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.

 

[Pigtail1]

Murder of Rachael Runyan
"The murder of Rachael Runyan is an unsolved child murder which occurred in Sunset, Utah, on August 26, 1982, when a three-year-old girl was abducted from a playground and murdered by an unknown individual. Her body was found three weeks later in a creek bed in nearby Morgan County."

This is just up the road from my home. The main suspect has passed away.

 

[Pigtail1]

I grew up in Utah:

Susan Cox Powell (even though we all know who did it, it’s not known how or who else helped for sure, nor was her body found)
Rachael Runyan- before AMBER alert, it was known as “Rachael Alert” until 2003.
Hi-Fi Murders- the severe cruelty in this case still haunts us all.

Hi Fi Shop murders were solved quickly. But it took forever to execute Pierre and Andrews. One of the survivors was my grandparent's neighbor. Interesting side note: Pierre was a suspect in the murder of a Sargent on Hill AFB where he was stationed.

 

[sportstergirl]

Abigail Whalley, Carleton, Lancashire UK, 11/5/31
The body of 85 year old Abigail Whalley was discoverd on the above date in her bungalow in Robins Lane, Carleton(then a small village between Blackpool & Poulton le Fylde). Abigail had been battered about the head possibly by the same device used to jemmy the door open.
A red haired man with scars, a man & woman in a 2 seater car & a vagrant where POI but either cleared or never traced.
Abigail Whalley's murder remains unsolved.

 

[Austin023]

Hi Fi Shop murders were solved quickly. But it took forever to execute Pierre and Andrews. One of the survivors was my grandparent's neighbor. Interesting side note: Pierre was a suspect in the murder of a Sargent on Hill AFB where he was stationed.

I remember reading about that case. The sheer savagery and violence inflicted on the victims itself was enough for me to remember all these years later. All because the assailants wanted to rob the hifi shop of its expensive merchandise and leave no witnesses. I won't go into what the victims endured, as three survived somehow miraculously, but it went well beyond violence in most robberies. Fortunately the men who did this were caught fairly fast and convicted. But the sheer savagery alone makes this case stand out, even 50 years later.

 

[sportstergirl]

Unsolved murder of Gary Whitehouse, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, 26/9/95
Gary Whitehouse was on holiday in Blackpool with friends on the above date & was returning to his hotel after spending the night in Jellies nightclub. At the junction of Lytham Road/Tyldsley Road & the Manchester pub he was attacked with a pool cue by the driver of a silver or grey Ford Escort & beaten severely about the head.
Despite the severity of his injuries Gary was able to walk to the ambulance but died in hospital. I lived & worked in the hotel next door but one to the Manchester for 7 years & it's always been a pretty rough area. Sasha Marsden was murdered a short walk away in Kirby Road where I had my lock up garage

 

[Cubby]

The Tylenol murders

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

Until recently, it was Princess Doe. Now, it's probably Tiger Lady, identified recently as Wendy Louise Baker.

 

[Beldridge]

Just watched overview of case, this case has extended/set cold without DNA, touch, trace, etc evidence. If it’s permentantly gone, these few witness and suspect are at age where time is running out so I sure hope 1 speaks Soon. This is one of the notorious unsolvable cases left..

 

[MrsWatson]

Originally from SE Michigan.

Most notorious cold cases in my area are The Oakland County Child Murders, Paige Renkowski and Kellee Brownlee.

 

[Inthedetails]

I live in Manhattan and there is an unsolved murder that happened in the very northern part of the island. Sarah Fox was a young woman who went for a jog in a park one afternoon and was killed. While there have been many cases of women attacked while jogging, the story of Sarah has specifically haunted me - especially since it was done the in the middle of an afternoon and there was a suspect who added drama but was never charged. imo

There is a WS thread for Sarah:

NY Thread 'NY - Sarah Fox, 21, Inwood Hill, NYC, 19 May 2004'

May 24, 2004

Sarah Fox is a 21 year old drama student who went missing.
Her roommate was the last person to see her and said she left yesterday to either go workout at a gym or go to a park.
LE is taking this an abduction because she left with only her keys (her id,money etc was left at home).Im glad the Police are looking but you wonder why most missing adult cases arent treated like this!


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120746,00.html

• VespaElf
• Replies: 46
• Forum: Cold Cases

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[truenoblesavage]

The first one that comes to mind is the embalmed woman’s head found in the woods.

 

[Soulmagent]

I suppose it have to be the murder of Alicia Showalter Reynolds. 1996

A lessr well known case would be the Missing persons case of Crist Nelson Dauberman, Sr. CRIST NELSON DAUBERMAN - SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA | Federal Bureau of Investigation

Crist 's case has notortious elements that make me wonder why he is not more famous.
VA has alot to choose from.

 

[CityKid]

NYC: The city's only murder on 9/11/2001 occurred near midnight out in Brooklyn. Henryk Siwiak, a Polish immigrant, had been working construction near the WTC and realizing he'd be out of work that day and desperate to earn money to send home to his family, he headed to his sister's house in Queens and found a cleaning job listed in the Polish newspaper. He went to Brooklyn to an employment agency catering to Polish immigrants to fill out an application and was told he could start that night at a supermarket. He didn't know the man offering the job so he told the agency to let the man know he'd be wearing distinctive clothing, a camouflage jacket and pants. He took the subway and got off at a stop on his destination street, but 3 miles away, in an area that at that time was rather dangerous (and of course most police had been called to lower Manhattan after the WTC attacks). He was shot and killed as he walked his route. It's not known if it was a robbery, or if someone approached him and decided that with his military gear and poor, heavily accented English, that he was perhaps involved in the WTC attacks.

The 9/11 murder mystery that continues to haunt investigators

The immigrant's murder was the only homicide in New York City on 9/11 outside of the attacks at the World Trade Center.

abc7ny.com

 

[CityKid]

I live in Manhattan and there is an unsolved murder that happened in the very northern part of the island. Sarah Fox was a young woman who went for a jog in a park one afternoon and was killed. While there have been many cases of women attacked while jogging, the story of Sarah has specifically haunted me - especially since it was done the in the middle of an afternoon and there was a suspect who added drama but was never charged. imo

There is a WS thread for Sarah:

NY Thread 'NY - Sarah Fox, 21, Inwood Hill, NYC, 19 May 2004'

May 24, 2004

Sarah Fox is a 21 year old drama student who went missing.
Her roommate was the last person to see her and said she left yesterday to either go workout at a gym or go to a park.
LE is taking this an abduction because she left with only her keys (her id,money etc was left at home).Im glad the Police are looking but you wonder why most missing adult cases arent treated like this!


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120746,00.html

• VespaElf
• Replies: 46
• Forum: Cold Cases

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I remember that so well! The suspect had me freaked out. He now goes by Victor.

The Sheinman Source

www.thesheinmansource.com

 

[Inthedetails]

I remember that so well! The suspect had me freaked out. He now goes by Victor.

The Sheinman Source

www.thesheinmansource.com

Yikes. I haven't checked for updates. Thanks for the info.

Yes, the whole thing freaked me out - still does.

jmopinion

eta: And that website linked above freaks me out. He created a religion out of this ordeal? Yikes, again.

 

[dmac45]

Jimmy Hoffa

Most Notorious Unsolved Crime in Michigan HAS to be the disappearance Jimmy Hoffa. IMO

MI - MI - James 'Jimmy' Hoffa, 62, Bloomfield Hills, 30 July 1975

Lol my dad was questioned by the fbi because he was at the restaurant at the same time he was before he went missing.