Murder of Officer Neibert

 Around 2:30 am on June 13, 1896, 53-year-old officer Jacob Neibert was on duty in Muscatine, Iowa. On Burlington Rd Officer Neibert would come across two tramps. Around 6 shots would ring out in the night. Three shots would happen and then in a few minutes three more. gunshots were not uncommon enough to go check it out until H.J. Smith and his wife heard moans of help. 

H.J. would go out and ask "What's the trouble"? Officer Neibert would scream out "Jim! Oh, Jim! Come Help Me!" This was when they would find the police officer suffering from gunshot wounds. H.J. would run across the street to him.

He told of how two trams he tried to arrest had done it. He would give a description, but it was hard for him to speak as he continued to get weaker and weaker. H.J. would stand Officer Neibert up and try to walk him to his house. However, before they would make it there he would collapse to the ground. They would bring pillows and blankets to make him comfortable while waiting for help. The 15-year-old Smith's son would go and fetch a doctor. 

It was too late to save him. Other neighbors would come out to see the commotion. Soon after the Dr. got there Officer Neibert would take his last breath.

The nearby box car was investigated. This was where he was shot. there were five bullet holes in the boxcar. It seemed as if they were caused by two different caliber weapons. There was a lot of blood and evidence of a struggle inside. Officer Neigbert's club and gun both showed that it was used. 

It was apparent that one of the tramps had been injured. There was a significant amount of blood that led away from the scene that wasn't from Officer Neibert. The blood was traced all the way to the sash and door factory. A black soft felt hat was found at the scene likely belonging to one of the tramps. 

SOURCES:

Iowa Cold Cases

Muscatine

Officer Down Memorial Page

Iowa Cops

The Muscatine Journal June 16, 1896

Murder of Billy Stone

 

On December 11, 1914, 21-year-old Billy Stone was working at Whitby Junction in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. He was working as a telegraph operator. At 12:05 an accountant for the local asylum walking by. Billy had turned off the lights and the only one on was the one on his desk.

At 12:37 someone would enter Whitby Junction and shoot Billy in the chest. In his last moments, he would go to his desk and call the Bell Telephone Switchboard. Billy would tell them "I'm shot, I'm all done in". 

When law enforcement arrived Billy was dead. He had fallen backward onto the floor and the phone hung over the side. He had fallen from where he was standing and died. There was no gunshot powder on Billy's clothes meaning that he was shot from a distance. 

The scene was not displaced or anything. The killer did not seem to have stolen any money or objects from the station. There were no broken windows the only thing that was out of place was that the ticket window was closed and unlocked. It's believed that this was done after or during Billy's murder. It was also possible that since there was no struggle Billy was shot through the ticket window when it was open.

However, there was evidence that they had searched Billy's body as a bloody handprint was found on the side of a cabinet near the desk. The killer had used it to help stand up after getting Billy's blood on his hands. There was no way Billy made this print as there was almost no blood on his hands.  There was nothing in Billy's pockets and even his watch was missing. Strangely, Billy was robbed, but the station wasn't.

It's unknown who killed Billy, but there are a few motives. One was that Billy's father had killed him for money. His father was examined as a suspect. Feeling like he had become the main suspect in his son's murder he would end his life. He would lie on the tracks and be hit by a train.

A friend of  Billy's claimed that he thought that Italians had something to do with the murder. Another friend stated that he was not planning to marry and was talking to a woman at the time. It could be possible that it was because of a jealous lover.  It was also possible he was killed over a potential gambling debt. 

SOURCES:
Wikipedia

The Standard December 12, 1914

The Tronto Star December 14, 1914

The Province December 17, 1914

The Standard April 22, 1914

Murder of Heidi Marie Cummings

On December 18, 2007, 51-year-old Heidi Cummings was found dead in her home in the 3500 block of Cutter in Fort Worth, Texas. It's believed that she may have known her killer and allowed them into the home where they shot her to death.

SOURCES:

Fort Worth, Texas Police Department

Find a Grave

Murder of Robert Allan

On December 1, 1904, 34-year-old Robert Allan was at his home at Drumshangie Farm between Greengairs and Airdrie, Scotland with his wife and 3-week-old child. This was the first night that they did not have any servants at the farm. 

Just after they went to bed some people came up to the window and disturbed them. This irritated  Robert and he opened the door holding his double-barrelled fowling piece. He fired into the sky to scare them away. This however did not happen as the people became more roudy. He went back in put on his trousers and went back out with his gun. He would fire another shot and never be seen alive again. It's believed he had followed the men down the roadway to where the trolley had been drawn.

He would be found dead on an old pit road leading from the farm to Watstown. He was lying across a track partially on his right side with one arm underneath him. His gun was a few feet away from him resting on the embankment on the road. It was found that he had been shot in the stomach. It's believed he was shot with his own gun. 

One theory was that he had stumbled in the dark and accidentally shot himself, but his guy was found several feet away and the locks of the gun were found to be empty of cartridge cases. The other is that Robert and one of the men fought over the gun and he was shot in the struggle. That the killer moved him and his gun from their original positions. 

