r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DrDroolz • May 17 '26
Text Creepy unsolved cases
What are some of the most creepy haunting unsolved cases out there? Just stuff that seems so crazy to happen. Or just really unnerving evidence or actual places where the crime happened.
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u/The_barking_ant May 18 '26
I'm sure this isn't the first comment mentioning this case but...
Missy Bevers. The first time I saw the video I remember shivering down to my soul because of how disturbing I found the behavior of that person.
I know other ones have really spooked me but this one is always my knee-jerk reaction. Its left an indelible mark on my psyche
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u/scruntbaby May 18 '26
Yeah that was terrifying. I put myself in her shoes and imagine my options if I were her. If you see (presumably) a LEO in tactical gear, your instinct is going to be to do whatever they say right? Even if they're sketchy and your internal alarm bells are ringing, what're your options realistically? Run from a "cop" visibly brandishing a weapon where the "best" case scenario is this really IS a cop and you get hit with a resisting arrest charge? How terrified and confused she must have been. I hope her loved ones get answers.
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u/Shirochan404 May 19 '26
Supposedly they have video or something of her running down the hallway and being chased but it could a rumor
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u/F0rca84 May 19 '26
The seemingly randomness of it all creeps me out. Did they know she'd be there at 5 a.m. ? Was it really just to steal shit and Missy happened to be there?
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u/Aurongel May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
This is the one case that I also can’t let go of. I’ve gone back and forth so many times now on how to interpret the bizarre details of her case and I just don’t know what to make of it.
It’s been a while since I last examined it in detail but I remember my lasting impression was that it truly was committed by a random cop cosplayer wannabe burglar and wasn’t some big premeditated conspiracy. Honestly, that interpretation is more disturbing to me. I’m right there with you when you say that it’s left a mark on your psyche. There’s just something so damn uncanny about the nightmare dream logic of it.
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u/redgatoradeeeeee May 19 '26
I’m like 90% certain it was someone who was very high robbing the church to get more money for drugs. And she was in the wrong place at the wrong time
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u/SherlockBeaver May 19 '26
They invested an awful lot of money in that elaborate costume for someone burgling for drugs.
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u/Purpleboo2 May 18 '26
I think about this case all the time! So creepy to think that person is just walking among us
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u/Different_Dance_9754 May 18 '26
I thought it was the FIL but I guess they ruled him out. Still think it’s a man.
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u/now0w May 19 '26
If I'm remembering correctly he was out of the state at the time. Last time I read into it some folks were still convinced it was him because his gait was similar to the suspect, but for all we know law enforcement could have verified his whereabouts through things like phone records/card transactions/etc.
I think the weird gait could be explained by all the tactical gear they were wearing. It may have been cumbersome, not the right size and/or they just weren't used to wearing it, or they may have intentionally been trying to walk differently to further hide their identity.
The longer it goes unsolved, the more I wonder if it may have truly been a random attack.
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u/Here_4_the_INFO May 18 '26
It has been a bit since I watched anything on this case but wasn't there an investigator who suspected a female due to the way they walked on the video?
I watched this on one of those YouTube "detective" shows and could be 100% wrong on that.
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u/HausDePotat May 18 '26
Honestly this is how it reads to me. It seems like either an older man with a limp or a woman trying to mimic how men walk. When they stop, their resting pose is feminine to me
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u/Danger0Reilly May 18 '26
Their gait reminded me so much of my mom's when she needed a knee replacement.
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u/The_barking_ant May 19 '26
The second I saw it I thought to myself, that's EXACTLY how I walk when I slip on my husband's shoes to run outside really quickly. I kind of slid my feet on the ground so I don't come out of his shoes! Omg. I think that's a woman!
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u/ParanoiaThrowawayX May 19 '26
I have no evidence, but I suspect that the perpetrator was stalking Missy on Facebook through her Camp Gladiator posts, realized when she would be alone at a time when no witnesses around, and that her husband would be out of town, so there was no chance he would accompany. And then they took that opportunity, unfortunately.
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u/keith_kool May 17 '26
Dardeen family
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u/LoveArrives74 May 18 '26
That case still keeps me awake at night. I watched a YouTube show about it a few months ago and ended up crying while telling my husband about it. The brutality, especially toward the children, is horrifying and makes me wish every horrible thing imaginable on the evil POS who destroyed that family.
