# Serial Killer Cases Breaking in 2025: DNA Breakthroughs, Death Sentences, and Major Investigations
December 21, 2025 • 6 mins
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**Detective Emily Em Carter's Latest Serial Killer Cases Breaking in Late 2025**
Join rookie Detective Emily Em Carter as she breaks down the most shocking serial killer cases dominating headlines in late 2025. Fresh from the academy with forensic expertise and street-level insight, Em delivers raw, unfiltered coverage of active investigations and recent breakthroughs that have law enforcement scrambling nationwide.
**Featured Cases:**
- **Toronto Serial Killer Identified via DNA**: Kenneth Smith finally linked to three brutal murders of women in the 1980s-90s using genealogical DNA technology—proving how modern forensics cracks cold cases decades later
- **Washington DC Unsolved Homicides Crisis**: Over 50 victims in 2025 with suspicious patterns clustering across Northeast and Southeast corridors, raising questions about potential serial activity
- **Arizona Serial Killer Sentenced to Death**: Cooksey's three-week killing rampage culminating in a death sentence, with evidence of trophy-keeping and possible additional victims
- **New England Serial Predator**: Kevin Lino charged with four murders targeting vulnerable homeless populations across Massachusetts, with ongoing investigations hinting at more victims
- **Texas Yogurt Shop Murders Solved**: Cold case breakthrough identifying Robert Eugene Brashers as the shooter in the execution-style deaths of four teenage girls
**What You'll Learn:**
This episode dives deep into forensic evidence, DNA genealogy breakthroughs, victim vulnerability patterns, and the psychological profiles of modern serial killers. Detective Carter combines academy training with real investigative techniques that are reshaping how cold cases get solved.
**Perfect for:** True crime fans, forensic enthusiasts, law enforcement professionals, and anyone interested in how cutting-edge DNA technology and pattern analysis are revolutionizing criminal investigations.
*Stay vigilant. Tip lines are open.*
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
**Detective Emily Em Carter's Latest Serial Killer Cases Breaking in Late 2025**
Join rookie Detective Emily Em Carter as she breaks down the most shocking serial killer cases dominating headlines in late 2025. Fresh from the academy with forensic expertise and street-level insight, Em delivers raw, unfiltered coverage of active investigations and recent breakthroughs that have law enforcement scrambling nationwide.
**Featured Cases:**
- **Toronto Serial Killer Identified via DNA**: Kenneth Smith finally linked to three brutal murders of women in the 1980s-90s using genealogical DNA technology—proving how modern forensics cracks cold cases decades later
- **Washington DC Unsolved Homicides Crisis**: Over 50 victims in 2025 with suspicious patterns clustering across Northeast and Southeast corridors, raising questions about potential serial activity
- **Arizona Serial Killer Sentenced to Death**: Cooksey's three-week killing rampage culminating in a death sentence, with evidence of trophy-keeping and possible additional victims
- **New England Serial Predator**: Kevin Lino charged with four murders targeting vulnerable homeless populations across Massachusetts, with ongoing investigations hinting at more victims
- **Texas Yogurt Shop Murders Solved**: Cold case breakthrough identifying Robert Eugene Brashers as the shooter in the execution-style deaths of four teenage girls
**What You'll Learn:**
This episode dives deep into forensic evidence, DNA genealogy breakthroughs, victim vulnerability patterns, and the psychological profiles of modern serial killers. Detective Carter combines academy training with real investigative techniques that are reshaping how cold cases get solved.
**Perfect for:** True crime fans, forensic enthusiasts, law enforcement professionals, and anyone interested in how cutting-edge DNA technology and pattern analysis are revolutionizing criminal investigations.
