Cold and Missing

How could a 12 year old girl get on a public bus after school and never been seen from again? This is exactly what happened with 12 year old Elyssa Vasquez in Clarkston, GA. In January of 2003 Elyssa was starting at a new school and was really excited about it. Her dad and brother were waiting for her at the bus stop near their home after school to hear about her first day. The bus came and went b...

Donny Gouveia, a 19-year-old gentle young man with a promising future, was brutally beaten to death in 1991 in Honolulu. His body was found at Magic Island Lagoon, and despite efforts by the police, the case remains unsolved. In 2019, the case was reopened in hopes of identifying the man seen in the ATM footage with Donny before his murder. Donny's family continues to seek justice and closure. ***...

Angela, also known as Angie, is a 20-year-old woman in 1991 who is pregnant and engaged to her high school boyfriend, Rob. One night in April, while on a call with Rob at a payphone, Angie starts to get worried about a green truck that is circling the block. When the truck pulls in and parks next to the payphones she starts to quickly tell her fiancé the description of the man and his green truck....

Najah, a devoted mother and foster parent, goes missing on her way to work at Panera Bread. Her car is abandoned in a parking lot about 5 minutes after she was due to start her shift. Shortly after that road crews contact police to say they found some of her belonging along a local highway. About a month after her disapperance a grizzly discovery is made about 2 hours away from where Najah was las...

Ellabeth Mae Lodermeier, also known as Ellie, went missing on March 6, 1974, in Sioux Falls, SD. When she didn’t show up for work her co-workers called her soon to be ex-husband, Gene Lodermeier. When Gene and a few coworkers went to her house they found the doors locked and her car in the driveway. Inside was a pizza with a single slice missing, bread dough left rising on the counter, and spilled...

Jim Duckett, a 43-year-old Army veteran and skilled handyman, was found murdered in his home in November 2008. His sister discovered his body tied to a chair with multiple stab wounds, police will later say that Jim was tortured. Police suspected that Jim was specifically targeted and not a random victim but no motive for the gruesome murder has ever been released. Despite ongoing investigations a...

Beverly Ward, a 13-year-old girl, went missing on July 4, 1978, from her home in Junction City, Kansas. She was last seen sleeping in her bedroom, but after a brick went through a neighbors window it seemed like the whole neighborhood woke up around 5am. Beverly’s family was watching the commotion going on across the street when it dawned on them that Beverly was not with them and she was not in h...

Carmen is a 19-year-old living in Indianapolis, who was starting to turn her life around. She had a steady job at a Pizza Hut and was living with a roommate. Carmen’s neighbors heard her laughing and talking with a man at around 11:30 in the evening on March 22nd, 1993. About 90 minutes later, neighbors would hear a fight coming from Carmen’s apartment and then someone running away. No one calls p...

Melissa, a talented and passionate individual, faced challenges in her life, including a diagnosis of Lyme disease. On February 6th, 2020, she experienced a mental health crisis and drove to the Taos Gorge Bridge with the intention of jumping off. However, she called her ex-girlfriend for help, who took her to a psychiatric hospital. After her release, Melissa struggled with medication side effect...

Holly White, a woman known for her organization and warmth, went missing in May 2016. She had recently quit her job as the general manager of the Taos Center for the Arts to pursue a new opportunity in Albuquerque where her husband had moved to start a new job.. On the day she disappeared, Holly was supposed to meet her friend for a morning walk but never showed up. Her car was later found parked...

D'Lisa Kelley, a devoted mother, went missing in March 2014 on her way to her best friend's wake. Her sister received a distressing phone call from D'Lisa's phone, hearing her scream for help before the call abruptly ended. Despite her family's efforts to locate her, the police response was initially slow and dismissive. A week later, D'Lisa's body was found severely beaten and strangled on the po...

Katelin Akens, a 19-year-old woman, went missing in December 2015. She was supposed to be heading to the airport to catch a flight back to Arizona. Her ex-stepfather was giving her a ride but had to drop her off 4 hours early so he could get back to work. He later said that Katelin wanted to be dropped off at a nearby mall instead of waiting at the airport. She told her former stepfather that she...

This week we cover the cold case of Fiona Yu. Fiona, a 21-year-old college student, was found partially clothed and clinging to life in her apartment hallway by her roommate. She was rushed to the hospital but passed away shortly after. The autopsy confirmed that she died of strangulation and was sexually assaulted. Police initially have a few good suspects but none of them pan out. The case remai...

