Murder of John Caylor

On the night of October 10, 2003, John Caylor went to a party at a home on Waltonian Road in Harmony, New York. It seemed like a normal party and no one openly noted anything weird about it. John's brother was supposed to come pick him up from the party and would call him a few times in the early morning hours. However, his brother was asleep at the time and missed the call. 

Later that morning at the residence where the party was John's body would be found in the front yard. It was found that he had been beaten with a blunt object, and strangled. 

According to a news article, John did argue with someone at the party. There was a lot of drinking going on and no one said what the fight was about if it was about anything. The person of interest was never publically identified, but they did make statements that made him suspicious. The suspect died several years later making the case probably never going to be officially solved. 

SOURCES:

Chautauqua County Sheriff

Post Journal  November 20, 2021

Murder of Heaven LaShae "Shae" Ross

On the morning of August 19, 2003, 11-year-old Heaven "Shae" Ross left her home in Northport, Alabama to her bus stop a few minutes after her sister. A few minutes after that thunder was heard and their step-father being concerned for the girls decided to pick them up at the bus stop and take them to school instead. However Heaven's sister was there, but Heaven never arrived. Someone had abducted her in the few minutes after she left her home.

On December 19, 2006, a man would be looking for cans at an abandoned home off Crescent Ridge Rd in Holt. He would find her body underneath the house. The house was a known place for people to use drugs and do illegal activities. It is a hard-to-find place and would have been hard to stumble upon. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Alabama August 21, 2018

Tuscaloosa News August 19, 2019

Murder of Philip Shelton

On July 18, 1991, 26-year-old Philip Shelton was reported missing by his father because no one had seen or talked to him for several days. He had been last seen in the Moutain Home, Alabama.  His car was located on an abandoned fire road off Alabama 33. The area the car was found was searched twice, but there were no signs of anything. 

In June of 2003 in a heavily wooded area a 1/2 mile from Alabama 33 a skull would be found. The area would be searched with dogs and an old tennis shoe was also found approximately 100 feet from the remains. It was determined to be Philip and believed he was murdered. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

WAFF 48  June 24, 2003

The Moulton Advertiser January 30, 2008

Murder of Nikki Nicholas

On February 15, 2003, 19-year-old Nikki Nicholas, a trans woman, was in the South Lyon and Whitmore area in Michigan. She was picked up by one or two men in Detroit and was supposed to be going to a party between Detroit and Ann Harbor. This was the last time she was seen alive.

On the 21st Nikki would be found in a farmhouse between M-36 and Spicer Rd in Brighton. She had been shot in the head and killed at the top of some stairs. It's believed that this may have been a hate crime.

Nikki was a transwoman and had been living as so for the last two years. At the time she was working as a female impersonator at bars. Her dead name was Anthony. It was a hate crime and her killer or killers knew her dead name they may use that instead of Nikki if they talk about her. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Livingston Daily Press and Argus Feb. 26, 2003

Detroit Free Press Feb. 28, 2003

Detroit Free Press August 7, 2003

Livingston Daily Press and Argus Jan 1,2004

Click on Detroit
WHMI Feb. 21, 2018

Lost Games: Coast BMX Full Grind

In 2003 WildTangent and GSD&M for Dial Corporation released the online game Coast BMX Full Grind which appeared on the Coast Soap's website. It had obvious inspirations from Activision's Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX. At the time BMX was popular, but by 2005 the popularity dwindled. This led Coast Soap's to take the game offline. Now there is no archived version of the game and believed to be lost. 

There is an original disc however as a part of the promotion, but it was discontinued. Dave Evans who was one of the game developers and used to work at GSD&M was asked about it. He believes he has a copy of the game, but has no clue where it is. 

The gameplay being part of Coast Soap of course had themes related to it.  Like when you do tricks soap bubbles appear and you have to collect Coast bar soaps to improve your tricks. If you get all five you can ride outside. You could choose one of two characters Neak or Barton. Each character has their own skills. There were two options to play the game Single Session which was timed to acquire points or  Free Ride which had no time limit.

