Unsolved murders, crime, treasure and the paranormal.
The murder of sixteen year old Theresa Fusco on November 10th, 1984, in Lynbrook, NY (USA) destroyed many lives. Notably hers, her family and three men who were wrongfully convicted in her brutal slaying. John Restivo, Dennis Halstead and John Kogut all were convicted in 1986 and served 18 years until DNA testing proved they were not responsible.
Now, Richard Bilodeau, 63, was finally arrested for the murder of Theresa Fusco due to advanced DNA Testing.
IT was one of state of Texas most horrific crimes. Four teenaged girls working at “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop lost their lives on December 6th, 1991 in the city of Austin. The young ladies had been gagged and shot in the head, one had even been sexually assaulted before her death. The store was set on fire and Eliza Thomas, 17, Jennifer Harbison, 17, Sarah Harbison, 15, and Amy Ayers, 13 all were found in the horrific scene.
Public pressure mounted in trying to solve the case and four young men were eventually charged. Two were found guilty and even served time for the crime that they didn’t commit.
Decades later, a suspect has ben identified through DNA, a possible serial killer named Robert Eugene Brashers. He has been identified as a suspect in other murders but took his own life in a standoff with police back in Missouri in 1999. No worrd yet as to if Brashers had an accomplice in this terrible crime.
Sources: https://apnews.com/article/austin-yogurt-shop-1991-murders-solved-1bc45a19a8fe021bde015794de9a5865
https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/27/serial-killer-yogurt-shop-murders-suspect-identified/
Janet Couture was a young 21 year old woman living alone in the small city of East Hartford, Connecticut (USA) when someone murdered her in the apartment she rented in October of 1973. Police arrested 77 year old George LEgere for the brutal murder. He had already been serving a 25 year old prison sentence from 2021 related to a brutal sexual assault and attack on a woman in 1984 in the town of Avon, Connecticut. No word yet, if Legere is responsible for other crimes but in the late 1960’s to late 1970’s the town of Vernon and surrounding areas were hit by several missing person and murders of girls and young women. See first case here at https://savagewatch.com/connecticut-cases/
According to an article by the Associated Press, Legere was a College Graduate with a MAsters Degree from UCLA. He has a criminal record dating back to the sixties which includes sexual assault, kidnapping and negligent homicide. https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-1984-cold-case-george-legere-sentencing-d0137be754d41f9797d75a26be3c22bc
Source: East Hartford Police Department and NBC Connecticut. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/suspect-1973-cold-case-murder-east-hartford-arrested/3643103/
The murders shook New Hampshire for decades. Two decayed barrels found fiteen years apart and located hundreds of feet from each other contained a deadly secret. The bodies of a grown woman and three children. DNA testing would later confirm that the adult female was the mother of two of the children. The third child would be identified through her father, a convicted murderer named Terry Rasmussen. The mother and her two daughters would be identified as Marlyse Honeychurch, and two her daughters, Sarah McWaters and Marie Vaughn in 2017. Rasmussen was in a relationship with Honeychurch. Rasmussen has had other relationships with women who either disappeared or were murdered. His daughter was finally identified as Rea Rasmussen who was born in 1976 in California and her mother who is currenly missing is Pepper Reed (who was born in 1952).
For more information visit: https://www.wmur.com/article/final-victim-identified-bear-brook-murders-090725/66004853
Some of them play cops and superheros on screen fighting criminals but in real life, they are being victimized by stalkers and home invasion/burglary criminals. The victims are a who’s/who in the movie industry. Brad Pitt, Lionel Richie, Nicole Kidman, the list goes on and on. The Los Angeles area of Calfornia has always had crime and the rich and famous are no strangers to it. Fox News did a story about it. Read here. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/hollywood-actress-becomes-latest-celebrity-fall-victim-california-crime-spree
The Barbizon Hotel in New York City (USA) had visitors as well as residents that came all walks of life including many famous actresses and socialites back in the 1940s and up. Mystery surrounds not only the August 15th, 1975 murder but life of a 79 year old single woman that lived on the 11th floor at the Barbizon Hotel at 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue location. Little is known about Ruth Harding who was the victim and until recently her case was forgotten about.
Former Teamster’s boss Jimmy Hoffa was last seen on July 30th, 1975 in a town near Detroit, Michigan (USA). Theories regarding where Hoffa’s remains are range from the swamps of the Everglades in FLorida, to being part of the concrete in the old New York Giants Football stadium in New Jersey. The names of the people Hoffa was last seen meeting with are known to be members of various United States Italian Mafia families. However, despite the theories and suspects, he remains missing and was most likely murdered.
Her body was a classic case of a Jane Doe found on April 16th 1974 in the town of Marlborough, New Hampshire (USA) in a wooded area off of Route 124. Police believed she had died months prior in 1973 sometime and never could determine her cause/manner of death. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office finally identified the unidentified woman as Nancy Gale Erickson, of Tampa, Florida, and Brattleboro, Vermont. DNA testing matched her to a sibling and the connection was established. She was twenty one years old at the time of her death and had worked as a nurse in Tampa before moving up to Vermont.
For more information click this source. https://www.wmur.com/article/marlborough-new-hampshire-nancy-erickson/65352220
Linda Rayner was by herself enjoying the tranquility at Hammonasset Beach State Park in the Summer of 1992. Police have zeroed in on pone suspect who is being looked at closely for another murder, however, the family believes a convicted serial killer who was out on weekend furlough to be responsible. Needless to say, the Weekend Furlough program was cancelled permanently months after the murder. Does the state of Connecticut know more than they are telling???
There is some evidence to point that she may have been targeted and killed by one of the most infamous serial killers in American History.
https://www.switchboardmagazine.com/monthly/lost-victim-boston-strangler
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