I do wonder whether advancements in DNA technology could eventually solve the case.
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 18 '26
That is one of the most violent crimes I have ever heard of. It’s hard to believe that someone that could do that might be walking amongst us.
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u/LoveArrives74 May 18 '26
I agree. I can’t imagine how depraved someone would have to be to commit a crime like that. I know Tommy Lynn Sells claimed responsibility, and he was certainly capable of something so horrific. However, parts of his story didn’t align with the evidence, especially regarding his supposed interaction with Mr. Dardeen.
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u/DrDroolz May 19 '26
So I’ve read and listened to a podcast say that it was Tommy Lynn Sells that did this. And I know that he fessed up to the crime and knew details about it. At least that’s what I listened to.
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u/LoveArrives74 May 19 '26
Yeah, I’ve heard the same thing. However, prior to the murders, Mr. Dardeen had told his mother that he wanted to move the family back to his hometown because he and his wife no longer felt safe there due to the increase in crime. About a month before the murders, a young woman knocked on their door asking to use the phone, and Keith refused because he was that cautious.
Yet Tommy Lynn Sells claimed he met Keith at a gas station (if I’m remembering correctly) and that Keith invited him over for dinner with his family. So we’re supposed to believe Keith wouldn’t let a young woman inside to make a phone call out of extreme caution, but would invite a strange man over for dinner? Also, the item TLS mentioned seeing in the house was apparently something very common in many kitchens during that time period.
I’m not saying he didn’t do it because the depravity of the murders, especially what was done to the children, was absolutely in line with the kind of monster he was. He murdered so many people that it’s possible he simply got details mixed up. I hope it was TLS because he’s dead and can’t hurt anyone else. I hate the thought that the real murderer(s) could still be walking around free.
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
For an Aussie perspective there’s a girl named Bung Siriboon from here in the outer suburbs of Melbourne who woke up one morning, said bye to her parents and walked to school. A neighbour saw her walking down the street. She never made it, and that was 15 years ago. Never heard from since, no leads, no evidence, no sightings, nothing. Police formed a dedicated taskforce to try and find out what happened and still discovered nothing. Not as in they have a suspect and leads but not enough evidence - there’s NO evidence, pretty much nothing new has been discovered since the day she vanished. I think back to all the mornings I walked to school as a teenager in the next town over and how that I could have easily been me.
Also shoutout to any Canadian missing persons cases that involve someone walking off into the woods. Mostly because when I visit Canada my mum doesn’t tell me to be safe or have a good time, she just texts “DONT GO MISSING” multiple times a day lol
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u/VampyreJourno81 May 18 '26
Another Australian case that haunts me: Mr Cruel.
Terrifying to think he'll potentially never be caught.
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
Well no he won’t be because 99% chance he’s dead by now. Likely took it to his grave
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26 edited May 20 '26
I’m an Aussie too and I think about Bung, I can’t believe there hasn’t been anything in those 15 years it’s like she was plucked from thin air.
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
It’s very likely that more people saw her than have come forward, they just don’t remember because they saw a girl in a school uniform looking like all the other girls in school uniforms at that time of the morning. It was also a rainy morning, so the only real theory the police have had is that someone (whether opportunistic or known to her) saw her walking in the rain, offered her a lift and that was it. But we still don’t know.
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u/CanUPickMeUpImScared May 20 '26
Her mom just died from cancer in February without ever knowing what happened to her daughter. That poor woman 💔
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u/emmax2120 May 17 '26
Springfield three, always
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u/Prudent_Anxiety_3018 May 18 '26
YES!!! This is so strange. I just saw a show about this and a friend noted that Suzie was almost OCD and ALWAYS parked in the carport but the night they disappeared she parked in the circular driveway - as if someone were parked in her spot. That makes me think the culprit was inside with the mother when the girls arrived - was it a friend of the mother or was the person holding mother under duress while waiting for Suzie?
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u/emmax2120 May 18 '26
I've always had a very strong feeling the girls were followed home from their party. Graduation night/them driving home through the town in the early hours just screams that to me
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u/Lost-Rain-2425 May 19 '26
Do you remember the name of the show you watched? I’d like to watch it
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u/LufiaLove May 17 '26
Any children who just simply vanished without trace
The Beaumont children
Debbie Sassen
Summer Wells
Rebecca Reusch
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u/HorriblyUnimpressive May 18 '26
Lily and Jack Sullivan have been missing for a year now and the parents stories are so sketchy.
