New lead in cold case?

From NBC:

New evidence has been discovered in the cold case investigation of the murder of a young Queens teenage girl in Feburary 1988, NYPD officials tell News 4's I-Team.

NYPD officials say the evidence into 14-year-old Christine Diefenbach's killing in Richmond Hill is being examined, but would not identify exactly what it is.

Despite the recent discoveries in the case, detectives are still hoping someone steps forward and calls the NYPD Crime Stoppers tip line with information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect.

The murder happened on a Sunday morning. Christine left her home on 125th Street around 7:30 a.m. She was walking to a newsstand to buy the Sunday paper and a gallon of milk.

According to the police report, NYPD pronounced her dead at 12:45 pm.

Cold cases building up in 108th Pct

From Sunnyside Post:

Police precinct 108, which covers Sunnyside/Woodside and Long Island City, is starting to become a hub for unsolved murder cases.

There are currently four murders that remain unsolved and details on how the investigations are faring are not known.

Police Captain Brian Hennessy, who spoke at the Police Precinct 108 meeting Thursday, said that he had no new information on the cases.

The unsolved cases, listed below, span the time period from October 2012 through September 2013.

1) Lou Rispoli was killed by a blow to the head on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012.

2) On May 23, Young Joo Byun, of Flushing, was discovered in a black plastic garbage bag inside her blue Honda Civic near 61st Street and Queens Boulevard.

3) A man was fatally stabbed after trying to flag down a cab at 68-10 Roosevelt Ave on July 13.

4) A homeless man was beaten to death at Sabba Park, located at 49th Street and Queens Blvd., on Sept. 7.

In the past 23 months, there have been seven murders in the precinct. Four were reported in 2012, with 3 so far this year.