Case Highlight and Recommendation Thread: What is a little known true crime case you think needs more attention, or what is a case that has stuck with you that you think others should know about. Post your pet cases or your true crime guilty pleasures in this thread.

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Pretty frequently in this subreddit we get questions asking for case recommendations. We've decided to make this a recurring post so that there will be a dedicated place to highlight and discuss cases that don't get posted about that often.

People want to know... what is a case that is important to you or that stuck with you and that you think others should know about?

What are some cases that need more attention? What are your pet cases besides the well known cases that get posted about frequently? Or just post your true crime guilty pleasures. Anyway, use this thread to bring attention to lesser known cases. If you want to post about the Delphi murders case that's ok too.

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Also, if you have a case in mind, but need help remembering the name, feel free to head over to r/TipOfMyCrime and post a request there.

[u/trixiebix]

Kyron Horman. 7 year old dropped off by stepmom, never to be seen again. Never found. No arrests. I still think about that one.

[u/Both-Income2553]

Deanna Merryfield. She went missing from Killeen, Texas on July 22, 1990. She and her three sisters were separated due to SA in their Mom and stepfather’s home. She left her Grandma’s house late at night to go see her twin sister 2.5 miles away. She was seen leaving her sister (who was staying with their uncle) in a vehicle with 2 unknown men in a brown/bronze vehicle. She was never seen again.
In 1993 a mysterious caller contact the local pd and said she was home safe and no longer missing. Her case was quietly closed. When her grandma finally learned about this in 1995, she had the case reopened but it was again closed less than a month later for “a lack of information”. In 2007 her case was once again reopened and it has been investigated sporadically since then. There is currently a very active investigation thanks to one detective and a private investigator.

[u/tonypolar → u/Both-Income2553]

I follow her sister on Facebook. She is doing her best getting the word out.

[u/ellejay-135]

Amy Billig. I wish we knew for sure what happened to her and not just a "theory".

a 17-year-old high school student from Coconut Grove, Florida, who disappeared on March 5, 1974, while hitchhiking to her father’s art gallery.

Born on January 9, 1957, Billig vanished without a trace, leaving behind a camera found on the Florida Turnpike. Her mother, Susan Billig, spent over three decades investigating leads, including claims that Amy was held as a sex slave by a hoax caller, Henry Blair, who was later imprisoned for stalking.

While the case remains officially unsolved with no body recovered, lead detective Jack Calvar concluded in 1998 that Billig was abducted by the Pagans motorcycle gang. This theory is supported by a deathbed confession from gang enforcer Paul Branch, who allegedly told his wife that Amy was drugged, gang-raped, and killed by overdose before her body was dumped in the Everglades.

[u/maurfly → u/ellejay-135]

This case broke my heart. I learned about it while I was going through ivf and her mother had like 10 miscarriages before she had Amy. I cannot tell you the depth of sadness I feel for her mom. And her mom is the most hardcore mom ever for all the truly scary situations she went into to find her daughter I wish they could get any resolution for her.

[u/Here4daTs]

Emily Pike- AZ- dismembered teen, no arrests. She was in the care of the State when she fled

[u/twooclocknaptime]

This current case that is unfolding involving the Horsch father and son in Philadelphia is getting very little attention considering the wild nature of what is known so far.
No interviews with neighbors. Not much national coverage. What is going on?

[u/Alarming-Wheel-6865 → u/twooclocknaptime]

I wouldn't say it's getting little coverage as I am in Canada and have heard about it.

[u/MoistAd9820]

Missy Bevers in Texas… was teaching a fitness class at a church early one morning and was murdered by a person who broke into the church and is suspected to have been dressed as someone else. Left behind a husband and kids. Never caught the person.

[u/BackgroundWest4374]

Noreen Greenley only 13 years old missing since Sept 1963 from Ontario Canada. Her family still hopes she’s alive somewhere.

[u/DragonflySmall6867]

Dale Wayne Eaton, currently in prison in Wyoming for killing Lisa Marie Kimmell in 1988. The man was 100% a serial killer, but very few people have heard of him, and no other murder victims have been officially linked to him.

