DNA ties dead Long Island man to 1990s murder and rape cases

DNA testing helped Long Island authorities solve the 1997 murder and 1996 rape of two psych hospital patients. Suspect Steven ...

Tracey Edwards leaves post as longtime regional director of NAACP to take key position with state organization

Tracey Edwards, the NAACP's Long Island regional director, is resigning from the post this week to take on a statewide role ...

Wendy's to close hundreds of US stores in bid to halt falling profit

Wendy's plans to close hundreds U.S. restaurants over the next few months to boost its profit and make its remaining stores ...
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Advanced DNA led to solving of nearly 30-year-old cold case, Suffolk County prosecutors say

A West Islip man is now accused in the 1997 rape and murder of a grandmother, and the rape of another elderly victim two ...

Major break in Long Island cold case murder, rape of elderly psych patients — but there’s bad news for families seeking justice: DA

Newly available DNA technology has linked career sexual predator Steven Briecke to two cold-case crimes that has remain ...

1997 rape, murder on Long Island cracked with new DNA technique, authorities say

The rape and murder of a beloved Northport grandmother has finally been solved after 30 years. Ann Lustig's family has been praying for answers since her 1997 murder.

Breakthrough made in cold case murder of woman in Suffolk County nearly 30 years later

The family of the 69-year-old victim, Ann Lustig, who was sexually assaulted and killed, was on hand for the announcement on ...