Murder of Alvaro Ramirez-Avila

 Around 12:50 a.m. on Jan. 25, 1996, multiple people witnessed 24-year-old Alvaro Ramirez-Avila being shot and killed on SW Alder St. between 4th and 5th Ave in Portland, Oregon. The killer would be seen fleeing north on SW 4th Ave.

At the time Alvaro was a known drug dealer, and it's possible he was shot as a result of a drug deal gone wrong. 

The unidentified male was described as Hispanic or white with curly brown hair and was wearing a tan jacket.

SOURCES:

The City of Portland Oregon

Murder of Darren McKee

Around 12:30 a.m. on October 31, 1994 32-year-old Darren McKee left a motel and got into his Ford Bronco in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At this time a lone gunman would approach Darren and shot him. This would kill Darren. His killer an unknown male entered a newer model grey vehicle and left quickly.

At the time Darren was a known drug dealer and had been convicted of drug trafficking twice. It's believed that his murder may have had something to do with drug activity.

SOURCES:

Edmonton Police

Disappearance of Quinn Renard Woodfolk

On July 4, 1998, 11-year-old Quinn Woodfolk was last seen on Friendship Court in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was home at the time and when his father came home and he was gone. It is possible that Quinn left on his own accord and maybe in the company of drug dealers in Harlem, New York, or the Detroit Michigan areas. It is also possible he remained in the Charlottesville area.

Quin is an African American male and was 11-years-old at the time. He has black hair and brown eyes. At the time he was 4'9" and 89 lbs. He has scars near his left eye and a birthmark on the top of his head. He also went by Lil' Quinn.


SOURCES:
Charley Project

Murder of Eugene "Yellow" Bell

On April 24, 1988, a box was found on the side of the road at S.W. 51 St. and 122 Ave. in Miami, Florida. Inside was the body of 41-year-old Eugene "Yellow" Bell. It was found he was strangled to death. 

Eugene is from Chicago, Illinois and was known to be involved in criminal activity including the suspicion of drug trafficking. Witnesses said that a black pick-up truck possibly a 1987 Chevrolet with dual wheels, an open bed, and a king cab was seen in the area. The truck was driven by a Latin male between 30 and 40-years-old.

SOURCES:
Miami-Dade County
Chicago Tribune

Who Poisoned The Titanic Movie Crew?

On what was supposed to be the last day of filming in Nova Scotia for the 1997 movie Titanic a mysterious surprise happened. The film was supposed to wrap up the present-day scenes and then they were supposed to move on to Mexico to film. On the night of August 8, 1996, in Shearwater, Nova Scotia. It was just across from Halifax Bay. The crew decided to take a "lunch" break at midnight. A local catering company provided the food and one of the items was chowder.

Within 15 minutes of eating many of the crew began feeling strange and sick. James Cameron described becoming woozy and dizzy and unable to navigate his set. 60 to 80 crew members were sent to the hospital. It was initially believed to have been food poisoning. This was not the case as when the members went to the hospital it was found that the lobster chowder had been spiked with 

PCP. 

The person who decided to poison the crew and get them high on PCP is still unknown even over 20 years later. It could have been a disgruntle employee of James Cameron or someone with the food company (though they denied involvement). No one has been pinned for the crime.

SOURCES:
Vanity Fair
Cheat Sheet
Entertainment Weekly
First Post

Murder of Douglas Hedrick

31-year-old Douglas Hedrick lived in the Unionville, Indiana area. On March 13, 1981, his body was found in his burned green 1972 Chevy Blazer near Shepherdsville, Kentucky. He was shot twice in the chest with a shotgun. He was then wrapped with a tarp and doused in gasoline and light on fire inside his truck. He was dead for at least 2 hours before he was lit on fire.

It was likely the murder happened in the Unionville area and was transported to Kentucky. It may have been a drug-related murder.
SOURCES:
Indiana State Police 

The Indianapolis News

The Star Press

Murder of James "Sandy" Alexander Lyle

On the night of Feb. 19, 2012, someone reported to the police that someone was unconscious on the side of Montague Mines Road in Montague Gold Mines, Nova Scotia. When police arrived they found James Alexander Lyle was dead. He had been shot to death.  He was last seen earlier that day leaving the Rodeo Lounge in Burnside Park.


