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morbidology · 10 months
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In the early 1970s, Washington, D.C. was plagued by a series of horrifying murders that targeted young African American girls. The elusive perpetrator, known as the "Freeway Phantom," left a trail of fear and devastation as he claimed the lives of six young African American women and girls His modus operandi involved disposing of the bodies near freeways, earning him his moniker. The crimes took place during a time of racial unrest and tension, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The community, still grappling with the aftermath of race riots, harbored deep mistrust towards the police. Many believed that law enforcement displayed little interest in solving the crimes, fueled by the perception that the race of the victims played a role in the lack of progress. Compounding the frustration was the discovery that the crucial D.C. case files mysteriously vanished, never to resurface again. Furthermore, any potential DNA evidence found on the clothing of one of the girls had inexplicably gone missing. These unsettling developments only solidified the belief that justice would never be served, and the identity of the Freeway Phantom would remain forever unknown.
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emmmsie · 2 months
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Hey Tumblr, so I wanted to share something serious and I wanted to get this out there. My friend Colby was murdered on April 11th 2022. His body was found in Shoal River and he had a gunshot wound to the back of the head. There’s been no suspect yet….. I went to school with him and he was always a good guy and he was heavily bullied in middle school but he was never mean to anyone. He finally did get into a fight when we went to high school and he won the fight and i know he felt good about it too. He did have some depressional issues going on but he never wanted to “burden” anyone with them. He was a strong fighter and he never did anything wrong to anyone… so this was a horrible senseless act…
(I know this is a long shot, but if anyone could share this- I just want the message out there- whoever did this to Colby, the police are still looking for you and you are not in the clear. Nobody has forgotten that you’ve done this. We gonna find you)
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truecrimecrystals · 2 months
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May 15th, 2016 was supposed to be a fun day for 28-year-old Jerome Baker III and his six children. That day, Jerome planned to take his children to Six Flags in Eureka, Missouri. Before they could leave for their trip to the amusement park, Jerome seemingly vanished from his home in St. Louis. He was never seen alive by his loved ones again. 
According to reports, a woman that Jerome was dating planned to join him and his children on the trip to Six Flags. The couple spent the morning at Jerome's residence, preparing for their day at the park. Then, around 10:00 AM, the woman borrowed Jerome's car, bringing one of his kids with her, to go pick up her own children for the trip. 
After the woman left, Jerome called his best friend to ask if he could borrow his car to drive the rest of the children to Six Flags. His friend agreed, and subsequently drove over to Jerome's house so he could use the vehicle. When his friend arrived, approximately 11 minutes after their phone call ended, Jerome was nowhere to be found. 
Most of Jerome's personal items, including his wallet, jacket, and extra cash were left behind. The only item that vanished with him was his cell phone - but all calls and texts to the phone went unanswered. Jerome's mother was alerted about her son's sudden absence, and as such, she went to his house to investigate. Once there, Jerome's mother noticed that there were drag marks in the dirt in her son's backyard. 
Jerome was reported missing to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police. Unfortunately, the police's investigation did not yield any clues to Jerome's whereabouts. Months later, in October 2016, a utility worker found a human skull in a vacant dump site on Bircher Boulevard and Riverview Boulevard. The skull was later identified as that of Jerome Baker III. His remains were found an approximate 10-minutes' drive from his home. Jerome's death was classified as a homicide.
It's been reported that Jerome's mother has pleaded with police several times to take more action in her son's case. In fact, after Jerome vanished, his mother reportedly made "pleas to have her son’s phone pinged, with law enforcement initially giving her the runaround. When they finally acted, a chilling revelation emerged – a 911 call made on the day of Jerome’s disappearance captured him fighting for his life against multiple assailants."
Despite this information, there have been no arrests for Jerome's murder. No suspects or persons of interest have ever been publicly identified. The case remains unsolved, and Jerome's loved ones are left without answers. If you any information that could lead to the arrest of Jerome's killer(s), please contact St. Louis Police Department at (314) 444-5738.
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conradscrime · 6 months
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The Strange Case of the Creamer Children
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October 04, 2023
In 1906, two children disappeared from their front yard in broad daylight. A reporter known as "The Special Correspondent" went to the small village where the disappearances took place to investigate.
