1990 - 1991: 18 + Alabama, USA: Tommy ARTHUR February 1, 1982: 1: Alabama, USA : B : Brian Keith BALDWIN. Blount County The way I understand it, it went like this: Someone (or a group of people, most likely atleast two) committed the robbery and stole the trunk. Asked if Evans was hurt, she answered in the negative, explaining that the assailant had unsuccessfully attempted to assault her. Her mother told her to also grab some toothpaste and to come home before the dance. He died by suicide in 1970. On April 3 of that year, the body of a multiple-tattooed woman (rare and notable for the time), as per the Reno Gazette-Journal (via Find A Grave), was discovered underneath a tree in a desert area situated off an highway between Reno and Virginia City. There is also another unverifiable story of an entire family who moved into a rented house and employed the same woodcutter, when apparently they "vanished" one night, just up and moved, leaving all their belongings in their house. And that's where the story ends Morgan's strange murder was never solved. The McRae case occurred 9 months prior to the Worthy case. Released the next morning, James's wife, Hattie Brazier, brought James to a Dawson hospital but was refused treatment. I'm from Fruithurst, a small town in Cleburne County, Alabama. Another female advised that she had a wedding dress in the paper for sale and had received a call concerning the dress. The next day, her vehicle, an AMC Gremlin registered to her boyfriend, was found in McMechen, just north of Moundsville, without Price inside. He had an alibi he'd been 40 miles away in Rockford, enlisting in the Air Force, a story corroborated by his parents. Tips can also be made anonymously to the Tuscaloosa County Crimestoppers at 205-752-7867. U.S. Alabama murder case goes unsolved for 25 years. Susan LeMahieu, 24, vanished in 1979, and her brutally stabbed body surfaced in the Madison Arboretum the next year. On March 22, 1957, the bullet-ridden body of Simon. In the early 1900s, he wrote The Westfield Pure Food Book, a scientifically backed and thoroughly tested expos on the toxins and impurities found in commonly produced and consumed food items. Bishop was regarded as an outspoken and controversial figure in the Bay Minette community, who was afraid to voice his concerns at Bay Minette City Council meetings. No suspect has been charged with her death. That was the last in the string of the murders, and police are still looking for the killer. On Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at approximately 10:51 p.m. officers responded to Warren Inn located at 6501 Airport Blvd for a report of shots fired. ", A cousin of Buchanan's told AL.com that Buchanan had scratches on her face the last time she saw her mother. Thumbing a ride was much more common in the 70s than it is today, and it's a practice Schlais engaged in often, according to her family. But he appealed his case, and his life was spared when the Supreme Court reversed his conviction. Just after 6 p.m. one night in December 1957, according to the New York Post, 7-year-old Maria Ridulph was playing in the snow on her street in Sycamore, Ill., with her best friend Kathy Sigman. An island-wide search lasted for ten days, until January 31, when Au's body was found in a ravine. According to the attendant at Forrer Hall, she checked out around midnight, got into her car, and headed home on Upper Street, where witnesses spotted her. She was found dead in her residence by a family member. Authorities ascertained that Dunham had been abducted, and then murdered, officially dying of asphyxiation by strangulation. Williams' wife long attested that law enforcement had something to do with the death, and an investigation was re-opened in 2018 after the passage of Tennessee's Civil Rights Crimes Cold Case Law, which sought to find justice for unpunished murders of Black men and women in the civil rights movement era. Less than two months after the killing, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of Bibbs' killer. Along with Upton Sinclair's similar work,The Jungle, the book helped launch the pure food movement, leading to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the birth of stringent government regulation of what Americans eat. "They were first in a verbal altercation and then in a physical altercation and he forced her in a van. If you have any information that may help in this case, call the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit at 205-464-8690or use the Homicide Unit email [email protected]. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating an arson case that occurred on October 31, 2000 at Klub 280 located at 7136 Cahaba Valley Road Birmingham, Al. As the investigation intensified, a woman identifying herself as "Green Eyes" (the same individual who called Morgan's wife) phoned the Pima County Sheriff's office with a tip that Morgan had tried to pay off an assassin who'd been hired to kill him, and that the deceased had some organized crime ties. According to The Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University, James Brazier of Dawson, Ga., worked multiples jobs to support his family and afford a Chevrolet Impala, purchased new in 1958 from the dealership were he was employed. Donnie M. Williams read more, Franklin County Anthony E. Davis read more Unfortunately, many of the people who've told me things not mentioned above have now passed and I don't trust my memory enough to quote them. This makes the murder of James Brazier, technically, a cold case. There's also whole nother portion that involves someone who cut