Most Intriguing Classic Unsolved Single Murder Poll

[STANDREID]

Oakes was also set on fire but it was postmortem.

 

[STANDREID]

The 21% for "Another" isn't a surprise considering the tens of thousands of potential cases.

 

[STANDREID]

Errol is one of the most internationally known of the cases yet it's the newest case with no votes - interesting.:dunno:

 

[PrimeSuspect]

I chose another even though I am very intrigued about Elizabeth Short and who killed her. Hers was an exceptionally brutal killing, one never forgets after reading the details, poor woman. The person/s responsible I believe was a serial killer.


Betty Shanks

Brisbane's longest-running cold case, the 1952 Betty Shanks murder at Wilston-Grange, appears to have finally run cold.
Queensland's cold case detectives from the State Crime Command has repeatedly refused any comment on progress on the city's longest-active unsolved murder case.

Ms Shanks's body was found in the yard of a house in Thomas Street, Wilston.
She had been strangled, kicked and bashed as she was walking from the tram to her family home in Montpelier Street.
Her gold wrist watch had stopped at 9.53pm, 21 minutes after she left the Days Road tram stop.

Police have obtained "mystery DNA" from Betty Shanks's bloodied clothing and bloody handprints, presumably from the killer, which were found on the timber fence near where Ms Shanks's body was found.

Officially, police have no suspect.


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...ing-mystery-20120920-2695g.html#ixzz39zTYSrhN



In the early 1980's, we moved into a house two doors down from where Betty Shanks lived, and just further down on Thomas Street was where she was murdered and body found. The area looked exactly the same to the photos taken in 1952, even until the early 2000's when we moved out of the area.
I would often think of her as I walked that same path to my house from the bus stop at night. I doubt her killer will be found unless there is a death bed confession and the dna matched. :thinking:

 

[STANDREID]

The Shanks Case is a puzzler for sure.

 

[TedMac]

Barbara & Patricia Grimes in Chicago, IL in the 1960s.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

Barbara & Patricia Grimes in Chicago, IL in the 1960s.

What a interesting case, there were so many credible sightings for over a week after they had gone to the theatre, yet the autopsy report concluded they died within hours of going to the theatre. The report says they died of exposure, I'm sure they were fatally injured to be lying there naked? Such an intriguing and sad story.

 

[STANDREID]

I believe the Collins case has been reactivated of late.

 

[STANDREID]

I believe the Collins case has been reactivated of late.

I don't know what the chance would be that a perpetrator is still alive.

 

[STANDREID]

I don't know what the chance would be that a perpetrator is still alive.

Statistically, I bet it's less than 50%.

 

[STANDREID]

Statistically, I bet it's less than 50%.

Since criminals tend to live shorter lives, I imagine there isn't much chance that the perpetrators in any of these cases are still alive..

 

[STANDREID]

Does anyone know of any still living suspect(s) for the Collins Case?

 

[STANDREID]

I can't think of any still living suspects for Dahlia or before. If there are, I'd be interested to hear about them.

 

[STANDREID]

Sheppard has more interest than I expected.

 

[STANDREID]

And Errol less.

 

[Dreamnine]

Sheppard is pretty famous...not Elizabeth Short famous, but still..

 

[chlban]

Sheppard is pretty famous...not Elizabeth Short famous, but still..

Plus it's a case that seemed to never die. Two trials while Sam was still alive and one more after his death. Although the final case was, of course, not criminal but civil.

I personally have absolutely no doubt of his guilt.

 

[STANDREID]

Plus it's a case that seemed to never die. Two trials while Sam was still alive and one more after his death. Although the final case was, of course, not criminal but civil.

I personally have absolutely no doubt of his guilt.

I wouldn't say that I have no doubt but I do believe that Sam most likely did it or at least had someone do it.

 

[Pettibon Junction]

My vote was for other.

I've always been most haunted by the murders of Cheri Jo Bates and Georgette Bauerdorf, both of whom were lumped in with and consequently overshadowed by more sensational crimes (the Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders, respectively), even though were was plenty of evidence that they may have been separate incidents. In the Bauerdorf case, it's the crime scene photos that kill me - I really wish I'd never seen those.

I'm also fascinated by the unsolved murder of Elsie Paroubek in Chicago (1911) as well as several other local crimes here in New England that I guess wouldn't fit the parameters of "classic" but which hound me nonetheless.

 

[STANDREID]

Yes when a case is unsolved, there is no way to know absolutely for sure that it's a single murder. You just have to go with the best information you have.