Nearly 6,700 Arizona homicides remain unsolved. The victims’ families deserve better.

By: Karen Dana

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 945

Last Updated: 21 hours, 42 minutes ago

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September is National Cold Case Month and on Sept. 20, my cousin Loretta Lynn would have turned 65 years old.

Instead, my family has spent nearly four decades waiting for the identity of who killed her.

On June 14, 1988, I was traveling in Europe when I picked up a pay phone and received the news that changed my family forever: Loretta had been murdered in her own home.

She …

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