We want justice, she was not only a great mother and sister she was the glue that held the family together, Key said. Low around 35F. His vehicle was found in the head of Marrowbone Creek several days after he went missing. GF: One of the things that [Sarah] said, one of the first times we got together, was that Morgantown mustve been really scary in the 70s, and I thought, I grew up here, I didnt think it was scary at all. Green was last seen at approximately 7:25 a.m. in the 2000 block of Eoff Street in Wheeling. Some examples of unsolved child murders you can learn about in our fully visualized case files include the 1998 kidnapping and murder of Brittany Locklear, the 1997 murder of Georgia Lee Moses, the 2017 double-murder of Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German, and the 1960 murder of Nancy Eagleson. The West Virginia State Police says Jones may be with a male named Jack Crone, the father of her child. Red retired as a machinist. Years have gone by, but the family remembers Cantrell every day, said her sister, Annette Key, a West Virginia native now living in Ashboro, N.C. Shes missed dearly every day and theres not a day goes by that we dont think of her, not a day that theres not a tear shed for her, Key said. The area received 8-12 inches of snow the next day. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. Box 7200, Leesburg, VA 20177 His mothers pocketbook was still in the house, but she was nowhere to be found. Unsolved cases are submitted to the Cold Case Database on a voluntary basis. The hearing was held on Wednesday, July 8. Worrell, a mother of two children, had been shot and killed. The motorist parked in a nearby driveway and went back to help Leeper, flagging down cars and calling Mercer County 911. Saturday, 2 p.m., graveside service at Forsyth Memorial Park in Winston-Salem, N.C. Hassel Norman Smith "Red" 89, of Bland, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at home surrounded by family. The next unsolved mystery: November 24, 1971. We have those in PDF form, and you can see what the magazines printed versus what Clawson said in his confession and what was wrong with what was printed that he was regurgitating in his confessions. On Feb. 3, 1972, Bryce Durham, 51, his wife Virginia, 44, and their son Bobby, 18, were found murdered in their home during a snowstorm. So, it was just happenstance that he had been shadowing someone who had the actual files, or otherwise, it wouldve been destroyed. Deputies were not able to locate her during a 2015 wellness check. Brooke County Ambulance Service staff members who transported the child from the Kinker home found the infant unresponsive and lifeless.. Lockhart was last seen at the Kroger in Moundsville. He testified before Congress, all kinds of things. Adkins mother told news outlets she believes there is more to the story.. Kenny Poston,. The list in this story is correct as of March 28, 2022. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Over 50 years ago, two freshmen coeds at West Virginia University, Mared and Karen, went missing after attempting to hitchhike back to their dorm from High Street. Lambert disappeared from her home on her sons 1st birthday. Status of Case: Unsolved Scott La Rock was fatally gunned down in 1987. Timothys vehicle was found abandoned in Peterstown. He has a large multicolored tattoo of the Grim Reaper on his upper left arm. A scene from Jack The Ripper, 1959. SJM: Personally, I find the letters that came from Cumberland, Maryland that were signed with a triangleI find that really fascinating. Branham was last seen Feb. 7, 2017 and reported missing Feb. 15, 2017. Authorities say she has not been seen or heard from since. The flyer says the two were last seen with Sharp at the West 76 Truck Stop near the Winfield exit. Stephens cited an advantage departments in Ohio have over departments in West Virginia. Then in early March 2005, an East Street resident found an unusual object. Hall was last seen walking out of his Lincoln Drive home. The following day, a note and will were found at his home in Wood County. Baker also goes by the names of Cheyenne Baker and Tiffany Cole.. Burns was last seen Nov. 11, 2002 at the Huntington Mall in Barboursville. GF: We were looking specifically for two necklaces, one of Mareds necklaces with a religious medallion, and then Karen had a necklace with a class ring dangling on it, and those were both missing. He was last seen around Eccles at approximately 1 a.m. the next morning. In our 3 part series, we will go back in time to resurrect 9 cold-case unsolved murders in the Mountain State. Larry McClure admitted to First Degree Murder in the death of John McGuire. . A Princeton resident saw him when emerging from a fog bank during those early morning hours. And, I dont know, I just got this idea in my head. From there, he went to a nearby house and, when the neighbor opened the door, Plants fell inside and onto the floor. Court documents reveal a vehicle matching the description of Zuccaros was seen in the vicinity of Pratz