SOURCES:

Unsolved Murders UK

Murder of Marshal Willam E. Gibson

 

In 1882 Irish-born man 51/52 year-old Willam E. Gibson was a town Marshal for Horicon, Wisconsin. On October 19, 1882, he arrested a stranger for disorderly conduct. The man since he arrived spent most of his time drinking at the saloon and was drunk when arrested. The man was only in town for a couple of days and was believed to be a tramp.  William being a little careless and thinking the man only had one weapon did not check the other pocket.  

The man did not resist or fight to go to jail. When William let go of the man to unlock the door to the cell the man would pull a bulldog a 40-caliber revolver from his left pocket and shoot the him. He would flee from his crime.

It had taken around an hour before anyone knew that William had been shot. At the same time, there was a major fire at the Brunt & Davis Co. factory. The village's attention was focused on the fire which allowed the unknown man to flee the area.

The man had been in town for a day or two there were no clear descriptions of him. Even though there was a wide search for him he wasn't found. He had likely stolen a horse from the stables of Fred Puls about two miles east outside of Horicon and fled. If he was he would have been a victim of a lynching. It was believed that he may have been wanted for a bigger crime than public drunkness and that was why he shot Marshal Gibson.

The killer was never caught for this murder. 

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

Officer Down Memorial Page

Green Bay Press-Gazette October 21, 1882

The Eau Claire News October 29, 1882

Murder of Johnnie Dean Williams

On September 15, 1972, Johnnie Williams would visit with his wife and newborn daughter at the hospital. That evening he would spend the night out taking $800 with him to a club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Knowing that Johnnie was going to the club she would call them around midnight to talk to him. However, he wasn't there. On September 18th Johnnie's wife would report him missing as no one had seen him for days. 

On the 24th a farmer would be working his fields east of 1800 N Mingo. In the field Johnnie's body would be found. He had been beaten and then shot between the eyes. It's believed he was robbed as there was no money on him and his pockets were turned inside out.

SOURCES:

City of Tulsa

Uncovered

Oklahoma Cold Cases

Murder of Kimberly Steele

On September 14, 2011, a home at 123 Town & Country Lane in Searcy, Arkansas was on fire. The mobile home belonged to 46-year-old Kimberly Steele and she had not been seen for two days at this point. It was determined that the home was set on fire in multiple places and there was no sign of Kimberly. Her two dogs were killed in the fire. A small blue car was seen at the residence shortly before the fire was noticed. Since there were no signs of Kimberly after the fire her parents reported her missing on the 15th. 

That same day Kimberly's body would be found. She was found in Prairie County at the Wattensaw Refuge. She has been shot in the head and her body caught on fire.

SOURCES: 

White County, Arkansas Sherriff's Office

Uncovered

ABC 7 September 24, 2011

Murder of Carlton Mosley

On September 3, 2000, Carlton Mosley was in a vehicle in the 500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Bakersville, California, Carlton was struck by gunfire and died from a shot to the back of the head. 

SOURCES:

Bakersville 

Murder of Virgilio Aguilera

At approximately 7:17 p.m. on August 23, 2020, unknown persons did a drive-by shooting on 5314 Brandenberry Drive in Columbus, Ohio. At the time 52-year-old Virgilio Aguilera was in the area and struck by one of the rounds. He would be brought to the hospital but passed away two hours later. 

It's not stated if Virgilio was the target. 

SOURCES:

Ohio Attorney General

The City of Columbus

The Columbus Dispatch August 23, 2020

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 Chester L. Carruthers

 

On August 13, 1976, 15-year-old Chester Carruthers' mother reported her son missing in Harrison, Maine. She had not seen him for around 2 weeks when she reported him missing. 

On May 13, 1981, a dog would be found carrying a skull a quarter of a mile from Chester's home. Chester's remains would be found buried in a wooded area behind a home off of Route 35. It was found that he had been shot in the head. 

SOURCES:

Maine State Police
Uncovered
Find a Grave

Morning Sentinel June 1, 1981

Portland Press Herald February 4, 2001

Murder of Seagram Miller

Seagram Miller was a rapper who went by his first name. He started his career in 1989 but debuted in 1992. He was a member of the gang 69th Village Mob. In 1993 he would record a song about a rival gang and it angered an Oakland kingpin. On June 29th the said gang would target him with a hit. The gunmen however failed to kill him.

Over 3 years later on July 31, 1996, 26-year-old Seagram and a friend were at a San Leandro, California Mall. Seagram would tell his friend that he wanted to go to Oakland. The friend agreed to go and claimed to not know why Seagram wanted to. 

Around 7:15 pm  Miller and a friend went to the 1900 block of 24th Ave in Oakland, California. When they got out of the van they were fired upon. Both men would be hit by bullets and go to the hospital. However, Seagram would pass away an hour later at 8:15 pm.

