Murder of Amos Brown, Jr

On August 13, 2010, Amos Brown, Jr. was in a car on Lexington Avenue near El Coqui Grocery in Norwalk, Connecticut. He would be shot in the back of the head. Three young men would be seen fleeing in a silver or gray Chevrolet Malibu. Amos would pass away at the hospital 2 years later. 

Three men seen fleeing the scene were black males in their teens or early 20s. 

Some believe that his death was retaliation for the self-defense death of Tykwan Hunt. Tykwan was a member of a local gang called the Money Greens. 

SOURCES:

State of Connecticut

Uncovered 

News 12 Connecticut August 12, 2022

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

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

Disappearance of Juan Ortiz

On March 15, 1999, 49-year-old Juan Ortiz was last seen in New Haven, Connecticut. He may have been suicidal when he went missing.

Juan is a white male and was 49 years old at the time. He is 5'5" and 180 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing LSW black Jeans, a White FUBU sweatshirt, and a black jacket.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Sandra Ramos-Cuadrado

On February 18, 2005, 51-year-old Sandra Ramos-Cuadrado did not arrive to her work as a nursing coordinator in Newton, Connecticut. She and her dog were found stabbed to death in her apartment at 70 Olive Street in Naugatuck. Sandra had died, but the dog had survived. 

There is a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to a conviction in this case.

SOURCES: 

Uncovered

Connecticut State Division of Justice

CT Insider Feb 22, 2023

Citizen News March 2023

Disappearance of Charles Napolitano

On November 13, 1977 41-year-old Charles Napolitano was last seen in East Hartford Conneticut. Police believe that he was murdered. There is little information in this case. 

Charles was a white male and was 41-years-old at the time. He was 6'0" and 175lbs. He Hs black hair and brown eyes. On his right upper shoulder he has a tattoo of an Indian Maidens head. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Karla "P.J." Elaine Storer

Karla "P.J." Storer   and Possible Man last seen with her

On July 23, 1995, the body of 28-year-old Karla Storer was found at a garbage transfer station in Trumbull, Connecticut. Her body was apparently placed in a dumpster at the parking garage at Fairfiel Ave. and Layfayette Circle near the Trumbull Shopping Center. Her blood was found in the parking garage. She had died due to head trauma. 

At the time Karla was working as a stripper and sometimes a prostitute. It's not stated if they believe her line of work was involved in her death. 

SOURCES:

Uncovered

Record-Journal October 9, 1995

New York Times October 9, 1995

CT Post July 21, 2018

December 13, 1975 Stratford, Connecticut Jane Doe

On December 13, 1975, a partial mandible with one tooth that has no restorations was found in sand along the beach in Stratford, Connecticut. She was a female between 20 to 60-years-old.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Murder of Leah Ulbrich

Around 4:49 a.m. on October 29, 1995 Law enforcement was receiving calls of a woman, 24-year-old Leah Ulbrich, being dragged by a vehicle from Locust St. west on Elliot St. toward Wethersfield Ave. in Hartford, Connecticut. One caller gave the car description as similar to a 1995 or a recent year Nissan Maxima or similar make. Another caller, an unidentified female, made a call using a fire emergency telephone at the coroner of Elliot St. and Wethersfield Ave. and saw the woman being dragged. 

Prior to the 911 calls, a Hartford Police officer patrolled north on Wethersfield Ave. near Elliot St. in a marked cruiser. They spotted a small dark-colored car enter Wethersfield Ave from Elliot St. He spotted that it was dragging something and did not have its headlights on. The officer pursued the vehicle but did not catch up to it. He then followed a trail of liquid left on the pavement that lead to the area of Jordan Ln near Ridge Rd. 

The officer would then find Leah's body lying against the northern curb of Jordan Lane. It would be determined that she would die due to extensive blunt trauma from being dragged by the vehicle for over 4 miles.It was believed that she was either holding onto a seat belt or was hooked onto it. That door will be damaged as it was open during the drag. There was no way the driver did not know. It's likely she was dragged starting on Elliot St. as her shoes were left parallel next to each other on the road as if they fell off when she first started getting dragged. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice

The Deck Podcast

Hartford Courant November 7, 1995

Hartford Courant December 12, 1995

Disappearance of Raymond G. Carey Jr.

