Bobby Jo Hayes

Roberta Joseph “Bobby Jo” Hayes (June 9, 1966 – February 7, 1987) was a young woman who was murdered by Gary Ridgway in Seattle or Enumclaw, Washington on February 7, 1987. She was Ridgway’s forty-seventh known murder victim. Background Bobby Jo was born on June 9, 1966 in Seattle, Washington. She ran away from home when … Read more

James Otto Earhart

James Otto Earhart (April 29, 1943 – August 11, 1999) was an American murderer, kidnapper and suspected serial killer executed for the 1987 kidnap-murder of 9-year-old Kandy Janell Kirtland in Bryan, Texas.[1] Suspected in at least one more murder during his lifetime, Earhart was posthumously linked to a 1981 murder via DNA conducted by Parabon … Read more

Killing of Amy Mihaljevic

Amy Renee Mihaljevic (/mʌˈhɑːlɛvɪk/, muh-HAH-leh-vik; December 11, 1978 – c. October 27, 1989) was a ten-year-old American middle school student who was kidnapped and murdered in the U.S. state of Ohio in 1989. Her murder case received national attention. The story of her unsolved kidnapping and murder was presented by John Walsh on the television … Read more

Murder of Jacob Wetterling

On October 22, 1989, Jacob Erwin Wetterling, an 11‑year‑old from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered later that night. His abductor’s identity remained unknown for nearly 27 years. On September 1, 2016, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension recovered human remains from a pasture near Paynesville, about 30 miles from the … Read more

Murder of Mark Kilroy

Mark James Kilroy (March 05, 1968 to March 14, 1989) was an American college student who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by associates of cult leader Adolfo Constanzo as part of a human sacrifice. Kilroy was kidnapped while vacationing in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, during spring break. He was one of at least 14 victims similarly … Read more

Murder of Aundria Bowman

Aundria Michelle Bowman (born Alexis Miranda Badger) (b. June 23, 1974 – disappeared March 11, 1989) was an American teenager who vanished under mysterious circumstances from her adoptive family’s property in Hamilton, Michigan. She was adopted as an infant by Dennis and Brenda Bowman. At 14, she vanished from her family’s rural property, a short … Read more

Murder of Christelle Bancourt

Christian Marletta was accused of rape, murder and dismemberment of Christelle Bancourt,[1] a twelve-year-old girl, in Marseille. Marletta was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1985.[2] He was released in 2006. Disappearance Christelle Bancourt went missing at around 6:20 pm on June 10, 1982, near the Le Bois Fleuri social services agency where she was going to the dentist. No … Read more

Deborah Scaling Kiley

Deborah Scaling Kiley (January 21, 1958 – August 13, 2012)[1] was an American sailor, author, motivational speaker, and businesswoman. She was the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race. In 1982, she famously survived a boating accident off the coast of North Carolina, which became the basis for her book Albatross and the subject of multiple other … Read more

Disappearance of Kathleen McCormack Durst

In late 1971, Durst met dental hygienist Kathleen McCormack. After two dates, he invited her to move into his home in Vermont, which she did in January 1972.[10] After his father pressured him to return to New York to work at the Durst Organization,[18] the couple moved to Manhattan, where they married on April 12, … Read more

Murder of Lynette Dawson

Lynette Joy Dawson (née Simms; born 1948) was an Australian woman who disappeared on or about 8 January 1982,[1] leaving two daughters and her husband, former rugby league footballer Chris Dawson.[2] Her whereabouts are unknown, but two coronial inquests concluded that she had been murdered.[3] On 30 August 2022, Chris Dawson was convicted of Lynette’s … Read more