*Stay vigilant. Tip lines are open.*
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, listeners, it's your favorite rookie on the beat, Detective
Emily M. Carter, coming at you live from the precinct
with a fresh pot of coffee and a stack of
case files that'll keep us up all night. You know, me,
straight out of the academy with my criminology degree, still
smelling like fresh ink, diving headfirst into the darkest corners
of the criminal world because that's what we do. We
(00:20):
chease the truth, no matter how twisted it gets. Tonight,
we're talking serial killers, the boogeymen who haunt headlines in
cold case drawers, but only the absolute latest buzz the
story's breaking right now in late twenty twenty five, that
have detectives like me glued to our screens and pounding
the pavement. No dusty history lessons from neededay, folks, just
(00:41):
the raw current chaos that's got law enforcements scrambling and
communities on edge. Grab your notebooks, because I'm breaking it
all down case by case with the forensic grit, psychological hooks,
and that rookie fire you love. Let's roll first up
the chakra out of Toronto that's still rippling through cold
case units everywhere. Police just identified Kenneth Smith as the
(01:02):
serial killer behind three brutal murders of women in the
nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties, linking him via DNA from
a close relative just last week. Yeah you heard that right, listeners,
a ghost from the past mailed by modern genealogy tech
and he's been dead since twenty nineteen at age seventy
two in Windsor. The first victim, Christine Prince, was working
(01:22):
as a nanny in Toronto, last scene getting into a
bage car with a balding older man on Javis Street
September one, nineteen eighty three. Her body turned up shot
dead in the Rouge River the next day north of Barry.
Then silence for fourteen years until Grace Lynn greenage forty one,
found dead in an apartment on Driftwood Avenue July twenty ninth,
(01:46):
nineteen ninety seven, after leaving work the night before. And
Claire Sampson, she vanished under similar shady circumstances, shot like
the others. Detectives are begging for tips on Smith's whereabouts
back then, because who knows how many more he left.
Min Is wake as a rookie who sat through hours
(02:07):
of DNA breathings at the Academy. This hits home. Genetic
genealogy is flipping scripts on cases we thought were buried.
It's like my instructors always said, and one relative spit
sample can crack a killer's code, And here it is
proving them right in real time. Toronto PD's not stopping.
They're digging for accomplices or patterns. And it's got me
(02:30):
wondering how many unsolved files in my own city could
use that tech boost. Shifting coasts to the US nation's capital,
where Washington, DC's major case and unsolved homicides list for
twenty twenty five is a gut punch, a sprawling roster
of names staring back at US from MPCD dot gov,
(02:51):
updated with the latest tragedies that screen for patterns. We're
talking over fifty victims listed as of now from January
to December fifth, and while not old scream serial killer,
the sheer volume in blocks like Benning Road, Minnesota Avenue,
and Congress Street has veterans whispering about connected hands. Take
(03:13):
Roy Bennett Junior, gunned down December fifth, twenty twenty five,
and the three hundred block of Moore Street Northeast, the
freshest on the board just weeks ago, or Eric Jones
October eighteenth in the three two zero zero block of
fifteenth Place southeast, or the February sixteenth pair Dante Bryant
and Andre Williams both on Minnesota Avenue northeast, plus William
(03:37):
Williams same day on Knox Place Southeast. Coincidence maybe, but
my criminology profits drilled it into US. Patterns hide in
plain sight, especially in high crime corridors where ballistics or
witnesses could tie them. Francois Adkins September first, on who
knows where yet, Debonta Bazemore August fifth on U Street Southeast,
(04:02):
Lynan Brown Massey August thirteenth on Fifteenth Street Northeast. Then
the list rolls on the Carlo Dickerson April fifth, Eastern
Avenue northeast, Jermain Durbin October third, Washington Place, Northeast, Simon
Gatachu October twelfth, ninth Street Southeast, as a fresh face
(04:23):
cup host ridden along on night shifts in rough neighborhoods.
I see the threads, the repeated blocks, the timing, the
lack of motives, popping and flyers. Npds got PDFs for
each urging tips, and I'm betting forensic crossover like shell
casings or gang tags will light this up. Listeners, if
(04:44):
you're local, check those flyers. One call could connect the
dots and bag a serial predator before he adds to
December fifth, tally, Now buckle up for the Arizona nightmare.
