Unsolved cases
Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
Atlanta Lover's Lane Murders
The Atlanta Lover's Lane Murders were a series of unsolved shooting attacks on three different couples in Atlanta, Georgia, in early 1977, which left three dead and three others injured. The same gun, a .38 caliber pistol, was used in all three shootings, which suggested that a single perpetrator was responsible for all three attacks. However, no suspect has ever been identified.
1963 · OregonUnsolvedDeath of Steven Crawford
Steven Alexander "Stevie" Crawford (October 2, 1960 – c. July 11, 1963) was a formerly unidentified toddler whose body was found in a reservoir in Ashland, Oregon, on July 11, 1963. He was identified in 2021 using GEDmatch.
1981 · MarylandUnsolvedSebastian Russo
Sebastian Russo (15 November 1924 – 27 February 1981) was a primary care physician from Baltimore, Maryland. He was murdered in his office in February 1981, and his case remains unsolved. After his death, he was declared "the last of the $5 doctors" in Baltimore, referring to his tendency to charge patients $5 or less for his services.
1975UnsolvedDenver Prostitute Killer
The Denver Prostitute Killer was an American serial killer responsible for the murder of at least 17 women and girls in Denver and its various suburbs between 1975 and 1995. In 2005, based upon results from DNA profiling, it was determined that the most likely killer was Billy Edwin Reid who was previously arrested and charged with the 1989 murder of Lannell Williams and Lisa Kelly. Reid was convicted and sentenced…
2005 · WashingtonUnsolvedDeath of Adre-Anna Jackson
Adre-Anna Anita Jackson, also spelled Adreanna or Adre'Anna was a missing person of Native American descent from Lakewood, Washington. She disappeared at age 10 while walking to school in December 2005 in "a high-crime area with a large number of registered sex offenders". Her mother had sent her out on a three-block walk not knowing school had been canceled because of snow and did not report her missing until late…
1988 · FloridaUnsolvedMurder of Pamela Walton
Pamela Leigh Walton (died c. July–September 1988) was a transgender woman believed to have been murdered in Clermont, Florida, in 1988. Her remains remained unidentified for nearly 37 years until March 2025.
2014 · GeorgiaUnsolvedKillings of Russell and Shirley Dermond
The murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond occurred in early May 2014 in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. The decapitated body of Russell Dermond (age 88) was found on May 6, 2014, in the garage of the house he owned on Lake Oconee. Neither his head nor his wife, Shirley (age 87), could be located in the house.
2010UnsolvedSkid Row Stabber
The Skid Row Stabber is an American serial killer, responsible for the murders of 11 people in the Los Angeles neighborhood known as Skid Row, which is notorious for housing a huge number of homeless people, who are regularly subjected to victimization. The criminal's signature weapon was a knife. While a suspect named Bobby Joe Maxwell was arrested, charged, and sentenced for the murders, his conviction was…
1982 · UtahUnsolvedMurder 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. One of Utah's most notorious cold cases, Rachael's murder ultimately proved a catalyst to establish the "Rachael Alert" child abduction…
2018 · IllinoisUnsolvedDuck Walk Killer
The Duck Walk Killer is an unidentified spree killer who murdered at least two men in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in 2018.
1946 · OregonUnsolvedOak Grove Jane Doe
Oak Grove Jane Doe is an unidentified murder victim found dismembered in the Willamette River south of Portland, Oregon near Oak Grove over a period of several months in 1946. The first discovery consisted of a woman's torso which was found wrapped in burlap, floating near the Wisdom Light moorage on April 12, 1946; this led the media to dub the case the Wisdom Light Murder. The arms and one thigh of the victim were…
1996 · TennesseeUnsolvedMurder of Blair Adams
Robert Dennis Blair Adams (December 28, 1964 – July 11, 1996) was a Canadian man found murdered in a parking lot of an under-construction hotel off Interstate 40 outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. His murder remains unsolved.
1969 · MarylandUnsolvedMurder of Catherine Cesnik
Catherine Anne Cesnik (born November 17, 1942; disappeared November 7, 1969) was a Roman Catholic religious sister and a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. On November 7, 1969, Cesnik disappeared. Her body was discovered on January 3, 1970, near a garbage dump in the Baltimore suburb of Lansdowne.
