Cold Cases

Each playing card features information about the case and a tip line phone number

Officials will decide Joseph James DeAngelo's permanent prison destination based on his security, medical, psychiatric and program needs

It was such an unexpected moment that it brought gasps from those in the gallery

State corrections officials said they must make their own evaluation about where and how Joseph DeAngelo can be housed

Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 13 rape-related charges and 13 murder counts

As part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, he pleaded guilty Monday to 13 murders and admitted dozens of rapes and crimes too old to be prosecuted

The outlaw killed his wife with an ax and was last seen after escaping from jail in 1916

Officials said DNA evidence ties Alexander Christopher Ewing to the slayings

A cold-case unit reexamined evidence and discovered a DNA match between Charles Holifield and evidence in the case

Danny Heinrich was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a child pornography count that let authorities close the books on a mystery that haunted the state for nearly three decades. (AP File Photo)

In return for leading authorities to Jacob’s body and confessing what he had done, Danny Heinrich will not be charged with Jacob’s murder. (Photo/Sherburne County Sheriff via AP)

About 3,000 inmates will receive decks of playing cards featuring information from 52 cold cases that authorities are hoping to get a lead in