A 1974 murder cold case may finally be solved as officials claim to have identified the “Lady of the Dunes,” putting them one step closer to solving the state’s oldest murder case. Authorities in Massachusetts, federal and state authorities have worked to use investigative genealogy, which combines modern DNA analysisContinue Reading

Detectives from the Lakeland Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit have made an arrest in a 38-year-old cold case involving the murder of Linda Patterson Slaten. Joseph Clinton Mills, age 58, was recently arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail, charged with First Degree Murder, Sexual Battery, and Burglary withContinue Reading