On September 2, 1974, serial killer Theodore “Ted” Bundy abducted a young female hitchhiker from I-84 on the outskirts of Boise.

During an hour-long confession tape with Idaho investigators before his execution in 1989, Bundy said the girl seemed to be a runaway, possibly making her way to Montana. He believed she was running away from the Boise area. Bundy described her as approximately 16-18 years of age, white, about 5’6”, with light brown hair. She was carrying a green backpack and wearing a simple beaded necklace with black and light-colored beads resembling spaghetti. He had possibly picked her up near the Eisenmann exit, in view of ranch-style houses.

Ted Bundy later murdered her and disposed of her body. Her remains have not yet been found, and we do not know her name. One challenge we face is the difference in technology and records retention from that era; it isn’t as simple as searching a specific date or timeframe for a missing persons case. We need your help.

If you remember someone who went missing around September 1974, or if anything in this description resonates with you, please contact us at 208-577-3102 or lmontague@adacounty.id.gov.

“I would love to know more about what you remember and what you have to say,” said ACSO Cold Case Investigator Tim Cooper. “I think this is one of those cases where we’re fifty years down the road, where the public is going to be a big part in solving this.”

For a more in-depth discussion of this case, including how it came to our cold case investigator’s attention, you can listen to the Ada County Sheriff Cold Case Files podcast on Spotify or YouTube.

Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adacosheriffcoldcasefiles/episodes/Unidentified-Snake-River-Jane-Doe-e2qeh2m

YouTube: https://youtu.be/ev3A9FxZ1_8?si=grd5RA6PYmJbOYOz

In October 1992, Diana Vicari left her community college drama class and went out to a local bar and the parking lot of a concert at the Tucson Convention Center. She did not show up to work and her family became worried and reported her missing. A couple days later her severed arms were found in a dumpster and her car was found abandoned on the same block at a house connected to her drama teacher Robert Encila. That night there was also a party in that neighborhood. And nearby lived a registered sex offender Lemuel Prion.

Diana's body was never found. Prion was convicted of the murder and sent to death row but later had his conviction thrown out in 2003. There was no physical evidence connecting him to the crime. In addition, his defense team provided the name of an alternative suspect who was a coworker of Diana's.

Diana's sister Debbie Vicari died in 2009. But before she died Debbie wrote a tribute song to her sister and a statement in the video discription about the state of the investigation which I am copying and pasting here...

*I wrote this song for my sister Diana Vicari three months after her arms were found in a dumpster. This video is more intense. The Vicari name was already famous for a very bad reason. I had to take a break as life got too difficult. Murder's aftermath can bring great hardship. But I am becoming active in the victims rights groups and being an advocate again which is one reason for my becoming involved in the public arena again. There is a guy that is missing that is a huge suspect in my sister's murder dismemberment case. JOHN MAZURE. I am thinking that maybe.. just maybe.. if I can get THIS video out.. with the news article and his name JOHN MAZURE - maybe somebody will know where he is. Maybe somebody will know who murdered my sister. Maybe it was somebody else but people have been contacing me about HIM A lot lately. Her murder is unsolved. The internet can work miracles. I am praying youtube can help solve this cold case. Please help. It only takes ONE person to know. Please pass this around. Please. Another suspect was LEMUEL PRION. Diana was also dating her drama teacher. My Mom was searching for Diana at both his place and his fiancees' house. Consequently, the house where Diana's car was found was a house in escrow belonging to the fiancee's MOM. Pretty interesting eh??? Yeah a who done it if I ever saw one! Diana's purse was in her car like she was only there for a minute and only took her keys in. I always suspected him but the police said he passed a lie detector test. I am not convinced. It was the night of drama class she disappeared and they had an affair going. Yup a who done it! HIS name is Robert Encila. When I met him years later he never said he was sorry about Diana.. ONLY that he remembered the day was the anniversary becauae he was a murder suspect. I still suspect him because he never said anything kind about Diana to me her own sister. Others have mentioned the fiancee being a suspect. Good point. The DNA that is new COULD be male or female. We are still waiting as of September 6th. Welcome to my world. These, in my opinion, are the three (four) prime suspects. I put my money on Encila. Everybody else does John Mazure. The detective still believes it was Lemuel Prion but there is room for doubt. The cops convicted Prion and it was overturned and he is a KNOWN serial rapist possibly murderer out walking the streets.. OUR streets. Yes.. could be a who done it movie - sadly it is real life.

It's terribly painful to go through. For anyone going through a murder or anything similar. I am so sorry. My sister's murder is status unsolved. I FINALLY said what I have wanted to say FOR YEARS!! Now please help!!! Please??

In the next week I will be making a oersonal video and adding info. I will also find out about cold case or AMW. Time to get this my sister's case some coverage again. Thank you EVERYONE so much for your incredible support. It has meant and means so much. Debbie Vicari*

The most recent news coverage in this case was ten years ago, an interview with Diana's last surviving sister Angela.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLzhZMPeww

It would be really nice to see this case get some news coverage. It really needs to be solved. Dismemberment would indicate whoever did this was a serial killer and could have killed others. By far one of the very worst murder cases in Tucson history.

