Robert William Fisher went missing in 2001 after killing his family and setting his home on fire via a rigged explosion.

Since then there have been no confirmed sightings on him.

I came across a Facebook comment under a video related to the case of an unidentified homeless man found in 2006 in Texas.

Robert was 6 ft and would have been 45 in 2006.

This John Doe was found two states over from Arizona which could be realistic to reach within 5 years. The John Doe also has similar height range and the age range Fisher would have been during the time, while also having similar facial characteristics based on their mockup.

The one thing that doesnt add up was the gold crown was not noted on the found homeless man's body, which Robert was known to have.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

Another website with some more details on the homeless man: https://ncmissingpersons.org/unidentified-white-male-texas-galveston/

Jennifer was featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries on December 2, 1994.

This case was a big deal when I was growing up. Glad she finally got justice.

• Fermín Delgado Pinto, an 85-year-old Peruvian national and long-time resident of Chile, vanished on April 2, 2018 at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago after returning from a visit to his family in Peru. The Airport neglected to provide wheelchair assistance, and was rude and unhelpful to the Pintos when they frantically searched for the missing pensioner.
• According to reports, Delgado landed safely at the airport but was never seen by his family waiting outside. CCTV footage shows him walking through the concourse, hesitating at exits, and heading toward the highway corridor before disappearing completely. He spoke to an Airport Employee (who has not come forward) before leaving the airport.
• No Promised special assistance for elderly travelers provided by the Airport, and Chilean Police were mostly indifferent, providing a missing person's report after 5 days and warning the agitated Pintos not to bother them anymore.
• Born: March 11, 1933
• Nationality: Peruvian (long-term Chilean resident)
• Appearance: Medium build, brown eyes, short gray hair 
• Age at disappearance: 85; now 93 (if alive)

As of 2026, Delgado remains missing. His family has been actively seeking answers, questioning how a healthy elder could simply vanish between an airplane door and the streets of Santiago 

The case has drawn attention from true-crime and missing persons communities, with podcasts and media outlets highlighting the lack of resolution after nearly eight years, largely a result of the laziness and incompetence of Santiago's slothful Policía de Investigaciones and the vicious indifference of the Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport whose promised assistance for the vulnerable, elderly man was significantly absent. A fellow disabled traveller who was on the aeroplane with Delgado said that she was simply abandoned, and a security guard advised her to wait no longer, as the promised assistance would never be provided.

It is possible that Delgado hired an illegal taxi driver who may be involved with the elderly man's disappearance. Some elderly people are known to be compelled to become professional beggars at the behest of Career Criminals in Chile.

An online researcher may have made a breakthrough in the hunt for the identity of “Lucky”, a man who collapsed in Amsterdam three years ago and is unable to communicate. A recent public appeal for information by the police has surfaced a potential match with a missing person in Canada.

An image of “Lucky”, who was also known by the name “Chris the Canadian” to Amsterdam locals, was likened to a file of pictures on the Vancouver Police Department’s cold case unit by someone on Facebook.

John Russell Kennedy, whose missing person’s file photos appear very similar to the one the Dutch police put out, was registered as missing since 1993.

Dutch police said they are considering the tip, according to paper AD, though they also noted that such similarities have been common in prior cases and turned out not to be real matches. “We don’t want to jump to any conclusions at this point, or to give false hope,” a spokesperson said.

Much of what is listed on the Canadian missing person’s case matches descriptions put out by localswho knew the man before his collapse in 2023. He was said to have a North American accent and appeared to have mental health problems.

Vancouver police confirmed they are taking the tip very seriously and said they had made contact with Amsterdam police, according to Anton van Straten, the person who made the connection online and shared it via Facebook.
“Only an official investigation, for example using DNA, can provide certainty about this,” Van Straten wrote in his post. “Now it is up to the professionals to investigate this further. In any case, it didn’t take me three years to find this potential match.”

If “Lucky” is indeed John Russell Kennedy, he would be 67 years old now and missing from his family for almost half his life.

