The horrendous crime shocked the country and hundreds of suspects were questioned in the homicide investigation, with every home and business in the neighbouring suburbs visited by police officers.Ī few physical clues were left behind at the Canal Rd home, but forensic science was rudimentary in the 1980s and matching DNA to suspect samples was science fiction at the time. Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. 15, 1988 at approximately 8:11am, Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were notified by a fisherman of a body floating in Cane River near Pratt’s Bridge, south of Natchitoches, according to Natchitoches Parish Sheriff Stuart Wright. They literally made the only black character in the game homeless, thieving, grammatically challenged, and an alcoholic. Major Crime to review Baby Deaths cold cases. Cold cases being reviewed by detectives for new leads.
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She's given up hope of justice but still has questions, which a police review of the 40-year-old cold case want to answer.Īuckland detectives are re-investigating the senseless rape and murder of a six-year-old girl on the 40th anniversary of her death.Īlicia O'Reilly was found dead in her own bed on 16 August 1980 with her sister Juliet, 8, sleeping just metres away in the same room of their Avondale home. The jury in the Suzanne Poll cold-case murder trial has been discharged on the second day of hearings. The six-year-old had been raped and murdered, and her killer has never been caught.For her mother Nancye O'Reilly, the death of Alicia feels like yesterday. EXCLUSIVE: Alicia O'Reilly was found dead in her bed on 16 August 1980.