"Lindsay Buziak," a young real estate agent from Canada. In February 2008, Lindsay was found dead in a house under construction in Saanich, British Columbia. She had been stabbed, and her body was discovered by a friend who was waiting for her to show the property.

The circumstances of her murder are disturbing. Lindsay had received a call from a potential client who wanted to view the property, but she had also expressed to her friends that she felt uneasy about the meeting, mentioning a strange atmosphere. Despite a thorough investigation by the police, no suspects have been arrested, and the case remains unsolved.

Lindsay Buziak has become a symbol of the need to solve her murder, and her family continues to push for the case to be reopened and for progress to be made. This case has also garnered media attention, but it remains largely unknown to the general public. Link: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/mobile/report-reveals-new-details-in-lindsay-buziak-murder-case-1.5135211?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/152853/cold-case-solved-60-years-daisy-shelton-dismembered

#justiceformissy #missybevers

The Branson Perry case of Skidmore and my theory + information you can’t find online

the Branson Perry case

The disappearance of Branson Perry in April 2001 is a haunting case full of strange clues, dark suspicions, and eerie coincidences. Perry was last seen outside his home in Skidmore, Missouri, where he was apparently putting tools away in a shed. His grandmother, Jo Ann, stopped by his house days later and found it unlocked and empty. She knew something was wrong, and when she couldn’t reach him after repeated calls, she reached out to Branson’s mother, Rebecca. Rebecca confirmed that she hadn’t heard from him either. On April 17, with no sign of Branson, they filed a missing person report.

As the investigation unfolded, it became clear that Branson’s life had taken some complicated turns. He had reportedly been experimenting with marijuana and amphetamines and was carrying a bottle of Valium the day he disappeared. The police questioned people in his circle involved with drugs, but they all passed polygraph tests and claimed they hadn’t seen him recently. There were even rumors that Branson might have owed money to drug dealers, adding a potential motive for foul play. His father, Bob, thought that maybe Branson had hitchhiked to Kansas City to stay with friends, as his car wasn’t working at the time.

The case took a disturbing twist in 2003 when Jack Wayne Rogers, a minister and Boy Scout leader, was arrested on unrelated charges. Rogers, it turned out, had a violent and dark side. Online posts linked to him described a horrific incident where he picked up a blond hitchhiker, then raped, tortured, and killed him, later burying the body in a remote part of the Ozarks. Although Rogers denied knowing Branson, law enforcement found a turtle claw necklace in his possession—a necklace that closely resembled one Branson owned. Despite this disturbing link, Rogers continued to deny any involvement in Branson’s disappearance.

Branson Perry’s case remains unsolved, with only fragments of unsettling evidence. His family is still left with questions, and the town of Skidmore continues to be haunted by the mystery.

I happen to live near skidmore and can name two ex drug dealers of the town one named Kenny and the other David I believe he owed these two money was attempting to flee Kenny and David. Kenny or David maybe both could have known Jack Rogers and was hiring him or getting him to do their dirty work with Jack being as twisted as he is seen it as a win possibly doing it free or could have just been passing through and seen Perry attempting to hitchhike and did it alone the only reason I believe that Kenny and David reached out to rogers is because they are roughly 251.1 miles apart what are the chances the one day Perry tries to flee rogers is just so happening to be in Skidmore which also means since Perry was in Skidmore when rogers picked him up he had to have been the first person to find him on his hitchhiking journey

If you would like to see what I have backing this dm me I will send u some screenshots entailing this information

https://www.yahoo.com/news/19-old-disappeared-her-illinois-210926505.html

I'll copy the Wikipedia below. It tells the whole story with all of the details.

I just watched an episode of 48 Hours about this case. In 2008, Lindsay was a real estate agent who was murdered in a house she was {supposedly} showing to a couple.

The case is still unsolved. I want to know who do you think did it? Honestly despite lack of motive, I am suspicious of her parents.

30 year old Barbara Jean Lewis lived in Penn Hills, a suburb 20 minutes East of Pittsburgh, PA. On the morning of November 19, 1976 she left for work around 6:15am, but did not make it to the bus stop only several feet away from her home. Whether she was forced into a vehicle, or willingly accepted a ride from an acquaintance is unknown. When she did not show for her secretarial job at Rockwell International in downtown Pittsburgh, her coworkers became alarmed.

Around 9am, a maid showed up to begin work at the Blackridge Civic Association, only a mile from Barbara’s home, she made the grim discovery of her body in a trash bin outside. She was still warm to the touch. Her hands were tied with one of her stockings and the belt to her overcoat. She had been manually strangled. Despite her bra being in disarray and her panties inside out, there was no evidence of sexual assault. There were no defensive wounds or bruises, and her mouth and nose were packed with gauze, which was believed to have been done post mortem. Her overcoat, blouse and purse were missing. They were later found in the woods by a schoolboy a mile and a half from where her body was discovered. In a time before DNA or doorbell cameras, police set up a check point, but unfortunately nobody heard or witnessed anything.