The Special Correspondent, a woman, who worked for the Daily Telegraph Saint John, New Brunswick's largest newspapers travelled to Cape Tormentine on the Bay of Fundy, to figure out what happened to the Creamer children.
In May of 1906, the Special Correspondent took a train and travelled to the village. What was known was that two children, Ollie, a 5 year old girl and her brother Ralph, 3 years old at the time, had disappeared in the day, while their parents were inside the house. The Creamer parents claimed they had only not been watching the children for 10 minutes. A search was conducted for the children, but to no avail.
The reporter went to the Creamer farm and wanted to speak with John Creamer, their father. It was told to the reporter that John had searched for his children for an hour in the woods, but had then become ill and could no longer search, going back to his room. He could not be woken up while the reporter was there.
The reporter did speak with Ruth, the children's mother who told her the children went outside around 5pm to pick white violets, with their older sister Geneva, who was 7 years old. Ruth watched them from the window. After an hour, Ruth said she felt uneasy and anxious.
Ruth said Geneva came back inside but did not say anything alarmingly or that Ollie and Ralph vanished. Geneva said she left the children outside and Ollie had been talking to 17 year old neighbour Russell Trenholm. Russell invited Ollie to help him look for cows.
Russell was also interviewed but he claimed the children asked him if they could help him look for cows to which he replied they couldn't. Russell claimed he walked away but the children followed him. Russell then told the Creamer children they better go back home.
Russell then told the reporter, "I suppose they think I killed them?"
The special reporter covered this story in the newspapers, and soon it gained media attention. Newspapers in big cities were reported tons of missing children, however these children were all shortly found and told to have been making up stories and pretending they too, like the Creamer children, were missing.
Due to the great attention the case was receiving in the newspapers, the province's Attorney General sent help, and about 200 militia soldiers were went to look for the missing children.
The special reporter went back to the Creamer farm and was able to talk to John Creamer, the father, in person this time. John said that he often looks towards the woods and hopes that his children are still out there somewhere.
The reporter also spoke to Ruth again who claimed she had been interviewed again by the authorities. The Magistrate had asked Ruth for garments of the children, and asked why Ruth had not washed them. Ruth claimed it was because if they sent bloodhounds they would be able to pick up the scent more.
The Magistrate told Ruth this clearly proved that the children were not kidnapped, though research does not know the reasoning for this.
The reporter noted that Ruth Creamer did not appear very emotional towards her children's disappearance.
The reporter then took a walk through the woods, remembering that Russell had claimed after he failed to find cows the day of the children's disappearance he had walked to his grandmother's house. His grandmother's house was about a 10 minute walk.
The search for the children continued and the militia found a single thread of red cloth that was 3-4 inches long. This was compared to a sample of Ralph's clothing and it was a match. Ruth Creamer however, denied this was part of her son's clothing.
The disappearance soon became known in the newspapers as "Babes in the woods." Newspapers at one point even reached out to a psychic to see if they could figure out what happened to Ollie and Ralph.
The psychic claimed the children had indeed been kidnapped, by a rough looking farmer man, who was working with a big fat man. According to this description, the special reporter believed it matched what Russell looked like.
Soon, newspapers began reporting that the Creamer children must be deceased at this point.
Ruth Creamer was interviewed again by the special reporter, in which it was discussed how the day before Ollie disappeared she complained to her mother that a man had tried to act "indecent" towards her.
Ruth seemed shocked the reporter asked about this, but she admitted it was true.
At this point it had been 20 days since Ollie and Ralph disappeared and authorities wanted the special reporter to assist them in interviewing the Creamers and Trenholm's. The authorities were suspecting foul play but claimed there is no motive.
Authorities did not believe someone could have kidnapped the children so easily and go unnoticed.
When Russell was questioned there was a discrepancy in his story, with him claiming he reached his grandmother's house at 6pm and his grandmother noting that he did not arrive there until 7pm.
It did not appear that the authorities were able to get much more information out of Russell Trenholm, John or Ruth Creamer. The special reporter eventually went back to Saint John and the search for the children was called off.
