Investigators determined that DeLuca was shot in an apparent robbery but could locate no witnesses to the crime. The bullet recovered from that clerk was matched ballistically to the bullet removed from Carmen DeLuca. The victim of the Orange robbery also described the suspect as being the passenger in a silver four-dour Cadillac Brougham. Anyone with information about the homicide of Carmen J.
DeLuca should follow this link to e-mail the Cold Case Unit or contact:. Luis Gonzalez was shotoutside of the Vega Alta grocery storeowned by his parents at State Street in Bridgeport on February 10, The year-old Bassick High School student and star athlete had been summoned outside to speak to an unidentified person wearing a black ski mask.
Luis was shot multiple times. He was taken to Park City Hospital in Bridgeport where he died. If you have information about this homicide, please call the Bridgeport Police at , or follow this link to e-mail the Cold Case Unit.
The year-old mother of two had suffered multiple blunt and sharp-force injuries. Hamburg was scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court that day for a status conference stemming from her divorce, but she never made it to the courthouse. At a. When police and emergency medical personnel arrived Ms. Hamburg was already deceased.
Pamela Jane Jerome was strangled. Her body was found on January 13, , in a wooded area on property owned by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company on Valley Road in Redding. Jerome was known to have engaged in prostitution in the Bridgeport area. It is believed that she was sexually assaulted before she was strangled. A passerby on Grenhart Road observed Rhonda slumped over the steering wheel of her car and notified emergency services shortly before 8 p.
Rhonda, a part-time college student, was a graduate of Westhill High School in Stamford. Anyone with information about these homicides should contact the Stamford Police Department or call the Cold Case tip line toll-free at You can also write to the Cold Case Unit, P.
A masked gunman entered the store and fired multiple rounds at Joseph. There was no attempt at robbery. The assailant was captured by recorded video surveillance of the market. Anyone with information about the homicide of Hakeem Joseph should contact the Bridgeport Police Department at This investigation is now being handled by the Division of Criminal Justice Cold Case Unit, which continues to pursue investigative leads.
The Jovin Investigative Team also continues to devote a significant amount of personal time, as unpaid consultants, to solving this case. Any information about this case should be directed to the Cold Case Unit at or by email at jovin. Mail to the Cold Case Unit, P. Box , Rocky Hill, CT On July 28, , at approximately a.
Joseph Mackanesi , age 32, flagged down a police patrol car near the intersection of Soundview and Barnum Avenues in Stratford. Mackanesi reported that he had been shot by two black males who attempted to rob him.
He was transported to the hospital where he later expired. Mackanesi was employed in the Stratford area as a truck driver and food salesman. Miller was last seen at her residence in the company of her boyfriend on September 22, She is presumed dead but her body has not been recovered.
Follow this link to e-mail the Cold Case Unit with information or a tip about the case of Julieanne Miller. All communications will be kept confidential. Tremaine "Twin" Newton was found dead in his car near the commuter parking lot located off Exit 42 of Interstate 95 in West Haven on June 12, The year-old victim was in the front seat of the Chrysler Concorde, which had been pushed down an embankment from the parking lot into an area of thick brush.
He had been shot several times in the back of the head. Anyone with information about the homicide of Tremaine Newton should contact the Connecticut State Police at Troop G in Bridgeport at or On March 21, , the bodies of Champaben Patel and her daughter Anita were found in their family home in Windsor. Champaben Patel had been strangled and her body burned. Anita had been stabbed and her body burned.
Investigators believe Champaben Patel was killed first, in the bedroom of her home. They further suspect that Anita Patel and her two children arrived at the house while the attack was occurring, and that Anita told the children, then ages 3 and 5, to leave the house.
The children ran from the house and were found by a woman walking to her mailbox, who called the police. Anita Patel was stabbed in the kitchen. Gasoline was poured around her body and set afire.
Although she had been stabbed a total of 14 times, an autopsy determined that she died of smoke inhalation. Connecticut investigators are consulting with the Vidocq Society, a group of forensic experts who contribute their time and expertise in unsolved cases.
Follow this link to e-mail the Cold Case Unit with information or a tip about the case of Champaben Patel and Anita Patel or call the tip line at or toll-free at As they circled the housing project two males crossed the street in front of their vehicle.
