10 20th century deaths that went unpunished
Back in the day it was easier to get away with murder, right? There weren't that many technologies that helped solve crime. Today should be different, but there are still many baffling cold cases.
10 Alma Preinkert
The first female registrar, Alma Preinkert, was killed on February 28th, 1954. She worked at the University of Maryland at the time, and was very loved by the faculty and students. (LINK 1)
On that faithful night, the fifty–eight–year–old came home after a bridge game. She felt something was wrong, but went to bed anyway. Only an hour later she awoke to find a man in her room, who was rummaging through her drawers. She tried to stop him, and he stabbed her to death. (LINK 2) Her sister,
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A few days later, his friend got worried and notified the police about his disappearance. When they got to his residence, the doors were locked and bolted. A policeman had to climb in through a first–floor window to get inside. It was discovered that the room was nailed shut from the inside. The killer must have exited through the skylight. They found Borg's body in a no longer used upstairs bedroom. He was under the bed, wrapped in sheets and blankets. His head was battered. The murder weapon was, supposedly, a chair leg. A fully loaded automatic pistol was in the mattress, and £100 in notes were inside a pillow …show more content…
Didier Seban, the Parrish family lawyer, said that investigators have DNA evidence that could produce new leads, and a name of "a man with a serious criminal record" was given to the police. It is yet to yield results. (LINK 15)
5 Colin Ridgway
On May 13th ,1993 former Dallas Cowboys punter Colin Ridgway was murdered in his home. In 1956 Ridgway was the youngest athlete ever to compete in the Olympics. An unknown assailant waited for him to come home and shot him 7 times.
Only one man, Kenneth Bicking III, was held in custody under murder charges, but he was released on $500.000 bail without a trial. The police suspects that Bicking was hired by Ridgway's wife to commit the crime. There isn't enough evidence to support this assumption. Joan Ridgway even passed the polygraph test. Her daughters from her previous marriage thought she was behind their stepfather's homicide. The case was settled out of court.
Bicking supposedly confessed to his now ex–wife Katherine, who also accused him of raping her and threatening her with a knife until she didn't sign the documents that gave him full custody of their children. (LINK 16) (LINK