Shortly after, with the newspapers having not much to report, people lost interest in the case and it was forgotten.
It wasn't until a curious note from a 1984 book called Glimpses of the Past by Michael MacKenzie came to be, that perhaps an answer to what happened to the Creamer children was known.
According to Michael MacKenzie, an old man showed up to the village about 60 years after the children disappeared and began asking strange questions to people.
The man asked people if they recognized him and if they remembered a man named John Creamer. The old man said John was his father and that when he was little his mother told him his father had been abusive so she sent her kids away from him for safety.
The man claimed one day his father had passed out drunk, and his mother had someone take him and his sister into the woods to meet their brother who was waiting for them with a wagon.
Him and his sister were hidden in the wagon and taken to the Cape Tormentine railway station. Their uncle took them on the train to Toronto, Ontario, where they lived with their grandparents. The man said his mother did not go with as she was trying to distract the police from searching for them.
Eventually, after the search and interest was lost, their mother and older sister did join them in Ontario.
It appeared that all these years later none of the locals knew what this man was talking about so nothing much came of it. Perhaps this strange older man really was Ralph Creamer, and perhaps his story was true.
The disappearance of the Creamer children still remains a mystery on the internet.
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The death of Alonzo Brooks
In 2004, Brooks, who was from Gardner, Kansas, went out for a night of partying in a rural area (a town called La Cygne, about an hour drive away) with three of his friends, all of whom were white. At the party, there was typical party stuff—drinking, dancing, flirting. One of Brooks' friends says that he was getting flirty with a woman who was there. It was also said that racial slurs were uttered toward him and tension seemed to heighten as he was the only black person at the party. In a misunderstanding, three of his friends left the party, leaving Brooks an hour away from home, alone. The next day, when he didn't return home, Brooks was declared missing, with his boots found along the side of the road. When he was not discovered by authorities after nearly a month, the Brooks family was allowed to search the grounds of the house where the party in question was held. On the very first day of that search, Alonzo Brooks' body was found next to a creek, adjacent to the house where the party was held. His body didn't have any signs of blunt force trauma, broken bones, or drowning. This raised further suspicion that not only was foul play involved, but, as Alonzo's brother suggests, his body could have been stored somewhere—potentially a freezer—for a period of time. In June 2020, the investigation into Brooks' death was reopened as a cold case, with a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of anyone responsible.
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writersmorgue · 1 month
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Febuwhump Day 16 - Came Back Wrong
Thank you @lethxia for helping inspire this!
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The doctors called it a miracle, but after 31 years of performing these so-called miracles , Shouta knew they were no step above fiction. 
And yet, there Oboro was, sitting in a hospital bed. 
If the DNA match hadn’t confirmed it, Shouta would’ve believed it was an entirely different man. 
When they did the Nomu reversal procedure for the first time, on some kid with a wing quirk, the doctors had to remove his entire quirk factor. Oboro’s situation ended up being sort of the opposite. 
Kurogiri had been some mass of black matter, not quite solid or gas, but present enough to be tied down by quirk suppressants. 
Oboro’s hair, now, is that same black misty color where it used to be stark white. His eyes shine yellow in the light and a strange TV static surrounds him at all times, like he could phase out of existence at any moment. 
The rest of him is generally the same, though he’s grown since Shouta had last seen him. No longer the lanky, energetic 15-year-old, now a solemn old man, who had been held prisoner in some hell limbo between life and death by the world’s most powerful supervillain. 
”Oboro?” Mic asks quietly, startling both of the other men. 
Oboro’s hair stiffens, like a cat raising its hackles, before softening when he catches sight of them. 
“Hey fellas, do you have any news?”
But that’s one thing the years of torment hadn’t changed, he was still selflessly devoted to helping others.
Hizashi shoots him a glance, sighing, “Yeah, we found the documents you mentioned.” He pulls said files out of his book bag and places them on the bed at Oboro’s feet. “They’re not-“
“I know what I’m getting into. I spent years looking after him, remember?” Oboro picks up the Manila envelope, the image of one Tenko Shimura stapled to the front. Big red letters marking him as Missing Deceased. 
