Gone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders

On Jan. 30, 1970, Officer Frederick Cione was shot and killed on Oxford Street in North Philadelphia. He was 25 years old. Nearly 50 years later, his killing is still the only unsolved murder of a Philadelphia police officer in department history. If you have information about the killing of Officer Cione, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department. Their website is phillypolice.com. Tom an...

Eric Birnbaum was a beloved father, brother, and son, working as an attorney in a quiet Bucks County town. On February 11, 2009, Eric was murdered in the parking lot of his Northampton Township office. A decade later, investigators still actively search for his killer, and have just released a composite sketch of the shooter in hopes of helping the cold case gain traction. If you know something ab...

Dr. Erin Kimmerle digs up bodies. She's carefully picked through mass graves in Kosovo and Croatia to identify victims of war crimes. She did the same thing in Peru, where men, women, and children were executed by the military forty years ago. She dug up the bones of young boys murdered at a Florida reform school. And this summer, she came to Philadelphia, to dig up bodies. This is a special editi...

Tomiene Jones worked the night shift at the post office. She would take her young daughter to the babysitter, and then drive to work. She'd done this many times before, and each time, she came back to pick up her daughter after her shift. Then they'd go home. But on April 17th, 2002, Tomiene didn't go to work. She didn't pick up her daughter. And she didn't come home. Nobody ever saw Tomiene Jones...

Don Ly was a monk, a farmer, and a police officer in Vietnam. After the war, he moved heaven and earth to make a new life for his family in America. On April 18th, 2013, he was murdered outside of his home in South Philadelphia. His four children are looking for answers, and justice. The surveillance video: CLICK HERE Don Ly's story, written by his children: CLICK HERE A column his son Leeto wrote...

In July of 2017, four young men suddenly disappeared in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The search for answers took just over a week. What happened to them shocked the nation. This is a bonus episode for Gone Cold while we're working on episode 4. It's an updated version of an episode our sister podcast Scroll Down produced in August of 2017. You can follow the show on Twitter: @ScrollDownKYW. KYW's...

In February of 1993, Fred Winner went to the bank. He dropped off checks from his check cashing business - and he picked up $10,000 in cash to take back to his store. He did this every day. But on this particular day, as soon as he got out of his car next to his store in the quiet borough of Collingdale - he was met by a man with a gun. Fred was shot, robbed, and left for dead. Gone Cold is a true...

In June of 2013, 59 year old Carol Reiff was supposed to go to the beach with her family. She didn't show up. Her daughter Dawn has never stopped fighting to find out what happened. Gone Cold is made by Kristen Johanson (@KristenJohanson)and Tom Rickert (@teerick) in the KYW Studios in Philadelphia. Subscribe to Gone Cold wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for pri...

It was a chilly October night in 2004. Jason Richardson and his friend Anthony went to a bar in Upper Darby to unwind after a long week. 22-year-old Jason would never return home. Gone Cold is made by Kristen Johanson (@KristenJohanson) and Tom Rickert (@teerick) in the KYW Studios in Philadelphia. Subscribe to Gone Cold wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for priv...