Month: April 2026

By Alyssa Roberts

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    Arizona (KTNV) — Investigators are probing for new leads in a Mohave County cold case, with the hope that a new rendering of the victim could help solve a 36-year-old mystery.

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday shared new details in the case, which has been under investigation since Nov. 24, 1989, when human remains were recovered off Interstate 40, approximately 1.5 miles south of mile marker 66.5, near the Hualapai Mountains.

Little is known about the victim, including her name. She’s described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, approximately 115 pounds, and between 25 to 30 years old at the time of her death.

She was found unclothed, but deputies later located a handmade white blouse with a blue/purple flower pattern in an additional search of the scene. Investigators also noted the victim’s finger and toenails were painted red.

Throughout the years since, attempts to identify the victim have been unsuccessful, the sheriff’s office stated.

In 2021, the case was assigned to the Special Investigations Unit, which contacted Texas forensic laboratory Gene by Gene to try to identify her through a DNA match.

Entering the victim’s DNA into GEDmatch and FamilyTreeDNA revealed she was “96% Ashkenazi Jew, which made it extremely difficult to trace her ancestry and locate family members,” sheriff’s officials stated.

In early 2026, detectives partnered with Ramapo College in New Jersey, which houses a “first of its kind” Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center. They hope the new partnership will finally solve the mystery of this Jane Doe’s identity.

“…one of the first things that the college did was partner with a forensic artist to create a rendering of what she may have looked like,” sheriff’s officials stated. “The rendering was created based on photos of her skeletal remains, the shirt found at the scene, and the earrings she was wearing when she was found.”

After 36 years, investigators believe the new rendering may inject new life into a case that has long since gone cold.

Investigators ask anyone with information about this case to contact the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit at 928-753-0753 and reference DR# 89-4531.

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    LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nearly three months after the guilty verdict was first read, Nathan Chasing Horse returned to court to face sentencing on Monday.

Judge Jessica Peterson ordered Chasing Horse to serve 37 years to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after a minimum of 25 years. He will receive credit for 1,184 days served in jail since his arrest.

In January, a Clark County jury deliberated for nearly nine hours before finding Chasing Horse guilty of more than a dozen sex crimes. Several delays in the case had pushed back his sentencing over the past few months.

Throughout the case, Chasing Horse has maintained his innocence. He spoke briefly at the sentencing hearing on Monday, telling the court, “I did not do these things, and this is a miscarriage of justice.”

Six people delivered emotional testimony in court, describing the impact Chasing Horse has had on their lives. Judge Peterson addressed them directly before she passed her sentence.

“The message I am going to send today, I hope will bring you peace, I hope will bring you some healing, and I hope will allow you to move forward,” she said. “I hope that you all, when you leave here, can take back your life. You can take back your power. You can take back your shame. Because none of you should feel ashamed for anything that was done to you.”

The “Dances with Wolves” actor was arrested in early 2023 on charges of sex trafficking, sexual assault of a child, and child abuse.

Police described Chasing Horse as the leader of a cult known as “The Circle” whose followers believed he could commune with spirits. He built a reputation for himself among Native tribes across the U.S. and Canada as a “Medicine Man” who could perform healing ceremonies.

Police say he abused that position to physically and sexually assault Indigenous girls over the span of approximately two decades.

The crimes, police said, span multiple states, including South Dakota, Montana and Nevada, where he has lived for about a decade.

During the trial, jurors heard from nearly 20 prosecution witnesses, including women Chasing Horse is accused of abusing.

“For almost 20 years, this man spun a web of abuse — and these victims were caught in it,” a prosecutor said.

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By Adam Sexton

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    CONCORD, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A committee at the State House is considering whether to discipline or expel a state representative from Weare over a social media post targeting a fellow lawmaker and invoking a Nazi term for the systemic extermination of Jewish people.

Some who spoke at the hearing Monday said it doesn’t matter if state Rep. Travis Corcoran, R-Weare, was joking. They believe he should face consequences.

“Mr. Corcoran’s words are an affront not only to Jewish people, but to all people who are committed to the free exchange of ideas without threat of violence or murder,” said Rabbi Daniel Aronson, of Keene.

Jewish religious and community leaders went to Concord on Monday to call for Corcoran to face consequences for his recent social media post. Corcoran was responding to an invitation from state Rep. Jessica Grill, D-Manchester, to join the “karaoke caucus” when he posed on X: “We need a final solution for theater kids in politics.”

Grill is Jewish.

“I did not know Representative Grill was Jewish when I made the comment,” Corcoran said. “There are nearly 400 members of this House. I do not keep track of my colleagues’ religious backgrounds. The claim that this targeted her because of her background is false.”

Corcoran blasted the hearing as a “full-blown piece of political theater.”

“A joke is now being treated as though it were an act of malice, and sarcasm is being recast as hate speech,” he said. “This is absurd.”

After speaking, Corcoran stood up, left the hearing room, and did not return.

Grill also testified, calling for the committee to recommend that Corcoran be expelled.

“As a Jewish lawmaker, the use of this phase ‘final solution’ is especially disturbing,” she said. “It is not vague or thoughtless. It is not a poorly worded joke. It is targeted language with a specific historical meaning.”

Corcoran had one fellow lawmaker speak in his defense. Several others asked for accountability within the recommendations available to the committee, saying no matter the intent, the House must stand against such language.

“You have the power to reprimand, censure and expel,” said Mark Murray, of Bedford. “So, I’m going to assume there is behavior that would warrant that happening. If this isn’t it, what is? What’s going to be acceptable next?”

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