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Defrosting Cold Cases

Est. 2009

  • Cold Case Database: Index and Summaries
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Who killed Alana Kela?

July 1, 2019 By Alice

Photography from Justin Gwin

Alana Kela (? – 1993) was born in Hawaii, USA. I do not have an exact island name or date of birth. She died in 1993 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, from a single gunshot wound to her head. Her murder remains unsolved. This is the Case of the Month for July 2019. […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Alana Kela, Case of the Month, gunshot, Hawaii, New York

Missing: Shannon Marie Sherrill

June 22, 2019 By Alice

Shannon Marie Sherrill

UPDATE:  I spoke to Chief Frank Clark from the Thorntown Police Department. He corrected the area code in the contact information. He also assured me that Shannon’s is an active case. It is still being investigated. All tips are checked and added to Shannon’s file. Her case number is 86-143. If you have any information […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Indiana, missing child, Shannon Marie Sherrill, Thorntown

Remembering Gwen Vivian Miller

June 18, 2019 By Alice

Gwen Vivian Miller/RCPD

Gwen Vivian Miller (Nov 4, 1907 – Feb 29, 1968) was murdered inside her home in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was 60 years old. She never married and had no children. Gwen worked as a hospital pharmacist at the Bennett-Clarkson Memorial Hospital (now Rapid City Regional) in Rapid City. Her colleagues went to her […]

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Gwen Vivian Miller, Rapid City, South Dakota

Dail Boxley Dinwiddie (April 12, 1969 – missing Sept 24, 1992)

June 15, 2019 By Alice

Dail Boxley Dinwiddie

Dail Boxley Dinwiddie (April 12, 1969 – missing Sept 24, 1992) was 23 years old when she went missing. This is the oldest missing-persons case for Columbia police, South Carolina. Introduction Dail Boxley Dinwiddie (23) is a graduate of the Heathwood Hall Episcopal School. In 1991, she graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Dail Boxley Dinwiddie, Missing Person, Morgan Dana Harrington, South Carolina

Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell (1957 – missing Nov 22, 1973)

June 8, 2019 By Alice

Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell

On November 22, 1973 sixteen year old Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell left her home in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, to meet a friend at the bus stop. When this friend’s bus arrived Sherrlynn was not there. She has been missing since then. Sherrlynn did not return to her job at the Ballarat Woollen Mills. She did […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Australia, Ballarat, missing child, Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell

Missing: Elijah Gersham Cravens

June 1, 2019 By Alice

Elijah Gersham Cravens/Photograph Cravens Family

Elijah Gersham Cravens (possibly Oct 20, 1867 – last seen Jan 1, 1902) from Okmulgee, Oklahoma was last seen on January 1, 1902. Cravens was a farmer who lived outside Okmulgee, OK. When he went missing he was approx. between 30 and 40 years old. There is no official last address on file. Case He […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Elijah Gersham Cravens, Missing Person, Oklahoma

Conviction in 2006 Juan Cuevas murder

May 26, 2019 By Alice

Juan "June" Cuevas courtesy of his family

In May 2019, John Blocker was convicted in the 2006 Juan Cuevas murder for of felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, robbery, burglary and three counts of kidnapping. Blocker faced first-degree murder but the jury opted for aggravated manslaughter instead. A fingerprint and DNA tied Blocker to the crime scene. This fingerprint matched Blocker in the national […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: DNA, Juan “June” M. Cuevas, New Jersey

Who killed Anibal Perez?

May 22, 2019 By Alice

Anibal Perez/Camden County Prosecutors

On February 26, 2013, Anibal Perez was shot multiple times while seated in his parked car, a Honda Accord, around 10pm. He was near 27th Street and Arthur Avenue, Camden, New Jersey. He was transported to Cooper Hospital (Camden). Anibal Perez was pronounced dead at 1024pm. His murder remains unsolved. Three hours before he was […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Anibal Perez, Camden, Gun Fire, New Jersey

The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby

May 15, 2019 By Alice

Carolyn Kirby

Carolyn Kirby has a knack for describing in painful detail how hard life was in Victorian London. The atmosphere, violence, and darkness grip you from page one. She details meticulously how poor people were, the humiliations they suffered, and how few privileged men could really call themselves gentlemen. The story takes place in 1885. It […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Carolyn Kirby, historical fiction

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon

May 8, 2019 By Alice

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon/Grid AdS

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon (May 17, 1985 – Nov 19, 2006) was hit by a small truck around 7pm on November 12, 2006 on Normandy Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida. The driver never stopped. Her case remains unsolved. Dana (21) was flown to UF Health Jacksonville, formerly Shands, and put in a medically induced coma. Her organs […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Dana Michelle Speights Solomon, Florida, hit-and-run, Jacksonville

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Since 2009, I write about unsolved cases that need renewed media attention. I only do research and leave active investigations to the authorities.

My posts cover homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to unsolved cases.

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