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Amber Elaine Lundgren, more details

June 9, 2020 By Alice

Amber Elaine Lundgren

Amber Elaine Lundgren (20) was last seen on June 7, 1997, leaving a nightclub called Bar Code on 81 Broadway Street, Asheville, North Carolina. Her remains were found later that day off Azalea Road. Her case remains unsolved. To this day, her friends and family wonder what happened to Amber. Her friend Nadia, who is […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Amber Elaine Lundgren, Asheville, Interviews, Knife Attack, North Carolina

Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey remembered

June 8, 2020 By Alice

DJ and Amanda

Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey (Nov 14, 1988 – Oct 3, 2016) was a father to three children and beloved brother of Amanda Shirley. His case is a complex one. Did he commit suicide? If so, what was his reason to leave behind his three beloved children? Did someone kill DJ? This case has many unanswered […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Donald "DJ" Edward Fickey, Georgia, gunshots

Veronica, Cynthia, Linda, and Bobbie

June 3, 2020 By Alice

Bobbie, Veronica, Cynthis and Linda Grid AdS

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 Writers, Unsolved Tagged With: Barney Doyle, Bobbie Fields, Cynthia Palacio, guest bloggers, Linda Carbajal, Texas, Veronica Taylor

Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell (May 28, 1968 – Oct 27, 2006)

May 28, 2020 By Alice

Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell/Sacramento County Sheriff's Department

Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell was killed on October 27, 2006 with his own service revolver while on duty. Evidence at the crime scene showed that Mitchell was involved in a violent struggle for his life. Hundreds of law enforcement officers and many organizations began the search for the killer(s). Nobody was ever found. His […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: California, Gun Fire, Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell

Gijsbert Simon “Ben” Kistemaker (Aug 20, 1953 – found dead Dec 25, 1979) 

May 24, 2020 By Alice

Gisbert Kistemaker Photo Skagit County Sheriff’s Office

UPDATE: the Kistemaker Family has given me permission to use Ben’s Death Certificate online which answers two important questions. Please scroll down as there are also mistakes in this certificate of death. ___ In May 1979, Gijsbert Simon “Ben” Kistemaker (26), traveled from the Netherlands to the United States of America. In New York, he […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Gijsbert Simon "Ben" Kistemaker, gunshot, Skagit County, the Netherlands, Washington

Coe Caroline Paisley (1965 – 1994)

May 1, 2020 By Alice

Coe Caroline Paisley/Miami-Dade

From the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau Cold Case Squad: Location: 1223 Wallace Street, Coral Gables, Florida. Date & Time: 3:29 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 1994. “At the above time, date, and location the victim was discovered unconscious inside of a duplex apartment that she owned and was renovating. It was revealed that two […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Blunt force trauma, Case of the Month, Coe Caroline Paisley, Florida

John William Pennington (Oct 6, 1959 – Dec 8, 1985)

April 20, 2020 By Alice

John William Pennington/Ohio AG Office

From the Office of the Ohio Attorney General: John William Pennington (Oct 6, 1959 – Dec 8, 1985) was in a car in the drive thru of Taco Bell at 3591 West Broad St.in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. An altercation happened between the (unknown in identity and number) people in his car and another person […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: John William Pennington, Ohio, stabbing death

Edward Hamilton LaGrave (Dec 12, 1921 – Sept 25, 1952)

April 15, 2020 By Alice

Edward Hamilton LaGrave

Edward Hamilton LaGrave (30), a used car dealer, was killed with three shots to the head as he was preparing his wife Betty’s birthday present. He had three young children with the fourth on the way with Betty Jean Holt LaGrave. Despite following many leads and questioning people, his case remains unsolved. The Case LaGrave […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Edward Hamilton LaGrave, Gun Fire, Indiana

Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin (1927 – 1987)

April 13, 2020 By Alice

Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin Photograph Doris Whitley

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

Anne Theresa Noblett (1940 – 1957)

April 3, 2020 By Alice

Anne Theresa Noblett/Picture Herts Police

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 […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Anne Theresa Noblett, Strangulation, UK

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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.

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