During the summer of 1979, Christopher Daniel Myles (Sept 30, 1962 – June 4, 1979) was found murdered in a vineyard near Hughes and Nebraska avenues, Caruthers, Fresno County, California. He was sixteen years old and still in high school. I found a few articles in the newspaper archives from the Fresno Bee and the […]
Case of the Month
Donald Cedric Faul (Nov 24, 1950 – Jan 25, 1981)
Donald Cedric Faul was stabbed to death near New Orlean’s riverside Moon Walk around 6am on January 25, 1981, New Orleans, Louisiana. Donald had stab wounds to the chest and back, according to then-Coroner Frank Minyard. Stabbed at least nine times, he died at the scene. According to the friend who was with him, the male […]
Cheryl Ann Scherer (Aug 19, 1959 – missing April 17, 1979)
On April 17, 1979, Cheryl Ann Scherer started her 6 AM shift at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own Station in Scott City, Missouri. She called her mom around 1120 AM and they talked about supper and sewing later that evening. Between 1140-1150 AM, Cheryl disappeared. From the Standard-Democratic of April 14, 2023: “around 11:40 a.m. Scherer’s cousin, a […]
Happy Holiday Season
I wish you all a Happy Holiday Season. May the New Year bring you all that is good. Alice
John Evers Robinson (May 10, 1965 – May 14, 1990)
On March 14, 1990, around 815 am, John Evers Robinson (24) a.k.a. Rokked, was found dead inside a small room in an office building at 178 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut. That room on the second floor was the rehearsal space for the band ‘Sold on Murder.’ It featured John Evers Robinson on bass and vocals, […]
The 1998 murders of Shelley T. Schantz and Allen J. Ripka
Henrico County Police could still use the public’s help to solve the 1998 double murders of Shelly T. Schantz (Jan 1962 – Feb 11, 1998) and Allen J. Ripka (Aug 31, 1964 – Feb 11, 1998.) In this NBC article, you can read what they found when they entered the crime scene, two dead roommates […]
Remember Kemorie Javon Wallace
On January 5, 2017 someone killed Kemorie Javon Wallace (19) near the intersection of SW 200th Street and 114th Avenue, Miami, Florida. This happened a little before 830PM. He tried to get help, even tried to run, but collapsed on the sidewalk and died. There is very little online about this case. We know Kemorie […]
Remembering Ronnie and Connie Collins
On March 8, 2007 Ronald ‘Ronnie’ L. Collins and his wife, Connie Sue Fowler Collins were found dead in the bedroom of their home in Roseville, Perry County, Ohio. First, the authorities thought they had died in an accidental fire. However, the autopsy showed both victims were killed. The Times Recorder from June 6, 2007 […]
Remembering Sharrey Lynn Case
The News-Democrat of Feb 25, 1980 reported that Sharrey Lynn Case (March 26, 1960 – last seen Oct 28, 1977) was last seen alive on Oct 28, 1977. That was when her mother dropped her off at Gary Allen Williams’ trailer in Centreville, Illinois. He was her boyfriend. Note that according to police, Williams is […]
Gerald Richard Andrews (1943 – 1992)
Gerald Richard Andrews (May 18, 1943 – Oct 25, 1992) was a good employee and part of the STL trucking family. Then-STL Transportation owner Chip Johnson considered the man who went by “Bucky” a friend. In the Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York, of December 19, 1993, Johnson remembered that Bucky had only been […]
What happened to Tracy West?
Detective Jeff Rhoades with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office said in this article that Tracy West (17) went missing on October 20, 1988. At approx. 4pm, she left her home in Shelton, Washington, on her motorcycle to go to work at a restaurant in Taylor Towne. Work was about ten minutes away from home. She always […]
Remembering RosaLee Halbrook Byrd
RosaLee Halbrook Byrd (June 25, 1933 – March 9, 2015) of Turtle, Dent County, Missouri, was found dead inside her home. The coroner noted that she died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head causing underlying depressed skull fractures. What type of object was used to cause that trauma, is unknown. According […]
Simple, Safe & Secret by Eve Carson
On November 28, 1981 Joan Lucinda Webster, a Harvard graduate student, went missing. Joan (25) was last seen at Boston Logan International Airport, Massachusetts as she returned to Harvard from her Thanksgiving break. Her skull was found on April 18, 1990. The rest of her remains were found on April 25of the same year. Joan was […]
Remembering Linda Ann Wilson
On December 20, 1992 children who were taking a shortcut in Monroe, Louisiana found a dead body. They had ducked through a chain link fence and found the remains of Linda Ann Wilson. She was less than one hundred yards from her home. Linda was covered by a pile of clothes. In the St. Mary […]
Teresa Marie Caseiro (Nov 1, 1956 – July 24, 1973)
Teresa Marie Caseiro (16) was found gagged and tied up with stockings in a bedroom closet inside her home in Willingboro, Burlington County, New Jersey. I do not know to whom the stockings belonged. If they were from someone living in the house we could assume that the killer did not come prepared with these […]
The September Murders
Our focus this month will be on five women who lost their lives in September. These women are Tracy Lynn Allen, Sigrid M. Stevenson, Owachige Elice Osceola, Valerie Jeanne Percy, and Deborah Lynn Rosencrans. All were found murdered, all have vanished from the media spotlight, and all these cases remain unsolved. Tracy Lynn Allen Tracy […]
Remembering Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt
This August, it is 49 years ago that Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt (Jan 6, 1951 – Aug 4, 1973) was found murdered in her off-campus apartment in Maryville, Missouri. She was twenty-two years old. As I am taking a break, this is the summer case for 2022. ** Tess attended Northwest Missouri State College. She […]
Remembering Rhonda Susan King
On December 6, 1974 Rhonda Susan King (22) was found dead close to her home in Detroit, Michigan. According to police, Rhonda had been sexually assaulted. She had trauma on her head and neck most likely from having been beaten. The papers mentioned an autopsy but I have not found any information about the exact […]
Remembering Charles Lee Snowden
On May 17, 1986 Charles Lee Snowden was found dead in Pensacola, Florida. Depending on his date of birth, he was 32 or 33 years old. Snowden was found laying facedown on either a parking lot at 500 Belmont Street (as per Crimestoppers in the Pensacola News Journal of Dec 7, 1986) or in an […]
Jerry Dwight Laymon 1945 – 1971
Jerry Dwight Laymon was found dead Nov 24, 1971 near New Orleans, Louisiana. He had two gunshot wounds to his head. His car was missing as well as the cash from his wallet. Laymon was a geophysicist who worked for Mobile Oil. He had been transferred by the company from Los Angeles in April 1971. […]