firewood for the family who supposedly disappeared or died under mysterious circumstances in the years after the murder. Police surmised that Johnny was John Tessier, a local who'd once been caught trying to abduct a child. Alabama Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. If you have any information about this crime call Crime Stoppers at 256-53-CRIME. Four weeks later, he'd claim his first lives, with Richard Griffin and Polly Ann Moore, followed by Paul Martin, Betty Jo Booker, and Virgil Starks in the weeks to come. Kirby sold shoes in the Shelby County area and often hitchhiked around the county. Jane Jeatran was dead upon discovery, while Nick was still hanging on to life. He also sought out the local branch office of the FBI, where agents dismissed the disappearance as a teenage runaway case. Can confirm. The case was eventually closed although reopened in 1983 when a hunter in rural Maine found remains matching that of a teen girl in early 70s clothing. The remains of what police at the time believed were a total of seven men and five women appeared in or near the Kingsbury Run area of Cleveland, in a creek bed near the Cuyahoga River in the southeast portion of the city. Authorities thought this might be a sign that Self was the intended target. The most likely culprit, according to the Reno County Sheriff's Department, was a man named Glenn Davis. According to reports, Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson announced the rewards Friday in the 2015 slaying of 37-year-old Taffine Smith Berry and the 2020 slaying of 48-year-old Christopher Murphy. There are 14 homicides in south Alabama that remain unsolved murders as 2016 comes to an end. Her killer had removed her head and mutilated her sexual organs. According to reports, Dallas County District . Maldonado was dragged from his bed and was beaten to death by the suspects. He was clad in a raincoat atop a green suit, which concealed pajamas underneath. Investigations of the 70-plus other persons of interest went nowhere, and in April 1958, Ridulph's body was found about 100 miles away. The 42-year old was reportedly in an altercation with James Nept, who had been arrested for the crime, but released due to lack of evidence. Fascinating, and a nice write-up. He arrived in Dos Palmas on Oct. 9, 1866. Investigators said an SUV, maybe a Nissan Pathfinder, approached the Focus with its high beams on, passed their car then deliberately slowed down. The murders shocked the area and although the local sheriff's office was allegedly stumped, the gossip mill ran rampant with rumors of who was involved. Investigators released to the public drawings of what the victim may have looked like, based on crime scene and autopsy photographs he was a while male, in his 30s or 40s, who stood 5 feet 3 inches, weighed about 155 pounds, and had wavy, dark brown hair. edit: To add Bill Hiett was also murdered in the late 80's. He helped a sketch artist come up with a drawing of the suspect, but no arrests were ever made of a viable suspect who matched the rendering. North Kingstown police calculated that Reynolds died sometime between just after midnight and before 10 a.m. the next morning, viciously stabbed to death more than a dozen times. Overall there are 9 unsolved murders over the last two years. Butler wasn't heard from much after he was hospitalized, and he died in October 1911. Authorities had a few suspects they considered may have kidnapped and murdered Albright, but none of those individuals were ever charged, let alone arrested. Two people, Tony Lewis and Leila Baldwin were found dead inside their homes after a house fire on February 17th. Akey's companions couldn't provide many characterizing details about the man behind the wheel, but when Akey got into the car, it was the last time he was seen alive. Carl headed up a search party, which located only his wife's empty knapsack. Glenna K. Slicker read more, Cullman County Unfortunately in 1984, DeMoss shot himself after telling his wife he had done a horrible act that he couldn't live with. She was found deceased in her residence later that day by a relative. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit by telephone 205-464-8690 or by the Homicide Unit email [email protected]. Before long, a man in his 20s named Johnny appeared and asked the girls if they wanted piggyback rides. Neither endeavor was successful. DALLAS COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - Jan. 21, 2015, Kirby Brown, all of 22 years old, was found lying on his back shot to death near his home in the Pine Glen Estates off Highway 80 near Selma. Over a period of ten weeks in 1946, per Texas Monthly, couples in "Lover's Lane"-type areas in the adjoining border towns of Texarkana, Ark., and Texarkana, Texas, were terrorized by a murderer who came to be known as "The Phantom Killer." After emergency life-saving surgery, he died at a hospital three days after the attack. The next day, on a closed dirt road on Quaker City Road in Unity, about five-and-a-half miles away, Dunham's body was discovered. Officers located 33-year-old Justin Saunders near the dugout area. She'd been missing for two weeks. Frank Dolezal, a suspect in the so-called "Torso Murders," confessed to the murder of only Polillo but committed suicide before his trial. They say the killer or killers dumped the body in Baldwin County. links/sources