On October 25, 1963, 16-year-old Raymond Carey Jr. left home at 7:15 p.m. he was supposed to go watch a movie, but instead, he went to the bowling alley. Afterward, he would go to a PI Kappa Sigma sorority dance at the Lithuania Dance Hall in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Raymond told another boy at the dance that he had a ride home. A witness later saw him leaving the hall with three other teenage boys. This was the last time anyone had seen him and reported him missing the next day. He had no history of running away.

He was a junior at Bloomfield Highschool. He participated in the church basketball and softball teams, He used to play trumpet, but it used to irritate the scar on his lip.

Raymond is a white male and was 16-years-old at the time. He's 5'6" and 130 lbs. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He has a scar on his lip. He was wearing a pair of grey suede shoes, a dark green sweater, a dark green sports shirt, and a pair of black pants.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons

Hartford Courant October 29, 1963

Hartford Courant December 21, 1963

The Brayman Road Attack

On the January 17, 1990 episode of the show, Unsolved Mysteries first aired the case of the Brayman Road Attack. The woman who was attacked in this case used the fictitious name Carol in order to hide her identity.

On the morning of August 22, 1988, Carol was 30 minutes late and was on the way to her job at a local mental hospital in Putnam, Connecticut. She driving along Brayman Hollow Road, a two-lane highway, she would come upon a black pickup truck that was driving slowly and then erratically. It would speed up then slow down and would cross the middle line coming within inches of hitting cars in the other lane.

The driver would then stop in the middle of the road stepping out with a gun. He would then shoot Carol at point blank, 10 feet away. He then returned to the truck and sped away. Carol was semi-conscious and partially paralyzed. Other vehicles didn't see the shooting and several cars would not notice her as she was slumped out of view. After several minutes a man driving a utility truck saw her due to his elevated view.

Police and ambulances were contacted and Carol was taken to a nearby hospital. Those on scene feared she would die and so detectives rode the ambulance with her and ask questions. She could not, however, respond verbally so they asked her yes and no questions and she blinked her eyes to respond. Police couldn't get accurate descriptions from her. She would survive and three months later her condition improved dramatically. To this day though the bullet remains lodged in the back of her neck near her spine.

When detectives worked to find her attacker several detectives and state troopers went to exit points of Brayman Hollow Rd to find who attacked her. Two drivers who had encountered the black truck hours prior to the shooting stated that the pickup was constantly pulling on and off the highway and seemed to taunt other drivers. It's suspected that this was the same driver.

It was suspected that he may have been one of the people Carol worked with. She was a social worker for mentally ill and depressed patients. There was no evidence towards this though.   

The man was a white male in his 30's. He's around 5'10 with a medium build. He has brown curly hair. His truck was described as a well-maintained black step-side pickup. It had flared fenders standard with black wall tires and shinty plain wheel covers.

SOURCES:

Unsolved

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Murder of Tremaine "Twin" Newton

At 11:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, police and firefighters responded to a car crash near the commuter parking lot off of Exit 42 of Interstate 95 in New Haven, Connecticut. Inside the car was the body of 20-year-old Tremaine "Twin" Newton. Somebody had shot him several times in the head before pushing his car down the embankment from the parking lot into the thick brush. 

On June 12, 2009, 20-year-old Tremaine "Twin" Newton was found dead in his car a Chrysler Concorde, near the commuter parking lot off of Exit 42 of Interstate 95 in New Haven, Conneticut. The car had been pushed down the embankment from the parking lot into an area of thick brush. He was in the front seat and died from several gunshot wounds to the head.