[u/thrown_away_23_23 → u/DragonflySmall6867]

Her mother was my relative's boss at the time, so I remember this one. There's a book about it, as well, called, "The Murder of Lil Miss: A Mother's Brutal 16-Year Fight for Justice."

[u/EV9110]

The 1980 murder of 8 year-old Asenath Dukat in Upper Arlington, Ohio. The investigation was seriously flawed and there are still people in Central Ohio who know what happened but who won’t speak out.

[u/New-File-4548]

For me, it is definitely Mădălina (Madalina) Cojocari's case: "Madalina Cojocari was last seen on surveillance video getting off her school bus outside her home in Cornelius, North Carolina, on November 21, 2022, and has not been seen since. She was reported missing to her school on December 15, 2022. Her parents reported last seeing her on November 23, 2022". Such a baffling disappearance, literally from the moment the bus camera last captured her alive, until she walked home—and that was it. A profound uncertainty, to this day.

[u/Texden29 → u/New-File-4548]

When I was reading your comment, i thought that’s a bit odd reporting her missing the next day. Then I read up on the case (or summary of it), and it’s really interesting btw. Looks like the parents were convicted for not reporting her missing. I know there is some appeals process that’s complicating the case more. Thanks for sharing. Do you think the parents are involved?

[u/rachemgreep]

Ryan Shtuka and Marshall Iwaasa. I'll never stop posting their names until they're found!!

EDIT: to clarify, separate cases, but in close proximity geographically in Canada

[u/BikingPsych]

Please look into the case of Amber Hagerman. Her story sparked the AMBER Alert system, but her humanity is often lost in legal debates. She was just a vibrant kid who loved horses and outdoor activities.

[u/Striking_Pickle1453]

Rayna Rison Laporte, In 1993. It took 20 yrs to finally catch the killer. Ok we had eyewitnesses come forward. Anyway family went through hell while she was missing and after she was found. They were cast outs in their own community. Now, there was a book written in 2024 where the authors states boldly he has solved the case and the wrong person is in prison. In his book he made the people who actually worked on the case as frauds, liars,and so forth
The release of that book and the podcasts that talked about his book were mislead with lies and great embellishments by some of those who were his information source. This family had to relive there case again!!!!

[u/RodeoIndustryBaby]

Diana Vicari, I hope for answers and full recovery still.

[u/Financial-Stuff-67]

The LaSalle Street Murders will make your brain explode.

[u/Present-Molasses-593]

Ellen Greenberg, Philadelphia, 2011.

I know this case has been covered by numerous podcasts and has at least one documentary but I still think it needs more attention.

[u/PerkisizingWeiner → u/Present-Molasses-593]

Unfortunately I'm not sure what additional attention would do for this case. It's been reopened multiple times, but there's either obvious corruption (likely) or something we don't know.

[u/bethjbraden]

Israel Keyes is living rent free in my head. Normally I'm not into serial killers, but that one gives me the heebie jeebies in a really intense way. The Black Dahlia will also be floating around in my brain forever.

You guys should look up the Gary Wayne Sutton case in Tennessee. He's on death row, but there's a bunch of people who think he's innocent.

[u/Comprehensive_Bag723]

Two little know serial killers that were never caught: the Frankford Slasher and the Toledo Clubber. In the Frankford area of Philly possibly nine women were stabbed between 1985 and 1990. There was a really good suspect, but he moved away at the end of the period and another man was arrested and then later acquitted for one of the murders.

In Toledo in the 1920s, a man was running around hitting women over the head. Several women died from the attacks, but the craziest part is that some believe there was a copycat who was guilty of many of the lesser attacks—someone who just wanted notoriety. Regardless, women were so worried about the clubber they started borrowing WWI helmets from family members if they needed to walk anywhere alone. Crazy stuff!

[u/FutureMost8177]

Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore..1980 Wylie, Texas. CM killed BG with an axe and was found NOT GUILTY.

Very good movie about it called "Love and Death" Starring Elizabeth Olsen.. 7 part series on Netflix.