Cold Cases

Her body was found in a grassy patch just off U.S. 6 near Seneca in Grundy County in 1976. Unable to identify her, authorities gave her the name Jane Seneca Doe. More than 40 years later, little has changed. The…

Just three days after his 35th birthday, Paris Thompson was gunned down inside his Urbana apartment. Police have a sketch of a suspect - and an idea why Thompson was murdered - but remained stumped 11 years later. Meanwhile, his…

Just three days after his 35th birthday, Paris Thompson was gunned down inside his Urbana apartment. Police have a sketch of a suspect - and an idea why Thompson was murdered - but remained stumped 11 years later. Meanwhile, his mother grieves. 'I just want justice, that’s all,' Veronica Williams tells Carol Vorel in the eighth episode of her Cold Cases podcast series. 'I pray for the person who done this.'

This entry consists of snippets of several reports in Carol Vorel's cold case series, a group of special reports that focus on unsolved crimes in East Central Illinois. Each report includes comments from the detective on the case, family of…

Months apart in 2016, the same Urbana bank was knocked off by the same armed suspect. More than two years later, police are searching for clues to catch the culprit. In her seventh episode of her podcast series Cold Cases,…

Months apart in 2016, the same Urbana bank was knocked off by the same armed suspect. More than two years later, police are searching for clues to catch the culprit. In her seventh episode of her podcast series Cold Cases, N-G Media's Carol Vorel chats up the lead detective, a bank official and even a teller who was on duty during one of the incidents.

It's been 17 years since Linda Smith was murdered in her Champaign home, yet family and police haven't given up on finding her killer. And when that happens? 'I'll be there to make sure you sit in prison for a…

Brian Barnhart talks with Carol Vorel to preview this Sunday's Cold Case in The New-Gazette.