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Missouri River Killer
The Missouri River Killer is an unidentified American serial killer who committed the murders of seven women and girls in the Kansas City metro area between 1982 and 1994. The victims varied in ages between 13 and 36 and all were found floating in the Missouri River, with several of them having had their legs severed by the perpetrator. Beginning in the late 1980s, law enforcement agencies in western Missouri…
1979 · MissouriOverturnedKevin Strickland
Kevin Bernard Strickland (born June 7, 1959) is an American man who, in 1979, was wrongfully convicted, by an all-white jury, of killing three people in Kansas City, Missouri. No physical evidence linked him to the crime scene and the only alleged witness later recanted her testimony that Strickland was involved, stating that she had been coerced by police. Strickland was given a life sentence.
1983 · MissouriUnidentifiedSt. Louis Jane Doe
The St. Louis Jane Doe is an unidentified girl who was found murdered in the basement of an abandoned apartment building on February 28, 1983 in St. Louis, Missouri.
1935 · MissouriUnsolved
Murder of Artemus Ogletree
On January 5, 1935, a man who had given his name as Roland T. Owen, later identified as Artemus Ogletree, died at a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, United States from beating and stabbing injuries. His death was preceded by a two-day stay in Room 1046 at the Hotel President in what is now the city's Power & Light District marked by communication with someone named "Don" and unusual behavior and incidents noted by…
1978 · MissouriUnsolvedMurder of Jimmy Hendricks and Kim Mills
James Hendricks and Kimberlin Mills are American murder victims who were discovered on June 17, 1978. The pair were believed to have been seen together at a truck stop in Missouri, which is where the murders are presumed to have taken place. Hendricks was left at the crime scene, while Mills was found in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
1992 · MissouriMissingSpringfield Three
The Springfield Three refers to an unsolved missing persons case that began on June 7, 1992, when friends Suzanne Elizabeth "Suzie" Streeter and Stacy Kathleen McCall, and Streeter's mother, Sherrill Elizabeth Levitt, went missing from Levitt's home in Springfield, Missouri, United States. All of their personal belongings, including cars and purses, were left behind. There were no signs of a struggle except a broken…
2001 · MissouriOverturned
Ryan W. Ferguson
Ryan W. Ferguson (born October 19, 1984) is an American man who spent nearly 10 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a 2001 murder in his hometown of Columbia, Missouri. At the time of the murder, Ferguson was a 17-year-old high-school student. Kent Heitholt was found beaten and strangled shortly after 2:00 a.m.
Year unknown · MissouriUnsolved
Ken McElroy
Kenneth Rex McElroy (June 16, 1934 – July 10, 1981) was an American criminal, convicted attempted murderer and child rapist who resided in Skidmore, Missouri. He was known as "the town bully", and his unsolved killing became the focus of international attention. Over the course of his life, McElroy was accused of dozens of felonies, including assault, child molestation, statutory rape, arson, animal cruelty, hog and…
2011 · MissouriMissingDisappearance of Phoenix Coldon
On December 18, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon left her family home in Spanish Lake, Missouri and disappeared. Her parents have raised criticism about the conduct of local law enforcement, and spent their money and time following leads.
2025 · St. Louis, MissouriMissingHolly Dover
Holly Dover, 44 at the time, was last known to be in St. Louis, Missouri on February 7, 2025. NamUs case MP152061.
1939 · MissouriMissingLloyd L. Gaines
Lloyd Lionel Gaines (born 1911 – disappeared March 19, 1939) was the plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada (1938), one of the most important early court cases in the 20th-century U.S. civil rights movement. After being denied admission to the University of Missouri School of Law because he was African American, and refusing the university's offer to pay for him to attend a neighboring state's law school that had no racial…
1990 · MissouriOverturnedMark Woodworth
Mark Woodworth is an American man from Livingston County, Missouri, who was convicted twice for a 1990 home invasion murder of his family's farming partners, the Robertsons., which occurred when he was 16 years old. Woodworth spent twenty years in prison for the crime he did not do, but was finally freed and exonerated, after the ballistic evidence used against him was ruled to be tainted and was barred from being…
2018 · MissouriMissing
Disappearance of Sarah Burton
Sarah Elizabeth Burton (born February 22, 1990 – disappeared July 16, 2018) is an American woman who disappeared from Joplin, Missouri. She was last seen near 10th Street and Rex Avenue after a friend dropped her off after midnight in Northwest Joplin. Her mother reported her missing on July 20, 2018.
1991 · MissouriMissingDisappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson
Charles Arlin Leon Henderson (March 16, 1980 – disappeared July 25, 1991) is an American missing person who disappeared in Fountain N' Lakes, Missouri, on July 25, 1991, aged 11.
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.
2001 · MissouriMissingDisappearance of Branson Perry
On April 11, 2001, Branson Kayne Perry, a 20-year-old from Skidmore, Missouri, disappeared after leaving his home on West Oak Street. He has not been seen since. His disappearance drew national attention and later received additional coverage because he was a cousin of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, whose 2004 murder in Skidmore became a widely publicized case.
1987 · MissouriOverturnedJohnny Lee Wilson case
The Johnny Lee Wilson case refers to the murder of 79-year-old Pauline Martz of Aurora, Missouri in 1986 that resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of a 20-year-old man named Johnny Lee Wilson. He had confessed to the murder days after it occurred. As a result of a guilty plea, Wilson did not receive a trial by a jury, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in 1987.
1977 · MissouriUnsolvedSouth County car bomber
The South County car bomber was a person (or persons) who terrorized south St. Louis County, Missouri, with a series of fatal car bombings in 1977.
2011 · MissouriMissing
Disappearance of Lisa Irwin
The disappearance of Lisa Renée Irwin was reported after it was discovered that she was missing from her home in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, in the early morning of October 4, 2011.
1999 · MissouriUnsolvedRicky McCormick's encrypted notes
The partially decomposed body of Ricky McCormick was discovered in a field in St. Charles County, Missouri, on June 30, 1999. Sheriffs found two garbled hand-written notes – apparently written in secret code – in the victim's pockets, and these were handed over to the FBI for further investigation.
2005 · St. Louis, MissouriMissingAnn Hay
Ann Hay, 44 at the time, was last known to be in St. Louis, Missouri on June 8, 2005. NamUs case MP244.
2016 · St. Louis, MissouriMissingBrandon Bankhead
Brandon Bankhead, 19 at the time, was last known to be in St. Louis, Missouri on May 28, 2016. NamUs case MP34931.
1987 · Saint Louis, MissouriMissingCherie Barnes
Cherie Barnes, 2 at the time, was last known to be in Saint Louis, Missouri on January 7, 1987. NamUs case MP5825.
2003 · Saint Louis, MissouriMissingChristian Ferguson
Christian Ferguson, 9 at the time, was last known to be in Saint Louis, Missouri on June 11, 2003. NamUs case MP6055.