WILMINGTON- The Wilmington Police Department’s Cold Case Unit is requesting assistance from the public in connection with the 2017 murder of Andrew Pennewell. On November 19, 2017, officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 1200 block of West 3rd Street around 7:23 p.m. Upon arrival, police found 25-year-old Pennewell suffering from gunshot wounds. He later died from his injuries. …
Police renew efforts to identify decades-old cold case victim
WILMINGTON— Authorities are renewing their efforts to identify a young man whose remains were discovered in a Wilmington landfill nearly five decades ago. On April 8, 1978, police were called to a landfill in the 600 block of Terminal Avenue, where they found the body of an unidentified male. Investigators believe he was between 17- 25 years old at the …
‘Do you know this woman?’ Wilmington Cold Case Unit asks
On Jan. 24, 2002, a partially decomposed body was found by construction workers in a vacant home in the 1400 block of W. Third Street in Wilmington.