It's unknown if the gang he previously had a conflict with was involved in his murder. It's not stated if either men were intended targets or just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This area was known to be dangerous because of violence and drug trafficking. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Case Text

All Bay Music

SF Gate August 2, 1996

XXL Magazine July 31, 2018

Murder of Richard Chacon

At 3:30 a.m. on July 25, 1999, 31-year-old Richard Chacon was working as a manager at The Car Wash, an illegal after-hours nightclub at 1180 West Hastings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  That morning there were nearly 100 people gathered there.  

There was a fight that had broken out between two men in the club. Richard would try to break up the fight. He would walk up behind a blonde-haired man in a Hawaiian shirt and try to get him off a dark-skinned, possibly black man. A shot would ring out and both the blonde man and Richard were shot by the same bullet. Someone would shout, “My God, Trevor – you just shot someone.”

Both Richard and the other man were taken to the hospital. Richard would pass and the other man would become wheelchair-bound. 

It's believed that people in the club that night know who "Trevor" is, but they have not been identified yet. 

SOURCES:

VPD Cold Cases

The Vancouver Sun July 28, 1999

Murder of Johnny Broadway

At 5pm on July 17, 1999, the body of 18-year-old Johnny Broadway was found on a levee behind an animal shelter on the 600 block of Aero Drive in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was on the levee near the railroad tracks. Someone had shot and killed him that day. 


SOURCES:
Caddo-Shreveport Crime Stoppers
Uncovered

The Times July 19, 1999

Abbeville Meridional July 20, 1999

Murder of Jesus Rosales

24-year-old Jesus Rosales was last seen near his home near 5th Ave and 16th St in Yuma, Arizona. He would be reported missing on July 13th. He left his pager and vehicle at his residence. It's believed that he either left home on foot or with someone in their own vehicle. He would be reported missing the next day. 

His body would be found on July 14th, 1998 in Mexico.  He had been shot twice and killed. In September Mexican law enforcement would confirm Jesus's murder with Yuma Police.

SOURCES:
Yuma Arizona

Uncovered

KYMA August 20, 2019

July 12, 1924, Covington, Kentucky Jane Doe

On July 12, 1924, the body of a woman was found on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River in Covington, Kentucky. Her body showed she had struggled with her killer. Her clothes seemed to have also torn due to the struggle. She was then shot twice in the right side of her head. There was no evidence that she was killed there and may have been killed elsewhere and dumped there. It was believed she died around a week before. 

It's possible that she was killed in Cincinnati, Ohio and her body was dumped where it was found. 

Jane Doe was a woman between 30 and 40 years old. She was 5'6". She had long dark hair with a curl to it. She was wearing a tan whipcord dress made of good material, an orange blossom gold wedding ring of late design, earrings, a long black string of beads, and a cheap ring. She was wearing no shoes


SOURCES:
Find a Grave

Lexington Herald-Leader July 13, 1924

The Paducah Sun-Democrat July 14, 1924

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

Murder of Oleg "Al" Bohlouli

On the morning of July 3,2005, 45-year-old Oleg "Al" Bohlouli was at his home on Lucky Rd in Anchorage, Alaska. Another person in the home stated that at 3 am a man broke into the home. The man would then shoot and kill Al. The man would then flee from the house. 

It was found inside the home that there was a large Marijuana growing operation. It's suspected that he may have been involved with suspicious people and this may have been the reason he was killed. 

SOURCES:

Anchorage Crime Stoppers

Uncovered

Find a Grave

Anchorage Daily News December 17, 2009

Murder of Daniel Gene Lutz

On June 22, 1976, 28-year-old Daniel Lutz would be working at his store, Lutz Sporting Goods and Grocery Store, on State Road 44, approximately 4.5 miles west of Liberty, Indiana. At 12:50 a woman would go into the store to buy cigarettes and would find Daniel lying behind the counter bleeding. She would go to the restaurant next door for help. Daniel was still alive but would die shortly after arriving at the hospital.

It was apparent that he had been shot shortly before he was found. The register was opened and all of the paper cash was taken. The person only got away with $30 to $50. 

Daniel had bought and opened the store just the week before he was killed. It's unknown why someone would target a store that had just opened. 

SOURCES:

Indiana State Police

Uncovered

Find a Grave

The Reporter-Times June 23, 1976

Palladium-Item June 24, 1976

Palladium-Item August 5, 1976

Murder of Domingo Rafael Valdes

In 1974, 44-year-old Domingo Valdes was a Puerto Rico native and resided at Old Middlesex Turnpike Extension in Billerica, Massachusetts. At 5:30 am On June 14th his body was found near the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire on the New Hampshire side. He was found along the side of Old Gage Hill Road in Pelham.

He had been shot four times, He was shot twice in the chest, once in the leg, and once in the shoulder. He had been recently killed elsewhere dumped where he was found and then soon after discovered. One article stated it may have been a gangland murder. 

SOURCES:
New Hampshire Department of Justice
Uncovered

Concord Monitor June 17, 1974

The Portsmouth Herald June 17, 1974

The Boston Globe June 18, 1974

The Lowell Sun June 19, 1974