On June 21, 2025, New York City co-named Parsons Blvd at 25th Drive, Flushing Queens, in a tribute to Antonella Mattina. Thanks to the support from Congress Woman Vickie Paladino, the area from where Antonella vanished on July 16, 1984, now carries her name. Antonella was twelve years old when she went missing in 1984. […]
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Lisa Thomas: 50 years unsolved
On October 7, it is 50 years ago that we lost Lisa Thomas (August 19, 1959 – Oct 7, 1974). She was fifteen years old. There does not seem to be any progress in the case but we have not forgotten Lisa. Remembering Lisa On October 7, an online memorial event will take place at […]
What happened to Karen Angelillo Ramsey?
About 44 years ago, Karen Angelillo Ramsey went missing. Her remains were found on April 16, 2024 in Patterson. Someone had to know about this even though I cannot find in the few newspaper articles online if she was reported missing. But it makes you wonder. UPDATE: her death has been ruled a homicide but […]
Justice for Antonella Mattina
Antonella Mattina disappeared on July 16, 1984. She was twelve years old. Her remains were found in a shallow grave on Thanksgiving, 1987. She had been stabbed multiple times in her chest. She was identified by dental records. Officially, her case is unsolved. However, an eyewitness had pointed the authorities in the direction of Alex […]
Gerald Richard Andrews (1943 – 1992)
Gerald Richard Andrews (May 18, 1943 – Oct 25, 1992) was a good employee and part of the STL trucking family. Then-STL Transportation owner Chip Johnson considered the man who went by “Bucky” a friend. In the Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York, of December 19, 1993, Johnson remembered that Bucky had only been […]
William Peter Cook (Dec 17, 1924 – Oct 20, 1950)
William Peter Cook (Dec 17, 1924 – Oct 20, 1950) was twenty-five years old when he was stabbed to death by someone unknown. There was an altercation on Hopkins Avenue and Marion Street, Brooklyn, New York. Before anyone understood what was going on, Cook was stabbed and passed away the same evening at Kings County […]
Who killed Alana Kela?
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. […]
Who killed Henryk Siwiak?
Henryk Siwiak‘s homicide is the only unsolved homicide on record in New York City from September 11, 2001. The City doesn’t include the over 3000 deaths from the terrorist attacks in their official crime statistics. Case overview Henryk Siwiak (46) saw the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. He was in […]
Christine Ann Diefenbach (May 15, 1973 – Feb 7, 1988)
Christine Ann Diefenbach (May 15, 1973 – Feb 7, 1988) is the Case of the Month for February 2019. Her murder remains unsolved. Introduction It has been 31 years since Christine Ann Diefenbach (14) was murdered in Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York. Christine was a shy, artistic ninth-grader at Intermediate School 217 in Queens County. […]
Remembering Leslie Sue Zaret
It was 44 years ago today that 17-year-old Leslie Sue Zaret (Sept 22, 1956 – Aug 17, 1974) was murdered in Bayside, Queens County, New York. Her case remains unsolved. Leslie, a recent graduate of John Bowne High School in Flushing, Queens County, had spent the night hanging out with friends. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. […]