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This is a strange one. A $32 dollar a day narcotics habit is nothing to sneeze at. It equates to around $250 in 2024. Is it just jaded 'ol me, or does anyone else feel this has a whiff of the mob being involved in some way, or insurance fraud?

Hart Island is essentially New York City's potter's/pauper's field. The remains of more than one million people are buried on Hart Island, though since the first decade of the 21st century, there are fewer than 1,500 burials a year. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed...

There's a couple, Sean and Carrie McCracken, who have a website and YouTube channel called Mysterious WV. They profile unsolved West Virginia, and SE Ohio cold crimes and disappearances. Perhaps he might be of some help.

Welcome Coracuma! I am the originator of this thread. Imagine my surprise at receiving a reply after nearly two and a half years. I live in Arizona, have an interest in history, and frequently read through old issues of newspapers looking for interesting and odd stories with the hope of reaching...

The "Houston thing" referred to by Patty's sister was the August 8, 1973 murder of Dean Corll by Elmer Wayne Henley, and the subsequent uncovering of the serial killings of at least 28 young men and boys in Houston, Texas. Henley and David Owen Brooks were convicted as accomplices.

Florida was, and remains a natural landing place for New Yorkers, particularly those from the NYC area. It's possible that there had been talk about a friend or relative with an open job offer that would be really attractive to these young men. The lack of any real information about them (i.e...

Sun Lakes is an unincorporated, census-designated place within the jurisdiction of Maricopa County, so the investigating agency is the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, and the autopsy would be handled by Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner.

In one of the television news features where they interviewed the sons, there was mention that she was here on a one-way ticket. It struck me as odd as well, and an avenue to investigate, but the circumstances in which the body was found leads me to believe that this was a horrible accident.

There is an entry from 2010, but curiously is only listed under the name of one of the daughters even though the body of the post lists all involved. OR - Barbara Martin (15) - Portland OR, 1958

Bumping for Charles. Gone 72 years. Please comment, if you have any information.

Bumping for Johnny. Gone 73 years. Please comment, if you have any information.

Sadly, I doubt that any more information about this case will be disclosed. Sun Lakes, is on the outer edge literally and figuratively, of the Phoenix metro area. Both print and media news outlets are woefully understaffed, to the point where only breaking news is covered. To be honest, I was...

Per local news outlet, KPNX Channel 12 News sources, and Maricopa County Sheriff officials; "A woman's body was found in the backyard of a home off East Sun Lakes Boulevard. There was no obvious signs of trauma, and no immediate signs of foul play." An identity has NOT been confirmed, and an...

From what I was able to ascertain, the couple was childless, and there was no mention of any other family save for the spouse.

Charles Cuma was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to the United States sometime in 1923. By the early 1940s he was an engineer working for the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit. He was married to Rose A. (Smith) Cuma (28 OCT 1909 to 27 JAN 1968), and per the Detroit Free Press of 16 MAR 1941...