SOURCES:

Lost Media Wiki

Coast Soap Archive

Ad Week May 16, 2003

July 12, 2003 Sun Valley California John Doe

On July 12, 2003a child's skull was found underneath a boulder near a stream on North Trail Canyon Rd. in Sun Valley, California. 

John Doe was between 8 to 11-years-old. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Andre Heckstall

At 5:30 May 9, 2003, 40-year-old Andre Heckstall was in the parking lot in front of the Dollar Tree on 600 block of Newton Rd. in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was speaking with an unknown black male when he was shot. He would be transported to the hospital where he would pass away. 

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Project Cold Case

Murder of Cleveland McCabe III

On March 15, 2003, 23 year old Cleveland McCabe III was found in the rear of 425 Dickinson St in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was found suffering from a gunshot wound. He would be transported to the hospital, but would soon pass away.

SOURCES:

Hampden District Attorney 

March 14, 2003 Hunt County, Texas John Doe

On March 14, 2003 the cranium of a man was found in Hunt County, Texas. He had died between 2003 to 2002.

John Doe was a white male between 12 and 70-years-old, but was more likely between 35 to 55-years-old. He has black hair and was estimated to be 5'3".

SOURCES:
NamUs
Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Zanniel Leverett

On February 20, 2003, a train would stop north of 46th St and Central Ave in Sarasota, Florida. Two of the freight conductors would be overwhelmed by a terrible odor coming from the woods. In the woods about 200 yards in, the body of  27-year-old Zanniel Leverett was found. He had been murdered, but his cause of death is unreleased. He was last seen in early February.

Zanniel had a history of selling and using drugs. He may have been trying to get out of that lifestyle in recent years. 

SOURCES:

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

The Bradenton Herald February 22, 2003

Herald-Tribune February 22, 2003

December 7, 2003 Ajo, Arizona John Doe

On December 7, 2003, the body of a young man was found in a remote area at Cardigan Peak in Ajo, Arizona by Arizona Search and Rescue. It's believed that he may have been dead for up to 2 years. 

John Doe is a Hispanic male between 17 to 19-years-old. He was 5'8". He was wearing Street People John Urban, Jeanswear brand of blue jeans, a black plaid shirt, a brown 'Levis' belt. a pair of Milineo 2000' brand of dark colored/black shoe and a cloth bracelet. On his person was found A piece of paper was found in the boy's pocket with the numbers "473-9-19-63", "474-0-72-48", the name "Eliezer", and the number "01152", and two jars of skin cream.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

International Missing Persons

Disappearance of Walter Iwao Kimoto

On August 15, 2003, 71-year-old Walter Kimoto was last seen in Aurora, Colorado. He had sent a letter to his niece in Hawaii stating because of his declining health he was going for a last hike in the woods. Before he disappeared he gave his car away and closed his bank accounts. He may have gotten lost or injured when he went missing.

Walter is an Asian male and was 71-year-old at the time. He's 5'3" and 130 lbs. He has greying black hair and brown eyes. He suffers from macular degeneration, an incurable eye disease that causes loss of vision, and requires eyedrops.

SOURCES:
Charley Project

Murder of Lawrance "Larry" Howard Groves

 

On Jan. 28, 2003 family members of 40-year-old Larry Groves reported him missing. Family and friends had not heard from him. It's possible the last time he was heard from was on Jan. 12th around 11 p.m. He was talking to a friend on the phone in his home in Lakeville, Indiana. During the phone call, someone started banging on the door demanding to be let in. He knew the person and told his friend that he'd call them back in 20 minutes after the visitor leaves. The friend never got a phone call back.

Family members came to the house several times, but could not find any clues to what had happened to Larry.

Neighbors had not even seen Larry in the months after his disappearance. One neighbor was annoyed with the trees leaving peaches and pine needles on his side of the privacy fence. In June he would trim the trees and this was when he saw the side of the house covered in black. He knew something was inside causing this.