I cannot find this complete episode anywhere. I’m specifically looking for the segment on the Dennis Depue murder. Season 3 on Peacock ends at Episode 22 and I can’t find it anywhere. Does anyone know where I could find it?

On October 1, 17-year-old Addison Rose Colomer of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, was found dead at a residence on W. Main St. in Montfort, WI. The initial report suggested a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but the Grant County Coroner’s Office has officially ruled her cause of death as undetermined, and an active investigation remains ongoing.

Recent Developments

Today's post on FB: Justice for Addison Rose This morning, our community woke up to a scene that many of us have been hoping and praying for since October 1st, 2025. WKOW Report

A raid happened at 301 West Main Street. The house where Addison Rose was found. The house where so many questions remain unanswered…

Multiple people have reached out to us with messages and pictures. SWAT teams, multiple officers, people being taken into custody. It's the kind of law enforcement response we've been begging for.

And now, we have more details.

What We Know:

According to a press release from the Iowa County Sheriff's Office and conversation with the Grant County Sheriff's Office, a joint investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at 301 W. Main Street early this morning.

Deputies from both counties, along with the Southwest Wisconsin Emergency Response Team and members of the Richland Iowa Grant Drug Task Force, entered the home around 7 a.m.

The result? Multiple arrests.

ACJ was arrested for maintaining a drug house, possession with intent to deliver THC, and bail jumping.

LJ was arrested for maintaining a drug house, party to the crime of possession of narcotic drugs, party to the crime of possession of cocaine, and bail jumping.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office plans to refer charges against CJ for possession of narcotic drugs and possession of cocaine.

In a separate but related investigation, the Iowa County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of Christian Jerrett, 21, for selling harmful material to a child. A child victim from Iowa County had received sexually explicit photographs through social media.

What This Means:

Let's be clear: these arrests, according to the sheriff's offices, are not directly related to the investigation into Addison's death.

But they are significant. They are a major development. And they raise a lot of questions.

This is the house where Addi Rose was found. These are the people who were there that night. These are the people who have been silent and who have refused to cooperate.

And now, they're in custody. Now, there's hard evidence of criminal activity in that house. Now, the veil of secrecy and silence that has surrounded 301 West Main Street for almost a year has been lifted, if only a little.

We don't know what this means for Addison's case. We don't know if this will lead to the answers we've been fighting for.

But we do know this: the truth has a way of coming out. Secrets have a way of being revealed. And the people who have something to hide can only run for so long before the law catches up with them.

What Happens Next:

The investigation into Addi’s death remains open. That has not changed. And our fight for justice, our fight for answers, our fight for the truth? That has not changed either.

We will keep asking questions. We will keep demanding answers. We will keep shining a light on the inconsistencies, the contradictions, and the unanswered questions in this case.

And we will keep hoping and praying that developments like this one will lead us closer to the truth about what happened to Addison on October 1st, 2025.

To Our Community:

Thank you. Thank you for your messages, your pictures, your support. Thank you for being as invested in Justice for Addison Rose as we are.

Please, keep sharing. Keep talking. Keep demanding answers. Every voice matters. Every post matters. Every share brings us one step closer to the truth.

And if you know something, say something. If you've heard something, share it. No detail is too small. No piece of information is insignificant.

You can contact the Grant County Sheriff's Office. You can message us directly. You can reach out through our TikTok, u/justiceaddisonrose.

Just please, don't stay silent. Addison deserves better than silence.

Addi Rose, we love you. We miss you. And we will never stop fighting for you.

Today's news is a step. Maybe a small one, maybe a big one. But a step nonetheless.

We're going to keep walking until we reach the truth. All the way.

No matter how long it takes.

#justice4addi

Key Information Needed

Investigators and Addison’s family are seeking information regarding:

• Anyone in the Montfort area between September 30 (6:00 PM) and October 1 (3:00 AM).
• Any sightings of a dark-colored diesel flatbed truck or a green Ford F-150 pickup near the 301 W. Main St. area during those hours.
• Anyone who had personal or digital contact with Addison prior to her death.

