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

[Seni]

My case is Esther Dingley.

@10 of Rods

@ Rickshawfan



(Have so much in common with Esther )

 

[Cortne]

#1 Haleigh Cummings, after that in no particular order, Kyron Hormon, Serenity Dennard, Summer Wells, and Sky Metalwala (sp?) All totally mind blowing, heart breaking cases!

You read my mind. I was thinking Haleigh Kyron and Skye.
Wonder where ole Misty is these days?

 

[LadyL]

The WVU Coed Murders

On January 18, 1970, two West Virginia University freshmen students—Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell—left a screening of Oliver! at the Metropolitan Theater in downtown Morgantown. Looking to hitch a ride back to the dorms, they entered a cream-colored sedan. This was the last time they would be seen alive. In April, their decapitated and decomposing bodies were found in makeshift graves in a wooded area 10 miles south of Morgantown.
Their heads have never been recovered and the case is still unsolved.

WVU Coed Murders | True Crime Podcast | Mared & Karen

This award-winning podcast tells the true story of two West Virginia University coeds who were beheaded in 1970 & whose murders remain unresolved.

www.coedmurders.com

here's their WS thread if you're interested:

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WV Post in thread 'WV - Mared Malerik & Karen Ferrell, both 19, Morgantown, 18 Jan 1970'

Mar 25, 2024

52 years after West Virginia coeds found decapitated, investigators hope high-tech "X-Ray machine" help will locate final evidence

The heads of the victims have yet to be located after all these years.

www.cbsnews.com

52 years after West Virginia coeds found decapitated, investigators hope high-tech "X-Ray machine" help will locate final evidence​

Leaving no stone unturned at a 52-year-old, once-and-former crime scene isn't easy.


Not when investigators have to do their digging mainly by hand, so as not to disturb any evidence that still may be lurking in the soil.

Armed with garden trowels and toothbrushes, West Virginia State Police forensic...

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[Stunned]

You read my mind. I was thinking Haleigh Kyron and Skye.
Wonder where ole Misty is these days?

Still in jail!

 

[OneLove]

The disappearance of Gabriel Johnson.

And also the real truth behind how that jury could possibly have found sociopath Casey Anthony not guilty of her daughter's murder given all the facts and evidence and how they can live with themselves every single day.

 

[legalmomma]

Ciera Breland.

https://fox59.com/news/no-active-leads-3-years-after-carmel-mom-vanished-husband-remains-person-of-interest/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR47_s3XypNWEjVdDCODwcItVngLnJ39r0HInIpGfI1jFRHhbu-hd6EuTU-CWA_aem_gZ2pb8AoYjTjeSUWtj7aCQ

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IN Thread 'IN - Ciera Breland Locklair 31, last seen in GA, POI husband Xavier Breland Jr, Carmel, 25 Feb 2022'

Feb 27, 2022

The Carmel Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance locating Ciera Breland (Locklair). She is described as a 31-year-old white female, 5’ tall, 120 lbs., with blond hair, last seen wearing a black top and purple shorts. She was last seen on 2/25/2022 between 10-11 p.m. in the 14400 block of Baldwin Lane, which is near the intersection of Ditch Road and 146th Street.

Please contact the Carmel Police Department at 317-571-2580 if you see Ciera or have any information on her whereabouts...

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She is an attorney (like me) and lived in my county. It’s so very frustrating that Xavier, the husband and POI, is the guilty one but her body hasn’t been found. It’s a very interesting and not popular thread and I highly recommend joining in. Xavier is being held in jail for illegal possession of a firearm while on parol with a pretty harsh sentence. Plus additional intimidation charges

New intimidation charge filed against man whose Carmel wife is still missing

A Hamilton County jury convicted Xavier Breland last week on an unrelated charge and a Carmel woman says Xavier threatened her life during the trial.

www.wthr.com

 

[3mber]

My top case is Liz Barraza. I just can’t get past it. She seemed so sweet, happy, and full of life. Such a bizarre and tragic case—and so seemingly solvable.

Another one for me is Jason Landry.

 

[Aegon_the_Conqueror]

The WVU Coed Murders

On January 18, 1970, two West Virginia University freshmen students—Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell—left a screening of Oliver! at the Metropolitan Theater in downtown Morgantown. Looking to hitch a ride back to the dorms, they entered a cream-colored sedan. This was the last time they would be seen alive. In April, their decapitated and decomposing bodies were found in makeshift graves in a wooded area 10 miles south of Morgantown.
Their heads have never been recovered and the case is still unsolved.

WVU Coed Murders | True Crime Podcast | Mared & Karen

This award-winning podcast tells the true story of two West Virginia University coeds who were beheaded in 1970 & whose murders remain unresolved.

www.coedmurders.com

I'm an alum and had never heard of this until just recently... Then again I graduated in '08 (my dad was '78). Unless they lived in Towers (which were either new or hadn't been built then), IDK why they wouldn't just walk to the dorms from the Met. Maybe the sidewalks were icy and that made for a difficult hike up High St, which gets steep around Boreman South. Boreman North is just a little further, but Dadisman or Stalnaker could've been tough.

 

[ReDReq]

Call me old fashioned: Murder of Elizabeth Short (I am nor sure is there thread for her, most likely, yes.). More famously known as the Black Dahlia Murder.
I like a lot of these older cold cases, and I am aware that likehood for them to be solved isn't as high.

There is so many others too, that it would take forever to write down.

(Then there is case of my friend, extremely likely not posted at all in this forum and might stay colder than absolute zero for years to come. )

 

[airportwoman]

Call me old fashioned: Murder of Elizabeth Short (I am nor sure is there thread for her, most likely, yes.). More famously known as the Black Dahlia Murder.
I like a lot of these older cold cases, and I am aware that likehood for them to be solved isn't as high.

There is so many others too, that it would take forever to write down.

(Then there is case of my friend, extremely likely not posted at all in this forum and might stay colder than absolute zero for years to come. )

I've heard of some very old cases being solved, via DNA or written confessions found years later.

I don't think this one will ever be solved, and I don't think George Hodel did it, either.

 

[ReDReq]

I've heard of some very old cases being solved, via DNA or written confessions found years later.

I don't think this one will ever be solved, and I don't think George Hodel did it, either.

Yes, I am aware too of the "Vintage Cold Cases" getting solved, which naturally is good. Our methods of finding evidence by other means than before have helped a lot. Any cold case is super hard for the family and friends of the victim(s), even for entire community. I personally know this, because I am friend to someone taken too soon and it haven't been solved to this day (16 year anniversary of her passing went by last month.)

And when it comes to the Short's murder, I agree with you. And we know how controversial and well-known this case is, and how it occasionally felt like poking the bears nest, and just hoping for the best.

 

[abyquinn]

Bob Harrod - he had a loyal group here who tried for years to find him.
*Hailey Cummings -
*Kyron Hormen -
*Madalina Cojocari -
*Summer Wells -
*Sebastian Rogers -

*Kids don’t just disappear but somehow these kids are no longer with us. I didn’t realize how many I was carrying in my heart until I started listing them.

*Lisa Irwin -

I need to add one more who I didn’t forget but couldn’t recall her name when I made this list. Little baby Lisa, who according to her mother was missing from her crib when dad got home from late shift at work. Another little who just disappeared off the face of the planet. Mom still hopes that one day she will walk through the door.