Unsolved Crimes

Unsolved Crimes

  • Jane Marie Prichard         Found partially-clothed Sept. 20, 1986, in Blackbird State Forest near Middletown. She was 28 when she died of a shotgun blast to her back. Jane had gone to the state park as part of her thesis research for her master’s degree in biology, campers found her body. According

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  • **Update** Murder, March 30, 1991     ***Update*** As many of you know, I have not written about a cold case in quite some time. Admittedly, I do miss it greatly. I have recently had some contact with the daughter of Rachael who is seeking additional DNA testing be done so that she, who was

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  • Taking a break from my usual cold cases and current events to pay tribute to a true legend. He inspired so many and not just with his music, Prince dead at 57. Upon hearing the news at work today, we all sat dumbfounded, looking at one another hoping it was a cruel joke. No words

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  • Johnson County, Iowa ~ April 6, 1968 Was she running to something or from something? At the heart of this case, this seems to be the most pertinent question because the day Geraldine disappeared she was seen with a suitcase. Here is the history of Geraldine Maggert’s murder: It was Friday, March, 22 1968 when Geraldine’s

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  • April 1, 1988 Fort Wayne, Indiana April 1, 1988 ~ 8 Year old April Tinsely was abducted while walking home from a friends home in Fort Wayne Indiana, her body was found three days later. She had been sexually assaulted by an unknown perpetrator. It was good Friday back in 88 on the day that

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  • No Child Should Grow Up in the Shadows of Her Mothers Unsolved Murder November 16, 2000 Midwest City, Oklahoma When police responded that cold November night in 2000, her 9 month old daughter was found unharmed in her crib. Nancy Probst on the other hand, had been found beaten and shot in the back of

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  • Her disappearance triggered a massive search and media effort, which lasted for 3 years. Jill K. Behrman, a 19 year old Bloomington resident and Indiana University student disappeared on the morning of May 31, 2000 while riding her bike. Jill’s partial remains were found March 9, 2003 in a wooded area near Warthen Road in

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  • Johanna Young ~ 1992 Johanna Young, 14, disappeared on a cold and foggy night from her family home in Watton on 23 December 1992. She was found murdered the afternoon of Saturday, December 26, 1992 after a passerby found her shoe and called police. She was found face down in a water filled gravel pit,

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  • Venus Xtravaganza

    Venus Xtravaganza “She was murdered by one of her male escorts because her gender did not correspond with her anatomical sex.” At least that’s the theory on the streets. Venus was born Thomas Pellagatti, Born: 1965, Jersey City, NJ, Died: December 21, 1988, New York City, NY. She was found murdered under a bed in

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