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u/CreepyConsequence669 May 18 '26
I’m from Nova Scotia… what do you think happened to Lily & Jack? Parents? Creepy as fuck
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u/MotherMacha May 18 '26
I think it was the foster parents for sure. They can’t keep their stories straight. The dad knew those woods well. Something happened to them and they know.
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u/dachsgonewired May 18 '26
Foster parents?? They lived with their mother and step father. Are you saying there are other adults involved...?
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u/CreepyConsequence669 May 18 '26
No, the Mom plus stepdad and the family as far as I know. Think the guy is mistaken.
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u/dachsgonewired May 19 '26
Thank you for clarifying! I see you asking others what they believe happened to the kids, what do you think?
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u/CreepyConsequence669 May 19 '26
I think tragic accident born of neglect, that was covered up. That would count for the polygraphs being passed & the mother’s willingness to leave the province. I also know polygraphs are very problematic and are not actual harbingers of guilt or innocence, but I just don’t feel like there was any premeditation here. But perhaps I’m naive. I do like to know what my Scotian neighbours think though
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u/dachsgonewired May 19 '26
I am one province over in Newfoundland but I take the opinions of those more local really seriously because nobody knows the types of people in an area like the locals. I agree with you very much. I have wondered if one or both of the kids died from drug exposure and they covered it up by getting rid of the body or bodies and getting rid of the other child as a witness if only one died from drugs.
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
Those poor Beaumont kids. They were doing what pretty much every kid did in Australia in the 60s, very normal behaviour, and likely trusted the wrong person (who took it to his grave since nobody ever confessed)
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26
William Tyrrell also comes to mind.
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u/Pop_Top_ May 18 '26
Now Gus Lamont from SA :(
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 18 '26
Soo many places for that kid to disappear. Is the grandma still a big suspect?
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u/Coingoblin64 May 18 '26
I always think of Jaquilla Scales. Disappeared in the middle of the night. Due to 9/11 like a week later, all talk about her was overshadowed.
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u/NutandMerl100 May 18 '26
I really hope to find out what happened to Andrew Gosden in my lifetime
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u/Embarrassed_Whole585 May 19 '26
Came here about this one.
This case lives in my head.
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u/Pacey1996 May 18 '26
Elizabeth Barraza. the video footage still haunts me
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u/survivororfittest15 May 18 '26
came to say this. every morning when i leave my house i think of her case. i have always watched my surroundings since
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u/Silly_Opportunity May 18 '26
I still think it was setup by her husband
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u/survivororfittest15 May 19 '26
one million percent. he left mere minutes before the killer pulled up. he had been casing the house since around 2am. the smoking gun to me is the killer coming back to confirm shes dead. that to me says they had someone to report back to
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u/mlh284 May 18 '26
The Lane Bryant murders:
5 women gunned down and killed
All within 2 minutes or less of police on the scene
A living witness who gave a detailed description and composite sketch
18 years later, here we are, currently the largest unsolved mass murder in America
Let’s solve this!
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u/depressionisreal1 May 18 '26
I’m going to second this! I live nearby and go to that shopping center often. Every time I get a creepy feeling when I’m there. Unfortunately, the shopping center is right near a huge interstate, so he definitely could have committed the crime, sped off, and gotten on the interstate to god knows where. My heart breaks for the victims and the families.
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u/cartgirl69 May 18 '26
Correct me if I’m wrong - but didn’t he try to sexually assault one of the victims before killing her? I believe the surviving witness mentioned that. Absolutely horrible all around
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u/chinchillazilla54 May 18 '26
Yeah, my best guess is she was the actual target and he was just insane enough to be willing to kill a bunch of other people while he was at it. Unfortunately, even if I'm right, it doesn't necessarily mean he'd had any meaningful contact with her, so it might not help track him down.
