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Something Happened to Teresa Hammon – Missing from Sacramento for 38 Years

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.

The Bride-to-Be Murder: Who Killed Judy Hakari?

23-year-old Judy Ann Hakari disappeared from Sacramento on March 7, 1970. Seven weeks later, her body was found buried in an abandoned mine 45 miles away. Nearly 50 years later, her murder remains unsolved. Who killed Judy Hakari?

What Happened that Night: How a family friend fought off the Golden State Killer

Tracy is a family friend. She and my mom met through work, and became real-life friends. Both were recently single, blonde, and very social creature.…

What We Know About the Man Believed to Be the Golden State Killer

In the day that’s passed since the Sacramento County DA announced the arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer–A.K.A the East Area Rapist, Original Night…

UPDATE: New Details Emerge in the 1981 Disappearance of Dale Eugene Kelley

Last month, I wrote about the disappearance of Dale Eugene Kelley. To refresh your memory, 20-year-old Kelley vanished in May 1981 en route from Carmichael—a Sacramento suburb—to…

What Really Happened to Harriet Elizabeth Riley?

A six-year-old is found wrapped in plastic in a Sacramento dumpster in 1975, four years after her father’s unsolved murder. Initially ruled accidental, her “unsolved homicide” case was reopened in 2015: what really happened to Harriet Riley?

In 1981, a Sacramento Man Disappears on Trip to Los Angeles. Two Weeks Later, His Car Found Abandoned in New Orleans: What happened to Dale Kelley?

On the morning of May 20, 1981, 21-year-old Dale Eugene Kelley departed his home in Carmichael, California in his orange 1976 Toyota Celica. He planned make the six-and-a-half hour drive to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend, but he never made it there. Two weeks later, his car turned up abandoned in in New Orleans, but he was nowhere to be found. What happened to Dale Kelley?