According to one article, James was considered a major cocaine trafficker in the metro area. In the last five years before his death, he was considered a top player in the local cocaine trade. He was not a member of Hells Angels, but he was associated with them. He was 1 of 19 people arrested in 2001 in Operation Hammer. The bustled to take down many Hells Angels members and led to it dismantling the Halifax club.

  

SOURCES:

CBC

Murder of Reginald Darnell Sease

On Jan. 15, 1993 30-year-old Reginald Sease was shot between 7:55 a.m. and 8 a.m. in an apartment he shared with his mother on 995 Tenth St. in Waynesboro, Virginia. He was shot multiple times with a large caliber and it was believed to be an execution type murder.

There are two possible unidentified suspects or witnesses that may have information about the crime. They were black males one was 6ft and 200 lbs with Army-style jacket, dark ball cap. The other man had no description. They possibly left in a dark BMW with either New York or North Carolina plats.

According to one article, Reginald had been previously convicted for distribution of cocaine. It could be that he was murdered for his involvement in drugs. Police are keeping an open mind in the investigation though.  Reginald was described as a health nut and was cheerful and caring of others.


SOURCES:
Waynesboro County
Waynesboro County PDF
The News-Leader Jan. 16
The News-Leader Jan. 17
The News-Leader Jan 19 part 1
The News-Leader Jan. 19 part 2
The News-Leader March 12

Murder of Jeffery Owen Warner

On December 25, 1975, the body of 24-year-old Jeffery Warner was found floating in a canal that runs parallel to Cardsound Rd. and was 5.8 miles south of U.S.1 in South Miami-Dade County. He was found headless and handless.

He wasn't identified until April of 1976 through x-ray of his chest and freckles identified through a photo. Jeffery had gone missing three months earlier and was believed he had faked his death at the time as it was claimed he disappeared during a sailboat accident. This was possible as to avoid a narcotics possession charge. It was found that Jeffery had belonged to a drug organization. Other's who were a part of the organization refused to talk to law enforcement or were found to have been killed.

SOURCES:

Miami-Dade County

The Miami News

The Mysterious Money Matt and Wendy Jameson Found in Their Yard

In the morning of November 12, 1995, Matt and Wendy Jameson went to church. When they returned back home to Fair Oaks, California around 10:30 a.m. they made a shocking discovery. There was $6,500 worth of the twenties in their backyard. More money was scattered in the backyards of other's yards.

Knowing that that much money being found in their yard it was suspicious. It was believed that it may have been throw out of an airplane and may have been drug money. They told the police and according to the law they had to place an ad in the newspaper about it. After the 90 days and no one claiming it, they were allowed to keep the money.

This allowed the couple to pay off their credit cards.

SOURCES:
Unsolved Mysteries

WANTED: Elizabeth Dizon Honrada

On Jan. 12, 2006 Elizabeth Honrada was convicted to five years of imprisonment for importing cocaine into Dutch Territories twice. The first time was 30 kilograms of cocaine on April 15, 2003, and the second was 15 kilograms of cocaine on March 7, 2003. Both times she was coming from Surinam. She has not served her prison sentence and has been on the international wanted list since 2010. Her residence has been unknown since 2005, but it is possible she was in Saudi Arabia in 2014. 

She is an Asian woman born on March 5, 1962, in the Philippines. 

SOURCES:
Europol
Politie

Murder of James Ahern

On September 24, 1985, 35-year-old James Ahern was reported missing by family members. On September 16, 1986, Jame's body was found in a shallow grave in a wooded area off of Ragis Road in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. It was found he was shot to death.

James may have been apart of a Marijuana smuggling business.

SOURCES:
Volusia Sheriff's
Orlando Sentinel 
Tampa Bay Times 

Murder of Steven Weltig

On April 22, 1993 40 year old Steven Weltig was having a conversation with his friend about a store hold up. Steven owned Ajax Liquor in Arnold, Missouri and was afraid that someone may just as easily rob his own store. His friend even said that Steven mentioned that "Somebody could come in here, shoot me and never get caught." The two also talked about when he would open, and close and when he would take the money to the bank.

While the two spoke about this stuff in Steven's store someone was browsing and may have over heard the conversation. The man was described as having a potbelly, balding black hair, and in his 40's.