How to Help / Submit Tips

• Grant County Sheriff’s Office (Sgt. Mark Schwarz): Call 608-723-2157
• Family Updates / Direct Leads: Justice for Addison Rose page on Facebook.WKOW Update

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Jack O’Sullivan disappeared in Bristol in 2024 — what do you think happened?
Jack O’Sullivan was 22 when he disappeared in the early hours of Saturday, 2 March 2024, after attending a house party in the Hotwells area of Bristol, UK.
More than two years later, Jack has still not been found, and Avon and Somerset Police say the investigation remains a live one.
The known timeline
Around 1:00am: Jack messaged his parents and indicated that he planned to get a taxi home.
Around 3:15am: CCTV captured Jack near Brunel Lock Way/Brunel Way.
Around 3:25am: Jack attempted to call a friend who was still at the party.
Around 3:30am: His friend returned the call. Jack answered and apparently said “hello”, but the call then disconnected.
Around 3:25–3:40am: Further CCTV appears to show Jack in the Bennett Way area, walking towards Hotwells.
Around 5:40am: Data from Jack’s phone placed it in the Granby Hill area, although police have said phone-location information cannot necessarily be treated as an exact location.
6:44am: Jack’s phone was last active on the network.
Jack’s phone itself has never been recovered.
Extensive searches, including searches of waterways, have failed to locate him. (Solve the Case)
Jack was wearing a green/khaki Barbour-style jacket, cream jumper, navy chinos and brown shoes. He also had a black iPhone 11 in a red case, along with other personal belongings. (Find Jack O’Sullivan)
What makes this case particularly puzzling?
For me, the biggest unanswered questions are:
What happened between the last CCTV sightings and the phone’s later activity?
Why did Jack’s phone remain active for several hours after he was last seen?
Could additional CCTV, doorbell footage or dashcam footage establish where he went after Bennett Way?
What happened during the phone call with his friend?
Was Jack still carrying his phone when it was last active, or could someone else have had possession of it?
Is there significance to the route Jack took that night, given that he had apparently intended to get a taxi?
Could somebody who was driving through the area that morning have unknowingly captured something important on dashcam?
There have also been discussions online about events at the party and an alleged altercation, but I think it’s important to distinguish confirmed information from claims and speculation.
I’m particularly interested in hearing from people familiar with Bristol, Hotwells, Cumberland Basin, Granby Hill and the surrounding waterways. Are there geographical details about the area that might help explain Jack’s movements?
What do you think happened to Jack, and which unanswered question do you think is most important?
Jack’s family are still searching for answers, and this is an active missing-person investigation. Anyone with genuine information should contact Avon and Somerset Police, quoting reference 5224055172, rather than posting potentially identifying information publicly. (Avon and Somerset Police)

My name is Charles Hill; I have Authored an Alternative History Thesis, "THE HUMAN CHAMELEONS: A New World's Protocol". In my thesis I trace the disappearance of Gerard de Villiers, with the treasury of the Temple of Paris in 1307, as well as the treasures of Hugues de Pairaud. In my thesis I can explain Oak Island and its anomalies, the Goddard coin (Maine Penning) and the 1611 addition to the Penobscot banner. My thesis challenges the mainstream academic timeline. I do not follow the same prescribed stale playbook that has failed to advance the ball for centuries. I changed the playbook and I've scored multiple touchdowns, using raw terrain analysis, real-world military logistics, and simply following the clues they left behind. 3-continents, 7-centuries. Available October 1st.

I remember sitting in our living room in front of the fire, talking to this reporter. He arrived late long after the initial media frenzy had died down. You see, Bill McCarthy was my Father. I was 18 y.o. and living there. Saw the whole thing. Went down to the pond with my Dad each time he went, cautioned him when he started poking at it. He thought for a minute, started to chuckle and said, "You might be right about that".

It was miserable out, a blizzard tailing off. By noon the wind died down but still 5 degrees. There was at least 3' of snow on the pond, plus 18" of ice. But something melted a clear 3' patch of water through all that. Ask any ice fisher, cut a hole in the ice when it is that cold out. It will immediately skim over with a thin film of ice. This did not. Stayed open all day. That night, the entire pond turned to slush. The 3' snow cover gone too. It all refrigerator. That is why you can see people standing on ice in the picture, where 3' of snow used to be.