1971 · TexasUnsolvedMurders of Sally McNelly and Shane Stewart
Sally Ann McNelly (March 26, 1970 – July 4, 1988) and Shane Paul Stewart (August 5, 1971 – July 4, 1988) were two teenagers who were murdered near Lake Nasworthy in San Angelo, Texas after spending the evening watching a fireworks display on the Fourth of July in 1988. Their murders, which remain unsolved, were attributed to rumors of a Satanic cult in which they both were alleged to be involved. The case received…
1887 · New JerseyUnsolved
Rahway murder of 1887
The Rahway murder of 1887 is the murder of an unidentified young woman whose body was found in Rahway, New Jersey on March 25, 1887. She is also known as the Unknown Woman or the Rahway Jane Doe. Four brothers traveling to work at the felt mills by Bloodgood's Pond in Clark, New Jersey early one morning found the young woman lying off Central Avenue near Jefferson Avenue several hundred feet from the Central Avenue…
1969 · CaliforniaUnsolvedMurder of Reet Jurvetson
Reet Silvia Jurvetson (Estonian: Jürvetson; September 23, 1950 – c. November 14, 1969) was an Estonian-Canadian woman who was murdered in California in November 1969 at age 19. Her body remained unidentified for 46 years, until an online mortuary photograph was recognized by her family and friends in 2015.
1980UnsolvedMurder of Cynthia Gastelle
Cynthia "Cindy" Gastelle (September 4, 1961 – c. April 1980) was a formerly unidentified American murder victim who disappeared on April 3, 1980. Her body was found two years later, but remained unidentified for 30 years before the matching of mitochondrial DNA entered into the national DNA database provided her identity.
1976 · MarylandUnsolvedMurder of Margaret Fetterolf
Margaret Fetterolf (December 27, 1959 – September 11, 1976) was an American murder victim from Alexandria, Virginia, who was discovered on September 12, 1976, in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland. For 45 years, her body remained unidentified before being identified in September 2021 through DNA testing by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Bode Technology, and Othram. Prior to her…
1994 · CaliforniaUnsolvedMurder of Kori Lamaster
Kori JoAnne Lamaster was a formerly unidentified American murder victim who was found on January 29, 1994, after being killed in Pogonip Park, California, in 1993. She was reburied in an unmarked grave at nearby Soquel Cemetery. Lamaster's body remained unidentified for nineteen years until the comparison of familial DNA and a finger print card revealed her identity in 2013.
2015 · CaliforniaUnsolvedMurder of David Stack
David Arthur Stack (July 5, 1957 – June 9, 1976) was an American man who was murdered while hitchhiking from his home in Broomfield, Colorado to California. Stack was murdered by an unknown assailant or assailants in Wendover, Utah. His body was found approximately one day after his murder in a landfill in rural Tooele County, although he remained an unidentified decedent for 39 years until 2015 when his body was…
1981 · LouisianaUnsolvedKilling of Carol Cole
Carol Ann Cole (November 5, 1963 – December 1980; previously nicknamed as "Bossier Doe" or "Bossier's Doe" and officially known as Cold Case No. 81-018329) was a 17-year-old American homicide victim whose body was discovered in early 1981 in Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The victim remained unidentified until 2015, when DNA tests confirmed her identity.
1960 · ArizonaUnsolved
Murder of Sharon Lee Gallegos
Sharon Lee Gallegos (September 6, 1955 – c. July 21–24, 1960) was a formerly unidentified American murder victim known as Little Miss Nobody whose body was found in Congress, Yavapai County, Arizona on July 31, 1960. Her remains were estimated to have been discovered within one to two weeks of the date of her murder.
1981UnsolvedMurder of Brenda Gerow
Brenda Marie Gerow () (February 18, 1960 – c. April 6, 1981), previously known as Pima County Jane Doe, was a formerly unidentified American murder victim whose body was found on April 8, 1981. In late 2014, a photograph of a facial reconstruction of the victim was made public that led to Gerow's identification the next year.
1996 · TexasUnsolved
Murder of April Lacy
April Dawn Lacy (nicknamed "Brush Girl") was a previously unidentified American homicide victim who was discovered in 1996 in Decatur, Texas. She was identified in 1998 after her face was reconstructed and dental information was compared between both subjects. Although her body was identified, her murder remains unsolved.