On the morning of Friday April 23, 1993 Steven started his day as usual. At 8:15 he made a deposit at the bank. At 8:32 he bout beer in Illinois. At 9:30 he was last seen walking his elderly dog and had briefly talked to someone while doing so.

At 10 a.m. Steven was found dead. He had been executed with his own gun. It was found that he was kneeling when he was shot. The fake security camera he'd used in the store was unplugged. The store wasn't robbed, but robbery may have been motive.

It was noted that the liquor store was failing, and he'd resorted to some unsavory ways to keep afloat. He had began to sell drugs. Which opened more possibilities to the motive of the crime.

SOURCES:
http://www.kmov.com/story/38204683/25-years-later-looking-for-answers-in-arnold-cold-case-killing
https://patch.com/missouri/arnold/leads-coming-in-on-20-year-old-homicide-case
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20386137/murder_of_steven_weltig/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/bill-mcclellan/mcclellan-twenty-years-and-counting-for-arnold-murder/article_0c311713-c941-59e4-a472-50af0aa99a72.html

1997 2 Hispanic John Does Found Santa Clara County, California

Two Hispanic males were found in Santa Clara County in 1997. The two were believed to be killed at the same time. Both were recovered at the Gilroy Sewage Treatment Plant on South Side Drive. It was possible that the two were killed by asphyxiation and had been dumped there up to a year before discovery. There is a possibility their deaths are tied to drugs. Both men had their teeth examined and it showed evidence that they were from Mexico where the water supply had fluoridated.

On July 16, 1997 The Torso of the first man was found. On September 17, portions of his skull was then found in a percolation pond. The man was described as a Hispanic male between the ages of 30 and 50. He was 5'5" to 5'7" and 140 lbs to 150 lbs. His eyes may have been dark in color. He was wearing a Nike top and Jeans.

On July 31, 1997  The second body was found. He was a Hispanic male between 25 and 40 years old. He was around 5'5" to 5'7".

Dentals are available for both men.

Sources:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/125umca.html

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/126umca.html

February 10, 1998 Glendale, Colorado John Doe

On February 10, 1998, a maintenance man on apartments on 4601 E. Kentucky Avenue in Glendale, Colorado made a note of a foul odor coming out of a vacant apartment. The maintenance man went to check on it and found the body of the John Doe. He was surrounded by large amounts of cash and drug paraphernalia. The cause of death is not noted, but he had been dead for 3 days.

The John Doe had a fake Texas I.D. with him. It also seems he has had contact with Immigration, and that is where the photos came from. Names he may have used, that was on some of the photo's was S. Franco, Julio Costa-Laso, and Diego Perez. The date of birth he used was 6/10/70. It does not state what country they believed he immigrated from it could e possible it was Central or South America, as he is Hispanic and his names are Latino.

He was a Hispanic male between the ages of 25 to 30 years old. He was around 5'7 and 196 lbs. He had black hair that was curly and in ringlets, and had no facial hair, and had brown eyes. He was photographed with glasses on and may have needed them. He had two noted tattoos one of an Owl saying OWL above it on his right arm, and a woman's face on his left arm.  He was found wearing a bright blue T-shirt saying Worldwide Network 1019 NGX 2397, and beige shorts, it's not noted if his glasses were found at the scene. 

Dentals, Fingerprints, and DNA are not available at this moment.

Other Images:

                           

 

SOURCES:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2534umco.html
https://identifyus.org/cases/11476

Murder of Shirley Jane Rose

On Friday October 17, 1975 in Springfield, Missouri 9 year old Shirley Jane Rose walked home from her Grandparents home on S West St. to her home on Scenic between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. A path that she had taken many times without any problems. But when the 9 year old never made it home her family got worried. Her mother then called the Springfield police and there was an intense search for the young girl by police, citizens, family, and friends.

Witnesses reported that they saw her speaking with a man in a blue 1969/1970 Chevy or a 72 Ford Torino. Neither were confirmed.Later she was supposedly reported on the same street, but the car was not there.  

On Saturday December 13, 1975 two months after Shirley disappeared two men looking for beaver dams a mile below McDaniel Lake found a shallow grave. Inside was the body of Shirley Jane Rose. She had been strangled to death, the shirt used to strangle her was still tied around her neck.