The neighbor would call the former owner and the father of Larry's longtime companion, who'd died in 2001, to check in on the house. On June 18th he would go in and note the awful smell. He would check the trap door that lead to the crawl space. It was covered with a rug. This was where they found Larry's body.

SOURCES:

Indiana State Police

Find a Grave

Reddit

Imgur (several newspaper clippings)

Murder of Yvonne Martinez

On October 11, 2003, at 1:50 a.m. 37-year-old Yvonne Martines was last seen leaving the Okay Casino just north of Espanola, New Mexico. Later that day a passerby on a four-wheeler found her. She was partially unclothed, and from the scene struggled with her murderer. She had been shot twice in the chest. 

SOURCES:

New Mexico State Police 

KOAT

Murder of Michael Ryan Snapp

 

On September 25, 2003, at 2:30 a.m. there was a knock on 19-year-old Michael Snapp's apartment on the 4600 block of Downeast Court in the North Beach apartment complex in Virginia Beach. He would answer the door. He would try to close the door on his killer and be shot in the chest. When police arrived they found Michael lying inside the door of the apartment. He would die there and his body would be transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office.

At the time Michael was a student and baseball player at Virginia Wesleyan College. His 20th birthday was just 3 days away. He grew up in Newport News and graduated from Woodside High School in 2002. 

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Find a Grave

Daily Press

Daily Press

Jonathan Anthony Pelham

 On September 24, 2003, the Virginia Beach, Virginia Fire and Police responded to a fire around 3:42 a.m. A townhome located on the 800 block of Hampstead Cound in the Weblin Place neighborhood was fully engulfed in fire. Inside was the 12-year-old Jonathan Pelham, who had died from smoke inhalation because of the fire.

SOURCES:

City of Virginia Beach

Crime Solvers

Murder of Tammy Brown

On September 22, 2003, 36-year-old Tammy Brown was last seen carrying a suitcase walking down Fourth Street where she lived with her boyfriend in Reno, Nevada. She was found the next day lying in the roadway in Thomas Creek Canyon south of Reno.

SOURCES:

Washoe County Sheriff

Murder of Jennifer "Moonbeam" Hammond

 In the later part of August of 2003 18-year-old Jennifer Hammond, known as Moonbeam by friends, was selling magazines. Her coworkers would drop her off at the Creek and Pines Trailer Park in Ballston Spa, New York. Her coworkers would come back later that day and she did not show up to her designated pickup location. This was the last time she was seen alive. 

Jennifer who was from Littleton, Colorado had made arrangements for a bus ticket to Colorado from Albany. Her ticket was never picked up and her belongings were left behind at a hotel in Albany. Her family never heard from her again since that August.

On October 25, 2009, her skull would be located in a wooded area off of Lake Desolation Rd in the Town of Greenfield, New York. The rest of her remains were not found and her murder is still unsolved. 

SOURCES:

New York State Police

True Case Files

Charley Project

Disappearance of Alejandra Nava

 

On October 12, 2003, the day after, 14-year-old Alejandra Nava's birthday she disappeared. It's believed that she may have run away. She was last seen in Morrow, Georgia, and may be in Guerrero, Mexico. 

Alejandro is a Hispanic female and was 14-year-old at the time. She was 5'1" and 99lbs at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes. Her ears are pierced.

SOURCES:

Charley Project

National Missing Person Directory

Missing and Exploited Children

Murder of Anthony Wood

On May 7, 2003, around 1:48 a.m. police responded to a call on 3400 block of North Marshall St. in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania. 18-year-old Anthony wood would be found lying on his stomach suffering from a stab wound to his chest. He would be taken to the hospital, but would, unfortunately, die later that morning. Anthony had been stabbed during a robbery and investigations indicated that two black males were seen leaving the scene in a black Cherokee Jeep.

SOURCES:

Philadelphia Police Department