Police hit a dead end and her case still remains unsolved. There was a series of strangulation murders of women and girls in the area in the late 70s. A few were solved, decades later to advances in DNA technology. Hopefully with even more advances in forensic science and genealogical DNA-which helped solved the case of The Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, Barbara’s case can be finally solved. She was laid to rest in Good Shepherd Cemetery in Monroeville, PA.

Barbara lived a 1/4 from me, and I drive past the site where her body was discovered everyday. As a Girl Scout, I had events there; and I remember my mother telling about the girl who was kidnapped and found there. I often think about whether her case has been solved or if there have been new developments when I drive by.

note that Doug's actual last name was Costello, articles got it wrong

if you don't know who Doug is you can visit my page, I have lots of information me and others on Reddit have gathered about the case :)

It wasn't Laura (Doug's girlfriend), at first I thought maybe she should be considered as a suspect but after talking with some people we realized how unrealistic that would be. If Laura wanted to kill Doug, she wouldn't have done it in the TGI Friday's. She would've done it at home where there was a very little risk of anyone seeing anything. She also loved Doug more than anything, and although in most cases you would say "well she still needs to be considered as it's usually someone close to the victim that does the crime" but Laura really, really loved him. And she still posts about him in her socials years later, that's not something a murderer would do. So it's very unlikely that she did it.

At first glance, it looks like it was obviously the 20 and 21 year olds who were causing trouble in the store in the previous months. After talking with a person on Reddit who lived in that area at the time and some of my friends about it, it's unlikely it was a disgruntled person or group that killed Doug. Unless someone had serious grudges and anger issues, it's unrealistic that they would meticulously plan a break-in and murder.

It could honestly be any of the other employees. Akeem Holland, the waiter that was working with Doug the night of the murder, claimed there were 4 employees still working when he left at 2:30 AM. Doug was found at 5:15 AM. It could've been Akeem, he could've lied about the employees still working, he could've committed the murder and went home. The thing is, a time of death was never specified by SPMD. No one ever said if Akeem was cleared as a suspect, nothing was said about anything. That's why there's so many speculations and opinions floating around, because that's all we have to go off of 😭.

It could've been one or more of the four employees Akeem was talking about. As it would be hard to gain access to a fully locked building, murder someone, and then leave without any DNA or CCTV footage of them being left, it could've been someone who had access to the building. They wouldn't even necessarily need a key if they were already in the building. I spoke with some people about this, and a really good point came up. What if an employee was caught by Doug trying to steal, and they freaked out and killed him? The blunt force head trauma would make sense, because if it wasn't planned the weapon would've been quickly chosen from the surrounding area. If it was a planned robbery, wouldn't they want to carry something more effective, such as a knife or a gun? It would've been nice to learn if any of the four employees were cleared as suspects by the SMPD, but again, it was never said.

As me and my parents were discussing this, my mom suggested something I haven't seen anyone else talk about. What if it was an ex of Laura's? It would make sense, seeing Laura being so happy with Doug, it's possible someone was spited by this and decided to get revenge. I will reach out to Laura soon and see if this could be an actual possibility.

And then of course there is what the San Mateo Police Department assumed the murder was, an attempted robbery gone wrong, but these are just the theories that I and people I've conversated w have come up with.

Background: 11 women’s remains found buried in 2009 in the desert in the West Mesa of Albuquerque , NM. Suspect believed to be part of a s*x trafficking ring.

One of the victims, Syllania Edwards was a runaway from a group home called Parker Pointe in Lawton, Oklahoma. If you look them up on google, there are a couple of testimonies saying the place is terrible and “scary”. It makes you wonder if they are involved in the ring as well… anybody else notice that?

A suspect in a 25-year-old homicide case on the Western Slope is now in custody.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said in a release that 68-year-old Dan Bishop of Naturita was arrested for first-degree murder Thursday and booked into the Montrose County Detention Center in connection with the 1999 disappearance of 42-year-old Dale Williams.

CBI said it opened a new inquiry into Williams' disappearance in September 2023 with the help of the Montrose County Sheriff's Office after previous investigations into the cold case concluded without criminal charges.

At the time of Williams' disappearance, he owned an auto body shop in Nucla. An investigation revealed Williams and his wife helped Bishop's wife leave him and resettle in Texas, the release said.

The release said Williams was last seen on May 27, 1999, after he received a call to help a stranded motorist, possibly near Bedrock, northwest of Naturita near the Colorado-Utah line.

Williams's truck was found nearly six weeks later, on July 4, submerged in a river, according to the release. Investigators found a rifle in the bed of the truck with a spent shell casing in the chamber. Firearm purchase records show the .22 caliber rifle belonged to Bishop, the release said.

The release said based on the investigation, it's believed Bishop acted together with his now-deceased cousin to murder Williams. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Monday, and he was taken into custody on Thursday.

“There have been countless interviews and hundreds of hours of investigation poured into this case," Montrose County Sheriff Gene Lillard said in a statement. "It has taken an entire team effort of law enforcement, family and concerned citizens to bring the case to where it is at today. We are grateful for the in-depth investigation over the last 25 years by the Agents of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Investigators and Deputies of the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office.”

