Law enforcement hopes renewed attention on the missing persons case will yield new leads. Ted Dengerud has been missing since April 1982. Only his crashed car was found.
Audrey Backeberg was 20, living in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, when she disappeared in July 1962. A renewed investigation resulted in quite a surprise. She was still alive — and went missing on purpose.
Beatrice Johnke stood accused of poisoning her husband, Louis, in Great Depression South St. Paul. The scandalous trial revealed a sordid love affair and plenty of unanswered questions.
Arthur Kasherman was a gadfly journalist and a sometimes extortionist in 1945 Minneapolis. His murder helped make reformist Hubert Humphrey a rising star in politics.
Danny Hogan, proprietor of St. Paul's Green Lantern Saloon, a legendary criminal hangout, saw himself as the peacemaker between gangsters and corrupt cops. In December 1928, it was the death of him.
Myrtle Vera Cole, 81, was found stabbed to death in her Fairhaven, Minnesota, home on Dec. 12, 1981. The case remains open, according to an investigator.