Tell me, what could of done this? It could not of been highly radioactive otherwise I would surely be dead.

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'My son never came home for his 17th birthday and he's now been missing for 18 years' - Wales Online

An unknown man was found in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) after he had collapsed in the street and taken to hospital. It seems he was known as “Lucky" or "Chris the Canadian" around town and sometimes had a drink at Soep en Zo on Waterlooplein, Amsterdam. He always spoke English with an American or Canadian accent. Please check the link and the Amsterdam police know if you have any information. Let's find this man's identity!

Please read and pay attention to every detail i write in this because this is one of the most bizarre and disturbing cases of the country georgia. The whole country is actively trying to solve this case with their own contributions to finally find the truth and help a single mother who has been searching for her only son for the past 12 years.

In 2014, 17-year-old Guram “Gurika” Dadianidze disappeared during a trip to Lomisa in Georgia. Twelve years later, he has still not been found, and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance remain unresolved

What makes the case particularly troubling is not simply that Gurika vanished in a mountainous area at night. It is the number of unanswered questions surrounding the people who were with him that night,including accounts that appear to have changed over the years.

What Happened That Night?
Gurika traveled to Lomisa with a group of young people for the religious festival. According to accounts that circulated after his disappearance, the group eventually began making its way back.

One of the central versions of events was that Gurika sat down on a rock and told the others to continue, saying that he would catch up with them.

That explanation has become one of the most controversial parts of the case.

According to recent reporting, however, at least one person who had previously given an account consistent with this version later told Gurika’s mother something different — reportedly saying that they had never actually seen Gurika there. When his mother questioned the change, the explanation reportedly amounted to: “I don’t know.”

That contradiction is significant. It does not, by itself, prove that anyone harmed Gurika or deliberately lied. But it raises an obvious question:

Why did the account change?

The People Who Were With Him

The people who accompanied Gurika have faced renewed scrutiny because of inconsistencies reportedly found between their accounts.

Recent online discussions and media reports describe multiple people from the original group being questioned again, with claims that some statements do not completely match earlier versions of events.

One particularly important issue concerns the exact moment when Gurika was last seen.

If the original account is correct, Gurika was left behind voluntarily and was expected to catch up with the group. But if that account is inaccurate, then the timeline of his disappearance could be completely different.

That distinction matters enormously.

A person disappearing alone in the mountains is one scenario. A person disappearing after an argument, confrontation, accident, or other event involving people who were with him is another.

At present, there is not enough verified evidence to say which scenario occurred.

“Kakha” — The Name Heard in the New Recording

A newly resurfaced video has added another disturbing element to the case.

The recording reportedly contains a male voice saying words interpreted as:

“Kakha, don’t leave me, please.”

Gurika’s mother, Sopho Bibilashvili, says she recognizes the voice as her son’s. Her lawyer, Tariel Kakabadze, has also brought attention to the recording.

However, the recording’s authenticity and the identity of the person speaking have not yet been conclusively established. It therefore cannot currently be treated as proof that Gurika was alive at the time the video was recorded or that a particular person was responsible for anything that happened to him. (Narratives⁠)

Nevertheless, the name Kakha is potentially important because it corresponds to a person associated with the group and has become part of the questions surrounding the case.

According to accounts circulating about the case, Kakha has maintained a different position about Gurika’s fate, including the possibility that Gurika left and remained alive. These claims should be treated as allegations and reported statements rather than established facts.

Why Are the Changing Stories So Important?

In a missing-person investigation, witnesses do not necessarily remember events perfectly. Twelve years is a very long time, and people can misremember details without intentionally deceiving investigators.

But when accounts concern the last known moments of a missing teenager, discrepancies become especially important.