Bishop is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond.

Caitlin Denison was last seen in the Odessa/Midland, Texas area in 2017. Caitlin boarded a flight from Reno, NV to Texas with an unknown male subject. Her family heard from her a few days after she went to Texas, but she was never heard from again.

In Monday (10/14/2024), the Texas Rangers finally released an image of the suspects vehicle and trailer. However, there is no license plate number affiliated with the vehicle. The vehicle allegedly had Nevada plates but was located in the Odessa/Midland, Texas area since the suspect probably worked at an oil field. The link to the image of the truck and trailer can be found in the below press release:

https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/dps-seeks-publics-help-2018-midland-co-disappearance-west-texas-region

Are you able to identify this vehicle? If so, can you report it to the Texas Rangers? They ask that all tips be reported online via the following link or to (800) 346-3243.

https://www.dps.texas.gov/apps/coldCase/Tips/TipForm/278

I wanted to make a post as I've notice there's not a single thread on this cold case from 1973 Dearborn, MI. Ruth Postif was a Dearborn High School senior in 1973, and went missing on October 18th, 1973, when she suddenly disappeared from a mall around 3:45PM. She was reported missing at 5:00PM when she failed to show up for her serving shift. Her car was found two days later in Superior Township in a rural area, and a few weeks later, her body was found 1/2 a mile away from where her car was abandoned. She was stabbed several times, and her body was found with her hands tied.

I know that Daniel Anders was initially accused of committing the murder as he had been found guilty of r*ping and assaulting other women. But as it says in his trial he was found not guilty and due to evidence, it was proved he at the very least did not leave any DNA at the scene if he was involved. Other than this lead it seems there hasn't been any further developments in her case, and I'm trying to see if anyone has any other information that's not already out there.

If you or anyone you know has information on this case, remember to reach out to the Michigan State Police, there's currently a podcast called "Cold Cases with Cassy" about Ruth's murder and it says to contact Sgt. Larry Rothman at the Michigan State Police.

note that Doug's real last name was Costello but when writing articles of his murder, it was misspelled

So Doug was my dad's friend, and I'm kinda young and I don't know where to start so Reddit ig.

My dad and Doug both had been living in rural Eastern Oregon until one day in 2006 when Doug packed a few things on his motorcycle and drove to San Mateo California. He went to go live with his friend Shawn Weemes. For a while he just stayed in San Mateo, working in manager position at a TGI Friday. Fast forward to January of 2008, Doug is closing the store. His girlfriend/fiance usually came in to visit, but that night he was working late and she didn't. He didn't come home that night, and in the morning Doug was found by a daytime manager dead on the store floor. At first the police department thought he had been shot, but it turned out that he had died of blunt force trauma. The even sadder part of this was that he was planning on marrying his girlfriend, they were planning on shopping for a promise ring, and she was pregnant with Doug's child (she unfortunately had a miscarriage after his death). That's what is making me want to solve this case so badly, he was such a sweet guy and he didn't deserve to die that way. Anyway, the San Mateo Police Department was very iffy on a lot of the details surrounding what happened. They never said where in the building he was found, they never said if there was surveillance in the building, and when a police spokesperson was asked if there were any possible suspects, they said "we are not currently in the position to rule out any person". They never said if there was any DNA evidence either, and they never said if a murder weapon was found. All they said was that it was a suspected attempted robbery gone wrong. All im saying is that if someone is dressed for a robbery and then kills someone, there's gonna be some sort of DNA evidence. Marji Fields, a person who frequented the store, said that over the past 6 months there had been some 20 and 21 year olds coming in and having altercations. Doug was a manager, which would mean he would have been the one to break up the fights. I think this was on purpose, and someone had a plan to kill Doug. Anyway, I don't know what to do and once I'm able to be in San Mateo i don't think the PD would be willing to help. I'll link some sources and articles if I can as well.

Hi so i got part of that wrong and now I have even more questions. The article I read states that "Waiter Akeem Holland said he worked the night shift at the restaurant Sunday and saw four employees still in the restaurant when he left at 2:30 a.m." when did the others go home because Doug was found at 5:00 AM?? That's a crazy small time frame.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/tgi-friday-s-victim-was-beaten-3231631.php

https://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20080122/worker-found-slain-in-eatery/

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/search-continues-in-tgi-fridays-murder/article_0e22ea23-81cb-5805-8ccc-239d21cfc3e2.html

I recommend reading the articles because they do a much better job explaining than I do

Also I will be posting this on multiple subreddits, upvotes, comments and questions help a lot with pushing this further into the Reddit algorithm and help Doug get the justice such a kind man like him deserves!

Georgetown, Ohio Recent Case

“Terror of Georgetown” An anonymous writer of cryptic letters throughout a small town. It’s really intrigued me and people have been scared in my town because of it. Somehow this person has gotten away with handwriting letters and putting them throughout town, at our Library and in Mailboxes. As of what I know personally, and what they have said, there are like 8-11 letters, 7-10 of them being in one night. But there could be more, I just don’t know and maybe they don’t either?

