The Longview News-Journal of Feb 22, 2014 reported the Upshur County Sheriff received a call about a house fire on Woodchuck Road, Gilmer, Texas. After the fire was under control they found the remains of a woman. An autopsy ruled her death a homicide. The cause of death was not immediately made public. I assume she […]
Case of the Month
DaQuan Anthony Martin (Nov 23, 1993 – Jul 2, 2016)
Early on July 2, 2016, first responders got a call about a possible gunshot victim in the 1100 block of Church Street near Princess Anne Road, Norfolk, Virginia. The papers do not specify who made that call or if others heard gun shots too. Police found DaQuan Anthony Martin (22) in the car. He had […]
Remember Andre Duane Fuqua
On January 22, 2017, around 11:36 PM police went to the 11000 block of I-37 Southbound, Corpus Christie, Texas. They found a black 2016 Subaru Crosstrek on its side. Andre Duane Fuqua (Dec 2, 1991 – Jan 26, 2017) was inside with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial where he […]
Remember Eileen Faye Zarlenga
Eileen Faye Zarlenga (29) was found on Jan 30, 1988 near Gladstone Rd. in the Jackson Township, Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio. The date of death is estimated to have occurred between Jan 26-30, 1988. At some point in the night of January 25, 1988 or in the early morning hours of the 26th, Eileen was […]
Remember Robert Brent Marshall
Robert Brent Marshall (July 10, 1952 – March 7, 1982) known as Brent, was found stabbed to death near his taxi on 46th Ave SE and 208th St SE in Bothell, Washington. The taxi company he drove for on a part-time basis was Hawley’s North End Taxi. The owner mentioned in the Daily Herald of […]
Remembering Andrew Dean Elam
Andrew Dean Elam (March 3, 1970 – June 17, 1989) was 19 years old when his life ended. The Desert Sun (Tu) June 20, 1989 called Andrew an “exceptionally” bright young man whose death was senseless. Andrew and his parents had been jogging in the San Jacinto Mountains. He returned to the car to walk […]
Remember Christopher Daniel Myles
During the summer of 1979, Christopher Daniel Myles (Sept 30, 1962 – June 4, 1979) was found murdered in a vineyard near Hughes and Nebraska avenues, Caruthers, Fresno County, California. He was sixteen years old and still in high school. I found a few articles in the newspaper archives from the Fresno Bee and the […]
Donald Cedric Faul (Nov 24, 1950 – Jan 25, 1981)
Donald Cedric Faul was stabbed to death near the New Orleans riverside Moon Walk around 6am on January 25, 1981, New Orleans, Louisiana. Donald had stab wounds to the chest and back, according to then-Coroner Frank Minyard. He had defense wounds on the front of his body. Stabbed multiple times, he died at the scene. […]
Cheryl Ann Scherer (Aug 19, 1959 – missing April 17, 1979)
On April 17, 1979, Cheryl Ann Scherer started her 6 AM shift at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own Station in Scott City, Missouri. She called her mom around 1120 AM and they talked about supper and sewing later that evening. Between 1140-1150 AM, Cheryl disappeared. From the Standard-Democratic of April 14, 2023: “around 11:40 a.m. Scherer’s cousin, a […]
Happy Holiday Season
I wish you all a Happy Holiday Season. May the New Year bring you all that is good. Alice