{"id":17314,"date":"2022-03-30T09:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:09:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T13:09:20","slug":"fbi-reopens-cold-case-into-1994-diana-ault-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/fbi-reopens-cold-case-into-1994-diana-ault-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI reopens cold case into 1994 Diana Ault murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CVR-02-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - FBI reopens cold case into 1994 Diana Ault shooting murder\" class=\"wp-image-17315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CVR-02-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CVR-02-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CVR-02-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-435x124.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em>(Image credit: FBI)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After twenty-eight years, the shooting death cold case murder of a 26-year-old Missouri woman is heating up.\u00a0 On Monday, the FBI announced that the agency is officially reopening the Diana Ault murder investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIKansasCity\/status\/1508559326365065216\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-FBI-Kansas-City-Photo-Statement-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - FBI reopens cold case into 1994 Diana Ault shooting murder\" class=\"wp-image-17316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-FBI-Kansas-City-Photo-Statement-Twitter.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-FBI-Kansas-City-Photo-Statement-Twitter-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-FBI-Kansas-City-Photo-Statement-Twitter-435x248.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIKansasCity\/status\/1508559326365065216\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Kansas City, Photo Statement, <em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background: <\/strong> On January 31, 1994, the Independence Missouri Police Department responded to a call for service for an abandoned Red Pontiac Grand Prix, late 80s model, at the Church of the Nazarene at 19800 East Truman Road. Upon arrival, officers located a stainless-steel revolver, ammunition, and a spent round inside the vehicle, which was registered to Diana Ault of Independence, Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers then conducted a residence check on Ault at the 19-thousandth block of E 9th Street. Upon their arrival, officers discovered Ault deceased on the floor from a gunshot wound. At the time, the FBI\u2019s Kansas City Field Office asked for the public\u2019s help regarding sharing any possible information regarding Ault\u2019s death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/seeking-info\/diana-ault\/@@download.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FBI-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - FBI reopens cold case into 1994 Diana Ault shooting murder\" class=\"wp-image-17317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FBI-Poster.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FBI-Poster-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FBI-Poster-435x328.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FBI-Poster-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/seeking-info\/diana-ault\/@@download.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Diana Ault:\u00a0 Download FBI Poster<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, almost 30 years later, the FBI is hoping that advances in the forensics sciences may help shed new light on her case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>“With the passage of time and advances in technology, we are hopeful that a complete reexamination of this case will bring new details to light to advance this cold case investigation forward,” FBI Kansas City Special Agent in Charge Charles Dayoub said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kmbc\/status\/1509124047912595457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - FBI reopens cold case into 1994 Diana Ault shooting murder\" class=\"wp-image-17318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-730x209.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/inline-Diana-Ault-Billboard-FBI-435x125.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Diana Ault, Billboard, Image credit: FBI<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials still need anyone with any information regarding the case to come forward.\u00a0 The FBI and local police are asking the public to come forward with any new information. <em>“Even the smallest detail, which may seem insignificant, could be a key piece in the furtherance of this investigation,”<\/em> the FBI said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on the FBI reopening the Diana Ault case, see the video accompanying this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: FBI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FBI reopens Diana Ault's 30-year cold case murder in Independence\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3lHGCX50Hw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>~ Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today \/ Connect with Richard on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 years later, the FBI hopes that advances in forensics sciences may help shed new light on her case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8037,18,774,8663,2124,3079,52,2381,4950,462,1538,11,6678,4481],"tags":[10194,10198,50,10195,10196,10197,1895],"class_list":["post-17314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assault","category-crime-courts","category-guns","category-human-interest","category-local","category-police","category-public-health-and-safety","category-public-service-announcement","category-rest-in-peace","category-science","category-technology","category-top-news","category-video","category-violent-crimes","tag-diana-ault","tag-diana-ault-cold-case-fbi","tag-fbi","tag-fbi-reopens-cold-case","tag-forensics","tag-independence-mo","tag-missouri","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17321,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions\/17321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}