https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19880422&id=23shAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UYoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6946,7963782&hl=en, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19821230&id=VmkeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7MgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3774,7852633&hl=en, http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Brother-Nephew-of-Marshal-Arrested-As-Result-of-His-Investigation/id-8c507f81dd24e9359b29ea221da8487c, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19881125&id=bGQfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vdQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3517,3184563&hl=en, http://www.annistonstar.com/news/police-hope-new-leads-will-help-close-decades-old-cold/article_9303f04c-f34e-11e3-9e66-0019bb2963f4.html. The woman was dressed head to toe in black, along with a pink sweater, and an initial investigation suggested that she had been strangled to death. Shirley Stewart disappeared in early 1980, her body found in a Madison-adjacent forest in July 1981. Texas Rangers sent to the area aggressively patrolled the town, and after three months with no more murders, they left town, just like The Phantom Killer apparently did. The house was then intentionally set on fire in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence of the crime. The MPD is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. Peggy R. Mock read more That's when they discovered Camp laying on a bed, face down, her mouth gagged, hands and feet bound with neckties, and a large knife plunged into her back. One odd thing about the victim was the way he was dressed. Spokane Police investigators theorized that she'd been abducted, assaulted, and strangled with a portion of her own clothing. Any doubts I had about your being a real Southerner was dispelled at this line. Cold Case toll-free hotline number: (866) 419-1236 Cold Case e-mail: [email protected] Can I just say thank you for such an awesome submission. Her mother, Quincy Brown (the sister of character actor and Pretty in Pink star Harry Dean Stanton), got worried and drove her daughter's commute three times that night, never seeing the car outside Old Morrison. I was close friends growing up with some of the relatives of the victims (and possible suspects) and one of my close friends in elementary and high school lived in the house where the murders took place. In 1993, Tessier's mother, Eileen, recanted her backup of the alibi and told daughter Janet that John had been responsible for Ridulph's death. Instead, it is suggested that possibly Eadie was killed first and when Self returned home, he was ambushed. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - There are thousands of unsolved murders across Alabama with about 150 cold cases in Huntsville. A few months ago I posted about the unsolved murders of Monica and Dalton Rollins, a pregnant woman and her child who were slaughtered in 2002. She had not been assaulted, nothing had been stolen from the house, and the kids hadn't heard anything. MCSO Lt. Paul Burch said an autopsy on Wood revealed that he died from a gunshot wound. It is unknown if she knew her attacker. Months after the murder of Joyce Drake, in August of 1970, a 29-year old man named Charles Ray Lovett disappeared from his home in Decatur, Alabama. A friend of Jeppson's saw him and his dogs, both German shorthair pointers he was training to bird hunt, walk past a Catholic Church on Wasatch Boulevard around 1 p.m., the last and only account of where Jeppson went after he left home that day. Her husband died a violent death at a business in south Huntsville. Why did Olbert Hiett take his brothers gun and how were the dots connected? Smith and Jones had only been dating a month when they were killed. Jaromir Chalabala/Shutterstock Steven Fisher, 20, and his girlfriend Melisa Gregory, 17, were bludgeoned to death on a ranch northwest of Newton, Iowa, in 1983. Case number H15A-1375-96 On November 13, 1996, 35 year old Carrie Loraine Bowles was murdered in her residence in Old Mill Trace subdivision off Keenes Mill Road in the Cottondale area of Tuscaloosa County. On the morning of Sept. 11, 1980, the body of Williams, 20 years old, was found in a cul-de-sac in Mobile, with police quickly ruling the cause of death to be murder by stabbing. Officers located 32-year-old Keith Washingtonlying on the side of the road suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Investigators are still looking for answers three years after the still-unsolved murder of Zakia Bibbs, a Tuscaloosa woman who was gunned down in July 2019 in what may have been a road rage attack. Naomi Cheney was an Alabama native, but she relocated to Sioux Falls, S.D., during World War II while doing her part for the war effort. "I think she knew too much and they silenced her.". In the 2010s, Mobile police took another look at Williams' case, re-interviewing as many witnesses as they could find and using technology not at their disposal in 1980 to examine evidence. The death of Orville Gibson remains unofficially unsolved more than 60 years after the fact, although local legend and conjecture in Newbury, Vt., suggest that the community knows exactly what happened. Suspicion fell on a Rural Hill teenager named Swinton Parmenter, who reportedly had a crush on Sharp and was seen swimming near the post office where Sharp would have walked past. In conjunction with the Boise State University archaeology department, a small group excavated under the building to search for Richey's remains. (Highway 119 just South of U.S. Highway 280 near the Meadowbrook Post Office). McKay, 44, suffered from a shotgun blast to the head. A jailhouse doctor ignored these symptoms and declared Brazier