All articles tagged with #cold case murder
Two men are standing trial in Brooklyn for the cold case murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, who was killed in his Queens studio over twenty years ago. Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan face murder and narcotics trafficking charges, with prosecutors alleging that they killed Mizell in revenge for being cut out of a cocaine deal. The trial is expected to last about a month, and both men have pleaded not guilty.
The Orionid Meteor Shower is set to peak this weekend as Earth passes through Halley's Comet dust, while actor Matthew McConaughey has been granted a five-year restraining order against a woman claiming to be his "common law wife." Other news includes a recall of pot products in Arizona, an inmate charged in a decades-old cold case murder, and a University of Utah gymnast retiring amid allegations of verbal and emotional abuse from her coach.
Chadwick Mobley, a cold-case murder suspect from Michigan, was arrested in Montana after escaping custody for over 30 hours. Mobley had slipped out of his restraints while being transported to his arraignment. Residents in the area spotted him and alerted the police. Mobley was initially arrested in Montana after DNA evidence linked him to a 2011 murder in Michigan. The victim's boyfriend, who was previously convicted of the crime, had his conviction overturned in 2018 and is awaiting a new trial. Authorities found a firearm in Mobley's possession that matches the bullet found in the victim's skull.