In the Barbara Ann Blatnik case, I just read that James Zastawnik posted bond. The amount was previously set at $100’000 but Summit County Common Pleas Judge Kelly McLaughlin granted the request from defense council to lower it to $35’000. There are conditions though: Zastawnik must wear an electronic monitoring device and must live with […]
Strangulation
Barbara Blatnik: finally an arrest!
Cuyahoga Falls Police announced the arrest of James Zastawnik (67) for the December 1987 murder of Barbara Ann Blatnik. Zastawnik has been charged with first degree murder. Falls Lt. Chris Norfolk will not say if Zastawnik was a suspect in the early stages of the investigation. He did say that Zastawnik was “arrested in Akron in […]
Anne Theresa Noblett (1940 – 1957)
The murder of Anne Theresa Noblett (1940 – 1957) has been dubbed the “Deep Freeze Murder” because when she was found, her body was frozen. Introduction On Dec 30, 1957, just after 6pm, Anne Noblett got off the bus. The bus stop was on the corner of Lower Luton Road and Cherry Tree Lane in […]
Sonia Carmen Herok Stone
What happened to Sonia Carmen Herok Stone (May 27, 1951 – October 15, 1981), that is what her family wants to know. Sonia was found murdered in her house in Carmel, California, in 1981. She left behind one daughter. Her case remains unsolved. Sonia Sonia Carmen Herok Stone moved from Quebec, Canada to Carmel, California […]
Unsolved: Theone Lindgren Davis
Theone Lindgren Davis (Jan 8, 1907 – Aug 5, 1971) was found beaten, strangled, and shot dead inside her home at 2975 Saturn Street, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California. Nobody was ever arrested or convicted in her murder. It remains unsolved. But there is a chance with DNA. I have not found a lot of […]
Who killed James “Jim” F. Gossen?
Introduction On July 13, 1988, James “Jim” F. Gossen (Aug 16, 1949 – Feb 6, 1988) went missing. At the time he disappeared, he was separated from his wife Myra Redman and their two children. Gossen (38) was a diamond broker selling wholesale diamonds to jewelry stores. They lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His remains […]
Anita Mae Carter Lukander (Oct 21, 1965 – March 18, 1988)
On March 17, 1988 Anita Mae Carter Lukander (22) vanished from her Atlantic Beach home in Florida. Her remains were found ten days later. Her case remains unsolved. Missing When Anita did not report for work, the authorities went to her house. They found her door unlocked and the lights were on. A few days […]
Deborah Ann Danhaus (Oct 4, 1952 – Aug 1971)
We do not know exactly when in August 1971 Deborah Ann Danhaus (18) from Amboy, Illinois was murdered. We do not know why either. All we know is that the case went cold fast. Should any evidence still be in storage, hopefully properly preserved, they should be re-examined with modern technology. When I searched for […]