”You’re sure this is him?” Mic presses, picking at the skin on his thumb. Shouta nudges him, silently telling him to relax. 
Oboro looks up at them, flipping the folder around and pointing at the image of Tenko as he might have looked aged up. The young man in the photo looks much healthier, with fuller cheeks and bright eyes, but he unmistakably resembles one Shigaraki Tomura. 
“I was All For One’s right-hand pet, I saw the kid when he first took him in, and it was Tenko.” He turns the folder back around, looking at the picture with sad eyes, “I wasn’t able to help him when he was young, still impressionable, but he’s only twenty now,” Oboro looks up at Shouta, “I know there’s a chance we can help him. Him and the rest of them.”
Mic huffs, “The bastard almost killed Shouta.”
Oboro’s eyes flit over the rest of the page, scanning details about the investigation and presumed homicide. Testimonies of family and friends claimed Tenko was a shy, kind boy; Nothing like the psychopath he was molded into.
His eyes pause on the line that gave Shouta doubts about this entire thing. 
Tenko had been born quirkless. 
“All For One forced a quirk on him that his body and mind couldn’t control.” Oboro reminds him, “He was picked up off the street after losing his entire family. The first person to show him kindness, a warm bed. Of course he was under his spell from the beginning. He was a child, Hizashi.” Oboro’s gaze is ice cold as he stares the hero down, “Mentally, he’s still a child.”
“I didn’t sleep when I was Kurogiri, and often I would hear him wake up screaming, crying for his mother or sister.” Oboro squeezes his eyes closed, shutting the folder and setting it back down on the shitty hospital blanket, “He was severely traumatized, and groomed to be a weapon, a tool for a supervillain.”
Mic has the sense to look guilty, scuffing his boot on the floor, “You’re right, Oboro. I know. It’s just… hard to forget.”
Oboro’s eyes soften, looking between Shouta and Mic, “I know I missed a lot, but I want you to trust me. I’m on your side against All For One, but Tenko, Dabi, Toga, Jin…” He shakes his head, “They deserve a chance.”
As much as Shouta hates to admit it, he’d had a hunch from the start. The first time he’d seen Toga she’d been so young, learning she was barely older than his own current class was as heartbreaking as it was right. 
And Dabi… Touya Todoroki. The shit he must have gone through as a child if Shouto’s habits are any indication. 
Fuck. 
“I agree with Oboro.” Shouta nods, “It’ll be rough, but they deserve our energy. Jin will be the hardest to make a case for, but I think we can do it. If I’m in, so is Tsukauchi.”
Shouta looks into the eyes of his oldest friend, a man he wished every day for over a decade could’ve had a second chance at life, and he makes a promise. 
”We’re gonna help them.”
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elisabethloxx · 2 months
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On September 27th 1966, two concerned neighbors went to the Bricca residence after no one had seen them in a couple of days. The lights were on and the dogs were barking but no one was answering. After the neighbors opened the door, a foul smell was immediately detected. Sensing the worse, they notified authorities. Inside the house, the bodies of Jerry Bricca, his wife Linda and their daughter Debbie were found. They had each been stabbed multiple times in what was described as a gruesome scene. The murders were believed to have taken place on September 25th.
Nearly 60 years later, this crime is still being investigated. Multiple theories have emerged but no one was ever charged, no motive was ever determined and the murder weapon was never discovered.
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The Unsolved Murder of Jessie Earl
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Jessie Earl was a 22-year-old art student studying at Eastbourne College of Art and Design. Described as independent and strong, Jessie enjoyed reading and walking along the coast.
On 15th May 1980, Jessie rang her mother from a payphone on the seafront, she said she would visit on Friday. On Friday, when Jessie did not return home, her mother decided to go to Jessie’s apartment and see why she had changed her plans.
On 18th May, Jessie’s mother arrived at her daughter’s apartment and realised something was wrong- the place looked abandoned yet Jessie’s purse remained on the bed, the diary Jessie wrote in daily gave no indication she had gone anywhere. The police were called but no trace of Jessie or clues as to what happened to her could be found.
