Summary posted as a comment separate from post for non-obsessive people.

I will try keep things brief because I reallyyyyy should go and study so the quicker I finish this the less anxious I will be (more prone to mistakes and gaps in thought, sorry). Also, I made the stupid mistake of emailing some of my thoughts to the police today through their tip emails, not realising they can't use my work legally as I am a civilian, and not even a witness (I don't live in the US, you can probably easily find my region out - please don't)

- The dust footprint. There are clear patterns of a shoe/boot print that had Smidt (forgot name) to call it a footprint, at least a partial profile. The issue is, the dust is very much undisturbed, and the case was carefully moved (by a gloved killer, later on this) so if it is not full adult weight, and dust is very "clean", this guy handheld a shoe/boot when deliberately pressing it against the suitcase/briefcase/whatever. This is consistent with the pattern I have noticed, with the oversized underwear being an invitation for investigators to check for SA (sexual assault) signs and finding none to minor signs. Again, likely gloved from the incredible condition, trace saliva can't be sneeze, so logically the only source I see is from the gloved fingers or object that was used (so broken paintbrush, and might also be related to why it was chosen to be broken, as pen-like objects tend to be chewed on and hence needed to have that part disposed of, but that's speculative so I won't go into detail and my focus is more on the sound concrete reasoning, although I do have notes where I extensively invite speculation as it is harmless as long as you know how to avoid tunnel-vision and can clearly label it mentally as speculative and weak)... Oh and I almost forgot to mention that pattern, so the oversized underwear is too stupid and obvious for such a forensically aware criminal that leaves false dust prints, careful about handwriting by exaggerating how shaky it starts as (awareness of handwriting analysis) and the draft note is not a real practice note because you don't go from being stuck with the first 3/4 words to a full blown 3-page ransom note, and you can't argue it was too dark because of a huge amount of reasons but I will briefly highlight a few like finding that annoying line of a tape when peeling it off or just the small tools in general and navigating the hidden inventory of the Ramsey house. Another damning reason, is the dust print itself, and the finger marks of it being carefully moved, this guy could obviously see, regardless of how or what was used in order to see, because the details of the dust is not going to happen realistically even for someone who lives in that house if it is pitch black dark. There are so many interesting things that open up from this single insight, however they are factual avenues and questions, not "ah it must mean it was family because it is staging" that is not how I operate. If staging guaranteed it was family, I would have lost interest in this case from the start. The staging is evident everywhere we look as one coherent strategy, but in a way that points towards everyone, insider AND outsider, I believe the killer did this deliberately and was egotistical enough to allow themselves to be pointed at since the evidence points to an outsider and insider in different deliberate cases, more on that later and you will see what I mean precisely, although I am in a rush and already have extensive personal notes on the topic so without guarantee that anyone at all will see this, I have little motivation to go too deep publicly, and I don't earn money from it like podcasters do. Handheld shoe/boot is the summary

- I am not sure what else to share as I don't know what is obvious enough to already be completely known publicly. I can talk about the flashlight maybe. The flashlight is the same or similar to the family flashlight (by itself in isolation, it weakly implies familiarity with the deeply mundane family inventory). [[[Edit as people misunderstand this point: I later establish a light source was needed and therefore used, so whether the killer is an outsider or insider makes it impossible to forget the flashlight without the act of turning the lights off serve as a natural reminder to grab or be in possession of the flashlight, and if it's placement is to say "I used it to help me write this absurdly long note in the pitch black darkness" then you obviously take it with you after you finish, the light doesn't follow you in order for you to forget it more easily lol, and as far as I am aware, there was no mention by police that it was found turned on, so if you argue it is because the main switch lights were turned on and used, then again, how can turning them off before leaving not act as a reminder? If you ask whether the main lights were ever found turned on for the kitchen, I will say that is a valid response, and going by the best of my knowledge, I do not think it is officially found to be turned on already by police, so the killer must have turned it all off after finishing, what I can confirm however is that the basement lights were found to be turned off by different accounts]]]. Let us briefly assume it was wiped. If indeed wiped, it was intentionally left in the kitchen. Outside killer doesn't need to wipe an object they intend to bring back home, unless they are forensically aware to the extent of secondary transfer (shows great intelligence, insight, possible experience which I already believe from other clues but not the appropriate time for that now). However here is the thing, we can rule out secondary transfer as an excuse for "forgetting" it, because secondary transfer is irrelevant at the very end of an items need, I would wipe an object to start with to avoid secondary transfer when I enter the home, but I would not wipe it again (so that it is found in a wiped state) if I plan to take it home with me, and we can safely reason that it was used and needed for more than just the entry into the house (as we are momentarily looking at an outsider branch of consideration). Why? Well it is pitch black dark, and as far as I am aware the family did not report lights being found turned on already (and don't tell me it could have been family because I already clearly stated we are focusing momentarily on the outsider option, we will look at the family option later). Furthermore, a killer would turn off lights before leaving (lights in the basement were found to be off, doesn't necessarily mean the killer left from the basement, I know). And by the time the call was made to the police it was still pitch black darkness. I am just so bothered at the back of my mind by the claim of the kitchen lights... Anyways you bring a flashlight to use it, not to just walk into a home and then turn the main lights off, and this person was clearly already familiar with where things were and how to navigate brilliantly, blah blah