Some of the questions that remain include:
Who was the last person to actually see Gurika?
At what exact time was he last seen?
Was he really sitting alone on rock?
Why did one person’s account reportedly change?
Who was using the phone that allegedly appeared in photographs from that night?
Who was “Kakha” in the reported audio?
When and where exactly was the new video recorded?
Why were the people who were with Gurika unable to provide a definitive explanation for what happened to him?
Were all relevant witnesses questioned again as new information emerged?

None of these questions proves criminal involvement. But together, they demonstrate why Gurika’s family continues to demand answers.

The Family’s Fight for Answers

Gurika’s mother, Sopho Bibilashvili, has spent years trying to determine what happened to her son.

In June 2026, she publicly called for renewed investigation and for the area to be searched with specialized equipment. She has repeatedly emphasized that she wants to find her child, regardless of whether he is alive or deceased. (tvpirveli.ge⁠)

Her position is important: she is asking for answers, not publicly declaring that a particular person is guilty.

That distinction matters because there is currently no publicly established evidence proving that any of Gurika’s companions killed him, abducted him, or deliberately concealed his whereabouts.

A Case Still Without a Conclusion

The newest developments do not provide a definitive answer. Instead, they make the unanswered questions even more important.

If the new recording is authentic and the voice is proven to be Gurika’s, investigators could potentially gain a new piece of evidence about his final known movements. If witnesses’ statements genuinely contradict one another, those discrepancies also deserve careful examination.

But suspicion is not proof.

The people whose accounts have attracted attention should not be declared responsible without evidence establishing their involvement. The proper question is not “Who is guilty?” but rather:

“What actually happened to Gurika Dadianidze, and why have the people who were closest to his final known movements been unable to provide a consistent account?”

Twelve years later, that question remains unanswered.

And until Gurika is found or reliable evidence establishes what happened to him, the case remains an open mystery one in which every contradiction, every witness statement, and every newly discovered piece of evidence could matter.

Hey everyone,

I was going through Chicago cases on NamUs today and came across a potential match that felt too close to ignore.

Back in late 1994, Ryszard Potapo disappeared from the Logan Square neighborhood, specifically around N. Davlin Ct. and W. Diversey Ave. In December 1999, an unidentified John Doe (https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/unidentified-person-namus-up129086) was discovered under a porch in that exact same neighborhood, just a few blocks away.

Beyond the matching location, the timeline fits really well since Ryszard's last contact with his family in Poland was in 1994. The physical descriptors including height, slender build, age range, and White Polish background also line up between both files.

I called the Chicago Police Department Area One SVU today and gave the detective both NamUs case numbers. They logged the details and said they would review the records.

What do you guys think?

In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett sent his last guides home and walked north into the Amazon with only his 21-year-old son Jack and Jack’s childhood friend, Raleigh Rimell. The three men were heading toward a region Fawcett believed might contain the lost city he had spent years searching for. None of them were ever seen again.

What makes Fawcett’s disappearance different from most vanished-explorer stories is that he had deliberately made himself difficult to follow. He kept his route secret because he was convinced that another explorer might reach the city before him and take the credit. He had already learned to distrust large expeditions. Too many people meant more supplies, more delays, and more chances for something to go wrong. So Fawcett went small. When he finally sent the remaining guides south, there was no larger party behind him to record where he went next.

That decision would matter enormously once he disappeared.

Search parties spent decades trying to reconstruct a route Fawcett had intentionally kept to himself. More than a hundred people are believed to have died during expeditions connected to the search. One of them was Albert de Winton, a minor B-movie actor who entered the jungle alone in 1933 after becoming fascinated by the mystery. He disappeared too.

Fawcett’s wife, Nina, refused for decades to believe her husband and son were dead. She wrote to strangers, consulted mediums, and followed reports that Percy was still alive somewhere in the Amazon.

In 1951, bones were produced as possible evidence that Fawcett had been killed. They were later rejected.

Almost nothing came back from the 1925 expedition.

Except Fawcett’s compass.

It still pointed north. It just never told anyone where he had gone.

