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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.
(Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/niagara-buffalo-missing-man-id-1.7163218 )
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.
Source https://dnasolves.com/articles/patrick-andrew-nopper-connecticut/
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.
(Source WTNH and Hartford Courant) https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-london/50-years-later-remains-in-ledyard-homicide-case-identified-csp-medical-examiner/
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.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/20/minnesota-pandemic-fund-fraud
New York (USA) Authorities question whether if the dismembered remains of at least one man and a woman are from a notorious and feared gang, MS-13.
A few days ago a group of teenager happened the discovery of a severed arm by the side of the road near Siegel Boulevard in the town of Babylon, NY. Further investigation more than one person’s remains were found in the woods on the western side of the Southards Park.
One set of human remains is enough to be concerned but now it looks like there are at least two victims. One of the arms had the fingerprints removed most likely by the perpertrator(s).
Warning: Some of the pictures are graphic and disturbing in the first link.
UPDATE 3-6-2024: Four Arrests made. https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/us-news/two-women-charged-after-body-parts-found-scattered-on-li-court-docs/
Sources: NY Post https://nypost.com/2024/03/01/us-news/female-head-discovered-inside-same-li-park-where-kids-walking-to-school-found-male-arm-cops/)
WNBC https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/long-island-body-parts-southards-pond-park/5184977/
In Austin, Texas (USA), 1994, Bert Allen Mann was stabbed to death in his kitchen floor after an intruder invaded his residence. DNA from the killer wa left at the scene of the crime due to a physical fight with Mann. On September 13th of 2023, Kenneth Robbins, died by suicide after he was identified as the person responsible for the murder of Bert Allen Mann.
Source MSN. Link here. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/dna-solves-1994-murder-leading-police-to-suspect-who-dies-by-suicide/ar-BB1i2uQC
On February 5th, there will be a press conference in London, Ontario (Canada) regarding an investigation into a sexual assault investigation that involves several members of the then 2018 Canadian World Junior Hockey Team. It is believed that several of the players are now playing professionally in the National Hockey League as well as in other leagues in Europe.
According to an article by sportswriter Stephen Wyno of the Associated Press, a woman in 2022, sued Hockey Canada stating that she was sexually assaulted by eight members of Canada’s world junior team at a fundraising gala in the city of London back in 2018. Hockey Canada was reported to have settled the lawsuit, and but a further look into this revealed that Hockey Canada had several secret slush funds to pay out settlements on claims of sexual assault and other abuse. Various news outlets have reported the names of players believed to be under investigation as they have been suspeneded by their various teams while the investigation plays out.
These players are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law but this is not the first time where a group of National Hockey League Players were investigated for allegations regarding a gang sexual assault.
This is not the first time that professional hockey players from the National Hockey League have been investigated regarding a gang type sexual assault on a seventeen year old woman. Back in May of 1990, five players of the Washington Capitals (USA) were investigated by Washington DC Police. In the end a Grand Jury decided not to indict the players believing that the young woman was not forced. One of the accused players had years before pled guilty to indecent exposure outside his home to that of neighbor and received probation. Whether these players were responsible for the attack may never be known. However, it does indicate that women left in alone in a group situation face potential risks even among professional athletes and other people of stature.
Gary Ridgway was one of the most notorious serial killers to plague America. He had vast amount of victims of teenage girls and women in the Western of Washington state (USA) during the 1980’s and 90’s. While police were looking to identify and catch Ridgway, he earned the name, the Green River Killer due to the fact that many of his victims were left there.
Sixteen year old Tammy Liles who disappeared in June of 1983 has been identified as the last unidentified victim of Ridgway. Her remains had originally found in Tigard, Oregon, in 1985. Just a month prior another victim 15-year-old Lori Anne Rotzpotnik had been identified as another unnamed victims of Ridgway. She had been last seen in 1982.
There are three other women who are speculated to have been victims of Ridgway and they have never been found. They are They are Patricia Ann Osborn, Kassee Ann Lee, and Kelly Kay McGinnis.
Sources: NYPOST and USA Today.
IT’s always when there is closure, but for serial killer Alan W. Wilmer Sr., he never got paid for his crimes while he was alive. In 2017, the former professional fisherman died at the age of 63. Law Enforcement announced that he was responsible for the double murder of shooting deaths of 20 year old David L. Knobling and 14 year old Robin M. Edwards (was was also sexually assaulted) in 1987. The two murders were considered part of a larger pattern of murders labeled the Colonial Parkway Murders. In 1989, 29 year old Teresa Lynn Spaw Howell was sexually assaulted and strangled to death which was also tied to Wilmer. Wilmer’s DNA was not in the any databases due to his lack of any felony convictions. Virginia and NAtional LAw Enforcement will continue to pursue leads on Wilmer to see if he had committed more crimes.
Pictures taken from https://people.com/alan-wilmer-suspect-colonial-parkway-murders-virginia-8424188
Additional source New York Post. https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/news/deceased-virginia-fisherman-alan-wilmer-idd-as-cold-case-killer/
In Ocala, Florida (USA), locally known tattoo artist David Nathaniel Barron was killed in a targetted shooting attack in the Paddock Mall just days before Christmas. An unidentified woman was also shot in the daytime act of violence. Law Enforcement is looking for 39 year old Albert Shell Jr. who they believe is responsible for the slaying. Shell (pictured below) has a tattoo of a cross between his eyes. IF you see him notify local enforcement, he is armed and very dangerous.
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