniel Murtagh in her Arklow, Ireland apartment. A neighbor witnessed him attacking her like a wild animal, growling with rage. She died days later.

In January 1999, 28-year-old Meekiah Wadley was bound and smothered in her Richmond, CA home, leaving her infant daughter behind. The cold case was finally solved 22 years later through familial DNA technology.

In 2016, 27-year-old Jessie Bardwell was murdered by her boyfriend Jason Lowe in Texas. He stored her body in his car for days while sexting other women. He was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison.