Murder of Edward Crabtree

On September 24, 1989, the body of 51-year-old Edward Crabtree was found behind L&N Hotel near Henley St and Western Ave in Knoxville, Tennessee. He had been killed from being hit on the right side of the head with a blunt object. It's believed that the motive was robbery as his pocket was turned out and his wallet laid 60 ft from his body. 

Edward was from Rossville, Georgia. 

SOURCES:

Knoxville Tennessee

Uncovered

The Knoxville News Sentinel September 26, 1989

Disappearance of Michael Edling Flaherty

On August 25, 1980, 18-year-old Michael Flaherty was last seen in Cascade, Idaho. There is little information in this case.

Michael can read and write in both English and Russian.

Michael is a white male and was 18 years old at the time. He is 5'10" and 160 lbs. He has strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a red hoodie and blue jeans, with size 10 tennis shoes. He was carrying a 30/30 rifle at the time.

 
SOURCES:
NamUs
Idaho Missing Persons Clearing House

Disappearance of Steven Mushok

On August 17, 1983, 72-year-old Steven Muchok was last leaving his home in West Islip, New York in a brown 1976 Lincoln Continental. The vehicle was later found. There is little info about this case. 

Steven is a white male and was 72 years old at the time. He's 5'7" and 140 lbs. He has grey or greying hair and hazel eyes. He has a scar on his back and missing his bottom teeth. He was wearing a light blue long-sleeve shirt, a pair of dark blue pants, and black shoes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Edward James "EJ" "Eddie" Felps

 On August 12, 1982, 33-year-old Edward "EJ" "Eddie" Felps was last seen in New Caney, Texas. There is little information in this case. 

Edward is a white male and was 33 years old at the time. He's 5'5" and 139 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He has a bad scar on his left shoulder. He was wearing Black Levi Jeans, Black work boots, a tan and brown striped long-sleeve western shirt, Red and White cap with B & T Meat Market on it.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Tilwanda "Tiwana" Denise Cheatham

On August 11, 1989, 8-year-old Tilwanda Cheatham was angry with her mother because she made her come home while visiting her relatives. Tilwanda would take change from a jar in their kitchen. She then left her home on Jack Jones St. in Aiken, South Carolina. At 5:30 pm she was seen by two neighbors at the Quik Stop a few blocks from her home. However, this was the last time she was seen.

It's unknown what had happened to Tilwanda, but her Grandmother was suspected of knowing. She was arrested and charged with obstructing justice in the case. Police stated that her grandmother had lied to police many times as if trying to cover up what had happened. However, she is not suspected of causing the disappearance. It is possible that Tilwanda was living with relatives, but there were no leads in that theory. She also had a habit of running away from home. She may have been kidnapped.

Some sources have her name as Tiwana.

Tilwanda is a black female and was 8 years old at the time. She was 4'1" and 70 lbs at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. At the time her hair was in braids. She has a dark patch of skin on either her left arm or left leg. At the time she was wearing a white top, red flower shorts, and white tennis shoes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Missing and Exploited Children
Charley Project

Disappearance of Lisa Farmer

On July 31, 1983 18-year-old Lisa Farmer, Her Husband and their one-year-old moved into their new home in Lawton, Oklahoma. On August 2, 1983, Lisa's husband would leave for a military training exercise. This was the first night here they spent without him. At 8:30 pm that night Lisa would be last seen by her neighbor in her kitchen.

The next morning the baby could be heard screaming. They would check up on the baby to find him alone in the home. The baby was hungry and was wearing a soiled diaper. Lisa was nowhere in sight. The back door was unlocked and a window in the dining room was open. All of her belongings were still in the home and the only piece of clothing missing was a flower print nightgown she was likely wearing. There was no indications of a struggle, however.

Lisa grew up in Union, South Carolina. Her maiden name was Watkins.

Lisa is a biracial female White and Native American. She is 5'6" and 115 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. She has a scar on her hip, tongue, right ankle/instep, and under the toes on her left foot. She may wear eyeglasses and was wearing a gold chain, a floating heart necklace, and a gold wedding band with a diamond solitaire and may have been wearing a flower-patterned nightgown.

SOURCES:
NamUs
Charley Project

Disappearance of Emma "Peanut" Jean Collins

On July 10, 1986, 17-year-old Emma "Peanut" Collins was last seen in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her
grandmother would report her missing however she did not know where her granddaughter lived. At the time she was working as a prostitute and into drug activity. On August 20th someone would call Peanuts grandmother. They had told her that Peanut overdosed and the body was hidden. However, they never disclosed where the body was hidden.

Emma is a black female and was 17 years old at the time. She is 5'2" and 98 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
International Missing Persons Wiki
WWAYTV November 5, 2018

Murder of Stephen Forbes

On July 8, 1980, 28-year-old Stephen Forbes went to visit a friend on Vine St in Liverpool, New York. He would be seen around 2 pm when he left the home in his blue 1977 Dodge Pickup Truck. His family and friends worried about him because they had not seen him and reported him missing on July 11th. 

His vehicle would be found abandoned at the Hancock Airport in Syracuse. On August 19th his body was found near Lafayette in a heavily wooded area adjacent to a small dirt road leading south off Route 20. Near his body were discarded construction debris and garbage. 

At the time he was living at the Village Green Apartments, Baldwinsville. He was also a partner in the "Novel-T Shirt Store" on Route 48 in Pheonix. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

New York State Police

CNY Central Feb 28, 2017

Syracuse March 1, 2017

Disappearance of Alice Fay White

On July 5, 1984, 21-year-old Alice White was last seen in Pecos, New Mexico. There is little information in this case.

Alice is a white female and was 21 years old at the time. She's 5'0" and 120 to 125 lbs. She has brown hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:
NamUs

Murder of Stacey Gilman

On July 4, 1981, 19-year-old Stacey Gilman was spending the 4th of July in Hawaii with family instead of New Jersey where she was. Stacey and her sister, Robin, and a friend would walk by the water on Ft. DeRussy beach in Waikiki. As it was the 4th of July fireworks were going. It was seemingly a normal 4th of July. Until someone shot a gun and the bullet hit Stacey in the head. Stacey was rushed to the hospital, but unfortunately, she died 3 hours later. 

It's unknown if the shooting was intentional or not. In the area, there was a group of around 5 or 6 military men. People stated that these men were seen with a gun on the seawall on the Koko head end of the beach. It's unknown if these men were involved in the shooting.

One Suspect is a local male around 20 years old. He is 5'8" and 150 lbs with a slim to medium build. At the time he had dark wavy hair down to his neck and was sporting a mustache. He has a dark complexion and some pockmarks on his face.

The other suspect appeared to be a military serviceman a white male around 20 years old. He is 5'9" and 150 lbs. He has a medium build. He has a fair complexion and fair eyes.  

SOURCES:

Honolulu Police

Uncovered

The Daily Register July 6, 1981

The Central New Jersey Homes News July 6, 1981

Asbury Park Press July 6, 1981

The Honolulu Advertiser July 7, 1981

Disappearance of Benjamin "Benjie" Shane Ridley

On July 1, 1982, 15-year-old Benjamin "Benjie" Ridley went to a foster family in Burien, Washington. The next day or so he disappeared likely trying to go back to his family.  He was not reported missing until 2017. He may still be in the Seattle Washington or the surrounding area.

Benjie is a white male and was 15 years old at the time. He is 5'7" and 130 lbs.  He has brown hair and hazel eyes. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Missing and Exploited Children

The Doe Network

Charley Project

Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Michelle Angela Garvey

On June 1, 1982, 14-year-old Michelle Garvey snuck out of a window of her home in New London, Connecticut. It was believed that she had either hitch hiked or met someone in town and got into their car. This wasn't the first time she ran away, but it was the last time they would see her.


2 days later Michelle would turn 15. It wasn't known where and how or even if she did celebrate her birthday. It was believed that she may have been trying to return to her home state of New Jersey or to North Carolina. However it's unknown what she did during June. 

On July 1st Michelle's body would be found in a field in Baytown, Texas.She had died elsewhere and here body dumped there merely hours before she was found. She had been strangled to death. It is believed that she was sexually assaulted as her bra was missing her shirt was unbuttoned. Her bra and shoes were not found at the scene. 

Michelle would be a jane doe up until January of 2014. Her family had hoped that she was still alive living her life out there and were heart broken when they found out she had died a month after running away. 

It is possible that she may be a victim of the Texas Killing Fields. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki
KHOU 11 Feb 14, 2017

June 30, 1984 Katy, Texas John Doe

 On June 30, 1984, a man was struck by a train in Katy, Texas. He was unrecognizable due to traumatic injuries from the train. 

John Doe was a white male between 25 to 35 years old. He was 5'5" and 125 to 130 lbs. He has brown hair. He was wearing a pair of white boxer shorts, a white western shirt, and Wrangler blue jeans.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Disappearance of Valina Magee

At 9:00 a.m. on June 28/29, 1989,13-year-old Valina Magee was last seen on her way to school in Chicago, Illinois. There is little information in this case. 

Valina is a black female and was 13-years-old at the time. At the time she 5'3" and 120 lbs. She has brown curly hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a white turtleneck sweater and black checkered shorts. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Missing and Exploited Children

Charley Project

Our Black Girls

Murder of Karin Santos-Coy

In March of 1980, 19-year-old Karin Santos-Coy started taking classes in automotive training at the Sierra Nevada Job Corps to expand on her high school Kann Santos-Coy education. She was described as a nice family family-oriented girl. She was someone who never gave any trouble.

On June 28th She and two other cooped-up classmates decided to enjoy the night at the Reno Rodeo Carnival. Her friends would leave for a bit while she was watching performances at the exhibition. She was last seen with two bare-footed men.

When the two would return just before midnight so they could all go back to Stead Karin was not there. They thought that she might have hitched a ride with someone else, but she never arrived. She would be reported missing and everyone who knew her was concerned because this was out of pocket for her. 

On July 10th three youths would find Karin's body along Red Rock rd north of Reno. She was left on along the dirt road nude. All her items except for her gold chain with a medal of the Virgin Mary made of Mexican Gold seemed to have also been left at the scene. She was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. Even though it couldn't be confirmed it's believed she was sexually assaulted. 

One man was described as being a white male between 20 to 21 years old. He is around 5'10" and 130 lbs. He has blonde curly hair and at the time it was medium length. He was barefoot with casual clothes.

The second man was white and between 28 to 30 years old. He is around 5'10" and 180 lbs. He has short brown hair. He was dressed in a T-shirt and pants without shoes.

SOURCES:

Washoe County Sheriff

Uncovered

Reno Gazette-Journal July 12, 1980

Reno Gazette-Journal July 16, 2008

Reno-Gazette Journal November 10, 2008

Murder of Marie Techlowec Nielsen

On the morning of June 18, 1987, 17-year-old Edward Barrera would arrive at his home in New Britain, Connecticut. The door was locked and he did not have his own since he had to give his mother his. She had locked her keys in her car. He would then sneak into a window to get back in. 

Inside Edward would tragically find his mother's body. She was face down on her bed with her legs bound together with a piece of clothing. She had been strangled to death. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Justice

Uncovered

Hartford Courant June 20, 1987

June 15, 1994 Seabrook, New Hampshire Jane Doe

On June 15, 1994, the skull of a young girl was seized from a private business in Seabrook, New Hampshire. The business owner stated that a friend purchased the skull in New York earlier that year as a souvenir. It was believed that the girl died between the ages of 5 to 8 between 1984 and 1992, but it may be possible that the death before the estimation. It's possible it was stolen from a grave, but the skull was estimated to be outside in the elements for several months. She likely had Greek Ancestry. 

Jane Doe was between  5 to 8 years old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

DNA Doe Project

Murder of Juliet Angelino Magiulo

On June 8, 1987, 3-year-old Juliet "Julie" Magiulo was playing in her front yard in Pampano Beach, Florida. She was supposed to walk to a neighbor's home but never arrived and was never seen again. 

Almost a year later two men would be scouting for hunting land in Boward County when they would find Julie's body. It is believed that her kidnapper had asphyxiated her. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

News-Press November 25, 1987

UPI April 22, 1988

Herald Tribune November 18, 2008

Murder of Glenda Nolan

On May 30, 1981, Glenda Nolan was murdered in her apartment at 2115 Bethel Avenue - Apt. 379n in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

City of Knoxville

Murder of Amanda "Sissy" Goodman

On the afternoon of May 16, 1989, 13-year-old Amanda "Sissy" Goodman was walking home from her Middle School in Brownwood, Texas. She would be last seen alive around 3:30 pm. Around 45 minutes later her mother would search for her.

Around 4:30 a passing motorist would find her body would be found 10 miles south of Brownwood. She was in a ditch in the Indian Creek Community. She had been shot in the head and killed. Nothing was taken from her.

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Fort Worth Star-Telegram May 18, 1989

Abilene Reporter-News May 18, 1989

Abilene Reporter-News May 26, 1989

The Monitor February 6, 1994

KTXS May 18, 2018