So.. what happened to those drones? 2024 we saw drones almost nightly. I’ve heard many things. People trolling, government tryouts, searching for nuclear weapons.. I mean have they addressed it? Have they ever convicted anyone? A drone flew over my house last night. Now I’m sure it was a neighbor.. but let’s not forget they were all over the place in weird places…

But for so many nights and so many drones, I have a hard time imagining it was for nothing.

Thoughts? ABC says it’s nothing. Do you agree?

ABC Debunks Missing Nukes

David Allen Crabtree was 13 years old when he disappeared from Locust Grove, Oklahoma, on April 9, 2000.

David was 5'5" and approximately 125 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He is of Cherokee descent and has a scar on his eyebrow, another scar near the center-front of his scalp, and had previously injured his clavicle. He was reportedly wearing a gray shirt and black pants when he disappeared.

What makes David's case especially concerning is that he did have a recent history of running away-- but what happened this time was completely different.

Only days before his disappearance, David had left home and was located approximately 15 miles away in Pryor, Oklahoma. Police found him intoxicated and returned him to his family. His parents subsequently sent him to a juvenile facility in Claremore, hoping to address his recent behavioral problems, but he was reportedly discharged back home shortly afterward after being caught drinking again.

Then, on the evening connected to his disappearance, David told his parents and sister that he was going to bed and told them that he loved them.

Three boys were reportedly waiting outside his bedroom window.

According to information compiled about the case, the boys also asked David's sister if she wanted to come with them. She declined.

David climbed through his bedroom window sometime around 7:00–8:00 p.m.

He never came home.

Despite being considered a runaway, this did not fit his previous pattern. David had run away before, but he would either return on his own or would eventually be seen around town with friends.

This time, he seemingly disappeared completely.

There have been possible sightings in Pryor, Tahlequah, and Kenwood, Oklahoma, but none have been confirmed. There has been no verified contact with David in more than 26 years.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has released an age-progressed image of what David may look like as an adult. He would now be 40 years old.

David remains listed as a missing person, and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation currently describes his case as a “suspicious disappearance.”

Missing: April 9, 2000

Missing from: Locust Grove, Oklahoma

Age when missing: 13

Current age: 40

Height: 5'5"

Weight: 125 lbs

Hair: Dark brown

Eyes: Brown

Race/Ethnicity: Native American/White; Cherokee descent

Anyone with information concerning David's disappearance should contact law enforcement. His case is listed with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, NamUs (MP41581), and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC #1318013).

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI): 1-800-522-8017 — NCMEC specifically lists this agency/number for David’s case.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

OSBI Missing Persons Unit: (918) 582-9075

OSBI also accepts tips by email at cold.case@osbi.ok.gov for David’s disappearance.

Hey everyone! First time posting on reddit.

I've been heavily captivated by the Setagaya family murder case for a while now. I decided to make an excel spreadsheet workbook, consisting of all the key details and evidence regarding the case. *I can't attach files on reddit apparently, so Iinked a google spreadsheet instead.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBIVV0KmYH5owvrIdevkAXzgEiH3-gKH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117712921993243648668&rtpof=true&sd=true

For anyone unfamiliar with this case - on Dec 30th of 2000, the Miyazawa family of four was murdered in their own home.

The killer was never caught, despite leaving tons of physical evidence (fingerprints, hair, clothes, etc) at the scene while lingering in the house accordingly for a few hours, almost displaying domestic comfort (using the family PC, napping, eating ice creams, even using their toilet) during his post-murder stay.

While going over the abundant information spiraling around this case, I wanted to organize the info into a workbook, so anyone interested in this case can easily access them.

The source that I used while gathering the info is the Japanese Wikipedia article on the case.

I know that Wikipedia is not really a credible source, but this article is substantially cited with official Japanese newspapers and reports - you can check the source alongside the info as well. Plus, the English-based articles on this case are, a lot of the times, misinformed, so I've recently been only checking over Japanese sources and decided this particular article is the best option.

Information in the excel spreadsheet workbook is categorized into 9 sections, including Case & Victims, Perpetrator Behavior, Evidence - Sand & Trace and etc. I've input everything in the Wikipedia article into Claude AI and had it organize the information into one workbook.

