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Alisha Ann Heinrich, previously known as “Baby Jane” and “Delta Dawn”, was a formerly unidentified American child murder victim whose body was found in Moss Point, Mississippi, in December 1982. The child — aged approximately 18 months — was partially smothered before she was thrown alive from the eastbound Interstate 10 bridge into the Escatawpa River, where she ultimately drowned. Her body was recovered between 36 and 48 hours … Read more

Paul Donald Kemp Jr.[1] (April 21, 1947 – ca. November 16, 1982) was an American advertising executive from New York City who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in a remote part of Wyoming in November 1982. He remained missing until his remains were discovered in 1985, a short distance from where his car was found abandoned three years previously. Background Don Kemp was … Read more

Clifford Robert Olson Jr. (January 1, 1940 – September 30, 2011)[1] was a Canadian convicted serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children, aged between 9 and 18, in the early 1980s.[2] In 1976, Olson was serving a sentence for his crimes as a con artist. He had obtained favourable terms for himself by acting … Read more

The Keddie murders are an unsolved quadruple homicide that occurred over the night of April 11–12, 1981, in Keddie, California, United States. The victims were Glenna Susan “Sue” Sharp (née Davis; born March 29, 1945), daughter Tina Louise Sharp (born July 22, 1968), son John Steven Sharp (born November 16, 1965) and John’s friend Dana … Read more

Helen Marlene Major (née Oakes; December 7, 1954 – October 11, 1980), best known by her middle name and posthumously by her maiden name,[1] was an American woman who was murdered by her estranged husband, William Alexander Major, in 1980. The victim’s partial skull was located near the pair’s home not long after her death, but it was … Read more

Tammy Corrine Terrell (July 4, 1963 – c. October 4, 1980) was an American murder victim from Roswell, New Mexico.[3] Her body was discovered on October 5, 1980, in Henderson, Nevada, and remained unidentified until December 2021.[4] Her case has been the subject of extensive efforts by investigators and has been highlighted as inspiring other work to solve cold cases of unidentified murder victims.[5] Prior to … Read more

Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro, Italian: [ˈandʒelo annaˈlɔːro]; May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980)[2] was a Sicilian-American mobster who was boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as “The Docile Don” due to his preference for conciliation over violence, in stark contrast to his successors.[1] Early … Read more

Joanne Ratcliffe (born 1962) and Kirste Jane Gordon (born 1968) were two Australian girls who went missing while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Their disappearance, and presumed abduction and murder, became one of South Australia’s most infamous crimes. The presumed murders are thought by South Australia … Read more

The Truro murders is the name given to a series of murders uncovered with the discovery in 1978 and 1979 of the remains of a young woman and teenage girl in bushland east of the town of Truro in South Australia. After police searches, the remains of seven women and girls were discovered in total: five at Truro, one at Wingfield, and one … Read more