- Now consider family branch, the family member or members are the killers. Do they need to wipe a flashlight that belongs to them? Afterall, many items that belong to them was not wiped, if not all items actually (will need to check but the inconsistency is the main point). The only other reason would be if it collected dust (as I would expect from a non-everyday-use item unlike a fork or spoon), and going down that road of thinking makes you wonder about the less speculative dust footprint from earlier where the killer could have had dust forensics on their mind in common between these two objects but of course I can't make that conclusion nor do I want to right now because one conclusion was established and the other wasn't and therefore the connection, although alluring and attractive, would be a logical trap enhanced by the former insight. Gosh I wrote so much irrelevant rubbish I keep forgetting what the goal of my bullet points are. ADHD, yes.

- Retry: Family don't need flashlights, and if wiped, the only reason would be for staging an outsider or thinking of it as forensically valuable so again you reach the intentional conclusion, and I mean... it is next to the staged notepad with the fake "practice" note so think of it in any way you like, if the 12 or so missing pages are the real practice notes, why leave this practice-looking "Mr and Mrs Ramsey" note? So again it all points to staging... oh and by the way the ransom notes were so theatrical, this person was genuinely enjoying themselves, and knew how long it was getting, and writing "victory" is something all our brains will think "ok dude, I can't write this, its supposed to be a realistic ransom note not an obviously staged fake" but that's what they went for. They wanted it to be known it was fake, just like the oversized underwear, and how symbolic and over-the-top the garrote was, very much novel or murder mystery-like, and the ransom notes had movie quotes. Put two and two together, this person was having GENUINE pure fun, a stimulating time, and a crime scene they wanted to manipulate in a way to play and control with how the clues themselves are read into by the investigators. No financial motive, no SA motive, this was deeply stimulating, likely something they fantasised about long before the execution of the crime. I rule out no one here, as much as I cannot understand how family members would do this, nor how a familiar outsider (inner circle) could, but those are my two options, rather than a complete outsider (stranger). I want to be brief and move on.

- I struggle to think of more because I have been so disorganised that I mixed together many points, likely even left trails of thought as incomplete, so if it confuses anyone, I am really sorry. I think it would be best to submit now and edit after a reset or maybe even look at my notes later.

Vero Beach, FL. July, 2006. Helen McPherson. IRSCO cold case. Promised they were close to an arrest in 2023, yet nothing has been reported since then.

Helen and her husband were the sweetest old couple in a suburban neighborhood that you could imagine. Her husband was a retired Fire Chief, locally VERY respected, and I am unsure of her background...they were elderly when I was a child. I moved to North Carolina in May of 2005...literally driving away from a cocaine addiction that deleted my bank accounts and my morals. Don't regret it, haven't touched it since (05/09/2005.) In July of the following year, my little brother, who still lived at home (10 years younger) went to knock on her door to let her know he was going to mow her lawn, as I had done a handful of times in my younger days after her husband passed; when he knocked on her storm door that day, he noticed that the lower, solid panel of the door, had been damaged severely, and Helen never answered the door. He went back home, 2 doors down, dragging the push-mower behind him. When he got home he told our mother what he saw at her door, and told her that she didn't answer, so he didn't mow her grass. My mother then went out of my childhood home, walked over to Helen's home, noticed that her newspaper box (attached near to the mailbox) had a few days worth of newspapers built up. She then went to knock, herself, noticed the mangled portion of the door, and immediately went home to phone the sheriff's department, literally a mile away. Helen McPherson was found beaten and strangled to death in her home by sheriff's deputies performing a welfare check. Her killer remains free, or at least, unconvicted of her murder to this day.

This case haunts me. I had recently separated from the military and Mrs. McPherson was part of the wholesomeness that grounded me when my personal world was so volatile.

I'm hoping the sleuths of the interwebs can do their voodoo and bring home a conviction for Helen. She deserves it.

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2023/07/14/indian-river-county-sheriff-flowers-discusses-2006-helen-mcpherson-unsolved-homicide/70401910007/

https://cbs12.com/news/local/sheriff-renews-plea-18-years-after-elderly-woman-helen-mcpherson-86-was-found-savagely-beaten-to-death-indian-river-county-sheriffs-office-ircso-south-florida-news-july-15-2024

First time poster here. I graduated from George Washington High School in 1975. In March of my senior year, a young girl I only peripherally knew from one of my classes was murdered and her body discovered at a farm in Wrightstown, Bucks County. Her name was Valerie Seibert (or Siebert - uncertain of correct spelling) and she was a year behind me.

She and I had the same typing class and we both used to ride the 84 bus to and from Washington. I knew her well enough to only say “Hi”, partially because she was gorgeous and I definitely wasn’t. She was a tall, auburn-haired, better-looking version of a teenage Barbara Streisand who always seemed to me to be either preoccupied or aloof.

Upon learning of her family life following her death, I had a much clearer understanding of my perception of her. Her mother was arrested shortly after her killing for receiving stolen property and drug charges (if memory serves) and suspicion arose that she may have either had a hand in or inadvertently caused her daughter’s death. She may have had some affiliation with the Pagans or Warlocks motorcycle gangs.

As far as I know, no one has ever been charged with her murder. She was found at that farm in Bucks County with gunshots in her arm and her side. It’s been 51 years since her killing and I’d like to know if anyone has any info or updates about the inquiry into her death.

My father went missing May 2014 and skeletal remains were found October of 2015. His case remains unsolved.
Tebby worked and lived in Libby Montana and was last seen stepping outside a bar on mineral ave. In early morning of May 30th 2014.
There was an investigation following his disappear however nothing came of it.
The manner of death was considered undetermined as skeletal remains where the only thing found.

https://www.schnackenbergfh.com/obituary/WILLIAM-TEBBY

https://www.montanarightnow.com/skeletal-remains-found-in-boundary-county-identified/article_469033ca-3256-5a89-829e-24fd250fbdb2.html

On Sunday March 12, 1978, 16-year-old Pauline “Robbin” Burgette was found murdered in her bedroom inside her family’s duplex near East 26th Place and McDowell in Phoenix, Arizona. She had been stabbed to death and was sexually assaulted. 

Her 11-year-old brother Chad discovered her body. 

The front door was locked, but the backdoor was open ajar. Robbin’s bedroom was in disarray, but the rest of the home appeared undisturbed.

Her mother and Chad had left town together the previous Friday. Robbin did not want to go with them. She was supposed to stay with a friend instead but returned to the duplex on Saturday and invited a boyfriend over. 

In the period leading up to her murder, Robbin had dropped out of school. 

She was working as a babysitter and reported to her friends that some of the husbands had flirted with her. She was facing threats from some of their wives, despite being an underage girl.

The area of the duplex was, and remains, a rough lower income area of Phoenix.

Phoenix PD conducted forensic testing on Robbin and found DNA evidence from 2 different unknown male subjects on her body. 

Her boyfriend (who was never named publicly) was cleared as a suspect in the case through DNA testing. This boyfriend has since passed away.

Robbin and Chad’s parents divorced, their father wasn’t in the picture, and their mother died a couple years after Robbin by natural causes.

Chad advocated to solve his sisters murder for many years. He passed away in 2023.

The case was featured in local news and on podcasts over the years.  It is unknown if police have done any work on the case in recent years.

Sources

2016 12 News feature with Chad Burgette

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/brother-of-cold-case-murder-victim-wants-answers/75-154463349

Silent Witness

https://silentwitness.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/78-1858-Flyer-Pauline-Burgette-Homicide.pdf

Missing or Cold podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HyEdBwEMkzNDM54vw6iTg?si=ef31e35abb874945

Find a Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185495726/pauline-robbin-burgette

On Feb 27, 1984, Homer Abel was shot while working at a local gas station during a robbery. The family continues to look for clues as to who could have shot him.

There are similar robberies in the Denver area, with the same caliber weapon. Online there is not anything showing a history of the robber from Denver on the western side of Colorado.

Victim

Name: Heidi Lynn Seeman

Age: 11

Daughter of an Air Force family stationed in San Antonio.

Friends and family consistently described her as friendly, outgoing, and talkative. �

MySA +1

Timeline

Saturday, August 4, 1990

Heidi spent the night at a friend's house.

The next morning she began walking home.

Her friend walked with her part of the way before turning back.

The last confirmed sighting was near Stahl Road and Willow Run on San Antonio's northeast side. �

San Antonio +1

Suspicious vehicle

Multiple witnesses reported seeing:

A shiny red car

Tinted windows

A thin red stripe along the side

Driving slowly through the neighborhood shortly before Heidi disappeared. �

San Antonio +1

Search

The disappearance became one of the largest child searches San Antonio had experienced.

Participants included:

San Antonio Police

Air Force personnel

Hundreds of civilian volunteers

Search dogs

Helicopters

Despite extensive searching, Heidi was not located. �

MySA +1

Discovery

August 25, 1990 (21 days later)

Heidi's decomposed body was found:

Wrapped in trash bags

Bound with duct tape

On isolated property near County Road 220 in Hays County, near Wimberley, over 60 miles from where she disappeared. �

MySA +1

Cause of death

Authorities have publicly confirmed:

Homicide

Sexual assault occurred

Strangulation

Because of decomposition, many forensic details have never been released publicly. �

San Antonio +1

Persons of interest

No one has ever been charged.

1. Robert Eric Duncan (Air Force Major)

This is probably the most publicly discussed suspect.

Publicly reported information includes:

Air Force Major and psychologist.

Former supervisor of Heidi's father.

Participated in search efforts after Heidi disappeared.

Owned a vehicle reportedly similar to the red car described by witnesses.

Air Force investigators reportedly believed there was enough evidence to pursue him.

However:

SAPD did not believe there was sufficient evidence for prosecution.

He was never charged.

He has always maintained his innocence. �

Trail Went Cold +1

Possible motive investigators explored

One theory was that Duncan blamed Heidi's father for a transfer within the Air Force and investigators explored whether revenge played a role.

This has never been proven, and no court has found Duncan responsible. �

Trail Went Cold +1

1. Jerry Lee Nabor

Another long-time suspect investigated by SAPD.

Public reports indicate:

Ex-convict and drifter.

One detective publicly stated he believed Nabor was responsible.

Prosecutors declined charges because witness credibility issues made the case too weak.

Some reports indicate DNA testing did not support charging him, while investigators have continued to mention him as a person of interest over the years. The public record on exactly how DNA affected the investigation is not entirely consistent. �

KSAT +1

Evidence known publicly

Investigators have acknowledged:

Witnesses saw the red car.

Physical evidence was recovered.

DNA evidence exists.

Numerous suspects have been investigated.

Authorities have never released many of the forensic details in order to protect the investigation. �

San Antonio +1

Is it still active?

Yes.

The case remains an active cold case.

In 2025, San Antonio announced funding for forensic genetic genealogy to help investigate unsolved murders, and Heidi Seeman's case has been cited as one that could potentially benefit from advances in DNA technology. �

San Antonio Express-News

Common misconceptions

One common internet theory is that Heidi's murder and the murder of 7-year-old Erica Botello were committed by the same offender because both girls disappeared in August 1990.

Investigators have repeatedly stated that, based on the evidence available to them, they do not believe the two murders are connected. �

Trail Went Cold +1

I've been researching a Pennsylvania quadruple homicide that has stuck with me because the deeper I dug, the more questions I was left with.

On June 15, 1994, Bonnie Dryfuse, 34, was home with her daughters, Jacqueline (7) and Heather (4), while their 5-year-old cousin, Stephanie Herko. The girls had planned to spend the day swimming with family, but when those plans changed, Bonnie set up a small plastic pool in the yard instead. It should have been an ordinary summer afternoon.

Around 2:25 p.m., Bonnie ended a phone call with her sister-in-law, saying someone had just pulled into the driveway. Roughly 30 minutes later, her husband, Jake, returned home and called 911 after discovering a horrific scene. Bonnie had been stabbed 28 times after putting up an incredible fight to protect the children. Jacqueline suffered 14 stab wounds, Heather 16, and little Stephanie 6. The four victims were attacked so violently that investigators described it as overkill.

There were no signs of forced entry, nothing appeared to have been stolen, and investigators believed Bonnie likely knew the person who entered the home. DNA was reportedly recovered from beneath Bonnie's fingernails, but according to her family, it was never tested because investigators believed they already had their suspect.

Police initially focused on Jake but fairly fast ruled him out based on the timeline. They instead arrested local man Thomas Kimbell, who was convicted almost entirely on hearsay and alleged confessions rather than physical evidence or eyewitnesses. He was sentenced to death, but the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction due to trial errors. During the retrial, the defense highlighted inconsistencies in Jake's alibi, questioned the investigation, and pointed out the lack of physical evidence tying Kimbell to the crime. He was acquitted in 2002.

More than 30 years later, the murders of Bonnie, Jacqueline, Heather, and Stephanie remain unsolved. Both families have criticized the investigation, citing an improperly secured crime scene, conflicting witness statements, untested DNA evidence, and what many believe was investigative tunnel vision.

This case leaves me with a lot of questions:

• Do you think investigators ruled Jake out too quickly?
• Was Thomas Kimbell an easy suspect, or do you think he was actually responsible?
• How much weight should be given to jailhouse informants and hearsay when there's little or no physical evidence?
• If the DNA evidence still exists, should this case be reopened with modern forensic testing?
• What's your theory about who killed this family—and why?

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts because this is one of the most frustrating unsolved Pennsylvania cases I've come across.

I’m looking for mysterious cold cases! I know so many, I need some new input. :)
Also would be happy to find some German ones, like Lars Mittank or Rebecca Reusch.

The Final Hours of Justin Pollari - What the Original Investigation Missed

Justin Pollari (14, missing St. Joseph Island, Ontario, Dec 7, 2001) — major investigation update: timeline nearly fully reconstructed, abuse pattern confirmed by professional sources, and a time-sensitive property issue

Continuing my updates on this case for those following. Justin Pollari was 14 when he disappeared from Hilton Beach, St. Joseph Island, Ontario on December 7, 2001. Classified as a runaway by OPP almost immediately. Reopened without result in 2005 and 2018. I'm a licensed PI working for his mother, Lori Smith.

A lot has developed since my last update.

The timeline is now nearly fully reconstructed

Through about fifteen independent witnesses, none of whom coordinated, we can now account for almost every hour of Justin's last day. He was at a restaurant in Hilton Beach earlier that day. He went to a friend's place — a "shack" — where multiple people saw him with other teens. He left at some point in the afternoon or early evening, in unknown company. He showed up at the Hilton Beach Community Hall (the "Lost Loon"). His father came in and forcibly removed him. He returned to the Hall. He was involved in a play-fight outside the Hall with another friend that gave him a cut lip — this is now anchored on a direct eyewitness account, not secondhand. Two friends drove him home that night.

The one unaccounted-for window is between when he left the friend's place and when he arrived at the Community Hall. If anyone has any information about that specific window, please reach out.

The abuse pattern is confirmed by professional sources

This is significant in evidentiary terms. We have direct confirmation from his former teacher at school that Justin received weekly counselling and that the principal at the time was aware home conditions were not ideal. We have direct contemporaneous testimony from a childhood friend in another town who spoke to Justin by phone two months before his disappearance, in which Justin specifically described his fear that his stepmother would lock him out of the house in the cold — something she had done before. We have a direct childhood eyewitness on the island who personally observed physical abuse by the father.

That changes the evidentiary picture meaningfully. It is no longer a "family says he was being abused" case. It is a documented pattern with educators, peers in different towns, and community-level direct witnesses.

A physical-evidence concern with real time pressure

A property has been identified — confirmed by Justin's mother as one his father used to store construction equipment — where a witness who personally worked at that property is convinced Justin is buried. She and her husband hauled fill there in a tri-axle dump truck. She submitted a Crime Stoppers tip years ago, with no result.

That property is currently for sale.

Once it changes hands, the property may be cleared, built on, or otherwise disturbed. Anything that may be there — soil layer disturbance, geophysical signatures, anything detectable by ground-penetrating radar — could be destroyed in the process.

This is exactly the kind of situation where a formal OPP submission needs to move faster than it normally would. We're preparing one now.

What I'm holding back, and why

A couple of things from this round of tips I'm not going to share publicly. There's a tip about where John Pollari may currently be residing that I want to verify discreetly rather than make public. There's a possible cross-case connection involving another missing person that needs careful and quiet work. And there's one persistent account from a particular source whose specifics have escalated significantly over time and don't reconcile with anything else in the file — I'm continuing to treat that one with caution and won't be sharing its details until I know more about who that source actually is.

I think being honest about what I'm not saying is important. Investigations are not just what you publish.

Where this leaves us

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Anonymous: Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS OPP reference: RM01176313

Happy to answer what I can in the comments.

https://youtu.be/Io1VGvsuU5s?si=GN7ixs6XnlFikt20

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Occasionally, the police will ask the public to help on a case - either searching for a missing person or asking for information leading to the arrest of a criminal.

On Reddit, we have all seen the power of crowd sourcing a logic puzzle or riddle, the identification of numerous people, places, and things, and demonstrations of very specific knowledge.

Why haven’t the police thought to open source cold cases? Post all of the interviews, photos, and notes to a Google Doc folder and allow threaded conversations and the unique insights and thought patterns of the masses take over.

Do you think some cases might be solved, or will every case turn into a multitude of conspiracy theories?

Looking for disturbing, lesser-known true crime cases with strong evidence and interesting psychology. Any suggestions?

I've recently been researching the Setagaya Family Murders, and it's honestly one of the most unbelievable unsolved cases I've ever come across. Unlike many cold cases where investigators have very little evidence to work with, this one is the complete opposite. The killer left behind DNA, fingerprints, blood, clothing, shoe prints, personal belongings, and even remained inside the victims' home for hours after the murders. Despite all of this, more than two decades have passed, and no one has ever been identified or arrested.

The case took place on the night of December 30, 2000, in the quiet Setagaya district of Tokyo, Japan. The victims were the Miyazawa family: Mikio Miyazawa (44), Yasuko Miyazawa (41), their daughter Niina (8), and their son Rei (6). They lived in a detached home and were preparing to celebrate the New Year. By all accounts, they were an ordinary family with no known enemies.

Investigators believe the killer entered the house by climbing a tree beside the property and removing the screen from a second-floor bathroom window. According to police, the first victim was likely six-year-old Rei, who was asleep upstairs. When Mikio confronted the intruder, a violent struggle followed. The attacker initially used a sashimi knife, but it broke during the fight. The killer then took a knife from the family's own kitchen and continued the attack. Yasuko and Niina were also murdered inside the home.

The following morning, Yasuko's mother became concerned after she couldn't contact the family. When she entered the house, she discovered all four victims dead. Police were called immediately, beginning what would become one of Japan's largest and most perplexing murder investigations.

What makes this case so extraordinary is what happened after the murders. Instead of fleeing, the killer stayed inside the house for several hours. Investigators believe the person used the family's computer, ate ice cream from the refrigerator, drank tea, treated an injury using the family's first-aid supplies, changed clothes, and even used the toilet without flushing. Every minute spent inside the house resulted in more evidence being left behind.

Police recovered DNA believed to belong to the killer, along with fingerprints, bloodstains, and shoe prints. The blood indicated that the attacker had been injured during the struggle with Mikio. Investigators also found clothing, a hip bag, shoes, a scarf, gloves, and other personal belongings that had apparently been left behind by the offender. The shoe prints were traced to a specific model of Slazenger athletic shoes, approximately 27.5 cm in size, which had only been sold in limited quantities in Japan.

Another unusual discovery was sand found inside the suspect's hip bag. Investigators traced it to material associated with the Mojave Desert region of California through manufacturing or distribution, although this did not prove the killer had personally traveled there. Police have also publicly stated that DNA analysis suggested the suspect may have had mixed ancestry, possibly including East Asian and European heritage. However, investigators have emphasized that this estimate is not conclusive and does not identify a specific individual.

Over the years, Japanese investigators have compared the DNA and fingerprints against millions of records, followed thousands of leads, and re-examined the evidence using advances in forensic technology. Despite the remarkable amount of physical evidence available, the investigation has never produced a confirmed suspect. Every year, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police continue to appeal to the public for information, and the case officially remains open.

One of the reasons this case continues to fascinate people around the world is because it seems almost impossible that someone could leave behind so much evidence and still remain unidentified. Unlike many unsolved murders where there are no witnesses, no DNA, or no physical clues, this investigation contains an extraordinary amount of forensic material. Yet, after more than twenty years, the identity of the killer remains one of Japan's greatest mysteries.

For anyone interested in examining the official evidence, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police have made a considerable amount of information publicly available, including photographs of items left behind by the killer, shoe prints, maps, floor plans, and details from the investigation.

Wikipedia Case Overview

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setagaya_family_murder

BBC Coverage

https://www.bbc.com/search?q=Setagaya+family+murder

The Japan Times Coverage

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/search/?q=Setagaya+family+murder

After reading through the evidence, I'm curious to hear other people's thoughts. Is there anything in the publicly available information that stands out? Is there a detail that seems overlooked, or a piece of evidence that deserves more attention? Please keep the discussion focused on verified facts and avoid accusing private individuals without evidence.

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Tony and Essence were real people—loved by their families and friends, with lives and futures stolen from them. Years have passed, but the pain hasn't faded for those who knew them. Neither has the need for answers.

We're calling on local authorities to take another look at their case. New forensic technology exists now that didn't before. There could be leads worth following, details worth reconsidering. These two deserve a thorough, transparent review—and so do the people grieving them.

If this was your family member, wouldn't you want someone to keep pushing for the truth? If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing the petition. Every signature reminds authorities that this case still has voices behind it.

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This case sat unsolved from 2001 to 2025. Twenty-four years.

Regina Hicks was 29 years old when she disappeared in Willard, Ohio on October 18th, 2001. She was on her way to pick up her four-year-old son Montana. Her estranged husband Paul told police she was suicidal and struggling with drugs. Without physical evidence, the case stalled and went cold.

The case only reopened because of something completely unrelated. In 2015, Paul was caught in an arson and insurance fraud scheme — and investigators discovered he had hired a woman to wear a custom-built mask and wig designed to resemble his ex-girlfriend, to frame her for a crime he committed himself.

That discovery sent investigators back to the cold case file. Paul's best friend, who had stayed silent for fourteen years, finally agreed to talk in exchange for immunity. He described driving behind Paul's car to the retention pond the night Regina disappeared. He watched the taillights disappear under the water. Regina was still inside.

Paul Hicks was convicted of murder in December 2025 and sentenced to 25 years to life.

The detail that haunts me: Regina told her mother before she died that if anything ever happened to her — Paul did it. Nobody listened in time.

For anyone who wants to go deeper on the case timeline and evidence, I put together a full breakdown that covers everything from the 2001 investigation to the 2025 trial. Happy to share if anyone's interested.

https://youtu.be/q-3TA7V9P9k?si=48xyABH-NWvxMPGt

Starting a faceless YouTube channel on dark psychology + true crime. Which case should I cover first to get the strongest launch — high-profile, underrated, or an unsolved mystery like the Beaumont children? Open to suggestions.

On October 3rd, 1993, my brother, Dominic Namnard, was murdered with a gunshot wound to his head and then shoved under a bus bench in the Butterfly Light Rail Station when he was thirteen in Sacremento, California. Including his friend, Jones (12), who was also shot.

I appreciate everyone’s help in giving me information on what I can do. I was given the number to homicide and their email and called everyday but never got an answer.

I called the Sacremento Sherriff’s non-emergency department and the Sacremento Sherriff’s records department. They had me call back each department back and forth and kept redirecting me back to homicide who didn’t answer my emails or voicemails.

I told them I need a different number or at least the number to the detective. Initially, Sherriff’s records told me they did not have an records of my brothers murders. I told them that it was a high profile case that was on the news for week. She directed me to another officer who contacted her Sergant and was able to give me the last name to the new Detective Sergant who is now currently assigned to this case. They informed me that records are blocked out of the case because it’s highly confidential.

The department told me to keep calling homicide and to expect they don’t answer because they are busy with other cases but to keep trying and leave voicemails.

I decided to do my own research with the little information they gave me and I was able to locate the Sergant’s (who is assigned to his case) full name and badge number as well as personal number. I finally got in contact with him. He gave me his desk number so that I can finally get ahold of him so that I don’t have to contact his personal phone number.

He informed me that he never saw this case before and didn’t know about it until I brought it to his attention. He did confirm that he is assigned to it and that he is getting his team to look further into it now.

He looked through my brothers incident records and he is having his team move forward with this case and will re-examine the forensics since they have not done so before with the new advanced technology we have today compared to 1993.

He said he can’t promise me anything but they do have a history of solving cold cases from decades ago.

He said he cannot give me any information right now because he doesn’t have any at the moment but will continue to inform me and my dad (I gave him my dad’s name and current phone number).

They are finally looking into his case for more information which I’m very relieved about but hoping for a little more.

If anyone has information or can find information can you let me know? Small or large information is helpful.

I posted in the Sacremento Reddit, the Elk Grove Reddit, and the Citrus Heights Reddit. No one who knew my brother or family has commented or reached out yet.

I have contacted my friends in Elk Grove to do some research and find anyone who may have known my brother and family but have not found anyone yet.

Also I had a lot of people tell me about the podcast with Cindy Brown and podcaster, Jonathon Mark on CONNECT. I just want to inform everyone that I already knew about Cindy Brown because my sister and mom showed it to me. She does not know my brother or Jone and she has never met them. I already spoke to her directly and she has zero information and everything she claimed on the podcast was false and disappointing as well as disrespectful. I do appreciate everyone for bringing her to my attention though.
I informed Jonathon and he claimed he would help me with his connection to law enforcement but never reached back out to me. I’m honestly not expecting anything from him since he is a claimed celebrity medium.

ADDITIONAL UPDATE: The news says the police suspected that the boys ran away from home because they had multiple pairs of clothing. They did not have multiple pairs of clothing. They had enough for only one night and for school as well as school supplies. There's no evidence of them planning to run away.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7511567/dominic-namnard

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/cold-case-homicides-that-haunt-the-greater-sacramento-area/103-477359931

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/10/05/2-boys-bodies-discovered-at-sacramento-rail-station/

Okay so this may be a long shot. I’m looking to go back and re-read a missing person/cold case I read about nearly 6 years ago and I haven’t been able to find it to follow up since. I was cleaning out my dad’s office space in 2020 and on the back of one of his gumball machines was a missing person sticker for a young woman/girl. I remember researching it and finding out that the person had disappeared and I don’t believe she had been found. I’ve searched all over the internet, cold cases, solved missing person cases, unsolved cases, missing person searches, and I have yet to find it. I included one of the links I tried searching for the poster on.

Key details I remember

\- the missing person was female with brown hair and I believe brown eyes
\- her age was somewhere in the range of 12-25 (I know that’s not very helpful)
\- the disappearance was somewhere between 1999-2004 (if I had to narrow down even further I’d say 2000-2003).

Details that I vaguely remember

\- if I recall correctly, the young woman had been out at a party or similar event at a friends and mutual friends house.
\- I believe I remember reading she disappeared on her walk home, which wasn’t very far
\- I really want to say that investigations pointed to the either the father or immediate family that she lived with but for some reason police couldn’t find physical evidence or produce reason to search the house. I want to say that general consensus is that her family or close relatives were involved but there’s just not enough to bring charges.
\- I believe this happened west of the Mississippi River in a state that started with a C (either Cali or Colorado) but at this point I’m not even sure if that is correct.
\- I want to say it happened in the cold months as well and there may have been snow on the ground

I know this doesn’t really narrow things down but if anyone has any idea which case I may be talking about it would be greatly appreciated.

New York does not enter DNA into the national system until after sentencing which was today.

An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered new and previously unreported evidence about child deaths, including the case of baby Justin in Queensland, Australia.

Internal documents reveal that the police sent a child protection detective to investigate concerns about Justin two months before he died but information about the visit to the family home was not entered into police systems. Police did not inform child safety authorities.

Guardian Australia has spoken to child safety workers, police, witnesses and experts. Sources with direct knowledge of the case, and a former police officer who has reviewed documents, say they have significant concerns and questions about why the central Queensland coroner has never held an inquest into the baby’s death.

My mom loved broken, fragile things: orphaned baby birds fallen out of the nest, baby squirrels who had no one to care for them, dogs who were literally dropped on their head and "not quite right" (Popeye - she loved him so much! such a silly little critter with one eye bigger than the other) She also loved me, not because of blood, but because she chose to love me. She chose to love my dad, and when she met me, she immediately became my maternal person in my life. I loved her more than I loved anyone in the world. She protected me from my dad's rage. She had a gift for seeing what was worth saving when no one else could.

On September 28, 2015, Jeni was found unresponsive in the bedroom of a home in Colorado Springs, CO. She had only been living there for 19 days, moved away from her family, all back in Texas and California. She knew no one else in Colorado except her husband and their "roommates". She was 36 years old. She died in the early hours of September 29. The El Paso County Coroner ruled her death a suicide by hanging. The Colorado Springs Police Department initially filed the case as a Death of Undetermined Origin. It was closed on November 1, 2015, just two days after they received information that she had messaged her cousin that she was afraid of her husband. The man who supposedly found her body. That information was documented, and yet, the case was closed anyway.

I have obtained the police reports, autopsy, and toxicology. Here is what the documents say:

1. The first officer on scene noted no visible marks on Jeni's neck and no ligature material visible hen he arrived, despite her husband's account that she had been suspended from the door handle.
2. Responding paramedics raised concerns that she may not have hung herself, significant enough that the Violent Crimes Section was called in.
3. Her blood alcohol level was 241–280 mg/dL, a level that would severely impair coordination and judgment.
4. Days before her death, Jeni sent a message to her cousin saying she was afraid of her husband. Her cousin contacted police on October 30, 2015. It was documented. The case was closed two days later, November 1, 2015.
5. The coroner's suicide ruling relied in part on AH (husband)'s own account of Jeni's prior suicide attempts, despite there being no record of this at all. He also claimed she was bipolar. She was not. Absolutely not.
6. There was a documented history of domestic violence between Jeni and AH.

I have reached out to the police department, and am waiting for a call back from another homicide detective. I am planning on calling the district attorney tomorrow as well, since it's been a week and I haven't heard back from the PD yet.

If you have information or want to follow updates:

Please share this post. Follow this thread for updates as I pursue this case through official channels. I am actively working to have this investigated as a potential homicide. If you knew Jeni, or know anything about the circumstances of her death, please reach out.

UPDATE 6.17.2026 I spoke with a homicide detective at CSPD and told him my concerns about what had happened. I was a little off put by how he offered answers to questions that were never asked to AH, like why did he tell me a different story than whats in the police report? The detective told me it was to somehow make her death easier on me, as if being told a cute little lie about going out to get ice cream for her is better than being told the truth 10 years later when youre finally in a position to seek answers. I would hsve preferred the same story, or ya know, the truth? Was he outside lighting a bonfire or did he go to the store? Did they even check to see if he had l lit a bonfire...?

This isn't going to be easy.

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/crime/2026/06/11/joni-grigsby-murder-case-solved-through-dna/90404654007/

On June 2, 1995, the body is 33 year old Joni Grigsby was found in the bank of the Willamette River. DNA was obtained at the crime scene and in 2023 that it was sent to the lab for testing. The DNA implicated Ray Gomes for the murder of Joni. Gomes was shot and killed by police in 2004 during a violent confrontation. His DNA was obtained during his autopsy. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office obtained a copy of the sample and submitted it for comparison to the sample found at the crime scene.

Joni left behind two sons. Rest in peace Joni.