Kevin McClam, a 14-year-old boy, went missing on March 30, 1997, from the Naval Weapons Station military base near Goose Creek, South Carolina. His mother, Tracey, noticed his absence on Easter Sunday when he didn't show up for a meal. Base security initially dismissed Kevin as a runaway, despite no evidence to support this theory. Two days after his disappearance, Kevin's clothes were found spray...

Tiesha, a brilliant young woman, was murdered in her apartment in 2006. Tiesha had excelled at school and was just starting her corporate career in Manhattan and had recently moved into a Brooklyn apartment with her boyfriend, Keve. Tiesha had it all. On the night of the murder, three thieves broke into their apartment, tied up Tiesha and Keve, and shot Tiesha in the back of the head. Keve survive...

Anthonette Cayedito, a 9-year-old girl from Gallup, New Mexico, went missing on April 6, 1986. Her mother, Penny Cayedito, had gone out for the night and left Anthonette and her two younger sisters with a babysitter. When Penny returned home all of her daughters were there when she fell asleep at 3am. When Penny woke up at 7am she found Anthonette missing from her bed. There were no signs of a str...

Amy Mihaljevic was a 10-year-old girl who went missing in 1989 in Bay Village, Ohio. Amy was lured to a shopping center by a stranger who called her at home twice. The first time the man insisted he needed her help buying her mother a surprise gift for a recent work promotion and the second time promising to buy her a gift as well. She was last seen at the shopping center, where witnesses reported...

The Thompson family, consisting of Everett Sr., Lydia, and their two sons, Everett Jr. and Andrew, went missing in July 1996 in Chicago, IL. Prior to their disappearance, there was tension in the household due to Lydia's brother, Kenneth White, who had recently been released from prison and was staying with them. On July 3, 1996, Lydia called the police reporting that Kenneth was chasing her with...

Jenny Lin, a 14-year-old girl, was brutally murdered in her home in 1994. Police are baffled by the gruesome crime scene. Jenny is found in a pool of blood, bound with duct tape, and her clothes have been removed by force. Police are unclear on what the motive could have been. Nothing was missing from the home and Jenny was not sexually assaulted. However, they later considered the possibility of...

Marlon Devine Santos, a 5-month-old baby, went missing on November 5, 1998. Marlon was in foster care with Yolanda and Jose Castillo when he disappeared. Yolanda left Marlon and two other foster children home alone, in an unlocked house, while she went to pick up her own children from school. When she returned, Marlon was gone. Yolanda waited over 48 hours before reporting him missing to the polic...

Jimmy Blakeley, a 17-year-old from Hartford County, Maryland, was found stabbed to death on April 2, 1990. He had been working at a Shell gas station and called his parents to say he was on his way home, but instead made a stop at an adult bookstore. His body was discovered the next morning on a secluded dirt road, still wearing his Shell uniform but with his shirt unbuttoned and pants partially p...

Dava Leonard, a 39-year-old mother of six, went missing in February 2021. She had been in an unhealthy relationship with her possessive boyfriend, Steve, whom she met on a dating website. Dava's family and friends became concerned about her well-being and reported her disappearance to the police. Despite initial skepticism from the authorities, her case was eventually reopened, and her family cont...

In the middle of the middle of the day three woman were brutally murdered at The Hair Gallery beauty salon in Florence, MT. Dorothy Harris, Brenda Patch, and Cindy Paulus were all found were their throats deeply slit. Just minutes before the murder an oddly dressed man was seen near the salon. He was wearing a dark suit, duster jacket, and either a top hat or a fedora. He was seen by 7 witness the...

Jeffrey Lynn Smith’s mother was a housekeeper for Bill Clinton’s family and was named after Virginia Clinton Kelley’s husband at the time - Jeff Dwire. She never loved the name so she went by Lynn, Lynn went missing on December 4, 1985, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She was walking home with her boyfriend and a friend from school during the festive season. Lynn's boyfriend claims they parted ways, but...

Sigrid Stevenson, a 25-year-old graduate student at Trenton State College in New Jersey, was found brutally beaten to death on September 4, 1977. She had returned to campus after hitchhiking through Canada and New England and planned to spend the night in Kendall Hall to practice the piano. Her body was discovered by a security guard, naked and covered with a piano cover, with her wrists tied behi...