Detective Perspective

On September 23, 1998, 19-year-old Amber Wilde, a college student who was four and a half months pregnant, called her father after getting into a minor car accident near the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.  Later that evening, she spoke to him one last time from her apartment landline, but the next day she never showed up for class or a doctor’s appointment. A week later, her car was found a...

At 11:00 a.m. on November 6, 2001, a customer arrived at the Hair Gallery salon in Florence, Montana, for her appointment with owner Dorothy Harris. As she walked up, she noticed a man in a dark suit and a hat - described as either a fedora or a stovepipe - in front of the salon. She didn’t think much of it until she stepped inside and discovered a horrific scene. Dorothy, her employee Brenda Patc...

On July 22, 2001, 28-year-old Niqui McCown went to do laundry in Richmond, Indiana, just weeks before her wedding day. After finishing her laundry, she planned to go home and work on wedding invitations, but she never made it back. The next morning, her fiancé reported her missing. For months there was no trace of her, until November, when her SUV was found abandoned in Dayton, Ohio, with her clea...

On the morning of May 13, 2011, 6-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was seen checking out of the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells with his mother, Amy. But he was never seen with her again. The next day, Amy was found dead in a motel in Rockford, Illinois. She left behind notes saying Tim was safe and would be cared for, but that no one would ever find him. Fourteen years later, Tim’s whereabouts remain...

On October 2, 1993, 37-year-old Dana MacKay and 49-year-old Mary Huffman were found murdered inside their Las Vegas home. The couple had been shot at close range, likely just after returning home from grocery shopping. The only thing missing from the house was a manila folder filled with important documents.  The Vegas community was shocked by the double homicide. The couple was well-known around...

On the night of August 28, 2013, 19-year-old college sophomore Bryce Laspisa left his apartment near Sacramento, California, and began driving south toward his parents’ home in Orange County. But he never made it there. In the early morning hours of August 30, Bryce’s SUV was found wrecked at the bottom of a ravine near Castaic Lake. His wallet, duffel bag, laptop, and phone were all recovered. Bu...

On the night of August 30, 2015, 62 year old Denise Robert parked her car at Brookside Congregational Church in Manchester, New Hampshire, for her regular Sunday night walk through the North End neighborhood. Just fifteen minutes later, she was found lying just off the road half a mile away, dead from a single gunshot wound. Witnesses reported hearing what sounded like a firecracker, then saw a re...

On October 8, 2009, Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison, along with their six-year-old daughter Madyson, set out to look at land for sale in the Sans Bois Mountains of Oklahoma. Days later, their truck was found abandoned less than a mile from the property. Inside were their wallets, coats, a phone, $32,000 in cash, and their dog, who was barely alive. Despite an extensive search, there was no sign of the...

On the afternoon of January 13, 1996, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was riding her bike in the parking lot of an abandoned grocery store in Arlington, Texas, when a man in a black pickup truck pulled up beside her, grabbed her off her bike, and drove away. Four days later, Amber’s body was found in a creek just a few miles away. She had been murdered. Twenty-nine years later, Amber’s case remains unso...

On the night of September 28, 2001, 14-year-old Danielle Bell attended a party in Cantonment, Florida. By the next morning, she was gone. Investigators later learned Danielle believed she was pregnant with a 24-year-old man’s baby. She was scheduled to see a doctor the following week to confirm the pregnancy, but she never made it. More than 23 years later, Danielle has never been found. Police be...

In January 2018, 25-year-old Trish Haynes returned to New Hampshire for a court date. She planned to stay just a few months and then head back to Florida, where her grandparents were waiting for her. But that return trip never happened. After moving in with an old classmate and her husband - Ashley and Doug Smith - Trish’s contact with her family dropped off. And by July, she was officially report...

On March 21, 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley boarded a Royal Caribbean cruise with her parents and younger brother. It was supposed to be a fun family vacation. But just three days later, Amy vanished from the ship without a trace. She was last seen in the early morning hours of March 24 on the balcony of their cabin. Thirty minutes later, she was gone. The ship was searched. So was the water. But t...