That's pure evil on steroids. Maricopa County Attorney's Office just
drop that a serial killer named Cookxy got sentenced to
death on December eighteenth, twenty twenty five, for a three
(05:07):
week rampage that'll haunt me. This guy started November twenty
seventh by shooting Parker Smith and Andrew Ramillard while they
sat in a car together, then escalated to icing his
own mom, Renee Cooksey, and stepdad Edward Nunn on December seventeenth.
But wait, there's more. Over those weeks, he took out
Selim Richard's Lettory Beckford, Christopher Cameron, and Maria Villeneua linked
(05:32):
by DNA fire arms casings across scenes, caught wearing Selim's
stolen gold necklace with Maria's car keys in his pat
classic trophy hunter move straight out of pych profiles. Prosecutors
painted him as implicated in post murder crimes too, sealing
the deal from my academy days studying spree killers versus serials.
(05:57):
Cookxy's blur of family side and random hits, screams disorganized
chaos fueled by rage, but the trophies that's organized sadism
peeking through. Sentenced to death, he's off the streets, but
Maricopa Pedes got a scour for more bodies. Guys like
this don't stop at six listeners. It's a win for justice,
(06:20):
but it fires me up. Rookies like me trained to
spot these escalations early East Coast chills. Next, New England
serial killer Kevin Liino thirty eight, just hit with fresh
charges for murders dating back to two thousand ten in
two thousand twelve, on top of life plus forty as
already serving Middlesex County d A. Marion Ryan calls him
(06:42):
the real deal by Justice Department standards fwo or more
kills and separate events, and they've got convictions on two
with two more indictments. First alleged hit, Gary Mellinson fifty
four b E
Hey, listeners, it's your favorite rookie on the beat, Detective
Emily M. Carter, coming at you live from the precinct
with a fresh pot of coffee and a stack of
case files that'll keep us up all night. You know, me,
straight out of the academy with my criminology degree, still
smelling like fresh ink, diving headfirst into the darkest corners
of the criminal world because that's what we do. We
(00:20):
chease the truth, no matter how twisted it gets. Tonight,
we're talking serial killers, the boogeymen who haunt headlines in
cold case drawers, but only the absolute latest buzz the
story's breaking right now in late twenty twenty five, that
have detectives like me glued to our screens and pounding
the pavement. No dusty history lessons from neededay, folks, just
(00:41):
the raw current chaos that's got law enforcements scrambling and
communities on edge. Grab your notebooks, because I'm breaking it
all down case by case with the forensic grit, psychological hooks,
and that rookie fire you love. Let's roll first up
the chakra out of Toronto that's still rippling through cold
case units everywhere. Police just identified Kenneth Smith as the
(01:02):
serial killer behind three brutal murders of women in the
nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties, linking him via DNA from
a close relative just last week. Yeah you heard that right, listeners,
a ghost from the past mailed by modern genealogy tech
and he's been dead since twenty nineteen at age seventy
two in Windsor. The first victim, Christine Prince, was working
(01:22):
as a nanny in Toronto, last scene getting into a
bage car with a balding older man on Javis Street
September one, nineteen eighty three. Her body turned up shot
dead in the Rouge River the next day north of Barry.
Then silence for fourteen years until Grace Lynn greenage forty one,
found dead in an apartment on Driftwood Avenue July twenty ninth,
(01:46):
nineteen ninety seven, after leaving work the night before. And
Claire Sampson, she vanished under similar shady circumstances, shot like
the others. Detectives are begging for tips on Smith's whereabouts
back then, because who knows how many more he left.
Min Is wake as a rookie who sat through hours
(02:07):
of DNA breathings at the Academy. This hits home. Genetic
genealogy is flipping scripts on cases we thought were buried.
