The last few months have been a bad one for Sean “Puffy” Combs a/k/a “P. Diddy” and “Puff Daddy”. Combs has had several lawsuits filed against him including one from former longterm girlfriend Cassie Ventura. An artist on his Badboy label, Cassies alleged Combs sexually assaulted her, physically beat her and essentially trafficked her to other people. Video was released of Combs physically punching and kicking her in a hotel. Combs had previously denied all accusation from her and other people that were coming after his money.
Now that Combs has been publically revealed to be a liar, one has to wonder if he should be looked as a suspect in the murder of his former friend/labelmate “The Notorious Big” a/k/a/ “Biggie Smalls” Christopher Wallace in 1997 in Los Angeles, California (USA). It has been speculated that Wallace wanted to leave Bad Boy Records due to an unfavorable contract that say Combs make most of the money from his music. Was “Biggie” worth more dead to Combs than alive at another record company such as Suge Knight’s “Death Row Records”? For decades people thought Wallace’s murder was tied to the 1996 Las Vegas violent death of Tupac Shakur and Sue Knight has always been thought of as person of interest in the public’s eye.
The upstate New York 1979 of Tammy Jo Alexander perplexed Law Enforcement and the true crime community for decades as her name and killer were a mystery. Several years ago, DNA family testing revealed who she was. To date her killer has never been identified but several clues point to deceased serial killer Christopher Wilder who was slain by New Hampshire police during a shootout. The Australian born killer is believed to have had over 8 victims. https://www.fox13news.com/news/serial-killer-christopher-wilder-may-be-tied-to-other-unsolved-florida-new-york-killings
Since 13 year old Lisa White disappeared after leaving a friends house on the street closest to this memorial is dedicated to her in Rockville (Vernon), Connecticut (USA). Her mother never stopped looking and never changed her phone number, hoping that Lisa was indeed a runaway. However, she knew Lisa may have been a victim of an unidentified serial killer. See link below for case.
The New York Post reports that the nme of an unknown female found encased in concrete in the basement of a building at 301 W. 46th St. in Manhattan in February 2003 in Hells Kitchen of New York City (USA). She was named as Patricia Kathleen McGlone, a teenaged girl who was from Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, New York City. She had last been seen alive in the late 1960s.
Amanda Peterson was a tween/teenage movie star with good blonde looks and acting skills to match. She is best remembered as the main female character in the 1987’s movie “Can’t Buy Me Love” with co-star Patrick Dempsey. By the mid-90’s she left the movie scene and her life would evolve into a spiral of Drug Addiction and time behind bars. According to a People’s Magazine article, she had been raped at the age of 15 years old by a man that was 27 years older than her. Amanda who did have children did tell her parents who her attacker was, however, she never wanted to press charges. In 2015, at the age of 43, she would die of an accidental drug overdose. The entertainment industry can be cruel and filled with predators.
The Hall of Fame American Football (NFL) turned commercial pitchman and actor lived a complicated life. However, he is best known for his arrest and eventual acquital in the the 1990’s murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman at her California home. He would eventually serve a prison term for armed robbery but had been free the last several years.
His body was found on the banks of Lake Ontario in Oswego, New York in 1990. IT would late be revealed decades later that it was the body of a 40 year old man who lost his life while going over the infamous Niagara Falls. His name is Vincent Stack and he was registered as a missing person. For more information click here.
He has been identified as 22 year old Patrick Andrew Nopper. More Details to come… Picture at bottom.
The death certificate in the Granby Town Clerk’s office lists his name as Unidentified White Male. That’s what he has been known as since a passing motorist found his body on the side of route 219 in Enders State Park in Granby, Connecticut on September 5, 1977. According to the death certificate, his skull, larynx and facial bones all had fractures. He also had contusions of the brain. The cause of death was listed as a homicide. The Hayes-Huling & Caromon Funeral Home handled his burial and he was laid to rest in March of 1978 in an unmarked grave in Granby Cemetery across the street from the Town Library. Homicides are rare in Granby and it’s neighboring towns. The fact that the victim remains without a name makes this crime harder to solve. It is believed that he was deceased for 24 hours before he was found. A composite sketch was drawn of what he may have looked like and was distributed to various Law Enforcement Agencies and newspapers across the country.
He was 5 foot 7 inches, weighed 140 pounds and his age was estimated to be around 25 years of age. He wore his hair in a pony tale, had a four inch braided goatee and a mole on his right ear. The victim also had brown hair (with blonde roots), brown eyes and a mustache. Another unique identifying factor about the mystery victim is that he had several unusual scars. There were two circular scars on his right knee and a comma shaped scar on his upper left chest. He also had several chipped and missing teeth. According to a 1982 Hartford Courant article, the deceased wore a white shirt that had a print of storefront scenes. One of the stores was of a barbershop that had the name “Lewis” on it. Underneath his shirt, was a T-Shirt that was stamped with the name “Ferguson.” The deceased was also found with no shoes or socks. Perhaps it was message to others from his killers.
In January of 1980, the State of Connecticut offered a twenty thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for the homicide. It is not known if the reward is still available. Because he was found in a State Park, the Connecticut State Police are in charge of investigating his case. The Connecticut State Police did not return phone calls regarding this case. His case is featured as 214UMCT on the Doe Network Web site. The Doe Network is an online database that profiles missing and unidentified persons. His NAMUS file can be found here.
The problem of unidentified persons is a troubling one for the Connecticut State Victim’s Crime Advocate, Michelle Cruz. Her office is in charge of helping victims of crimes and their loved ones seek justice. One of their responsibilities is to work with various police departments and agencies to solve cold cases involving unidentified persons. “Just because they [deceased unidentified persons] don’t have family to press for justice does not mean that their cases should not be pursued and solved.” Cruz stated. “These unidentified persons are someone’s son or daughter; they deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and have the person(s) responsible brought to justice.”
Nearly forty years later, Law Enforcement is no closer to finding his name or his killer(s). If you have any information about the identity of this victim or his killer(s) you are urged to contact Connecticut State Police at 1-800-842-0200. All calls can remain confidential.
It was 1974 in the town of Ledyard, CT where police dug up a shallow grave and found the bodies of a woman and man both as skeletal remains. A witness to the couple’s murder that had occurred in 1970 had led law enforcement to where they were buried. The persons responsible were arrested and sent to prison. The male half of the murdered couple was identified as being a criminal accomplice of the murderers. The female victim used an alias which is why she was never identified until now. Police announced that the female after more than fifty years has been identiifed as Linda Sue Childers of Kentucky.
There were many people that took advantage of USA Pandemic Fund relief. But in Minnesota (USA), seventy people have been arrested in a massive group fraud that saw money stolen from US Taxpayers that was supposed to go help out people living in poverty. The arrests were first announced in September of 2022. The founder and executive director of the organization Feeding Our Future Aimee Bock is one of the main players that was arrested. For more details click on this link from KARE 11.
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