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Louisville police, crime lab admit mistakes were made in handling evidence in murder case
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Louisville police, crime lab admit mistakes were made in handling evidence in murder case

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Mar 27, 2025

Louisville Judge Sarah Clay called the issues 'baffling' and 'shocking' and pressed for changes in LMPD's process of dealing with a private lab in getting evidence tested

Crime lab determined hair found in Houck family vehicle 'similar' to Crystal Rogers' hair
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Crime lab determined hair found in Houck family vehicle 'similar' to Crystal Rogers' hair

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Mar 27, 2025

The hair was sent for DNA testing but the results were never made public. No one was arrested until 2023. 

2 hairs found on Crystal Rogers' vehicle will be tested for DNA nearly a decade after being found
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2 hairs found on Crystal Rogers' vehicle will be tested for DNA nearly a decade after being found

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Mar 27, 2025

Finally, about a decade after Rogers disappeared, a judge has ordered that the hairs be tested by a private laboratory, according to a two-page order Wednesday from Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III.

Louisville police pay millions to use Florida DNA lab due to years-long backlog in Kentucky
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Louisville police pay millions to use Florida DNA lab due to years-long backlog in Kentucky

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Feb 20, 2025

While results are coming much quicker, court officials say the lab is violating the constitutional rights of defendants

'Absolute hope' | Investigators focusing on sexual assault cold cases from years' past
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'Absolute hope' | Investigators focusing on sexual assault cold cases from years' past

  • Darby Beane
  • Updated Jan 6, 2025

For sexual assault cold cases from the Louisville area, KSP and LMPD are working together to try and find answers, even if decades have passed. 

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WWII soldier to be laid to rest in Kentucky nearly 80 years after being killed in action
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WWII soldier to be laid to rest in Kentucky nearly 80 years after being killed in action

  • Grace Hayba Katrina Nickell
  • Updated Nov 10, 2023

Private First Class Charles W. Wells will be buried at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff, 79 years after he was killed in action.

Family of Kentucky man who wrongfully spent 28 years in prison receives $28 million settlement
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Family of Kentucky man who wrongfully spent 28 years in prison receives $28 million settlement

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jun 7, 2023

William Virgil insisted he was innocent for decades of the 1987 murder of a Veterans Administration nurse in Newport.

POLICE: Former Ky. lawmaker John Tilley helped 'unstable' woman to hotel room before alleged rape
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POLICE: Former Ky. lawmaker John Tilley helped 'unstable' woman to hotel room before alleged rape

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jan 20, 2023

The unidentified woman says she woke up the next morning unclothed in a hotel room “with no memory of how she arrived there,” a police affidavit states. 

Judge says 2016 murder case of former U of L cheerleader 'very unfortunately' taking long time to resolve
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Judge says 2016 murder case of former U of L cheerleader 'very unfortunately' taking long time to resolve

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jan 12, 2023

Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Ann Bailey Smith said she wanted to clarify "for anyone interested why this case has unfortunately been continued this long in this court."

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DNA identifies woman's remains after more than 30 years without answers
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DNA identifies woman's remains after more than 30 years without answers

  • Darby Beane
  • Updated Dec 30, 2022

Using advanced DNA testing, investigators now know the identity of a woman's remains that were unidentified for decades. 

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