home near the time of his death and shell casings found near Pratz belonged to a type of pistol owned by Zuccaro. There was reportedly a severe flood at the time Shinn was last seen. Anyone who may have information about the case is asked to contact Lt. Chad Weaver at 304-389-8299 or cweaver@putnamwv.org; or Detective John Hedrick at 304-561-5373 or jhedrick@putnamwv.org. Prosecutors maintained Carroll had arranged for the murder of Cathy Faye Carroll, his estranged wife, on April 22, 1986 at her home in Montgomery Heights. George Bragg holds his "Unsolved Murders" book. They would give him Sodium Pentothal, and theyd prove that he didnt do it. Foreman of the West Virginia State Police detachment near Princeton responded to a call at the Little General Store on Oakvale Road. But, apparently, a lot of other state troopers didnt feel that way. Through the information we gained at that time and since then, we feel another party or parties were involved, First Sgt. Hargreaves is a former professional rugby player who had moved to West Virginia. He would come to Morgantown. . Berry was last seen leaving his apartment on July 24, 1986. Motel Cottage At Oceanfront. Authorities say he would regularly walk to his job. He said police believe Castillo lived with Plants in Wellsburg sometime before his death, but its not known when or for how long. The West Virginia State Police started an initiative in 2011 to take another look at cold cases in each of the agency's districts. That wasnt really a thing, so the police would always have to cobble together the things, but thats a whole lot less than ideal. The sheriff's office says two persons of interest in the 1986 Linda Sharp murder case were never identified. But then the anniversary comes and the sadness returns for herself and parents, who also live to see the killers brought to justice. Friends and family call her by the name Cherice.. Enicks may have been driving a gray Ford Taurus. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. His father last saw him on Aug. 20, 2018 on Cherry Fork Road in Montrose in Randolph County leaving on the motorcycle with his girlfriend Jamie Deshayes. Leonard, a college student, lived with his roommate in 2019 and they were scheduled to go abroad after graduation to teach English overseas. All the victims and wrongfully convicted people are listed by their last name. Authorities believe Roop may have been abducted. His vehicle was found in a Go-Mart parking lot two days later. "He was found in a cave in Lobelia. Johnny Depp plays Frederick Abberline, the real-life investigator of the Ripper murders. Results: 13 Record (s) Found. She allegedly told investigators that her father said, stop, youre killing me loudly as he dug his fingernails into her arms. January 1975. So, when we found this Crutchley fellow and discovered that he had a whole stash of necklaces, we thought there might beso, we were in communication with the lead investigator down there. Published: Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:21 AM PST. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were stabbed to death in their sleep on Nov. 13, 2022 between 3 and 4 a.m. in a . There is a $250,000 reward on offer for information that could solve the murders of elderly couple May Rosser and Joe Shackleton. Seifs father allegedly took him to his home country of Yemen for a two-week visit, but never returned. He said Donald Bartz did not approve of his daughters older boyfriend and he forbid her from having a cell phone to call him. In Washington County, the sheriffs department has two cold case officers, Bruce Shuck and Jeff Seevers, but retired officers cant be similarly deputized in West Virginia, Stephens said. Arnold was reported missing by his ex-girlfriends family. Billy Flake searched for his mother on Tuesday, April 9, 2002, only to find an empty and undisturbed house. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. He has a tattoo of lips on the right side of his neck, a skull on his right forearm and the initials CCM and JLC on one finger. Grover Vance of Huntington - Last seen March 27, 2010 at 75 years old. He enjoyed farming, gardening, and front porch s. The phone number is 304 424-1834. Police were on it, but I dont know what they were doing about it, but there was just a lot of bad people doing bad things that I wasnt aware of. There is no real explanation. Amber Saunders of Huntington - Last seen Aug 20, 2021 at 16 years old. The second person of interest is described as a white male who would have been in his mid-20s standing approximately 59-511 with short, wavy brown hair and a stocky build, according to the flyer. Grace Smith was last seen at her fathers home in Gallipolis Ferry on Feb. 23, 2022. Bryce and Virginia's son-in-law Troy Hall found the. Parsons went missing from a barge in the Ohio River. But, someone had written these letters saying that they wanted to help them find the bodies, and here was a map. She was returning books at the library and was seen near 36th Street and Emerson Avenue. Troopers believe he