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 […]
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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 […]
Helen Ruth Conwright Young (1936–1976)
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 […]
William Arthur Haynor (1941 – 1975)
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 […]
Paul Bernard Quinters (1967 – 1993)
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 […]
Missing: Deanna Michelle Merryfield
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 […]
Veronica, Cynthia, Linda, and Bobbie
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 […]
Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin (1927 – 1987)
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 […]
Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985)
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 […]
Janet Eva Roberson Gregston
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 […]