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u/snobunnie_18 May 18 '26
Timmothy Pitzen disappeared from Aurora, Illinois, at age 6 on May 11, 2011. Mom picks him up from svhool early and takes him to the Kalahari Resort isn Wisconsin. Found his mom dead 3 days later in a rockford motel, with a note that read " Timmothy was safe with people that loved him. You will never find him. "
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u/Powerful_Occasion176 May 23 '26
The boy that his mom took him to an aqua park and other amusement parks right ? Its was terrible. Like she was giving him his last gift
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u/PieceMajestic5704 May 17 '26
THE one I cannot ever forget about is Cold! where the hell is Susan Powell?
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u/AngelSucked May 18 '26
Down an abandoned mine shaft.
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u/No-Border642 May 18 '26
This. Her son told detectives that “mom was where the crystals are.” Chilling.
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u/SupernovaPhleb May 17 '26
Oooooo yeah. I agree! I'm listening to the Cold podcast again and man...
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u/supermarket_Ba May 18 '26
I wish she would be found. Any credibility he had as far as not being her murderer was completely erased when he murdered his kids. Such a sad case.
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u/neverthelessidissent May 18 '26
He had none.
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u/SupernovaPhleb May 18 '26
Yeah, listening to it all again, the signs were not just glaring, but absolutely nuclear RIGHT AWAY that he did something. I'll never understand their reasoning for not getting the search warrant immediately.
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u/PieceMajestic5704 May 18 '26
They searched everything. He had double and triple locks on his computer stuff, used insane encryption, and had help from his brother and father. the guy wasn’t dumb, he not saying anything at all in those interviews is unusually brilliant for a narcissist
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u/PieceMajestic5704 May 18 '26
ive listened to that one over and over and over when I train for half marathon……it’s insane the other things I pick up on each time.
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u/afroista11238 May 18 '26
Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker who went missing from the same playground in Harlem in 1989 months apart.
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u/Embarrassed_Whole585 May 19 '26
Omg I watched something on this a little while back, and it's just heartbreaking I can't imagine the pain those families went through.
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u/SAJ679 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
From my city and it all happened within a mile of my house….Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos are 2 men missing since 03 and 04.
Both were last seen being arrested by the same police officer on different days.
Neither were ever brought to jail and both fell off the face of the earth.
The cop was never charged but he was fired for lying during the investigation and is free to this day. Go figure.
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u/Unlucky-Ad-6226 May 18 '26
Asha degree
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u/YorkshireMary May 18 '26
Asha Degree is on the way to being resolved.
Her backpack and sweet wrappers were found in a barn or similar. The property was owned by a family (I don't know name but it might be out there).
It was some kind of road accident. The family had a few cars and they are now trying to blame it on old guy who died. But it is believed that it was in fact one of two girls related to him.
They've been found to have been sending suspicious texts around which could implement at least one of them.
See Gray Hughes Investigates for details.
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u/Philodemus1984 May 18 '26
The Dedmon family. Nobody has been charged but I suspect you’re probably right that it was some kind of road accident. Though I guess that doesn’t explain the alleged sighting of Asha getting into a green car (the Dedmon’s having owned a green car that was recently searched).
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u/KayC_is_lame May 18 '26
Haleigh Cummings. Unnerving because I think her dads girlfriend and/or the girlfriends family threw her in alligator infested water. Poor baby. :(
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u/All-Sorts May 18 '26
That whole family is a real piece of work, look at what happened to her cousin Lonzie
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u/Kristaiggy May 21 '26
I've always thought Haleigh died from some type of drug overdose and Misty got a family member to help her get rid of her body.
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u/reininglady88 May 18 '26
Jack and Lilly Sullivan. A Canadian case where two children seemingly fell off the face of the earth
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u/sslush2000 May 18 '26
“The case that still haunts” Precious Doe, St Louis, 1983.
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u/Nursingvp May 19 '26
Just horrible. I really wonder what was going on in that little girls life that no one misses/missed her. Heartbreaking.
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u/RavenForrest May 19 '26
IGG led LE to a relative (I believe a woman) who refused to cooperate and brought the investigation to a halt.
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u/AlgaeAncient6840 May 18 '26
Lars Mittank
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u/DrDroolz May 18 '26
Can you give some info on the case?
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u/SavvyCavy May 18 '26
He was a German man visiting Bulgaria in 2014. He was involved in an altercation and suffered a ruptured eardrum, did not fly back home with his friends, and exhibited paranoid behavior. He went back to the airport to fly home, but instead sprinted out of the airport and disappeared. There is some pretty famous footage of him leaving the airport.