may have traveled to Fayette County. For every year that goes by, its another downer, Poiani said. The Oakland County Child Killer. GF: Around town, I hitchhiked all through high school and stuff, so guys, I think, kept hitchhiking, but a lot of women stopped, and you used to see dozens and dozens of students [in front of the Mountainlair] hitchhiking, and the car would stop, and theyd all pile in, as many people who could fit as possible, and then theyd drive away, so it was real common for everyone to be hitchhiking, and then after that, women largely stopped hitchhiking apparently. The case started at 7 a.m. on Jan 29, 1989, when Trooper K.J. In the summer of 1991, a housekeeper at the Martinsburg, West Virginia, Sheraton hotel opened Room 517 to clean it. He has a cross tattoo and a tattoo of the Pittsburgh Pirates P logo. It was on Facebook, it got the attention of Geoff, and we were able to connect, and we had dinner and discussed the murders, and hes like, Do you want to write a book? Im like, Sure, whats a book? [laughs]. Robert Davis and his wife Una Mae, both 32 years old, lived there with Una. The felony cases do not stop coming. Authorities say he may have been heading to Florida. Lost for decades, a report recently has been found detailing the results of polygraph exams given to 18 Charlestonians in the weeks following the still-unsolved 1953 slaying of Charleston Daily No one has seen her since. 24. No trial date has been set. In Virginia, murder indictments were handed down post-haste for both Dulings. Lee Bennett, a retired West Virginia State Parks employee who had spent his career at Pipestem State Park, was doing electrical work at Pinnacle Rock State Park near Bramwell on Sept. 19, 2007. 1982 cold case reopens after 18-year-old murder victim identified . We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. Friends of his were having a wedding. Her vehicle was later found abandoned in the vicinity of Wyoming Street and Beuhring Avenue in Charleston. 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Crutchleys sister was going to WVU at the time and was also a freshman, and so I think we can find a connection between her and Mared and Karen. He has a tattoo of a cross on his inner left forearm and his right arm is shorter than his left arm. Just hover over the cold case database tab in the menu bar and you will see a drop down menu with the index and summaries all split up in three parts. The murders captivated the region for decades. Hospital staff said fractures to the babys skull were consistent with being shaken and they also found more than one of the childs ribs were healing after having been broken. According to police, her mother went to work on Aug. 20, 2019 and Cochran was nowhere to be found when she returned home, but all of her belongings were still there. GF: There was another time that the magistrate fined the guy some small amount, 30 bucks or some kind of small amount of money for an assault. Powell was last seen sometime between March 17 and March 24 of 1990. Clarden Rowen, Jr., who is also known as Bill or Buck was last seen at his home in Buckhannon around 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Clarden has a scar on his right hand between his thumb and forefinger. An interesting angle presented during the grand jury hearing was. FROM HELL (2001) The Jack The Ripper case gets the big movie treatment in From Hell, a mystery horror film directed by the Hughes Brothers. Little evidence was presented to the grand jury. She has several tattoos including a vine or barbed wire on her lower right wrist, a butterfly on one shoulder, a heart on the left side of her neck and a swan on her lower back. From Hell portrays Abberline as an opium addict who often relies on psychic visions to solve cases. The exact date of her disappearance is unknown. Her car was in the driveway of her then-boyfriend, Nark Cook, who disappeared five months later. No bit of information is too small or insignificant, she said. Her parents said they believed she was spending the night with her friend. Pauley said in an earlier interview. They drew a mapa terrible map, and they said The animals are on the move. Another case amoung unsolved murders was a a convenience store clerk who was shot and killed at a local store. PUTNAM COUNTY, WV (WOWK) The Putnam County Sheriffs Office is reopening a murder cold case from 35 years ago. State Police say this gives them hope for other unsolved cases in the area. New DNA testing may ID severed head found at Lake Houston. Feb. 9 will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Judith Lynn Petty. CASE DETAILS. On the evening of May 22, 1918, Jake and Andrew Maggio made a gruesome discovery. Judd was last seen by her boyfriend on Jefferson Avenue in Huntington getting into a silver SUV with an unknown Ohio registration. I did a write-up. Brady was last seen boarding a Trailways bus in Logan and then in Bluefield, Virginia. Petty, 48, was last seen alive on Feb. 6, 2008, while walking from her home in north Parkersburg to the