Army Service, Then a Killing: Gilgo Beach Cold Case Leads to Arrest of Former Soldier
They met while serving in the U.S. Army, a shared military background that prosecutors now say sits at the center of a decades-old homicide tied to the Gilgo Beach investigation. Nassau County prosecutors in New York say Andrew Dykes, a former U.S. Army operating room technician, murdered fellow service member Tanya Denise Jackson in 1997, […]
Massachusetts Cold Case: Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing Ex-Army Soldier, Mother of 2
A Mattapan, Massachusetts, man has been arrested for allegedly killing a mother of two more than 30 years ago, according to officials who said her “jealous and violent partner” set up a murder-for-hire plot. Michelle Miller, a former U.S. Army soldier, was 29 years old when she was last seen alive in Cambridge’s Central Square […]
Murdered or Missing: The Army Stands Up a Cold Case Unit to Tackle Unsolved Crimes
The Army labeled Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales a deserter when he went missing in 2020. His remains were found a year later, buried in a grassy field near a grocery store outside of Fort Hood, Texas. When Pvt. Amanda Gonzales was 19 years old, pregnant and serving in Germany as an Army cook in 2001, she […]