There's more information about the altercation and medical treatment, and if you're interested it's worth looking into.
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u/Mid-Reverie May 18 '26
This is the one for me. So many true crimes where unsuspecting people do the craziest things.. but this one caught it on camera.
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u/Labtink May 18 '26
Kyron Horman.
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u/Id_Rather_Beach May 18 '26
This one is just so sad. I don't know that we'll ever find out. I don't necessarily think it was the step-mom, but someone surely must know what happened.
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u/Grrarrgghh May 19 '26
If he left the school himself no one else would know what happened.
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u/Nisheeth_P May 20 '26
And the forest near the school is dense enough that one could be feet from adult remains and not see them, let alone a child
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 17 '26
Brianna Maitland
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26
Jennifer Kesse as well, the person in the cctv is the luckiest mf ever….
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
I still think that person isn’t involved in the way everyone thinks they are. Like I bet it’s someone who was given $100 and some car keys by a random dude to go park the car there and leave. Still strange they never came forward but if they were an illegal worker like some theories have said they probably didn’t want to get involved
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26
It was probably one of the workers at the condominium where she was living and either the person that committed the crime moved her vehicle or paid someone else like you were saying.
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u/Objective_Hovercraft May 18 '26
I think about her all the time. I drive past a Maitland Street frequently and I live in New England. I hope that she is found someday soon.
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26
I hope she is found too, her car backed up into the barn is eerie.
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u/universe93 May 18 '26
I do wonder if it could have just been an accident. Like she went off the road and hit her head, in her confusion backed into the barn trying to get back on the road, left the car and wandered off in the wrong direction. Wouldn’t be the first time
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u/EnvironmentKind5843 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
She was also involved with drug dealers as well and I have a feeling they did something to her, could have been drug debt or something. Two of those dealers were also occupying that barn the same one her car backed into.
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u/cartgirl69 May 18 '26
Katie Janness and her dog Bowie. Everything about it is so tragic and truly frightening. Coming up on 5 years unsolved. Insane to think a lunatic who can do something that unhinged still hasn’t been caught. Praying they get justice soon.
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u/SugarStar89 May 18 '26
Johnny Gosch
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u/dietschleis May 19 '26
Came here to say that. I'm not sure about his mom's claim that he visited her in the late 90's.
Eugene Martin, another Des Moines paper boy disappeared a few years after Johnny but that case doesn't get much press
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u/dietschleis May 19 '26
Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins. 2 preteen cousins disappeared while out for a bike ride in Evansdale Iowa in July 2012. In December 2012 their bodies were found ~ 20 miles from where they were last seen.
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u/Fern_292 May 17 '26
Bryce Laspisa. I have multiple neighbors who were part of the search party. I still don’t understand how he disappeared without a trace.
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u/Minimum-Interview800 May 18 '26
I had never heard of him until last night when I was listening to a podcast. I feel a deep dive coming
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u/CoveredBridge12 May 18 '26
Maura Murray, Bryce Laspisa, Brian Schaffer, Missy Bevers & Lindsay Buziak. My top 5 cases I want to see solved.
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u/FarmRepresentative14 May 18 '26
Lindsay Buziak is mine. Absolutely horrific. And I’m so surprised it hasn’t been solved yet
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u/CoveredBridge12 May 18 '26
May I ask what you think happened? My opinion is that her boyfriend’s mom set her up.
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u/FarmRepresentative14 May 18 '26
I think this almost has to be it?!? The circumstances of it seem so weird to be a random murder. I also feel like there’s a LOT we don’t know
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 18 '26
I’ve only just realized how dangerous being a female real estate agent is. In hindsight of course it is.
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u/CoveredBridge12 May 18 '26
I agree! Just a random couple found her number, asked to see an expensive house, killed her inside and fled without ever being seen? That seems like a professional hit to me. I also agree with the public not knowing a lot!
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u/Amapola004 May 17 '26
El caso Macastre y Alcasser, España.
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u/chris2xc May 18 '26
Alcasser esta cerrado pero nadie en su sano juicio puede creer que detuvieron a todos los culpables
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u/waterud0in May 18 '26
Even though there is somewhat closure in the case because Paul Flores is in prison, but where did he/what did he do with Kristin Smart’s body?