Gary Potak was driving and stopped to let these two individuals cross. One of these males walked over to driver's side of the car and asked Gary Potak what he was looking at. The passenger Gombrewicz exited the vehicle and heard gun shots and ran off. The passenger later learned that Potak had been shot and killed. Follow this link to e-mail the Cold Case Unit with information or a tip about the homicide of Sandra Ramos-Cuadrado or call the Cold Case tip line at or toll-free at Just days before Christmas on December 21, , Waterford resident Kyle Seidel , a year-old husband and father of three small children, was shot and subsequently died of his wound.
While the circumstances that led up to the shooting are as yet unknown, residents are being asked to recall events they may have witnessed around 8 p. Kyle was on his way to the Lucky Inn Chinese restaurantto pick up dinner for his family when he was shot in the bowling alley parking lot.
During the same period last year we had 1, case submissions; this is a 44 percent reduction. Witnesses come forward. Evidence is finally returned from the state lab. A gun used in one homicide turns up in another investigation Or, most frequently, someone who saw the crime or was involved in it gets arrested on a separate charge and decides to talk.
Robert Sherback. Many of the investigations Teixeira and Sherback conduct are on homicides that are not that old, sometimes they may have even happened within a year.
When Teixeira pulls a case from a sergeant's drawer, he reinvestigates the case as if he's looking at it for the first time, he said. He reads all the statements and reports, he re-interviews witnesses and he follows leads that for whatever reason were never developed. Sometimes it goes somewhere, sometimes it doesn't. DNA testing and other forensics can also help lead to an arrest. Facing a prison sentence, the person arrested often chooses to talk about what they know.
At times, police push the envelope by rounding up a group of people and pressing them for information. Earlier this month, weeks after Kaqwan Glenn was shot to death in the Trumbull Gardens housing complex in the North End, federal and local authorities swept through the area and made eight arrests, hoping to find out information about the shooting. Pollini, the John Jay professor, said federal prosecutors can turn the case into a conspiracy and instead of a one- or two-year prison sentence a gang member would be willing to take, they instead face 20 years or more behind bars.
Attorney to make a deal as quick as possible," Pollini said. The strategy does work. Earlier this month, detectives solved the homicide of Jermaine Reese in the East End, arresting year-old city resident Travis Satawhite after a witness came forward. In , the city's cold case unit cracked one of its most well known homicides when Emanuel Lovell Webb, the "East End Killer," was charged with killing four women in the early s.
The crack in the case came when in , 10 years after the women were killed, when a DNA hit came back from the state lab, directing Teixeira and Sherback toward Webb, who was in prison in Georgia. His DNA was in the federal system because of his Georgia arrest for vehicle theft and involuntary manslaughter. When the detectives connected Webb to two crimes, they re-examined all cases involving women killed in the city during the time Webb lived here.
Two more cases were uncovered. Webb was convicted of the four killings. You never give up on a case. Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Print Subscriptions. Deseret News homepage. Filed under: U. Hundreds of homicides unsolved in Bridgeport. Reddit Pocket Email Linkedin. Padilla was the last mourner to leave the burial site following services for the victim of an unsolved shooting that happened on Jan. Bridgeport's closure rate of 53 percent for homicide cases since is on par with or better than the state's other major cities.
But that doesn't make the wait for justice any easier for the family and friends of victims. She calls the detective bureau frequently, but often there is no new information to be had.
The 47 homicides that have occurred since have a lot in common. But last year there was a glimmer of hope in solving the case. But in Bridgeport, many are afraid to talk to the police, fearing the label of a snitch.
The lab also works closely with police departments and prosecutors on cold cases. Some cases can languish for years, police said, but there will always be some hope. Next Up In U. Sign up for the newsletter Morning Edition Start your day with the top stories you missed while you were sleeping.
Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email address required. First Name. Last Name. It is also the most commonly committed type of property crime in Bridgeport. There were 1, larcenies reported in Bridgeport in , or for every , people.
Nationwide, the larceny rate is 1, per , There were break-ins reported in Bridgeport in , or for every , residents. For reference, there were reported burglaries for every , people nationwide in Across the United States, the annual motor vehicle theft rate is for every , people. In Bridgeport, meanwhile, there were motor vehicle thefts in , or for every , people. Violent crime accounts for a relatively small share of crimes nationwide.
At incidents for every , people, the violent crime rate in Bridgeport is well above the national violent crime rate of offenses per , people. Law enforcement in Bridgeport reported a total of violent crimes in Aggravated assault is by far the most common type of violent crime reported in the U.
In Bridgeport, however, robbery is the most commonly reported type of violent crime. There were aggravated assaults reported in Bridgeport in , or for every , people. Nationwide, the rate is similar, standing at aggravated assaults per , people. Robbery is the second most common type of violent crime in America.
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