There are apparently no witnesses, no cctv, no cameras, no physical evidence (that the public knows of anyway), etc. And mind you, our Library is in the center of our town. 🤷‍♂️

“Terror of Georgetown” Cryptic Letters | Possible Serial Killer?

1 letter goes something like this:

“This is the 4th Letter. Hey, my Seige of this town has just started. This town is my domain. Bodies will fall but none shall be found. Terror struck thy town. Who am I? Ask yurselves whos missing? Die they shall.”

Another letter says something like this:

“The library is not in troble. But the town must (know?) my Name! The Terror of Georgetown! Blood will () the fairagrounds. Remember Oct 1! (Pendle?)! October 1979 Eyes. Fall 1979 (_ ? ___ ?) The fair is gonna be fun! Run!”

(I typed it the best I could to be as similar to the letters as possible. The periods, & exclamation points have dots that are a circle within a circle. Which each letter has a bigger version in the middle of them. Like his or her “signature”?)

This is all I know as of right now, or at least all I could think of as of now. I’ll update of any other letters or if I figure out what certain words say. I’ve gotten my info from the community in my town talking about it on the original Police Office posts on Facebook, as well as the 4 so far News Channels & articles.

Oh, and a lot of the actual letters and words are written in a mixture of cursive, print, and backwards letters. Most likely with non-dominate hand.

Anyone that might be able to help in the case would be cool, if not at least providing some insight. I think it’s a Halloween Prank but there’s a small part of me thinking it could be a Serial Killer.

Evelyn Fleck was my mother and she has a 30 year old cold case from South Shore,Kentucky 1-21-1994 I am looking towards getting this case reinvestigated and need to know if anyone has any helpful links. I contacted the Attorney General and he sent me to the Kentucky state police. I am still waiting a response. One of the suspects in her case has moved to the Phillipines.

Here is the link to the missing person report on my cousin Angela Holsinger. She disappeared roughly a year before I was born, but ghosts of her memory have floated around me since I was a very young child. Upon further research, I've uncovered a handful of pieces of the puzzle, but I'm hoping someone might help me piece together the larger picture and bring my family some closure.

In my own findings, I've uncovered two things for certain. Angela had a sister, Tina, who was murdered. My mother, who was only a few years younger and grew up alongside Angie and Tina, was fully under the impression that Tina's death was accidental, seeing as no one was ever charged. However, within Angie's missing person report, Tina's death is referred to as a murder, stating that it is unclear as to whether or not there was a link between the two.

I searched through the depths of Google, but outside of Angela's missing person report, Tina Holsinger is a ghost. All I have are family recollections and this single report to even prove that she ever existed.

And finally, I've come across one more name. Mike Mearan.

Mike Mearan is dead. In my small hometown, he was an attorney, as well as a notorious sex trafficker. The corruption runs deep, and Mearan spent his final months, maybe a couple of years at most, in prison. But save for the last bit of his life, Mike Mearan was an unchecked, untouchable sort of man. And for decades, he terrorized, trafficked, and murdered the women of our small Appalachian town.

The man had the police department in his back pocket for years, and when Angie went missing, the case was horrendously mishandled by our local police. Police prevented my family from searching for her, from putting up signs, from even putting her name in the paper. And in the aftermath, with hardly as much as a paragraph about her disappearance and her sister's murder, it seems they've gotten their way.

Justice likely won't be seen, now that the man that likely orchestrated these deaths is now rotting in hell himself. But beyond this, we have no answers, and no part of her to bring home and lay to rest. I feel like I'm holding pieces of a puzzle, and I just want to solve this lifelong family mystery of mine.

Hey! Any crime slueths want to work with me on this case???