In 1989, a skeleton was discovered in undergrowth on Beachy Head, this was identified as Jessie’s body. The body was nude with a bra tied around the wrists, her jewellery was missing. A coroner claimed Jessie had committed suicide despite her parents arguing that she had no reason to and was not unhappy.
In 2000, Jessie’s death was classified as murder, however due to the original investigation being closed as a suicide, evidence had been destroyed including the bra which had been found, this prevented modern forensic techniques being used and was described as a ‘significant mistake.’
Serial killer and sex offender, Peter Tobin, was known to have been in the area of the murder at the time and Jessie had fit his victim profile however due to a lack of evidence from the crime scene no link could be found. Jessie’s murder was also linked to the unsolved murder of Louise Kays, who disappeared from Eastbourne in 1968, Louise also frequented the Beachy Head area. It was also speculated Louise was a victim of Peter Tobin, though no evidence could be found. Louise’s murder is unsolved.
Jessie’s murder remains unsolved.
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patchwashere · 10 months
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What if the Zodiac Killer was more that one person? Like, what if one person sent the letters, one person made the calls, and another person actually committed the murders?
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morbidology · 2 years
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The case of 2-year-old Pauline Picard from Brittany, France, is quite possibly one of the most bizarre unsolved cases to date. In April of 1922, Pauline disappeared without a trace from her family ranch. A few days later, a little girl matching Pauline’s description was discovered in Cherbourg, a town approximately 320km from the ranch. 
The Picard family confirmed that the little girl was Pauline. However, a couple of obscurities seemed to emerge from this seemingly blissful reunion. First of all, the little girl didn’t seem to remember her parents. Secondly, she didn’t react to her parents when they came to identify her. Regardless of these odd occurrences, her parents took her back to the ranch and life carried on as usual.
The following month, a neighbor discovered the decomposed body of a little girl; she had been partially buried near the family ranch. The police arrived at the grim scene, accompanied by the Picard family and a number of other curious residents. The face of the little anonymous girl was so decomposed that she couldn’t be identified but the Picard family disturbingly discovered that they recognized the clothing as the clothing Pauline was wearing on the day she disappeared. Police revealed that they had already specifically searched the location where the body was discovered, indicating that somebody had recently disposed of the body there. Even more alarming, the skull of a middle-aged man was discovered near the body of the little girl.
Reports of the investigation reveal that there was one potential suspect - a middle-aged farmer had visited the Picard family and asked them if they were 100% sure that the little girl living in their house was Pauline before blurting out “God forgive me, I am guilty,” and bursting into hysterical laughter. It was reported that this man was then sent to an insane asylum yet the case remained open leaving a number of questions unanswered:
What happened to Pauline? Who was the little girl found in Cherbourg if not Pauline? Whose skull was discovered with the little girl? Was the laughing man the killer? These questions remain a very baffling mystery.
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aorose-official · 9 months
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Was doing one of those unsolved case files games and I didn’t solve it the way they wanted me to but I solved it nonetheless
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The fall of 2007 was a tough time for Alma Mendez. The then-38-year-old woman had been dealing with the aftermath of her mother's brain aneurysm, which had occurred just months earlier. Additionally, Alma had separated from her husband of 19 years in early October. Despite these tough times, Alma remained a positive and dedicated mother to her three children. She also never deviated from her daily routine of jogging in the Sauk Trail Woods Forest Preserve near her home in Chicago Heights, Illinois. 
The afternoon of October 28th, 2007 was no exception to this routine. As usual, Alma drove her car to the preserve and began jogging on the trail. This time, though, Alma never returned home. Her family members reported her missing that evening. 
Police found Alma's car parked at the preserve. This indicated the likelihood that Alma either never left the area or was taken from the area by force. Searches were immediately launched in the preserve. Two days later, on October 30th, a searcher found Alma's body in the lake near the trail. An autopsy later confirmed that Alma's throat had been slit. She had also suffered several blunt force injuries.
 Alma's death was subsequently labeled a homicide. The news of her death was inevitably devastating for her family members - and it also caused panic amongst locals in the area who now feared that a predator was on the loose. However, detectives believe that Alma's death was not random, and that she may have been targeted. 