drunk, and the police threw him in a cell rather than taking him to a hospital. The deaths were a bloody and gruesome affair, and police believe the killer had to use the barbershop's wash basin to clean their hands. In 2007, the city of Huntsville's police department had 22 murders on their hands. Family members say she lived a double life, moving to the Mobile area to join the underworld of prostitution, drugs and workingin clubs. He submitted to another polygraph test over the Carpenter case, and he passed it before dying in 1984. A 200-man search of the arboretum for the knife used to kill Evans didn't produce the evidence needed. He'd been struck over the head with a blunt object. Former Prichard Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said he discovered a piece of paper indicating that an investigation did take place, but he was unable to locate the file. An African-American man, he'd been arrested on trumped up charges and roughed-up by resentful white police officers prior to the events of April 20, 1958. In the spring of 1973 an 18 year old female from Miami, Florida, Paula Ellis, was a freshman at the University of Alabama. In Alabama that charge is a class C felony, has been since 1977. Victim had been seen less than an hour before walking to a store in the Holt community. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, The Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project at Emory University. Cold Case: Huntsville mans murder still unsolved after nearly 11 years, Many North Alabama residents experiencing power outages due to severe weather, Girl falls on bungee trampoline at Parkway Place Mall. She drove him 60 miles to a facility in Columbus. McCovery was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries. Stuff like this happens all over Bama. Still, Wasilewski's case sits unresolved in BPD files. According to the cold case unit of Beaufort County, S.C., the area's oldest unsolved mystery concerns the disappearance of Michael Steven Akey more than 45 years ago. Mobile Fire-Rescue responded and pronounced the victim deceased on the scene. It's widely believed that one of the Hietts were the actual guilty ones, although noone that wasn't there can be sure. The person never identified themselves but did ask directions to their house. Later that year Olbert's nephew, Jerry Hiett, was arrested possessing a .38 caliber pistol after starting a fire in the nearby Talladega National Forest. The murderer was never brought to justice. Officers located 30-year-old Thaddeus Knight deceased on the side of the roadway. His murderer was never apprehended. She was otherwise not assaulted, and her purse was left untouched, her keys tossed into the backseat. A Women's Army Corps officer, the 25-year-old walked home from the state's U.S. Air Force base one day in early October 1943, but she only got within about three blocks Cheney's body was discovered underneath a bridge by a 10-year-old girl playing nearby, reports the Argus Leader. Police believe the two vehicles passed each other several times before they ended up parallel to one another on the interstate. Unsolved Alabama Murders According to Project: Cold Case, from 1980 to 2019 there were 20,003 homicides in Alabama alone, leaving 7,893 unsolved murders in Alabama. A friend arrived to drop off some gifts, and when neither Jeatran answered the door, she got worried, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Bernard Johnson was arrested the day of the murder, but never indicted. He made waves a couple of years later after assaulting a woman and fleeing the scene. Buchanan left behind three children, one of which rushed to the nearby park when news of his mother's lifeless body got around the neighborhood. She had dark brown hair, a somewhat ruddy complexion, and had a scar over her right eye below her eyebrow. He says that it is unlikely Downey was killed anywhere near where she was found. But as of the 2020s, the identities of Williams' killers are still unrevealed. In Birmingham,their officers are working roughly 30 unsolved murders. You can also contact CrimeStoppers at 205-752-STOP (7867) to leave confidential, anonymous tips. They were found shot in the head at a home on Hester Lane. Officers located 62-year-old William Hall lying on the side of the roadway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. 24, 2021 at 8:06 AM PDT. Sophisticated blood testing didn't exist in 1943, so police couldn't be sure it was Cheney's. Two weeks after her disappearance, the body of Rogers was found in the woods, underneath a heap of pine needles. (edit: no it doesn't - the link is below. Investigator's would like to speak with anyone who may have information regarding this case or who may have been in the area and observed anything unusual at the business. Not long after, a farmer came across the body of a young woman in a ditch on a country road a few miles outside of town. University of South Alabama student Dorothy "Dee-Dee" Downey was last seen in Mobile in April 1984. She died in an ambulance en route to Broadlawns Polk County Public Hospital. Reports of child murder were exceptionally rare in the 1950s, and the crime horrified and saddened the Philadelphia area, where reporters took to calling the mysterious individual "America's Unknown Child" and "The Boy in the Box." Authorities quickly reasoned that Butler was almost certainly the murderer, but they had a much more difficult time determining who the victims were. Johnson says investigators collected numerous shell casings at the scene and sent them off to forensics. In fact, no one has ever been