The most notorious unsolved crime in your area

[Dropdeadred]

The disappearance of 12 yr old Kimberly R Norwood on May 20, 1989 from Hallsville Texas. She had come to a break in the country road she and several friends were walking, and they all said goodbye and parted ways. This was my cousin's good friend and in 1989, I was living in Oregon as a 15 yr old girl. My grandparents had relayed the story to us from my cousin's family. Where I lived, people were all about Satanism being the big scary thing and we weren't supposed to drive down to a certain area because they supposedly had teens sacrificing animals and children there LOL. It was ridiculous. So the rumor mill about poor Kimberly was that she had been picked up by "4 teens in a car with Oklahoma plates," and was being sacrificed for some satanic holiday coming up in June. The reality is more likely that she was picked up by a local offering her a ride home, and she ended up becoming their victim instead. OR....I've looked at the Google maps of that road and it occurred to me that someone could have been driving drunk and hit and killed her, and was afraid of prison so they buried her somewhere. Back at the time of the incident, there were not very many mobile homes or houses, there were plenty of wooded areas and it was so isolated, only locals really needed to be back there. Both of her parents have passed, there's only a sister left looking for answers.

295DFTX - Kimberly Rachelle Norwood

 

[Austin023]

I live in southern Vermont, right on the Connecticut river and Massachusetts border. I'll admit murders and other serious crimes are uncommon in my area, this one old case definitely stands out!

Russell Colvin, then aged 40, went missing from his family's farm in Manchester, Vermont one afternoon in the Spring of 1812. While his body was never located (verifiable anyway), his two brothers in law, Stephen and Jesse Boorn, were later charged with, and convicted of his murder some 7 years later. This case I am quite sure was among the first homicides without a body that resulted in a conviction.

However, there was some doubt among locals as to the two brothers guilt. It was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. The Boorn brothers, and their large family, vigorously protested their innocence and claimed Russell Calvin had absconded, as he's done before over the years during his marriage, and thus abandoned his family. The convicted brothers were due to hang for the offense. Incredibly, within weeks of the execution date, a man claiming to be Russell Calvin arrived by Stage in Manchester village. Townspeople all gathered and there was what seemed to be unanimous agreement this man who's supposedly been dead over 7 years, was indeed a very much alive Colvin. The Boorn brothers were exonerated and their lives spared. This newly rediscovered Russell Colvin left town just as abruptly as he's entered it a couple of days earlier.
Or was it really Russell Colvin at all?

Links: the first link I have here is a short book written about the case, published in 1873, by Leonard Sargent, who was one of the attorneys who worked on the case in 1819. Loaded with information!

The Trial, Confessions and Conviction of Jesse and Stephen Boorn for the Murder of Russell Colvin

books.google.com

Second link is a nicely written article in a true crime blog:

The Dead Alive

A compendium of information, resources and discussion on notable nineteenth century American murders.

www.murderbygaslight.com

This third link also gives a good synopsis of the Boorn-Colvin case

First Known Exoneration, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

www.law.northwestern.edu

 

[Krey44]

The most disturbing unsolved case in my area is the disappearance of Michael Bryson from a remote campground in the Willamette national forest.

 

[DogMom19]

Possibly you like to repost a case from your state to bring new life to cold case

The most notorious unsolved crime in every state

MISSOURI: A prepubescent girl was found decapitated in St. Louis in 1983 in a case that still haunts detectives.

On February 28, 1983, a female body with the head missing was found in an abandoned building in St. Louis. Police originally thought it was the body of a sex worker, but soon discovered that the victim was much younger than they expected —between 8 and 11 years old.

At the time, it was the only decapitation in the US that involved a person that young, according to the FBI.

The victim and the killer still remain unidentified. She is simply known as "Little Jane Doe" in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's database.

If this looks familiar or you have any info contact the proper authorities Thank you

I have been haunted by this case since I first heard about it a couple years ago. I'm always hoping that they will finally be able to identify her.