On the night of July 27, 2021, 40-year-old Katie Janness left her Midtown Atlanta apartment for a walk with her dog, Bowie. At around 11:30 p.m., she stopped by the restaurant where her partner was working. They spoke briefly, and Katie said she was heading home after finishing the walk. But less than two hours later, she was found brutally murdered inside Piedmont Park, near the 10th Street entra...

Consider following the family's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KaylahHunterandKristianJustice/ Also, please consider sharing the childrens' flyers: https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1233401/2 Alicia Fox was last seen on May 24, 2014 in Detroit. She was later found shot multiple times in the basement of an abandoned home. Alicia’s children—six-year-old Kaylah Hunter and eight-month-o...

On the night of October 11, 2001, federal prosecutor Thomas Wales was working in the basement of his Seattle home when someone walked up to his window and opened fire. Tom was struck multiple times, and later died at the hospital.  At first, it wasn’t clear if the motive was personal or something connected to his work. While Tom was well-liked, he had prosecuted dozens of white-collar criminals, w...

Please consider donating or sharing Megan's family's GoFundMe for private testing and legal costs here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-megan-memorial-fund Also please consider following the fight for answers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/523984600725253 On the night of February 9, 2025, 18-year-old Megan Trussell was last seen leaving her dorm at the University of Colorado B...

On the morning of November 8, 2001, 53-year-old Donna O’Steen was found murdered inside her home in Seattle. She had been bound with duct tape and stabbed multiple times. There were signs of a robbery—but it wasn’t clear if that was the real motive. There were no signs of forced entry, only a few random items were missing, and the killer had brought their own knife and duct tape. That raised a tro...

On the night of December 15, 1996, 12-year-old Celina Mays went to bed in her family home in Willingboro, New Jersey.  By morning, she was gone. As police began investigating, they learned that when she disappeared, Celina was nine months pregnant and just days away from giving birth. They also learned that her family belonged to a controversial religious group led by her aunt—one that former memb...

On the night of Friday, October 23, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Steppach attended a party in Little Rock, Arkansas. The following evening, she texted her stepfather and said she’d been sexually assaulted at the party and asked if he would go with her to the police. He said yes. But after that, she never contacted him again. Calls and texts from her family went unanswered until the next afternoon, when...

Consider signing Eric's family's petition: https://www.change.org/p/pleading-with-alabama-ag-s-cold-case-unit-to-lead-eric-nelams-homicide-investigation/u/33269079 Follow Justice for Eric on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justice.for.eric.nelams/ Follow Justice for Eric on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justice.for.eric.nelams On the morning of September 26, 2003, 32-year-old Army veteran E...

On May 3rd, 2013, 23-year-old Amber Berbiglia never showed up for work. She was always on time, so her coworkers immediately knew something was wrong. They texted and called but received no reply. Around the same time Amber’s coworkers were trying to reach her, two separate 911 calls came in. The first was from a caller who reported an abandoned vehicle. The second came from a group of kids who sa...

On the afternoon of May 1, 2002, 24-year-old Evelyn Hernandez picked up her five-year-old son, Alex, from school in San Francisco. She was nine months pregnant and just days away from giving birth to a baby boy she planned to name Fernando. That evening, she called her sister to talk about her upcoming baby shower. It was the last time anyone ever heard from her. A week later—on what would have be...

**If you have been a victim of a crime, there may be help available to you. Check out the Office for Victims of Crime to see if you're eligible for their services.** On July 26, 1992, 22-year-old Brenda Gail Lambert hosted a birthday party at her home in Bluewell, West Virginia. It was her youngest child’s first birthday, and the house was filled with family—including Brenda’s estranged husband, R...

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On September 27, 2004, 18-year-old Brittany Phillips had what appeared to be a typical day in the life of a college student. She spent time with friends and called her mom later that night to catch up. But after that phone call, no one saw or heard from Brittany again. She didn’t show up for her classes, she didn’t check in with friends, and she didn’t return any of her mother’s calls. Days passed...