The Oklahoma City ButcherOn April 1, 1976, in Oklahoma City, three workers on break decided to explore an abandoned house at 325 NE 6th st., where they were met with the overwhelming smell of death. Inside the dilapidated home they found a popcorn bucket and when tipped over a severed head that was barely recognizable as human with the mouth cut from ear-to-ear rolled out. When police arrived, they found arms and legs littered throughout the house, and a torso with its sexual organs removed. It would take 17 years for police to identify the body of 18-year-old Cathy Lyn Shackelford, of the Sac and Fox tribe. It was the fantastic memory of the investigator Sgt. Norma Adams, who was tasked with looking into an odd missing person's report that began the process of identifying Cathy. She remembered seeing a photo of the facial reconstruction completed by Betty Pat Gatliff, a Norman forensic sculptor, from 1976 of the then unknown victim. This lead to the University of California in Berkeley making a match with familial DNA, confirming Sgt. Adam's suspicions. Cathy's last known sighting was about 2 months before her remains were found. What happened in those 2 months remains a mystery.Three years later, on April 19th, children playing on the 300 block of NE 10th st., witnessed a dog running down the street carrying a human head. A hand, a pelvis with its sexual organs removed, and circular portions of flesh, all of which had been meticulously cleaned, were found littered throughout the neighborhood in brown paper sacks or hidden under news paper in the following weeks. The remains were identified through fingerprinting as Arley Bell Killian, 22, a Native American woman who had been a victim of sex trafficking, and who was last seen by her family only hours before the first of her remains were discovered. In 1983, now-infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas was suspected of killing Arley. On April 6th, 1986, a man walking down an alley behind his home on the 400 block of NE 1st, came upon a torso with its sexual organs removed, and a leg. Almost a week later, the matching head was found six blocks away in a garbage bin, where most of her face had been burned down to the skull. Two tattoos on the woman's shoulder, a Playboy bunny and the words, "Lady Aries" lead to the remains being identified as 23-year-old Tina Sanders, and like the other two, she was a Native American woman. She was last seen alive on March 5. By 1986, it was considered unlikely that Henry Lee Lucas, who by this time had confessed to hundreds of murders, was Arley Killian's killer. With the discovery of Tina's remains, and the three deaths eventually being linked together due to unmistakable similarities, the possibility was finally put to rest. The investigators are certain, however, that the horrific similarities and brutal killings of these women is at the hand of an unknown serial killer roaming the streets: The Oklahoma City Butcher. All three women shared more than just their killer, they were all young indigenous women. They all had been homeless and suspected of being involved in sex work at the time of their attacks. Cathy and Arley both had a distinctive incision through the center of the lower lip and one could easily assume that Tina probably did as well before her head was mostly burned. They were all found within a mile of each other in a predominantly black neighborhood. None of their sex organs were ever found and they all shared the same body type. A previous cold case inspector, Kyle Eastridge, was quoted in an interview describing what is probably the most disturbing commonality they shared, "There is evidence to suggest that this person took his time with the victims and may even have toyed with their bodies, at least post-mortem, not to mention the time it would've taken to dissect them into pieces."Please be warned, the following is a quote from Cathy Shackleford's cousin, Andra Medina, and is especially difficult to read:"He cut off her breasts and cut her mouth open," Medina said. "He scalped her. He cut from her female organs up and opened her up. That's what police said, anyway. And he cut her hands off, her arms off, her legs. Everything. So that was just kind of .... That was hard to hear and imagine, but we just try to think that she's in a better place now. We try to think that way, but sometimes we wonder about who this was, who done this to her. Is this person alive? ... Is it somebody who's dead and gone already? We just want to know."No person should ever have to live knowing such details about the death of someone they loved and none should go without answers. Like Cathy's family, Judy's family and friends have suffered the decades long effects of them knowing the pain and suffering their loved ones must of experienced in their final moments, and the pain of not knowing who committed such atrocities against their loved ones. The graphic details of her death that they have to live with for all these years is gut wrenching.Are there more victims of the OKC Butcher out there that just haven't been found and/or linked? Possibly. Native women are the most at risk of any demographic to be victims of violence. Murdered sex workers are often over-looked and forgotten. Between 1979-1992, the third leading cause of death of native women was homicide. Native women are 10 times more likely to be murdered than the national average. It is extremely likely that there are other OKC Butcher victims that have not been identified.

So I’m still fairly new to looking into cases and this one about Bryce has always had me wondering especially since he disappeared in my hometown. So this is what was just published by our local news outlet :

A full decade after Bryce Laspisa’s unexplained disappearance, his family still hopes for answers. This year, Bryce’s mother, Karen Laspisa, spoke with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and shared that despite the devastating 10 years, she and her husband continue to have hope for a miracle that Bryce will be found.

“8/30/2023 marks 10 years of Bryce being missing. Every day a loved one goes missing. We share the pain with parents who have a missing child,” read a statement from Laspisa’s family posted to the Find Bryce Laspisa Facebook page. “We grieve, while having hope for a miracle that Bryce will be found.”

Laspisa continued to reminisce on the love the couple have for their son and their special bond. As time goes by, the family continues to share memories and stories of Bryce.

Commemorating the ten-year anniversary of his disappearance, the NCMEC released a brand-new age-progressed image of Bryce Laspisa. This image was created by a forensic artist at NCMEC and shows what Bryce may look like today at 29 years old.

The Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa

In the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2013, Laspisa went missing at Castaic Lake as he was driving home to Orange County from Sierra College near Sacramento, where he was a student. A former roommate of Laspisa told KCRA-TV the student partied hard and was evicted from their dorm the year before his disappearance. The then-19-year-old began the hours-long drive to his parents’ home late in the day on Aug. 28 after he broke up with his girlfriend, according to KBAK-TV in Bakersfield. The student’s parents reported him missing on Aug. 29 after he did not appear at their home. Law enforcement found Laspisa parked on a roadside near Bakersfield at around 8 p.m. that day and searched his car, but did not find any drugs or alcohol, according to KBAK-TV. Laspisa last spoke to his parents over the phone at around 2 a.m. on Aug. 30. He told them he was driving on the 5 Freeway but did not see any signage showing exactly where he was specifically. “He took a detour at 2:08 a.m. and got off the I-5 in a suburban area and was going to sleep in his car,” his mother told KHTS previously. “I told him to call me when he got up the next morning.” Laspisa did not call back in the morning. That last call with his mother was the last time anyone heard from him. On the morning of Aug. 30, between 4:20 and 5:15 a.m., law enforcement officials participating in a training exercise found Laspisa’s car at Castaic Lake. The car had tumbled 15 feet down a ravine and landed on its passenger side off of Main Ramp Road, just a few hundred feet from Lake Hughes Road. Laspisa’s cell phone, wallet, laptop and clothing were in the car, but he was nowhere to be found. Laspisa’s family said it looked like the teen had used a tool to break the back window of the car before crawling out, according to KCRA-TV in Sacramento. The month after Laspisa went missing, a burnt body was found near Castaic Lake, to the horror of his family. However, authorities later identified the body as that of a Los Angeles homicide victim, according to KBAK-TV. More recently, there was an alleged sighting of Laspisa in Missoula, Montana, according to the Find Bryce Laspisa Facebook page. Detective Ethan Smith looked into the sighting. On April 25, 2022, he was able to find the man, who he said could be Bryce’s twin, according to the Facebook page. “I was able to verify his identity and it’s not Bryce,” Smith said in an update. “​​I believe the photo being circulated of the young man on the bike in Missoula who looks like Bryce is this guy, but sadly, it isn’t Bryce. I was astounded by the resemblance between the two.”

No further leads or developments have been announced in Laspisa’s case.

Source :

https://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/crime/bryce-laspisa-still-missing-one-decade-after-unexplained-disappearance-480422

In 1961, Johnny Cash sang his song “The Girl In Saskatoon” to “Alex”, Alexandra Wiwcharuk in the Saskatoon arena in front of fifteen hundred fans. Her photo had been put forward in a local contest where promotion for Cash’s upcoming Saskatoon concert had included a public call to submit photos of the most beautiful girl in Saskatoon Canada. Alexandra’s photo was submitted, and of course, she was picked for the special honor to be serenaded by the star as he performed the catchy tune in front of adoring fans.

Alexandra was bright, young, vivacious and bubbly by all accounts. Just under 5’2” tall, with rich reddish dark hair, light colored eyes, and a college nursing program under her belt by Winter of 1961, she was set to work night shift from around 11:30pm on Friday May 18, 1962 at City Hospital in Saskatoon. She never showed up and her body was recovered some feet away from the South Saskatchewan River Bed. Reports say Alex’s hand was discovered above her shallow grave; some sand and soil was determined to be in Alex’s lungs on examination. Alex had been raped. Her killer struck skull-fracturing blows to her head, and likely buried her body alive after she lay battered, and unconscious on that terrible evening.

Alexandra’s family are still seeking closure and answers for this beautiful young woman’s senseless death, but many years on, it seems the investigation has yielded no closure for the heartbroken family.

Have you followed this case?

Do you know what happened to Alexandra Wiwcharuk on that fateful night in Saskatoon?

What are your theories?

I noticed that Victoria’s Day fell on the same weekend - meaning there was a gov’t holiday on the Monday following Alex’s rape and murder the evening of May 18, 1962. Was someone in town visiting Alexandra or a male known to one of her 3 roommates on that long 3 day weekend? The police had questions for someone as far as Alberta, Canada. No name has been published that I’ve come across to identify this person, but I would like to know if it was Ron Badduke, a brother of Doreen Badduke (fellow nurse and roommate of Alexandra Wiwcharuk). Ron moved to Alberta, Canada. Was he visiting family in the Saskatoon area - possibly his sister Doreen Badduke that weekend? Could he have seen or know something suspicious from the events leading up to that weekend if he was visiting the area?

Do you have information that could be of use in solving this case?

Thoughts? Theories?

I was browsing cold cases (like you do) and saw this one. She was 23-years-old and it struck me because she looks like someone I would’ve hung out with when I was younger.

She was killed walking to the store. Strangled and left in a park. The person who called 911 upon finding her took pictures of the body, which unfortunately wound up on social media.

The police department does not have the budget to keep detectives at all, let alone cold case detectives.

Her mom has a Facebook group trying to keep the case on people’s minds: https://m.facebook.com/groups/503074916748431/?ref=sharehttps://m.facebook.com/groups/503074916748431/?ref%3Dshare&exp=7ffb&mibextid=S66gvF

After reading anything and everything about this case online, it dawned on me that out of all the information I read, I was unable to really gather an accurate picture of who Holly really was. Not sure if anyone on here knew her, or had parents who attended school with her/Sean (as my father did). But if anyone has insight into who she was, I'd love to hear.

I'm new to the group, so apologies if this type of post has been overly done.

I'm looking for suggestions of private organizations, non-profits, or public volunteer organizations that work on cold cases. I've reviewed a couple, after some iniital web searches.:

https://www.coldcasefoundation.org/ Cold Case Foundation

https://coldcasehelp.com/ Cold Case Coalition

Cold Case Investigative Research Institute based in Atlanta by Sheryl "Mac" McCollum, though the link seems to be outdated and NL any good.

What others do you suggest or recommend? (Particularly those that might offer training or need volunteers.)