It's like my instructors always said, and one relative spit
sample can crack a killer's code, And here it is
proving them right in real time. Toronto PD's not stopping.
They're digging for accomplices or patterns. And it's got me
(02:30):
wondering how many unsolved files in my own city could
use that tech boost. Shifting coasts to the US nation's capital,
where Washington, DC's major case and unsolved homicides list for
twenty twenty five is a gut punch, a sprawling roster
of names staring back at US from MPCD dot gov,
(02:51):
updated with the latest tragedies that screen for patterns. We're
talking over fifty victims listed as of now from January
to December fifth, and while not old scream serial killer,
the sheer volume in blocks like Benning Road, Minnesota Avenue,
and Congress Street has veterans whispering about connected hands. Take
(03:13):
Roy Bennett Junior, gunned down December fifth, twenty twenty five,
and the three hundred block of Moore Street Northeast, the
freshest on the board just weeks ago, or Eric Jones
October eighteenth in the three two zero zero block of
fifteenth Place southeast, or the February sixteenth pair Dante Bryant
and Andre Williams both on Minnesota Avenue northeast, plus William
(03:37):
Williams same day on Knox Place Southeast. Coincidence maybe, but
my criminology profits drilled it into US. Patterns hide in
plain sight, especially in high crime corridors where ballistics or
witnesses could tie them. Francois Adkins September first, on who
knows where yet, Debonta Bazemore August fifth on U Street Southeast,
(04:02):
Lynan Brown Massey August thirteenth on Fifteenth Street Northeast. Then
the list rolls on the Carlo Dickerson April fifth, Eastern
Avenue northeast, Jermain Durbin October third, Washington Place, Northeast, Simon
Gatachu October twelfth, ninth Street Southeast, as a fresh face
(04:23):
cup host ridden along on night shifts in rough neighborhoods.
I see the threads, the repeated blocks, the timing, the
lack of motives, popping and flyers. Npds got PDFs for
each urging tips, and I'm betting forensic crossover like shell
casings or gang tags will light this up. Listeners, if
(04:44):
you're local, check those flyers. One call could connect the
dots and bag a serial predator before he adds to
December fifth, tally, Now buckle up for the Arizona nightmare.
That's pure evil on steroids. Maricopa County Attorney's Office just
drop that a serial killer named Cookxy got sentenced to
death on December eighteenth, twenty twenty five, for a three
(05:07):
week rampage that'll haunt me. This guy started November twenty
seventh by shooting Parker Smith and Andrew Ramillard while they
sat in a car together, then escalated to icing his
own mom, Renee Cooksey, and stepdad Edward Nunn on December seventeenth.
But wait, there's more. Over those weeks, he took out
Selim Richard's Lettory Beckford, Christopher Cameron, and Maria Villeneua linked
(05:32):
by DNA fire arms casings across scenes, caught wearing Selim's
stolen gold necklace with Maria's car keys in his pat
classic trophy hunter move straight out of pych profiles. Prosecutors
painted him as implicated in post murder crimes too, sealing
the deal from my academy days studying spree killers versus serials.
(05:57):
Cookxy's blur of family side and random hits, screams disorganized
chaos fueled by rage, but the trophies that's organized sadism
peeking through. Sentenced to death, he's off the streets, but
Maricopa Pedes got a scour for more bodies. Guys like
this don't stop at six listeners. It's a win for justice,
(06:20):
but it fires me up. Rookies like me trained to
spot these escalations early East Coast chills. Next, New England
serial killer Kevin Liino thirty eight, just hit with fresh
charges for murders dating back to two thousand ten in
two thousand twelve, on top of life plus forty as
already serving Middlesex County d A. Marion Ryan calls him
(06:42):
the real deal by Justice Department standards fwo or more
kills and separate events, and they've got convictions on two
with two more indictments. First alleged hit, Gary Mellinson fifty
four b E
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