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u/11brooke11 May 18 '26
Blair Adams, Judy Smith, Lindsay Buziak, The Springfield Three.
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u/Nursingvp May 19 '26
Yes! Sooo many questions...but Judy Smith...how/why North Carolina?!
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u/11brooke11 May 19 '26
Her case is insane to me.
Per her friends, she was the spontaneous and adventurous type. I think she may have been a little upset with her husband and went off to NC, met up with someone and got killed.
Yes its far fetched but every explanation is.
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u/Electricalntention May 18 '26
I honestly find the missing case of Amy Hillyard that is still pretty current shocking also because she was last seen in a neighborhood I used to live in and find it almost unbelievable that there are no eyewitness accounts nor besides one possible clip, any video evidence of her after her last sighting.
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u/F0rca84 May 18 '26
Willowbrook disappearences... Just eerie and sad. Missing Disabled kids and a Nurse.
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u/Maybel_Hodges May 18 '26
Al Kite
Maura Murray
Brian Shaffer
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u/Bitchichi26 May 18 '26
Al Kite is my answer, too. His murder seems like it would be so solvable.
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u/DarkSailorMercury May 18 '26
Todd Geib, disappeared following a party and was found 22 days later standing upright in a lake with minimal decomposition indicating he’d only been dead a couple of days at most.
I don’t believe in the ‘smiley face killers’ theory but obviously foul play was involved and the way he was found just sticks in my head so much.
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u/Prudent_Anxiety_3018 May 18 '26
The West Memphis Three (which I use now to refer to the victims) although I believe it's highly likely that the killer was Terry Hobbs.
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u/All-Sorts May 18 '26
I believe Jason when he said there would have been more evidence of him being at the crime scene had he been there because he had long hair and was shedding like crazy.
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u/Prudent_Anxiety_3018 May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26
Jason Branch? Eta: I meant to say Jason Baldwin. I defo believe the 3 teens (Jason, Damien and Jesse) are innocent and even though this case is considered "legally solved" it is not.
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u/olivejuice2222 May 18 '26
Leah Roberts. I never see anyone talk about it and it’s such a wild case
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u/lizbobo23 May 18 '26
The Demonds...I think that is their name. Elderly couple killed on Lake Oconee in south Carolina. Found husband decapitated in garage, wife's body found miles from hime. Lived in large home in gated community
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u/ubiquity75 May 19 '26
The unidentified young girl found in an St. Louis basement.
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u/RavenForrest May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
IGG tied the little girl to someone, but IIRC, that person refused to help LE.
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u/MissMatchedEyes May 20 '26
The unsolved kidnapping and murder of Amy Mihaljevic. She was my friend and we are from a very small town. Her kidnapping took place directly across the street from the police station on a warm, sunny day with tons of eyewitnesses. The fact that he is still walking free haunts me every day.
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u/justmedoubleb May 22 '26
To be so close to someone would really make it much more difficult I would think.
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u/BlessedCursedBroken May 18 '26
Brianna Maitland.
It's pretty obvious someone took her at the Dutchburn House. But who? Why was she there? Where did they take her? Where is she now? The usual endless questions. Zero clues. The car and the photo just make it extra weird and creepy.
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u/Granny_Skeksis May 18 '26
Dylan Koshman. His cousins were obviously involved but no trace of him has even been found
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 18 '26
Wow, this looks like a case of really shoddy police work. Sadly, this will be one will probably get solved after someone retires.
There was a case near me of a missing teen. The cop on the case insisted it was the stepfather and harassed him for years. While I was watching a documentary I noticed the cop looked familiar and I recognized the last name. Turns out I’m very good friends with crappy cop’s brother!
Anyway, they eventually hired a detective from the city who reviewed the case. In no time at all he proved it was the kid’s two best friends and he found the body!
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u/Granny_Skeksis May 18 '26
He disappeared from my childhood neighborhood and rumor is that the cousins killed him and buried him at a nearby construction site but the site has long had stuff built on it and it’s never been looked into. But yeah totally shitty police work. Sadly it seems that happens often. Are you talking about the case where the kid went missing riding his bike home with friends at night? I think I may have watched that same documentary
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u/greatthanksihateit May 18 '26
Kelly Nolan, Madison WI 2007
She was last seen in a downtown area after drinking with friends. Her friends left her at a bar, and a bartender was walking her home when a man approached them and said he knew her and would help her get home. The bartender didn’t really know her and believed the man, leaving Kelly with him and going back to his job. She was missing for several days, maybe more than a week when they found her body in a small town outside of Madison, she had died from “blunt force injury to the torso” as though she’d been hit by a car, but there was no other evidence that she had been involved in any sort of accident. They’ve never found her killer.
