What is the most vexing true crime case in your life? What is the one case that you need to know how it ends?

[Same Old Stella]

Some cases that I've studied over the years, I've formed an opinion as to what happened, making them in my eyes what I call, "unofficially solved". I have a feeling that Brian Shaffer is still out there living under a new name but I'd REALLY like to know for sure. It's one of the most mysterious cases ever IMO.

 

[Keiri]

Brian Schaeffer

 

[Mauig’ma]

William Tyrell from Australia

 

[shadowdancer]

I would love to know what happened to Suzy Lamplugh and for her to be found as well.

 

[jbirner]

1A Lane Bryant mass murder
1B Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre.

These 2 cases have kept me up for many hours over the years.

 

[dulcinea]

Anthonette Cayedito
Jason Jolkowski
Maura Murray

 

[libraryg]

Heavily pregnant Amanda Jones, 2005 St. Louis. Believed to have been killed by the father of her baby, Bryan Westphal, and buried on his family's vast property. Justice for Amanda and her son!

 

[PeriwinkleE]

The case of a young girl found decapitated in an abandoned building in St Louis, MO in 1983.

Maybe because the case was handled so oddly at the time. Evidence sent to a psychic and subsequently lost. It’s just so incredibly sad. I’d love to see this case solved, though it seems impossible.

 

[PowMom01]

The one that brought me to this site, Deorr Kunz.

 

[Anadarko]

Mary Shotwell Little
Atlanta
October 14, 1965

 

[Ghostwheel]

Bryce Laspisa. I'd like to hope he is living out there in a new life he could not have had any other way. I don't like it when people vanish off the face of the Earth.

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CA Thread 'CA - Bryce Laspisa, 19, Castaic, 30 Aug 2013 - #1'

Sep 2, 2013

Missing Teen's Car Is Found Overturned In Castaic

http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/missing-teens-car-found-overturned-castaic-37484

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[ErinC]

It's solved, but Sarah and Amina Said. Just...everyone in the girls' lives failed them. Sydney West- I'm sure she's in the bay somewhere but I'd love for at least her remains to be found. Summer Wells- I'd love to just get some type of closure and find out who the @!$#% is responsible.

I can't believe I forgot Thomas Brown in Texas. That one is just maddening.

 

[HulaMum]

I think about HaLeigh Cummings often. Myself, I guess I’ve come to accept that she was put in the river and will never be recovered, but I still hold out hope that we’ll one day find out what happened and that someone will be held accountable.

 

[LinJen2]

For me, it is Jon Benet'. There are so many answers that make no sense. So many mistakes made in the initial investigation. Why did the Ramsey's lawyer up. Yet answer no questions? They seemed to ignore Burke as far as sending him back to school like nothing had happened. The whole case is off. It is like they know the answer, but are afraid of the question.

 

[airportwoman]

1A Lane Bryant mass murder
1B Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre.

These 2 cases have kept me up for many hours over the years.

These, and also the case of Russell and Shirley Dermond. They were a well-to-do elderly couple who lived at a lake house in Georgia, and were found dead under some very horrific circumstances. I've heard that DNA was found and run, but not heard any more about it. I have a feeling that when and if there's an arrest, it's going to knock a lot of people's socks off.

As a Des Moines native, of course the cases of Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin. My sister went to school with Eugene, although she didn't know him. I would also like the case of the 4 kids who went missing and were found dead in the Detroit, MI area in the late 1970s to be solved.

 

[snooptroop88]

Isdal Woman and JonBenet
Stephenson murders/Florence KY
Tammy Zywicki

 

[LadyL]

Madeline McCann but her thread is closed.

 

[LadyL]

Kyron Horman. This one really hurts my heart. I had boys around the same age at the time.

yep this little guy really got to me too

Post in thread 'Kyron Horman Discussion Thread 2020 - 2022 - #2'

Oct 5, 2025

The 15-year anniversary of Kyron Horman's disappearance recently brought this case to my attention, and it's just heart-breaking. I truly hope that one day Kyron can be brought home and his family can finally have some peace.

It's stunning to think that after 15 years, law enforcement hasn't officially named a single suspect. From a logical standpoint, it seems to boil down to a few key possibilities for why the case is stalled:

1. The "No Crime" Theory: Kyron simply wandered off and was lost to the elements. This feels unlikely. The search for Kyron was one of the largest in...

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[LadyL]

The abduction of Heather Teague. I hope she is found soon so her mother can have some peace.

I really would love for crime of Ann Kline to be solved. The place she was murdered was "The Old Vanderburgh Courthouse' which was an annual haunted house attraction for years.

Sister speaks out for the first time 51 years after the 1973 Evansville, Indiana, murder of Ann Kline

The 26-year-old math teacher at Lockhart College in Evansville, Indiana was killed inside the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse on January 18, 1973.

www.nbcnews.com

here's Ann's thread on WS:

IN Post in thread 'IN- Ann Kline, 26, math teacher @ Lockyear College, fatally stabbed (19 X), in the courthouse basement classroom, 18 Jan. '73, *New initiative*'

Dec 17, 2024

Snippets of lengthy article.

Sister speaks out for the first time 51 years after the 1973 Evansville, Indiana, murder of Ann Kline

The 26-year-old math teacher at Lockhart College in Evansville, Indiana was killed inside the Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse on January 18, 1973.

www.nbcnews.com

March 10, 2024, By Nicolás Viñuela
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''The Murder of Ann Kline​

It was January 18, 1973.

Ann Kline was working as a math teacher at Lockyear College in Evansville, Indiana, where she had moved with her husband, Bob Kline, after he got a job there in the late 1960s.''

''According to Det. Powers, one of Ann’s students came into her classroom in the courthouse basement sometime around 3 p.m...

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[LadyL]

These, and also the case of Russell and Shirley Dermond. They were a well-to-do elderly couple who lived at a lake house in Georgia, and were found dead under some very horrific circumstances. I've heard that DNA was found and run, but not heard any more about it. I have a feeling that when and if there's an arrest, it's going to knock a lot of people's socks off.

As a Des Moines native, of course the cases of Johnny Gosch and Eugene Martin. My sister went to school with Eugene, although she didn't know him. I would also like the case of the 4 kids who went missing and were found dead in the Detroit, MI area in the late 1970s to be solved.

Johnny Gosch is a tough one too. Is the 4 kids case you're referring to the Oakland County Killer - also known as the Babysitter Murders?

if so, here's the WS thread:

MI Thread 'MI - Oakland County Child Killer, "The Babysitter Murders" , 1976-77 #2'

Mar 10, 2011

For 13 months from 1976 to 1977, four children were abducted and killed. The killer was dubbed "the Baby-sitter" because he kept his victims alive for days, feeding and bathing them before murdering the children, leaving their bodies for others to find.

The victims were 12-year-old Mark Stebbins, abducted while walking near his Ferndale home Feb. 15, 1976; 12-year-old Jill Robinson, taken in Royal Oak on Dec. 22, 1976; 10-year-old Kristine Mihelich, snatched near her Berkley home Jan. 2, 1977; and 11-year-old Timothy King, kidnapped from a grocery store parking lot near his home in...

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Oakland County Child Killer - Wikipedia

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