On October 15, 2018, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson abducted 13-year-old Jayme Lynn Closs after fatally shooting her parents, James and Denise Closs, at their home just outside of Barron, Wisconsin, at 12:53 a.m.[3] Patterson took Closs to a house 70 miles (110 km) away in rural Gordon, Wisconsin, and held her in captivity for 88 … Read more
Dennis W. Day (July 12, 1942 – c. July 17, 2018) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and theater director, best known as one of the original cast members of The Mickey Mouse Club. After ending his career as a child actor, he went on to work as a theater director before relocating to Oregon in the 1980s. Day … Read more
On 29 December 1969, Muriel Freda McKay, a 55‑year‑old Australian woman, was kidnapped in London in a case that became one of the United Kingdom’s earliest murder convictions without a body. She was abducted after being mistaken for Anna Murdoch, the then‑wife of media proprietor Rupert Murdoch. McKay was married to Alick McKay (sometimes referred … Read more
Patricia Ann Spencer (born January 10, 1953) and Pamela Sue Hobley (born May 24, 1954) were two American teenagers who went missing on Halloween, Friday, October 31, 1969, in Oscoda, Iosco County, Michigan, after presumably committing truancy together, as they had both been seen walking in each other’s company shortly before.[1][2][3] The pair were aged 16 and 15, respectively, and “were not considered friends” at the time they disappeared.[4] Their … Read more
On 24 May 1968, 19-year-old Ong Beang Leck (Chinese: 王勉励; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Bián-lē), the son of a millionaire, was last seen leaving his house. His family received a call two days later, being told by the caller that Ong was kidnapped and a ransom of S$100,000 was demanded. After a second phone call in the second week of Ong’s disappearance, … Read more
The murder of Carol Anne Wilkinson (b. 18 December 1956),[1] a 20-year-old woman from Bradford, West Yorkshire, occurred on 10 October 1977.[2][3] Anthony Steel spent 19 years in prison for the crime before his conviction was quashed in 2003.[4] Steel died in 2007 at the age of 51.[5] Over the years, some writers and investigators … Read more
On 16 June 1980, Patricia “Patsy” Morris, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from Feltham, London, was murdered by strangulation.[2] She disappeared after leaving her school during her lunch break, and was found dead in undergrowth on Hounslow Heath near her home two days later. Despite repeated appeals for information by police, her murder remains unsolved. The murder … Read more
On the afternoon of 23 March 1988, Deborah Linsley was murdered on a train between Petts Wood and London Victoria stations in Greater London. Although there were about 70 people on the train, and Linsley apparently fought and injured her attacker, only one passenger reported hearing anything suspicious. The killer has not been identified. Stored blood evidence from the scene allowed the … Read more
A number of links between the murders of Kate Bushell and the murder of Lyn Bryant have been made, which occurred in 1997 and 1998. The similar circumstances of the murders have led investigators to conclude that there is a high possibility the murders are linked, with both killed with knives while walking dogs along … Read more
Adolph Coors III (January 12, 1915 – February 9, 1960) was the grandson of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors Brewing Company empire. He died in a kidnapping for ransom attempt gone wrong; Joseph Corbett Jr. was convicted of murder in 1961 and released on parole in 1980. Life and career Coors was born on January 12, 1915, the son of … Read more