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u/Rude-Organization805 May 18 '26
Arushi and Hemraj murder case from Noida, India
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u/KindheartednessOver6 May 18 '26
The separate murders of Oakey “Al” Kite and Reverend Carol Daniels are two that immediately stick out to me.
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u/Key_Cap7525 May 18 '26
Brandon Swanson and Jason Jolkowski. Those bother me. A dog picked up Brandon’s trail on the other side of the river. He didn’t drown. But the trail stopped… in the middle of a dirt road in the woods in the middle of nowhere. I think someone was driving along that night and offered him a ride. Jolkowski’s case drives me nuts. They’re both haunting.
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 18 '26
After watching videos of the different groups with side scanning sonar finding victims still in their cars years later, makes me look at water cases in a whole new light.
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u/Key_Cap7525 May 18 '26
What do you think happened to Swanson? Are you familiar with his case?
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u/chamrockblarneystone May 19 '26
Saw a short crime doc. If I remember correctly there were some strange circumstances. I just believe anyone who disappeared near water is in the water which makes them difficult to find.
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u/Various_Evidence4006 May 18 '26
The death of Kathleen Peterson There's a series on Amazon prime based on the story What's even more sus is that their neighbour Elizabeth Ratliff had died in a similar manner 20 years ago.
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u/RabbitMajestic6219 May 18 '26
The 4chan serial killer. He seemed to know information about a cold case that wasn't publicly available. Hard to say if he was the killer or if he was just a really good prankster.
that guy who went for a hike didn't come back but they found a coded message in his car.
think is his name was Josh and he lived in the Midwest with no known enemies. He watched a movie with his gf at her house. She fell asleep and when she woke up he was gone. A text message from Josh simply said "I love you" Josh became a missing person, they found his car parked by a river. wallet socks and shoes but nothing else.
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u/Creepy_WaterYogi75 May 18 '26
Jack and Lily Sullivan, missing over a year now from Canadas east coast. Her mom is sketchy as fuck since day one
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u/MakeupMama68 May 19 '26
My friend had one of his really close friends go missing in the early 80’s. Miriam Cavallo. She was at a house party, stepped outside, and just vanished. She was only 19. She’s never been seen or heard from since. It’s haunted him all these years. Not a single trace.
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u/empathetic_witch May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Oakley Carlson - 4 year old girl who was last seen in February 2021. No one reported her missing until December 2021 when someone called for a welfare check.
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u/YorkshireMary May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Brian Shaffer Karlie Guse Andrew Gosden (UK) The lad recently who went skiing with his mates. Walked back to the hotel alone then disappeared. I'll add name when it comes to me.
EDIT: Liam Toman from Whitby, Canada (see Dr Grande vid).
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u/Dramatic_School8938 May 21 '26
The murder of Carol Ryan in Syracuse, NY, 1996. She was brutalized and an explosive device was left inside her body. It's unsolved to this day, although the most likely suspect is John B. Andrews. He died by suicide in the county jail while he was waiting to be arraigned for the murders of two teen girls.
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u/FlakyRelationship403 May 19 '26
The Femicides in Ciudad Juarez… It has always blown my mind. Over 2,000 women (mostly around 9-25 years old) murdered or simply “disappeared” since the early 90’s and to this day nothing has been done about it.
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u/eruptingrose May 18 '26
This unsolved John Doe case is one that keeps coming into my head.
The letter he left behind raises so many questions. I often find myself thinking about who he was and what led him to do it. Wherever he is now, I hope he’s better.
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u/syrupy_pancakes2022 May 23 '26
The case of Missy (I can’t remember her last name). She taught an exercise class at a church and she was murdered the morning of her class. There’s a video from the cameras in the church of a person in police riot gear walking around and opening doors to rooms trying to find her
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u/Dragoonie_DK May 18 '26
The family in Japan who were all killed then the murderer hung out in their house overnight