Parkersburg/Wood County Public Library. She also learned there is no record of him in the Department of Immigration and that he had used an alias to marry her. Aigeltinger was last seen at a Sheetz in Manassas Park, Virginia. He was last seen in the Cheat Lake area. Kyle Morgan was found dead under a bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia in 2016, and Paige Stalker was gunned down in an ambush in Detroit, Michigan. She told her family she had agreed to a dinner invitation from the Crone family, but has not been seen since. Two boys and two girls went missing from their Oakland . He was living at 213 Union Street, and was last seen on May 17 between 5 and 6 p.m., said the investigator at the time, retired Lt. Tom Helton of the Bluefield Police Department. Her body was recovered Feb. 9, 2008, in a burned out building off West Virginia 31 in. She had not had her medication that day, authorities say. She told investigators she grabbed a cordless drill and began swinging it toward his face. He is scheduled to return at 10:45 a.m. Jan 26. Daniel was last seen at a Walgreens Pharmacy shortly around 12:30 p.m. July 22, 2014. It was a human skull. I think its fair to say we both dont think that he did it. 5. And, we were pretty convinced that he didnt have anything to do with it. His itinerary had said the bus would travel through Cambridge, Ohio, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Baltimore before arriving in DC. Four months later, on November 10, 1990, her remains were found by two hunters in the woods of Barrackville, West Virginia. Lynn Seethaler & Janice Pietropola. There was a lot going on that never made the news, never was public. Ferbers vehicle, purse and belongings were found in Morgantown. He never arrived at his sisters home in South Carolina. The Roaring 20s bar on Hale Street in Charleston. She was supposed to meet a relative to pick up money, but never called to tell them where to meet her. Investigators have not described how she died. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. Hargreaves has a tattoo of his family crest on his right arm. Hotel guest Danny Casolaro was lying dead in a tub of bloody water. Authorities say her last known contact with anyone was apparently April 2, 2015. It was determined she died from an apparent gunshot . I remembered when my parents had talked about Mared and Karen, and I wanted to look into it because it just seemed so surreal. Poiani stays in regular contact with the Wood County Sheriffs Department, the agency which investigated the murder. We had two in the past 13 years, and now we have five at the same time, he said. She had been living in Friendly, but also had ties to Weirton and Stubenville, Ohio. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. June 1974. SJM: [To Geoff] But what do you think is the most interesting part of the case? Cochran has a tattoo on the thigh of her right leg that reads,see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil with three skulls. J. Kincaid said this week. A suspect vehicle was later found. Authorities say Smith was last known to be living on the streets in Charleston and had not been seen around the usual places he stays. The Axe Man of New Orleans. A warrant for kidnapping was issued for Susan on Nov. 13, 2000. Moreland left her fathers home on Oct. 23, 1987 and was last seen late that night at the former Highs gas station in Paw Paw. Myers of the Bluefield Police Department. He was supposed to get on a Barons Bus that morning and arrive in Washington DC the next day, but hasnt been seen or heard from since. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Police identified a person of interest in the case, but no charges have been filed to date. His parents heard from him in January of 2012, but no contact has been made since. Nothing prepared her for what she found inside. To keep creating new content, we kindly appreciate any donation you can give to help the Murderpedia project stay alive. Willey was last seen leaving his home in the 5200 block of Highland Ridge Road on foot, according to the property owner. According to the flyer, Sharp had gunshot wounds on her head and the base of her neck when she was found. Witnesses say they saw her sitting in a red 1980s Chevrolet truck between two unknown men. There is a $25,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. Metheny was last seen dropping her children off at a daycare in the vicinity of the 3000 block of Dupont Avenue in Belle. He was not located when authorities arrived at his home around 2:30 a.m. that morning after his car was found on a bridge. A court-ordered psychological evaluation of Zuccaro found he is mentally ill, but competent to stand trial. In some of these cases, authorities reach out to the public for help bringing answers to the loved ones of those who are missing. Acton had reportedly been moving around for 10 years and remained in occasional contact with family. Police believe Plants was in the foyer between his house and garage when the arrow struck him in the lower back.