No one’s heard from LaTia Jefferson since Tuesday, May 12, 2020, when she stepped out of her Upper East Side apartment and into the socially-distanced…
By 1920, 39-year-old Jacques Villard was a successful, albeit legless man who epitomized the American Dream. He arrived in New York from France in 1913,…
Teresa Fay Hammon was eighteen for less than a month when she disappeared from Sacramento on May 8, 1981. After an argument, she left the house she shared with her boyfriend and his mother. Teresa failed to appear at her early morning shift at Burger King the following morning. Articles of Teresa’s belongs were found scattered throughout Sacramento dumpsters, but 38 years later, her case remains cold.
On Friday, August 9, 1974, 17-year-old Mary Ann Pryor and 16-year-old Lorraine Marie Kelly left North Bergen, New Jersey with plans to go shopping at…
It’s no secret that missing persons of color get significantly less media attention than cases involving white people. It’s frustrating and infuriating how often Googling…
Anyone who’s into true crime has noticed the continuing parade of cold cases recently solved thanks to genetic genealogy. Although the most noteworthy case is the arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer, genetic genealogy has closed a series of unidentified decedent cases. So many of these cases can be solved by a one-two punch of broadened publicity and DNA. To facilitate the first part of that equation, today I’m bringing you four Jane Does that I believe could easily be identified.
21-year-old Kimberly Shawn Cheatham was last seen on April 8, 1989 in Dallas, Texas. The circumstances of her disappearance are scantily reported, so much of…
30-year-old Heather Anne Lacey lost contact with her family in late 2013. The oldest of three sisters, Lacey grew up in Pembroke Pines, Florida. She…
Three-year-old Raimonde “Sonny” Von Maluski III was entranced by the Salvation Army parade that passed through Washington Heights, Manhattan on Sunday, March 29, 1925. His…
Over the last two months, eight teenage girls have disappeared from Florence Crittenton Agency, a social services organization located in Knoxville, Tennessee. To the best…