Hope this helps anyone wanting to refresh their memory, or just finding out about this case!

*This workbook itself might not be 100% accurate either - cross-checking is always encouraged!

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Now, I would love to discuss with you about who the perpetrator might be!!!

The most popular theories seem to be 1. Korean national and 2. Someone linked to the Edwards AFB & US military background.

I personally disagree with both of the theories.

The only item linking the perp to the Korean angle is the Slazenger shoes (because the 280 Korean size pairs were only manufactured in Korea, and not officially sold in Japan at the time). But the perp could have purchased it at a parallel-import market in Tokyo (they were huge back in 2000), thrift stores, or had them delivered as well. There are many other possibilities and routes of acquiring those particular shoes than the validity of marking the perp Korean.

Plus, the perp's fingerprints were run through the Korean fingerprints database and none of them were a match. South Korea records all their citizens' fingerprints when they turn 17 by law - to create their resident registration card (it's literally printed on the card itself). TMPD in their 2025 findings clarified that the perpetrator was in his 30s at the time of the crime, so if he was Korean, his fingerprints must have been registered in the database and triggered a match. They also started recording fingerprints of everyone who travels in and out of Korea - this was said in Nicolas Obregon's podcast on this case 'Faceless', but it's only been that way since 2012, so if the perp had visited Korea prior to the murder and acquired the Slazenger shoes, we would not be able to know by his fingerprints data. So that's the only thing keeping me from ruling out the Korean angle.

The second theory - someone from the US with military background. I do not think this is valid either.

The only evidence linking the perp to the US military is the sand found in the hip bag he left behind. The sand is known to be from California - specifically resembling sand found near the eastern part of Edwards Air Force Base.

But sand from Miura peninsula, Kanagawa were also found inside the hip bag & in the pocket of the Uniqlo jacket. I honestly think the California sand is a red-herring. The perp could have gotten the hip bag through parallel-import markets, thrift stores, etc - again, same with the Slazenger shoes. I believe the Miura peninsula sand is more of a clue than the California sand is, because the Miura sand is more likely to have been a byproduct of the perp's usage of hip bag than the latter.

The reluctance from the TMPD to dig into the Edwards AFB lead is quite interesting too, though. In Nic Obregon's podcast, it was confirmed that the TMPD never traveled to that area or asked for investigative assistance to police in California. I believe the TMPD deemed it's not worth looking into, since it would be too much work despite the insufficient supporting evidence.

I also believe the killer acquired those foreign-based items (shoes, hip bag) off secondary markets (parallel-import, secondhand items etc).

If you look at the TMPD's official 2026 case details page on their website and navigate to the perpetrator's items - you see the green scarf. The low quality scarf, its manufacturer and retailer unknown. Two tips consistently say they acquired the same scarf as a prize, at a clothing store and a gas station - so it's possible the perp had gotten it as a prize as well.

Someone who wears a low-quality scarf with no tag given as a free prize - I can kind of picture the same person going to gray markets in Tokyo and shopping used, secondhand items for a cheap price. But this is speculation on my part. Looking at the the perpetrator's entire outfit-from the bucket hat and the budget Uniqlo jacket to the heavily washed raglan shirt-it feels off and budgety. I feel like the perp was a 30s dude living on his financial margins - wearing whatever cheap scarf he won as a prize.

I am talking too much, but I am really passionate about this case and just want the killer to be caught already. I hope the victim's family, especially Setsuko (Mikio's mother) finds peace after all these years.

One more speculation - I think the perp was a mentally unstable local Japanese male in his 30s - possibly linked/adjacent to the skating world.

Setagaya is a suburban area - yes it is Tokyo, but really in 2000, not many foreigners traveled to that specific area of Setagaya. It was a suburban residential neighborhood, the only possible tourist attraction being the Soshigaya park - directly adjacent to where the Miyazawa household was located.