Also, if you have suggestions for short courses (not a Masters or Academy program), I welcome your input.

I’ve recently started getting into cold cases about a month ago and started diving down the rabbit hole starting with searching up cases locally in Virginia. I came up on the Shane Donahue case and to my surprise, just today it has been announced they have arrested Timothy Hickerson in connection with his death.

Hickerson was last seen with Donahue when he was leaving his parents home in Nokesville, Virginia and was never seen again.

Link to news article here: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/14-years-shane-donahue-reported-missing-police-arrested-man-murder-virginia-cold-case/65-ab2d73c8-3dd2-4534-aec7-707f23d98130

This one bothers me because of how little information there is on her.

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/39847?nav

She went missing at 19, she is hispanic, 5'5, 120 lbs with black hair and eyes. She was last seen on September 28, 1995.

After looking at some Jane Doe's in surrounding states, I found one who was discovered on March 3, 2001 in Duchesne County, Utah, only 7 hours away from where Nichole went missing. Jane Doe was presumed to be 17-20 at DOD, of Hispanic descent, died sometime between 1979-1999, and only her skull was found. Her remains were found during a drug search on a 620 acre property.

https://doenetwork.org/cases/1717ufut.html

I think they have similar features, and most of the information matches up. What do you guys think?

https://saskcrimestoppers.com/case/missing-mekayla-bali/

Please take a moment to look at Mekayla Balis case. She is missed dearly by so many.

Ieshia went missing on Halloween night back in 2020 and was never seen again. There are multiple stories and theories on possible kidnapping/murder. While they are possible, I would pray she is still alive and can be found, however if assumed the worst at least bring closure to her mom on what happened. Five years is too long of time to not know anything of what happened. Theory is her uncle took her to Texas to “move furniture” and never returned. Some people say it was the angry ex boyfriend . We have got to bring her home regardless of the circumstances so our small town, family, and friends can have closure. If anybody on here is from Texas has seen her or heard anything please help! She’s our classmate, our friend, a family member, a sister, and someone’s child.

https://katv.com/amp/news/local/el-dorado-mom-pleading-for-answers-after-daughter-goes-missing-in-2020

A security guard discovered a woman who had hanged herself in a motel bathroom using a suitcase strap. A day and a half earlier a man by the name of Eduardo Colin rented a Super 8 Motel room for two on June 3rd. On the 5th around 11am a security guard entered the room that was locked from the inside and found the woman in the bathroom. Her body was found severely decomposed, and heroin was in her system. A photo on a table showed the woman and a man, identified by staff as Eduardo. He remained a suspect until years later, Eduardo's family confirmed that he was not the man in the picture and they did not know the unidentified woman. A scale with the name "George Martinez" was also found, possibly linked to drug use which would explain the heroin in her system.

In 2021, investigators received a tip that the woman may have been named Becca and was from Los Angeles County, that is how this case has been widely known as the Becca Doe Case.

This case has not been covered anywhere, I have also made a YouTube video covering the same points if that is easier to watch: https://youtu.be/pluDQh-6chg?si=mOTKNGxi7RwCQ7BX

Roland Carmagnole was born in the country of Mauritius in 1960 but moved to the UK when he was a child in 1969. He was extremely intelligent and artistic, studying physics at the Liverpool John Moores University and was a talented jazz musician. On December 12th 1987, Roland attended a pre-christmas party with his friends. He was there until roughly 1 AM where he decided to walk to his accommodation on Oxford Road, Bootle. However, during his journey on Scotland Road, he was brutally beaten with a long piece of wood. The injuries were extremely severe with Roland suffering a fractured skull and most of the bones in his face being broken. He was found lying unconscious on the street at 2AM by a passer by who called an ambulance.

He lost 14 pints of blood due to the severe trauma to the head area he suffered and sadly died a day later. Nothing was missing from his pockets so it was not a robbery but instead a senseless assault.

Investigations were immediately made and the case was treated as a hate crime as they questioned party goers Roland was with and local area if they saw anything.

Details from this point on across sources become murky but it seems police questioned two key suspects at the time. One person being Mark Forster who says at the time of the murder, he was travelling and drinking with various pubs in the area and got into a fight with a man named Thomas Edwards who was the second man questioned. Both men admit being in the area and being violent but both men were released from questioning and the case went cold for nearly 15 years. Until 2001, when police reopened the case due to a review and improved DNA technology. The case was even shown on the popular show Crimewatch as they spent the next 5 years pushing to find the killer.

The reopening of the case found new leads, one including that a lorry driver drove past the assault whilst sounding his horn but the lorry driver has never been found or has stepped forward to answer questions. Another thing that was found was Roland was with a young brunette woman hours before his death but this woman has also not come forward to answer any questions either.

In 2005, an anonymous phone call to police said that Mark Forster, the man who was questioned at the time of the murder back in 1987, was the one who attacked Roland. Mark Forster was officially charged and brought to trial in 2006. Mark was acquitted on all trials by a jury and walked free, making the Roland Carmagnole case cold since 2006, nearly 20 years later.