Officers reflect on a city rattled by a series of murders in the ’90s
Fred Shelton was a sergeant with CPD’s patrol division in 1995 when he joined the department’s newly created community policing team tasked with building better relations and communication lines with citizens.
Cold case arrest brings closure to family
At 6:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, Monroe County resident Dannie Fowler woke up to a call from Columbus Police Department investigators.
Vehicles in lake shed light on Okla. cold cases
FOSS, Okla. — An Oklahoma sheriff says the families of six people who have been missing for more than 40 years should be able to
Serial killer Gacy’s blood may solve old murders
Detectives have long wondered what secrets serial killer John Wayne Gacy and other condemned murderers took to the grave when they were executed — mostly whether they had other unknown victims.
TV show probes Columbus senior-citizen killings
Years after a series of senior citizen murders shook Columbus, a new television show is helping create a profile of the killer.
Regional police agencies unite to solve old crimes
Red and white signs still are peppered throughout the city of Columbus, displaying the faces of senior citizens killed in the late ’90s.