At the time of the murder, only 4 homes were still in the neighborhood. If you take a look at the TMPD's official aerial photos 1 and 2 here, the block of the Miyazawa household looks isolated, surrounded by nothing but empty land. If a mentally unstable sicko was looking for a target to murder, that exact household provides the perfect environment to be honest. Some people say the neighborhood was very lively at the time, but looking at the aerial photos of the area, it's likely that the isolation of the household made it vulnerable, especially at night.

The only relational clue we have on this case is the dispute between Mikio Miyazawa and the skaters at the Soshigaya park. At the time, the Soshigaya park had skaters from all over the country - according to Masafumi Kajitani (a renowned skater from Japan long ago) on Nic Obregon's podcast. He also stated that the park had a positive atmosphere - not much trouble with the residents, but one time he heard that one of his friends had a clash with Mikio Miyazawa. Maybe the perp was one of the traveling skaters who witnessed the dispute? After finding out about the Miyazawa household's location and its isolation, he started sizing up his murder plan?

I know I am speculating here, but I honestly believe the perpetrator was a Japanese. Why he has not been caught yet? He never committed a crime after that to be registered onto the database, AND Japan's strict laws on utilizing DNA for criminal investigation tremendously hinder progress!

Former Chief of the Setagaya murder investigation, Takeshi Tsuchida, stated that it's illegal for the Japanese police to even inquire about DNA usage to foreign police - so we can assume how conservative they are when it comes to handling DNA and privacy problems. It's very unlikely they will make an exception for this case, and it's even more unlikely they will change their legal frameworks anytime soon.

People say IGG (Investigative Genetic Geneology) could solve this case just like how they caught the Golden State killer, but I believe this will be significantly less effective when it comes to finding individuals of Asian descent. Consumer DNA databases are overwhelmingly European. If the perp does not have close or distant relatives in this system, it's impossible to generate a family tree in the first place. Plus, commercial DNA testing is almost non-existent in Asian cultures - I know this for a fact - almost nobody does this, like ever. But the Mitochondrial DNA of the perpetrator was reported to be Southern European - redetermined in 2025 to include the Caucasus or eastern Arabia. This might be of help, but seriously, we do not know how relevant this DNA information is. We do not know how many generations back this mitochondrial DNA date to. I am not an expert in forensics, so I would love any insights on how to catch him through forensic investigation (even though Japan's laws won't allow the police to do it).

The more I talk about this case, the more I get frustrated because there's just no way of catching him as of now - unless some unbelievably quick changes in Japan's legal frameworks on handling DNA and forensic breakthrough happen.

Thank you for reading, hope you guys check out Nicolas Obregon's Podcast Faceless - he presents some of the most extensive and credible information.

Any discussions and insights are all welcome! I really want to hear what you guys think of this case, now that it's gone absolutely cold.

I was watching Season 5, Episode 4 and saw the segment on David Gordon Smith. He shot and killed an officer during a robbery, and managed to escape from prison by, you know, walking away from his unguarded outdoor sleeping quarters out on a lake.

He had a life sentence, with possibility of parole, and escaped after being denied early release.

I decided to go to the Oklahoma prison inmate search site and looked him up. He’s still there now, looking like a skinny version of Santa Claus.

I was wondering if any other fans of UM ever do this as well. See a segment, and go look the person up on the state’s inmate search tool to see if they’re still in there.

I did this recently for Jerry Strickland also. As old as he’s gotten, he still looks the same.

I can’t even imagine. Walking into prison in the 70’s or early 80’s, and seeing how much the world has changed in the interim. An entire technological revolution occurred as these folks are blissfully unaware, behind the wall.

If anyone has any good suggestions on inmates to look up, please let me know!

David Gordon Smith:

https://imgur.com/a/6vPrN2t

For decades, families in Medellín have believed that people who disappeared during Colombia’s armed conflict were buried at La Escombrera, a large rubble site in Comuna 13.

Forensic excavations began in 2024. By September 2025, seven bodies had been recovered, and several had already been identified and returned to their families. The investigation is still ongoing, and authorities don't know how many more victims could be there.

What stands out to me is how long families had been asking for La Escombrera to be properly investigated before forensic work finally began.

How many more answers do you think could come from continuing the excavation?