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Justice

New Haven Register June 16, 2009

Ct Post June 13, 2021

News Break June 16, 2021

America's Most Wanted 

Murder of Ashley Armstrong

On May 16, 2012,  20-year-old Ashley Armstrong was in a black Volkswagen Jetta near Shelton Ave and Munson St. in New Haven, Connecticut.  with three or four other passengers. At 12:30 a.m. someone would open fire on the car. Ashley was hit several times while the other passengers were not hit. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Justice 

News-Times

NBC Connecticut

Murder of Jakeem Tully

 

At 2 a.m. on July 20, 2008, 15-year-old Jakeem Tully was walking home from his girlfriend's house in Hartford, Connecticut. He was in front of a 24 hr market on 485 Albany Ave. with a group of men. A vehicle drove by with several men inside and they shot at the group. Jakeem was shot twice in the left bicep and left chest.

A car driving by saw that Jakeem had been injured and brought him to St. Francis Hospital. The police were called at 2:10 a.m. to the hospital for the shooting. Jakeem would, unfortunately, die at 2:42.

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice

Fox 61

Courant

May 19, 1985 Westport Connecticut

On May 19, 1985, the body of a woman was found burning in a pile of tires off the westbound shoulder of I-95, near Sasco Creek overpass in Westport, Connecticut. Her hands and feet had been removed and were never found. It was estimated that she had been dead for around an hour. 

Jane doe was a black female and was 30 to 40-years-old. She was 5'0" and 110 lbs. She had black kinky/curly hair. She was wearing a wool wrap-around sweater, Russler brand blue jeans, a bra with two safety pins as clasps. She may have been a smoker as she had Salem cigarettes in her sweater pocket. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Murder of Joseph V. Furando

In May of 1979 39-year-old Joseph Furando went on a business trip to New Hampshire from his home in Gilford, Connecticut. He was last seen in Newton, Massachusetts. On May 16th he had reservations at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On May 17th he would be found on Brewer Rd in Kensington, New Hampshire. He was found lying 20 feet from his vehicle. His death was caused by being shot in the head. 

SOURCES:

New Hampshire Department of Justice

Murder of Charles Saunders

Around 11:30 p.m. on April 3, 1977, 64-year-old Charles Saunders was found dead on the bedroom floor of his home he operated as a rooming house on 68 Woodward Ave. in Norfolk, Connecticut. The room was not his own, but of a female tenants. When she came home she found Charles on the floor. He had his throat slit. No motive could be found in this case. 

SOURCES:

Norfolk Connecticut 

Norfolk Connecticut (PDF)

Hartford Courant 

Murder of Earl Collins

On the night of March 12, 1971, 49-year-old Earl Collins was working at the Ludlow Service Station on 219 E. Ave in Norfolk, Connecticut. Around 10:27 p.m. three black males entered the store. They decided to rob the store, and during the process one of the men shot Earl in the chest. A witness of the crime also had the gun pointed at him. The man tried to fire the gun, but it didn't.

Earl was still alive and made it to the hospital. The bullet had entered his spine. He had later died the next Tuesday at the hospital from his injury.

All three suspects were black males. One was light-skinned and was around 6'3" and 6'4". The other two were around 6'0" and had a medium complexion.

SOURCES:
Norfolk Connecticut
Norfolk Connecticut (PDF)
The Bridgeport Post
Hartford Courant 

Murder of Erika M, Cirioni

On the night of December 31, 2006, 26-year-old Erika M. Cirioni was last seen on Division Street in Norwich, Connecticut. Her phone was last used at 11:50 p.m. She wasn't reported missing until Jan. 3, 2007. 

Six years later her skeletal remains were found by children playing in the area of Oxoboxo Dam Road in a wooded area. Her death is being treated as a homicide.

SOURCES:
Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice
The Day
NBC Connecticut 

Murder of Pamela Jane Jerome-Pepper

  

On November 25, 1985, 43-year-old Pamela Jerome-Pepper was last seen alive in the downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut area. She was known to be a prostitute in the Bridgeport area.

On Jan. 13, 1986 her body was found partially buried in the snow She was naked from the waist down. She had been strangled to death. The area she was found was the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company property off of Valley Rd. in Redding, Connecticut.

At the time she was wearing a dark-colored wool-blend coat, a tan-colored turtleneck shirt with maroon and brown stripes, and a pair of tan corduroy pants and brown leather shoes.

There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.

SOURCES:
Connecticut State Website
Connecticut State Website 2
Murder Map