Many questions remain, such as who? And why? The information revealed throughout the investigation brings forth a few different theories. 
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5 Cases of Missing Indigenous Women in Canada
March 03, 2024
CARBON DOE
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Carbon Doe was found on April 21, 1995, in a ditch outside the village of Carbon, in Alberta, Canada. She was likely last seen alive between 1980 to 1985, it is estimated that she was there for 10-15 years before her remains were found.
It is believed she is of Indigenous descent.
She was between 5'0-5'4 in height, had multiple dental fillings, and is possible she had children.
The woman had brucellosis, which means she would have suffered from repeated fevers. This disease is not common in Canada. She is estimated to be between 22-35 years old. She had dental work done, including stainless steel crowns.
There was no clothing or personal items found with her body. Some believe Carbon Doe was not from Alberta, but might have just been travelling at the time of her death. It is possible she was never reported as missing.
Her cause of death has never been released, though many suspect she was murdered.
2. Annie Yassie
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Annie was born on July 27, 1960. Her family were members of the Sayisi Dene First Nation, located outside Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
The Dene Village was promised a lot from the government, but did not get any support, never receiving promised hunting and trapping supplies. They had to scavenge for food in the dump. What happened to these people in this village was named one of the worst crimes against Indigenous people in Canada.
Annie was extremely close to her sister, Eva. She loved to sew doll clothes and was a fan of the "hippie" look, often wearing denim outfits. Annie loved Christmas, and her sister Eva said she sometimes would sleepwalk, which Eva would watch her closely.
In 1973, Annie was sent to the Mackay Residential School in Dauphin, Manitoba, far from Dene Village. The Christian Church ran these residential schools, and they were mostly made to abuse and strip Indigenous children away from their culture.
At the time Annie disappeared she had returned from the residential school and was staying with her brother Fred.
On June 22, 1974, Annie was apparently out with a man who was about 10 years older than her. The two were drunk and had been celebrating Treaty Day. The taxi driver said the man had to drag Annie out of the car because she was passing out, and the taxi driver was asked to pick them up later. They were dropped off 3km outside of Churchill.
When the taxi returned, the driver said Annie was not there, only the man. The man was extremely drunk. Fred did not worry immediately when Annie did not return, as he knew she had said she wanted to visit her sister Eva at some point.
Eva showed up to Dene Village on June 26, 1974, discovering that everyone had assumed Annie had been with her the past 4 days, which was not true. Annie was officially reported missing that day.
The man Annie was last seen with was questioned, but he claimed he was too drunk and did not remember much. The case went cold. In 2014, they reopened Annie's file. In June 2016, Eva was asked to give a DNA sample. It took some time for police to get to Eva again, and it is unknown if DNA was actually taken.
Eva believes her sister was murdered by the man she was seen with that night, however that man is no longer alive.
Annie Yassie was 13 years old when she went missing. She was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket, a pair of blue denim jeans, brown shoes with a 3" heel. She was thin build, 5'4, weighing around 104 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.
If anyone has info they are to contact the Cold Case Unit of the Winnipeg RCMP at 204-983-5461. If you would like to remain anonymous you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
3. Caitlin Potts
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Caitlin was last heard from on February 22, 2016, through a Facebook message to her sister. She was 27 years old at the time, from the Sampson Cree First Nation. Caitlin was last seen by a witness in Enderby, British Columbia, Canada.
Caitlin was reported missing on March 1, 2016, however an official missing alert on the RCMP's website did not appear until March 21.
In June 2016, Caitlin's mother, Priscilla, contacted Indigenous groups in the province to help conduct a search for her daughter. Caitlin was in foster care until she was 11 years old.
Priscilla describes her daughter has happy as a child and extremely smart. Caitlin was born and raised in Alberta, however was living in B.C. at the time of her disappearance. Caitlin was living in Edmonton, Alberta with her younger sister, Codi, before recently moving to Enderby, B.C. where her boyfriend had moved.
Caitlin did not have the best relationship with her boyfriend and the two were on and off for about 2 months before she had disappeared. Codi claims Caitlin's boyfriend was physically abusive towards her and Caitlin would show up with bruises.
Codi said Caitlin's boyfriend had been arrested before and during that time Caitlin had stayed in a Salmon Arm women's shelter. Caitlin was doing good, going to school and working at Tim Horton's, however a few months later she went back to him.
Codi said Caitlin had texted her boyfriend the day she went missing and was upset over money he owed her. Caitlin also messaged Codi that she had found a ride to Calgary from Kijiji. Caitlin's roommate from the women's shelter had said Caitlin told her she met a stranger the night before.
Caitlin was seen by a witness in Enderby, and she had texted her sister that she was in Kelowna, B.C. before she disappeared.
Caitlin Potts was about 5'3, 150 pounds with brown eyes and long black hair with blonde streaks. Anyone who has info is to contact the Vernon RCMP at 250-545-7171 or anonymously Crime Stoppers at 1-888-222-8477.
4. Betsy Rosa Owens
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Betsy was born July 7, 1973. She was a member of the Pauingassi First Nation, in Manitoba, Canada, and was extremely close with her sisters, Caroline Owens and Valerie Leveque. Betsy loved swimming with her sisters in Fishing Lake.
Betsy was described as a nice girl, who would go out of her way to avoid trouble. She loved music, and at the time of her disappearance she loved the song "Manic Monday" by The Bangles.
On October 22, 1988, Betsy was going to attend a dance with her boyfriend. Betsy and her boyfriend left the dance around 11pm. The last time her boyfriend saw her was the next morning, October 23, when she left his house.
Community members searched for Betsy as soon as she was discovered as missing, however no one found anything. Law enforcement conducted searches in 1996 and 1997 and found nothing.
In 2013, Caroline provided samples of DNA in case Betsy's remains were ever found.
Many rumours have been spread throughout the community, with many members believing they know who was involved in Betsy's disappearance. Betsy's family is not happy with police, as they say they rarely visit Pauingassi First Nation, and should have made more of an effort.
The lead investigator believes Betsy was met with foul play, but there's not enough evidence to arrest anyone.
Betsy was 15 years old at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen wearing a white cotton hooded sweater, a blue denim jacket, blue denim jeans and white high top runners. She was slender built, 5'3 in height, and weighed 119 pounds. She has long black hair and brown eyes.
If Betsy was alive today she would be 50 years old, turning 51 in July 2024. If you have any info you can contact the Winnipeg detachment of the RCMP at 204-983-5461.
5. Tamara Lynn Chipman
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Tamara was from Moricetown Band, First Nation, now known as Witset, in British Columbia, Canada. She loved going on her dad's fishing boat and being outside. Tamara was described as lively and would not back down from a situation.
Tamara was 22 years old and the mother of a 2 year old son, when she went missing on September 21, 2005, near Prince Rupert, B.C. Being a young mother, it was said that Tamara began to hangout with the wrong crowd.
The people close to Tamara had speculated that she may be getting involved in drugs. In September 2005, Tamara had been in Prince Rupert, where her mother lived, for a few days without a car, as her car had broken down a few weeks earlier. Tamara was hitchhiking east, towards Terrace where her father lived.
In early November 2005, Tamara's father, Tom, realized no one had heard from his daughter and her rent had not been paid. Her bank account had also not been touched. Tom reported Tamara missing to the RCMP.
On November 15, 2005, an official search for her began. There was a claimed sighting of her in Vancouver, but no further evidence was found.
There was no named suspects but RCMP say they are pretty certain they know what happened. Two men and one woman have come forward claiming to have seen Tamara hitchhiking and picked her up. The woman said they were driving towards Terrace, when one of the men began arguing with Tamara and hit her, strangling her to death in the car.
They then pulled over in a remote area along the highway and dumped her body. The man who killed her returned to the area later to move and bury her body in the forest. The police searched this supposed area with the woman but Tamara's body was never home. The witness and two men have since died.
Tamara was last seen on an stretch of Highway 16, between Prince George and Prince Rupert, also known as the Highway of Tears, because many have disappeared from this highway.
Tamara's disappearance remains unsolved and no body has ever been found if the claims of her being murdered are true.
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