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Helen Ruth Conwright Young (1936–1976)

March 19, 2021 By Alice

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Helen Ruth Conwright Young (Aug 31, 1936 – July 31, 1976) was born in Ore City, Texas, to the Rev. Freddie D. Conwright and Mrs. Luella Jane Walker Conwright. She left behind husband Roy Young , eight sons, and one daughter. She had five brothers and nine sisters. Her case is unsolved. The Case Helen […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Helen Ruth Conwright Young, M-Vac Systems, suffocation, Texas

William Arthur Haynor (1941 – 1975)

February 8, 2021 By Alice

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William Arthur Haynor‘s daughter was just nine years old when her dad was shot in his chest with 5 bullets from a .22 caliber pistol. His granddaughter is wondering if, with modern technology and the power of the Internet, there is anything that we can do to raise awareness that her granddad’s murder was never […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: gunshots, Texas, William Arthur Haynor

Paul Bernard Quinters (1967 – 1993)

December 10, 2020 By Alice

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Paul Bernard Quinters (June 11, 1967 – Dec 5, 1993) was only 26 years old when he was stabbed to death. We do not know why the argument started. We do not know what was said. We do not know whether either Paul or his friend knew or recognized the attacker. We do not know […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Knife Attack, Paul Bernard Quinters, San Antonio, Texas

Missing: Deanna Michelle Merryfield

October 19, 2020 By Alice

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Deanna Michelle Merryfield has been missing since July 22, 1990. In the grid, you can see an age progression from a young Deanna to an estimate made in 2011 (upper right) and 2015. There are no new updates on NamUs, where I found her case. That file was created on Feb 22, 2010. Identification Deanna […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Deanna Michelle Merryfield, Killeen, Missing Person, Texas

Veronica, Cynthia, Linda, and Bobbie

June 3, 2020 By Alice

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Please welcome guest blogger Barney Doyle. He worked as a newspaper reporter before turning to law enforcement. Doyle blogged for PoliceOne and the now defunct blog Working Police before turning his attention to writing books. ‘Reckless Speculation About Murder’ is coming out in May 2020. It will be released by Genius Book Publishing. Before this book […]

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Filed Under: Guest Bloggers, Unsolved Tagged With: Barney Doyle, Bobbie Fields, Cynthia Palacio, guest bloggers, Linda Carbajal, Texas, Veronica Taylor

Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin (1927 – 1987)

April 13, 2020 By Alice

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Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin (July 16, 1927 – Nov 2, 1987) was found dead on Nov. 2, 1987. Mankin (60) was murdered inside her home in North Duncanville, Texas. She was found by her husband Avery Adair Mankin (then 65) in the doorway between the garage and the kitchen. Adair had just returned home from […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin, stabbing death, Texas

Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985)

March 1, 2020 By Alice

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Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985) was shot to death in Houston, Texas. She was twenty-four years old. There is hardly anything online about her murder so it is fitting to make hers the Case of the Month for March 2020. UPDATE: Her brother Rance contacted me and gave his sister’s […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, gunshots, Houston, Texas, Vanessa Lynn Buss

Janet Eva Roberson Gregston

November 1, 2019 By Alice

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On August 21, 1984 around 415pm, police found Janet Eva Roberson Gregston (Dec 20, 1955 – Aug 21, 1984) murdered about two miles east of US 385 (Andrews Highway) on the North East Loop 338, Ector County, Texas. She had been stabbed twenty times and her throat was slashed. She was also pregnant. Her case […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Case of the Month, Janet Eva Roberson Gregston, Knife Attack, Odessa, Texas

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