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Disappearance of Randy Sellers
Randy Sellers (born September 6, 1962) is an American missing person who disappeared at the age of 17 in Visalia, Kentucky on August 16, 1980. The last individuals known to have contact with him were two police officers who had taken him into custody for intoxication. The officers stated that they dropped Sellers a mile from his home, marking the last time he was seen.
1997 · FloridaUnsolvedSouth Florida serial murders
Between February 1997 and August 2001, a series of mostly unsolved murders of disenfranchised women occurred in South Florida, one of whom was former Playboy model Star Stowe.
Year unknownMissingJoint Casualty Resolution Center
The Joint Casualty Resolution Center (often referred to as JCRC) was a joint task force within the United States Department of Defense, whose mission was to account for United States personnel listed as Missing in Action (MIA) in the Vietnam War.
2002 · MinnesotaMissingDisappearance of Joshua Guimond
On the night of November 9–10, 2002, 20‑year‑old Joshua Guimond disappeared from the campus of his current school, Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, United States. On the 9th, Guimond was partying with friends in an apartment of the Metten Court dormitory. The other attendees say that around 11:45 p.m., he left without saying anything, after implying earlier that he had some place to be.
2023 · AlabamaMissing
Carlee Russell disappearance hoax
On July 13, 2023, nursing student Carlethia Nichole Russell (born July 22, 1997) disappeared for 49 hours in Hoover, Alabama before reappearing and falsely reporting a kidnapping claim to police. The story of her disappearance earned wide attention via social media platforms. On July 24, Russell admitted she had fabricated the story, and had not been abducted.
1958 · MichiganMissingDisappearance of Adele Marie Wells
Adele Marie Wells (January 1, 1951 – disappeared November 21, 1958) is an American missing person who disappeared in Flint, Michigan, on November 21, 1958, when she was seven years old. Although she is believed to have been abducted, no suspects have ever been identified in connection with her disappearance, and her fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
2005 · MissouriMissingDisappearance of Bianca Piper
Bianca Noel Piper (December 26, 1991 – disappeared March 10, 2005) is an American missing person who disappeared at the age of 13 in Foley, Missouri, on March 10, 2005. She is believed to have been abducted, though her fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
Year unknown · North CarolinaUnsolvedMurder of Suellen Evans
Suellen Evans (April 1, 1944 – June 30, 1965) was a college student taking summer courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) who was stabbed and slashed to death at the campus' Coker Arboretum when she fought off a rape attempt. The killer has never been identified, and investigations have gone cold over the years, the murder having a lasting impact on the community and local police force.…
1992 · North CarolinaMissingAngela Toler
Angela "Angie" Faye Toler was a formerly unidentified decedent who disappeared in Richmond, Virginia, in November 1992, and who was unidentified for 20 years. After moving from Princeton, North Carolina, to Richmond with her boyfriend, Toler fell out of communication with her family. Toler's boyfriend soon moved back to Princeton alone, but Toler was not with him, and friends and family of Toler never heard from her…
1974 · OhioUnsolvedMurder of Linda Pagano
Linda Marie Pagano, formerly known as Strongsville Jane Doe, was an American murder victim from Akron, Ohio who was an unidentified decedent for 44 years. Following an argument with her stepfather on September 1, 1974, Pagano left her stepfather's apartment and was never seen again. On February 5, 1975, partial skeletal remains of a white female were found by three boys in a park in Strongsville, Ohio.
1983OverturnedMaurice Hastings
Maurice Hastings (born 1953) is an American former prisoner who was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of Roberta Wydermyer in 1983. He was released after being incarcerated for 38 years because DNA evidence linked to the murder implicated another man. Hastings requested the DNA test in the year 2000, but this was refused and was not carried out until 2021.