able to identify those six people. Lee over drag show bill, Senate committee holds hearing on train derailment, Explosive found in bag at PA airport, man arrested, Colbert County landfill ordered to close by ADEM, Fort Payne man accused of elder abuse, victims critical, Grant man charged with murder after mother found, Multiple Chances Of Severe Storms This Week, REPORT: Man intentionally set Lauderdale house, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Forensic testing suggested that the individual, an African-American female, was between the ages of 8 and 11 years old, a relatively tall 5 foot 5 inches, suffered from an improperly formed spine as a result of the birth defect spina bifida, and that she had died less than a week before her remains were recovered. Jackson says he hopes the, Investigators in Butler County are searching for new leads in a double murder investigation. Island Drive West for a report of a male down inside a residence. Missing persons and unsolved crimes from Alabama and surrounding areas. She was dropped off at a friend's house in a rural part of Tuscaloosa County (Brookwood) on July 2, 1988. David M. Burney read more If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit by telephone 205-464-8690or by the Homicide Unit email [email protected]. I really want to know what they mean, because that's big news to me if you can get ballistics from a shotgun. The 1890s Girl Who Loved Funerals So Much She Began Killing Friends So She Could Go To More Adam James in True Crime Fans Two Serial Killers Drawn Together by Shared Childhood Trauma Ceebla Cuud. Abbatiello-Smith's case began as a missing persons matter, after her disappearance was formally noted on Nov. 20, 1977. That unsettling discovery set off an investigation that seemingly led to more questions than answers, because the identity of the murder victim and his murderer remains unknown. At the time of Rogers' murder, Hoff was a 20-year-old Army man and lived in the same neighborhood as the young girl. Naturally, this all made Allyn the enemy of industrialists and big food companies, which had to change the way they did business. On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found dead in residential Los Angeles. Until that day comes, the question Davis family wants to be answered is who would murder the 31-year-old husband and father. Self's body had been stabbed overwhelmingly more than Eadie. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. To be such a sparcely populated (relatively) and rural area, we have a number of horrendous unsolved murders. -, Press J to jump to the feed. A search of the area in 2004 yielded no results. Smith, was sleeping inside, and he would later attest that he heard a gunshot ring out around midnight. This female was described as a white female, 34-38 years old, 5'-4" tall and weighing 110-115 lbs. Conventional wisdom says there's no such thing as the perfect crime. There are 14 homicides in south Alabama that remain unsolved murders as 2016 comes to an end. Please do NOT post anything unrelated (SPAM) in this group or you will be removed without further notice. Mary Brooks succumbed to the injuries she sustained in the attack after a month. He wasn't exactly safe and sound, either he let his wife know that a mysterious party had treated his throat with a drug that could kill him if he attempted to speak. The motive appeared to be robbery, as a trunk which was rumored to contain around 1500 dollars was missing. Randall H. Whitfield read more, Morgan County The MPD is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. But when he led authorities to the site of his discovery, he couldn't find it again. There's also a possible connection between some of the persons-of-interest and local politicians who were embroiled in a natural gas line-tapping scandal in the seventies, but that's also unsubstantiated. When she didn't report to work one day in February 1950, authorities were called. A partial upper denture was in place. One month after the murders, investigators were contacted by an agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concerning a double homicide of an elderly couple in Graceville Florida in January of that same year. But, McKay was an entertainment editor, whose articles led to little controversy. Former Mobile Police investigator Donald Pears told AL.com in 2007Nept was with Buchanan the day before Thanksgiving. In 2007, the city of Huntsville's police department had 22 murders on their hands. Jerry was found guilty of two counts of first degree perjury for lying to the grand jury about the murders and was sentenced to two life terms in prison; What? A lot of interesting possiblities with all of the players mentioned here. More than 60 years later, Nevada authorities still haven't received any information that has helped them determine who killed Stroud. However, Denver police were never able to determine who was responsible for the homicide and their reason for the murder. Kay Ivey has put up $5,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction in two unsolved killings. She'd only known him for a few weeks when they wed, and in a letter to her sister, she said she deeply regretted going through with it. Suspects were pursued, but the charges didn't stick, and no one ever stood trial. I wrote an abbreviated version of this post on another message board and while I was never threatened per se, I did have quite a few people who found it on google contact me and ask me what I was thinking by putting the story out there like that. 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