He told him that he just wanted to leave, saying "I didnt see nothing, I dont know nothing thats going on here." CRUZ, James Four murders in three different states, separated by more than 1,200 miles. Some of the oldest unsolved murders on Uncovered 's cold case website include the 1960 murder of Nancy Eagleson, the 1977 murder of Ann Harmeier, the 1977 murder of Roberta Elam, the 1982 murder of Tina Foglia, the 1980 murder of Eve Wilkowitz, and the 1984 murder of Laura Parker. None of the victims were sexually assaulted. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. She had been stabbed multiple times, so hard that the knife blade bent. She had just recently qualified to join a government mapmaking team and was awaiting assignment. Recent investigations point to Youell Swinney as a likely culprit, but he was never arrested or convicted for the slayings. On November 17, 1978, four employees working at Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana, suddenly disappeared from the establishment. the Murderpedia project stay alive. They also noted that his killer resembled the composite sketch of the I-70 Killer. ROSS. She noticed the register was open, but no one was around. San Miguel admitted to the police that he initially left the employees alive but changed his mind. Some investigators believe that he committed these murders simply because he enjoys killing. The bridal shop normally closed at 6pm; however, on that day, a customer called, saying that he had forgotten the cummerbund for his tuxedo. He apparently had tried to enter the cabin by climbing down the chimney. The foursome included Jayne Friedt, Ruth Ellen Shelton, Daniel Davis, and Mark Flemmonds. Off-topic, but like you, having free time after I was laid off is how I really got into unsolved mysteries again. 1991, police in Irving, Texas . While the city with highest number of murders period? Jr. David Zhiheng broke a bottle, held the jagged edge to Zhengs sons throat, and forced the remaining eight people to bind and gag each other. Or was it someone else - but who? In at least one case, the victim's purse was untouched. Though it took nearly a decade, the families of the victims received justice for the loss of their loved ones when both Luna and Degorski were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 2007 and 2009, respectively.[1]. The ancient Caddo people of east Texas built these mysterious mounds sometime around 800 A.D. It's not known exactly what the mounds were for, but archaeologists believe they were built up to be. She died as a result of trauma to the head. He then ran from the store, leaving the beer and most of the money behind. they could of taken the bag to put the knife in so it would not drip all over the floor. Before midnight on December 6, 1991, firefighters responded to a blaze at a yogurt shop in Austin. Albert Autur TAHL. Indeed, there was a pattern after all. This case first aired on the May 4, 1994 episode. He was probably surprised to find two women on duty. It's assumed they were. 15 Of The Worst Crimes To Ever Occur In Texas, Texas may not be the wild, wild west anymore, but over the years there sure have been a lot of heinous crimes committed in the county's second-largest state. Details: Interstate 70 runs from Baltimore, Maryland, to Cove Fort, Utah. Karen was a loving mother. I have been into this case from day 1 this case is 24 years old and those Irving Police are not into finding her killer ! The area south of 114 bounded on the east by Rochelle, Nothgate on the south, and MacArthur on the west except for a carve-out to Story for the gated Cottonwood Valley neighborhood is the luxury residential area. NAVASOTA, Texas - A convicted murderer serving 70 years for a 1978 slaying near Houston who was also under investigation in the unsolved killings of 11 missing girls has died in a Texas prison . PEREZ, Robert Anthony Martinez He put the gun to her forehead; however, it jammed and he laughed. Zhiheng spent eight hours dismembering the bodies of the Zheng family, subsequently disposing of the remains in the ocean or dumpsters. He says they will always start up again. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations and is a five time published author. Also, the fact that he discovered the body - and by breaking in - is a little strange to me. . 3. Case details: Homicide investigation of Mary Ann Becker (15,000 reward) On Sept. 9, 1974, between the hours of 5:45 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., Mary Ann Becker was discovered dead inside her home in Atkinson. I moved to Dallas right before Wendie Prescott's murder and it has stuck with me all these years. In another January robbery gone terribly wrong, two gunmen lay in wait outside a Taco Bell in Irving, Texas, on January 26, 1991, intending to rob it. Jeff assumed he was a hitchhiker; he came from the direction of Interstate 465, which intersects with Interstate 70. A neighbor claimed to have heard "noises" coming from her apartment during the night sometime, but never heard any screaming. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 after suffering from postpartum psychosis. Zhiheng was convicted in 1986 and quickly committed suicide.[8]. May 12, 2021. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke rising from a yogurt shop on West Anderson Lane. However, he was never questioned in this case; in July 1996, he fled to Canada and committed suicide after several sets of skeletal remains were discovered on his Westfield estate. ALBRIGHT, Richard All of the evidence had been washed away by the stream and the killer was never found. He returned to the freezer, where he allegedly asked the four victims to give him a good reason why he shouldnt kill them before shooting each one at close range, with three being shot multiple times in the head. When Amber's body was eventually recovered from the bottom of a creek, it was revealed that her throat had been slit and she was naked except for a single sock. Thedford was known for riding his black 10-speed bicycle in the neighborhood. They were all between the ages of six months and seven years old. There is a stretch of I-45 South between Houston and Galveston where police have found the bodies of more than 30 young women and children since the 1970s. 1990 - 1999 Cases. Great episode. All were believed to have been picked up by Baumeister in gay bars during the early 1990s. Moments after the women were taken into the back room and shot, the actual customer arrived. Because of the sheer brutality seen in Hagerman'scase, the Amber Alert system for missing children was created. Although she had the day off, she agreed to come in. Since the 1970s, more than 30 young women and girls' bodies have been found along that desolate 50-mile stretch of highway. It was also speculated that the killer was suffering from PTSD after being in the military. The girls had been bound with their own clothing and fatally shot. The working theory is that these were just two of potentially many victims of an unidentified serial killer. Overall, there were many similarities between the two sets of crimes. At one point, the man stopped and looked directly at Tim. Family members found the 47-year-old stabbed in the chest and laying in the driveway of . -, Press J to jump to the feed. They have checked tool booths, license plates, and traffic stops. He has short, tinted, reddish or sandy (or possibly strawberry blond) hair, beard stubble, thin lips, a high forehead, and what witnesses describe as "lazy" or "droopy" eyelids. Jeffrey At 2:30pm, customers found Nancy's body in the back office; she had been shot in the back of the head. Edward Bell, Larry Dickens' killer, was named a "person of interest" in these six murders. ASHBROOK. In a cruel twist of fate, Flemmonds wasnt even supposed to be working that night. On September 25, 1993, a year after Sarah's murder (and a month before Amy's), Mary Ann was killed while she worked alone in the store. 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Since April 1992, it has lent its name to a serial killer known as the "I-70 Killer," who has committed a string of murders within a few miles of it in several Midwestern states. Waiting until an employee opened the door to take out the trash, the two men forced their way in. Despite how horrendousmany of these Texas crimes are, many have led to significant, positive changes. Suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister from Westfield, Indiana, was considered a suspect in the I-70 Killer case. On April 8, 1992, she was working alone at the Payless ShoeSource store at 7325 Pendleton Pike in Indianapolis. Dagoberto Blanco. Although the MO in the deaths was considerably different (Scheanette was called the "Bathtub Killer" for good reason, after all), Megan's death was two years earlier and it's widely assumed that he may have had more victims. Four murders in three different states, separated by more than 1,200 miles. Couple of notes on location: that area isn't really Las Colinas, and is far from the "trendy" part. The men shot McClaflin, shot and beat Landrum, and shot, beat, and stabbed Thompson, all to their deaths. However, in fear, he continued backing up towards the front door, saying that he could not come with him. Huberty entered the restaurant and immediately shot and killed the 22-year-old manager before he began to systematically shoot and kill customers who were cowering under tables, desperately trying to push themselves as far as they could underneath. On the morning of April 27, 1992, he had a doctor's appointment. He had no idea what had just happened inside. He forced Billy into the back of the store, where he shot him once in the back of the head. A few minutes later, Jeff witnessed him calmly trying to hitch a ride going north, back toward Interstate 465. He may have been wearing a wedding ring. Raytown, Missouri - another link in the deadly chain. The killer asked him to come into the back room with him. was the bag found ? Her cat was somewhere in the apartment and appeared disturbed - if only cats could talk And that's where it ended. Here are 7 of the most disturbing, bewildering unsolved mysteries in Texas: 1) The murder of Amber Hagerman Dee Ashley/Flickr Perhaps one of the most well-known, frustrating cases ever in Texas, the murder of Amber Hagerman gained worldwide attention and even prompted officials to create Amber alerts for missing persons. At around 6:30pm on April 11, just three days after Robin was murdered, both women were taken at gunpoint to the back storeroom of the shop, where they were each shot once in the back of the head. by Lise Olsen. They were closing the restaurant on January 8, 1993, when two men entered and ordered a four-piece meal. That would be Forest Hill with 30.7 murders per 100,000 people. The I-70 serial killer: Will DNA nab him? He went to "great lengths" to try to find her killer, but to no avail. "Texas is a very good . Like the I-70 victims, they were shot in the head with a .22-caliber weapon. Markkey PATTERSON, Efrain The bones belonged to eleven men, eight of whom have been identified. PLANO, Texas - There are new details about the actions of the man Plano police are investigating for a woman's murder. Murderpedia has thousands of hours of work behind it. Cold cases are reviewed frequently for new leads. Sadly, more than 40 years have passed since the Burger Chef murders and there is still no answer as to who committed the heinous crimes.[2]. The Urban Center north of 114 and bounded on the west by O'Connor (then, NW Hwy / Las Colinas Blvd now) and Rochelle on the east is the trendy part. She described her assailant as in his mid-thirties, about 5'8", thin (almost gaunt), and tan, with a "weathered" look. Oddly, Hennard allowed a woman and her baby to flee the restaurant before he continued his rampage. The incidents only occurred late at night and were usually three weeks apart. He considered taking the day off work, but decided to go in. In true cowardly fashion, Hennard refused to surrender and proclaimed that he would kill as many people as he could before being shot three times by the police, though only wounding him. I was going based on what I know of the area (I'm more over in the Richardson/Garland area, but my father used to work off of 114/MacArthur) and from the descriptions in the articles, which were all written before I moved to the area. VILLARREAL, Clifton Lamar He then lured a tenth family member into the restaurant, where he killed her. . The cover of "Facing September," a murder mystery based on the case of Kelly Lynn Albright's murder. MOODY, Toronto She had also been sexually assaulted. The unknown assailant had attempted to bury her under a wood pile, and Andy was found bound to a tree. On May 7, four days after Nancy's murder, thirty-seven-year-old Sarah Blessing, an herbalist and reflexologist with two stepsons, was working alone in a boutique called "The Store of Many Colors" at the Woodson Village Shopping Center. He physically resembled the killer (lazy eyelids, reddish hair, similar build). In the absence of other information, it becomes an interesting theory. Between February 22, 1946 and May 3, 1946, weekends became dangerous in and around Texarkana, Texas, now known as the town that dreaded sundown. A perpetrator known as "the Phantom Killer" attacked couples within a three-month period, claiming five lives. The murder of Debra Sue Reiding, January 22, 1979. It is also possible that the killer lived or worked somewhere where grinding or polishing was performed. He also went into a back room of the store. His murder took place just two weeks after the Wichita ones, and just six days before Nancy's. Dale Scheanette: I can't find anything in Google to make this connection, but is this the guy who had figured out a default passcode to maintenance key dispensers many apartments used and broke in the mgmt office to get them? CORWIN, Javier Was there bag remnants or just bread? GENTRY, Michael Dean Authorities have yet to determine whether or not the Texas shootings were committed by the I-70 Killer. MARTINEZ, Ireneo Detective Rich Plummer of the St. Charles Police Department says that it is important to know that a serial killer never stops; they may stop for a period of time, but they never stop completely. Around that same time, Terre Haute police announced that they were looking at the killer as a suspect in the murder of Billy Brossman. The two robbers bound and gagged all seven employees and, reminiscent of the Taco Bell murders, forced the workers into the restaurants walk-in freezer before shooting each one execution style. Both the Sutherland Springs and Luby's Cafeteria shootings remain two of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Some money was taken from the cash register. Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report. FBI agents created a psychological profile of the killer. CARRERA, Daniel Lee ? At first glance, they seemed to be random killings. Magers died instantly; Smith died a few hours later. Vicki was paralyzed from the neck down and was having trouble breathing. After Unsolved Mysteries filmed this story, the killer apparently struck again. Everything was normal. He may be "comfortable" with the Indianapolis area. Ugh, that's terrible but not entirely surprising, considering no one has mentioned her case in the media since January 1995. :( Do you know anything else about the case besides what I wrote? He appeared to be almost in a trance, as if he were thinking of something else. Shortly after the customer entered the store, the killer emerged from the back room, gun drawn. And I can find literally nothing that mentions her name after her father's obituary, so I'm going to assume that her mother may still be alive and wondering what really happened that October night in 1994. No sign of forced entry. This was in the Las Colinas part of Irving - relatively close to DFW Airport, and the "trendy" part of Irving, so to speak. There is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the people who killed . I wonder if the maintenance man was looked at? I don't think that was Dale Scheanette, although now you've got me curious on another rabbit hole of research to dive myself into, and I'll let you know if I dig anything out. He rolled her over, dragged her behind the counter, and pulled her pants down. This list would not be complete without including the October 16, 1991, shooting at Lubys Cafeteria in Kileen, Texas. She watched as he climbed the embankment to Woodson Road, an Interstate 70 access road. Authorities investigating the I-70 cases, on the other hand, believe they are linked. Ramon Nazario, Ali Ibadat, Anita Smith, Jeremy Mele, and Jean Auguste. Related: 10 Incredibly Tragic Unsolved Child Murders. She had a love of horses and was good with them, and always had a smile on her lips and a sparkle in her eye. 1960 - 1969 Cases. BROWN, David Another witness saw him walking down a nearby street at 6:45pm. All of the shootings occurred in the afternoon. Ernest . Additional counties and states will be added to this database as time and funding permit. A multistate task force was formed. After three months of rehabilitation and surgeries, she was able to walk again. In 2002, an ex-girlfriend of one of the killers came forward and told police that her ex-boyfriend, James Degorski, and his friend Juan Luna had committed the murders. Hawkins had just been married not too long ago.If you have information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person (s) responsible for the murder of George Hawkins please call the Arlington Police Department Homicide at 817-459-5325. At around 6:30pm, the killer arrived; one of the women let him in, apparently believing he was the customer. He was wearing a beige, old time cardigan sweater and brown cowboy roper boots. Four days later, the police had found her dead body in a box buried in the woods. Carl Lee Something about unexplained mysteries demands attention. On July 27, 1979, one of Alys Rankin's coworkers went to pick her up from her Orchard Apartments home in southwest Houston. Thanks for the clarification on all that. A grocery clerk collecting shopping carts also noticed the man. One of these cases is the case of Megan Beth Johns. Magers and her husband, Mark, had bought the shop a year earlier. Twenty-three-year-old Patricia Smith and thirty-two-year-old Patricia Magers were both happily married. Cold Case detectives follow the course of events and the facts as they develop while maintaining . The "Lover's Lane" murders took place in an undeveloped, wooded area of West Houston on the night of August 23, 1990. All of the victims (except Mick) were shot in the back rooms of the stores. One of the most notorious unsolved crime sprees in history goes to Jack the Ripper. The living room itself bore witness to a struggle having taken place there, as the furniture was overturned, and oddly enough, bread was scattered all over the floor. Additionally, the tip of an X-Acto knife was found in her eye socket and the bullets in her body matched the ones found in Mary Pratt. Who killed Megan Beth Johns? Yet each took place at a shopping mall, just off Interstate 70 or a connecting highway. Although there have been no arrests, Houston authorities have a sketch of the suspected killer. She lived alone in her new apartment, which she had only been living in for about three months when she died. Still, some of the most brutalcrimesin the history of the United States happen to haveoccurred in Texas. Location: 3317 Avenue H On August 13, 1977, a neighbor found the body of Eleanor Stark in her residence at 3317 Avenue H. It was apparent that someone had broken into the residence. Greg Raymond Tyler was stalking Megan before she died.