1984 · WashingtonUnsolvedMurder of Ruth Waymire
Ruth Belle Waymire (April 16, 1960 – c. June 1984), formerly known as Millie Doe, was a formerly unidentified female murder victim whose dismembered body was found in Spokane, Washington, in 1984. Her body was recovered from the Spokane River on June 20, 1984, and was missing the hands, feet, and head. Fourteen years later, in 1998, a skull was found elsewhere in Spokane that was later determined as belonging to…
Year unknownMissingAdventures with Purpose
Adventures with Purpose (AWP) is an American group of professional scuba divers who use underwater sonar imaging equipment and bathymetry mapping technology to locate missing persons and their vehicles in waterbodies. Originally focused on clean-up, their channel's focus was turned to missing persons cold cases after their accidental discovery of a missing person. The group documents their efforts on their YouTube…
2000 · TennesseeMissingDisappearance of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel
Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel were two American teenagers from Sparta, Tennessee, who disappeared in April 2000. Their remains were eventually found in Foster's submerged vehicle in the Calfkiller River in 2021 by Jeremy Sides, a volunteer civilian cold-case investigator and YouTuber.
2014 · New YorkMissingDick Conant
Dick Conant (born 1951) was an American boater who disappeared near the Outer Banks in December 2014 while on an eight month trip from Plattsburgh, New York to south Florida. The 2022 book, Riverman by Ben McGrath was written about Conant and his final journey. It is believed that some of Conant's trips also inspired fellow canoeist Neal Moore.
1965 · OregonMissingDisappearance of Teresa Ann Davidson-Murphy
The disappearance of Teresa Ann Davidson-Murphy (born May 15, 1965) occurred between October 7 and 10, 1999, in Rainier, Oregon. At the time of the disappearance she was living with her second husband and her daughter. Theresa’s belongings and her vehicle were left at her home, but there was no sign of Teresa.
2001 · CaliforniaMissingDisappearances of Shaina Kirkpatrick and Shausha Henson
Shaina Ashley Kirkpatrick (born April 27, 1997) and her sister, Shausha Latine Henson (born January 26, 2001), are two missing American children who vanished under mysterious circumstances in 2001 from Portland, Oregon, United States. The siblings accompanied their mother, Kimyala Henson, on a road trip with Kimyala's childhood friend, Christina Noel Mayer, and Mayer's boyfriend, Frank Lee Oehring. The group had…
1967 · ConnecticutUnsolvedBra murders
The Bra murders were a series of murders committed against four sex workers and one mother of four from 1967 to 1971 in Stamford, Connecticut. Most of the victims were African American or in active addiction, each had been strangled, sometimes with their own bras, from which the murders' moniker originated. Benjamin Franklin Miller, a self-styled preacher from Norwalk, was charged and later acquitted by reason of…
2002 · ColoradoUnsolvedDeath of Jaryd Atadero
Jaryd J. Atadero was a three-year-old American boy who went missing on October 2, 1999, while hiking with a Christian social group on Big South Trail, a part of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado. Two businessmen located items of clothing belonging to Atadero during a hiking trip on June 4, 2003; search and rescue personnel recovered his partial remains on June 14. Atadero's disappearance and…
2020 · ArkansasUnsolvedLittle Rock serial stabbings
The Little Rock serial stabbings refer to a series of seemingly random stabbings that occurred from August 2020 to April 2021 in Little Rock, Arkansas, during which a total of four people were stabbed, three of them fatally. The local police department later revealed that a single suspect, a possible serial killer, was linked to the incidents via CCTV footage, but has not been apprehended so far.
1986 · District of ColumbiaUnsolvedSuitland murders
The Suitland murders refers to a series of murders of young girls and women committed from October 1986 to January 1987 in the unincorporated area of Suitland, Maryland, considered a suburb of Washington, D.C. All victims were black, and each had been sexually assaulted and stabbed afterwards. During the investigation, police arrested a resident of D.C., Alton Alonso Best, for the murder of a girl that was never…
1964 · UtahMissingDisappearance of Reed Jeppson
Reed Taylor Jeppson (born May 28, 1949, disappeared October 11, 1964) was an American teenager who disappeared along with his two dogs as he walked them on the afternoon of October 11, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite an extensive search and media coverage (including renewed attention in the early 2010s), neither Jeppson nor the dogs have been located.
2001 · ArizonaMissingDisappearance of Alissa Turney
Alissa Turney (born April 3, 1984) was an American girl who was last seen aged 17 in the Phoenix, Arizona, area on May 17, 2001.
1975 · New YorkUnsolvedBag murders
The bag murders were a series of murders of six men from 1975 to 1977 in New York City. The nickname originated from the fact that each victim had been dismembered, his remains stuffed in a garbage bag and thrown into the Hudson River. The identities of the victims, as well as their killer, have never been established.