In 1982 Judge Clough revealed some information he had acquired about the case he had gotten from a client when he was an attorney. He could not reveal who it was, but hopes they would come forward. His client had told him he had kidnapped the girl in hopes of trading her for drugs or drug money. The search for the girl came too soon and intense it caused him to panic and decide to kill her. He brought her to her grave, made her watch and let her know she was going to die. He then strangled the girl to death and buried her. There was more than one person involved.

SOURCES:

https://www.springfieldmo.gov/3477/Shirley-Jane-Rose

https://justiceforshirleyjanerose.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77550249

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/04/02/Judge-reveals-details-of-childs-death/5605386571600/

https://justiceforshirleyjanerose.com/news-articles/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14538840/shirley_jane_rose_murder/
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2018/10/17/springfield-police-ask-tips-1975-kidnapping-murder/1669484002/

Murder of Jolene Hass

22 year old Jolene Hass grew up in Iowa. She had met A.J. Rippatoe in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. they both eventually moved to Sioux City, Iowa. This was where Jolene began to do prostitution. She was deep in drug culture and the local outlaw motorcycle gangs. She eventually became an informant that testified against many people including A.J. Rippatoe.

In 1975 Jolene was supposed to testify against several suspects in the fall of 1975. She was then moved to Sturgis where she had been beaten and raped by 3 unknown males trying to buy drugs from her. Two days after the rape they moved her to the Delroy motel in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was then going by Jolene Schutt and was working for the police department for 3 months.

On November 10, 1975 Hass was found murdered in her motel room by a a RCPD detective and DCI agent to check on their witness. She was stabbed multiple times with possibly a switchblade.The knife was not found, the  rope she was strangled with was found around her neck. The found that she eaten right before her death. They think that when she went out to eat that she may had been noticed by someone.

At first they did not reveal the nature of her death and what she had done, because they hoped someone would brag about killing a narc. At least one of the investigators believed that it was a hired killing by one of the people she was informing against.

There was one person who claimed to have murdered Hass for money, but when confronted they said they didn't. They also took a polygraph that confirmed this. Then in 1977 another suspect of this case was found buried in cornfield. He was killed by James Cowell, who was part of the El Forestos Motorcycle Gang, was prosecuted for the suspects murder along with the murder of his girlfriend and two mechanics.

 This case remains unsolved.

SOURCES:
https://www.rcgov.org/departments/police-department/investigations/unsolved-homicides-309.html
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13919791/jolene_hass_murder/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13919880/jolene_hass_murder/
http://law.justia.com/cases/iowa/supreme-court/1976/58995-0.html (Article of a case against Janice Ivory that Jolene Hass was an informant on. Case happened in 1974, but trial happened in 1976.)
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/cold-cases-spanning-five-decades/article_12d44e06-0afd-5028-865b-fd0febca608b.html

Disappearance of Rodney Wayne Longman

20-year-old Rodney Wayne Longman was described as a good kid who somewhat fell in with a bad crowd. He was a high school drop out and at the time seemed to not have any career aspirations. He worked for his grandfather. He did fall into a bad crowd and was involved with a bad drug deal in Nebraska.

This was one of the reasons he left his home in Lincoln, Nebraska to Miami Florida on March 14, 1985, in his 1984 yellow Ford Pinto. He might have been in the company of a man and a pregnant woman. He had mentioned to his friend, Lonnie Prawl, that he was going to Texas. He had sent his family some strange postcards after he left, but they seemed to have abruptly stopped soon after. His S.S. was used in Miami in 1992 it is unknown if it was Rodney using it.

Rodney was a white male and went by the name Rod. He was 5'11 and 150 lbs at the time of his disappearance. He has brown hair and either green or grey eyes. He has a scar on the side of his left collarbone. He wore contacts and or prescription glasses.

He has DNA available, but Fingerprints and Dentals are not.

SOURCES:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4172dmne.html
http://journalstar.com/news/local/worst-case-scenarios----lincoln-man-still-missing/article_1752f63a-2009-5048-9daf-1afb3c789b41.html
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/l/longman_rodney.html
http://missingpersonsdata.com/usa/Nebraska/missing-recent/case-details/4674
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/4674/0/