Detective Perspective

Editor: Shannon Keirce Research/Writing: Haley Gray SUBMIT A CASE HERE: Cases@DetectivePerspectivePod.com On Super Bowl Sunday, January 28, 2001, 18-year-old Jill-Lyn Euto was supposed to watch the game with her family in Syracuse, New York. But Jill never showed up. And when her mom and sister went to her apartment the next morning, they discovered Jill had been brutally murdered. Despite a thoro...

Beverly Hills isn’t the type of place where you expect someone to disappear without a trace. In fact, there are only two people on the city’s missing persons list. One of those people is Adam Hecht, the 23-year-old son of a successful Hollywood producer who grew up surrounded by movie stars, mansions, and privilege. But by 1989, Adam had become disillusioned with that lifestyle. He was spending ti...

On June 6, 1993, an armed man robbed the Be-Lo Supermarket in Windsor, North Carolina, before forcing six employees to the back of the store. There, the employees were directed to bind each other before the gunman attacked them with a gun and a butcher knife. Three of the victims died, while three survived. Despite the survivors helping investigators create a composite sketch, more than 33 years l...

In April 2017, 60-year-old Cindy Guido disappeared from the apartment where she was staying in Gilbert, Arizona. According to her roommate, Cindy left with an unknown man and never came home. Months later, investigators searched the apartment and discovered Cindy’s blood throughout multiple rooms. The amount of blood led them to believe Cindy was murdered, but her body was nowhere to be found. Nea...

Just after 12:00 am on June 30, 2001, 29-year-old Patti Adkins clocked out from her job at the Honda factory in Marysville, Ohio. According to Patti, she was supposed to leave that night for a week-long vacation. It was a trip Patti was really looking forward to, but she never returned home.  After her family reported her missing, an investigation began, with detectives uncovering a secret boyfrie...

On March 14, 1998, 39-year-old Lenny Dirickson was at his farm in the Cheyenne/Strong City, Oklahoma area, when an unidentified man arrived in a truck. The man said he wanted to look at one of Lenny’s stud horses, so Lenny left with him, telling his son that he would be back later that day. But Lenny never came home. More than 28 years later, his family is still searching for answers, and the ques...

On October 10, 2006, 29-year-old Margaret Haddican-McEnroe disappeared from her home in Warren Township, New Jersey. According to her husband, he returned home that afternoon to find Margaret gone and their five-month-old daughter alone in her crib. At first, police believed Margaret had left to cool down after an argument with Tim and would eventually return. But she never did.  Nearly 20 years l...

At approximately 11:45 pm on January 27, 2002, a woman arrived at AMF Broadway Lanes in Littleton, Colorado, to pick up her roommate, Erin Golla. She walked inside the bowling alley and instead found Erin and two men, Jim Springer and Bobby Zajac, dead. All three had been murdered. More than 24 years later, despite hundreds of tips, new technology, and evidence left behind at the scene, no one has...

In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers arrived at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. After convincing the security guards to let them inside, the men restrained the guards and spent the next 81 minutes moving through the museum. By the time they left, the thieves had stolen 13 works of art worth $500 million. They disappeared without a t...

On July 18, 2007, 55-year-old Barbara Bolick set out on a hike to her favorite overlook in Montana's Bitterroot National Forest with a family friend. It was a trail she knew by heart and had hiked countless times before. But during the hike, Barbara disappeared without a trace. According to the only witness, she was just 20 to 30 feet behind him when he turned away for less than a minute. When he...

On August 6, 1989, 13-year-old Elisa Roberson left her home in Aransas Pass, Texas, to meet a friend at a nearby elementary school. It was a walk she had made before and should have taken only a few minutes. But Elisa never arrived, prompting her family to report her missing that night. A wide-scale search began the following morning, and bloodhounds tracked Elisa's scent to a nearby intersection,...

On the afternoon of February 23, 1987, Lorene Potter stopped by her daughter Jaye Potter Mintz's home in Leland, North Carolina. Inside, she found Jaye's 2-year-old son crying and 23-year-old Jaye brutally murdered in bed. The crime scene was so horrific that local investigators immediately called in the State Bureau of Investigation. But despite decades of investigation and DNA left behind by the...

On the evening of May 30, 1988, 48-year-old Police Captain Michael O'Mara left home to run a few errands. He never made it home. That night, another officer found Mike dead in a grassy area outside the county courthouse. Within hours, investigators declared he had taken his own life. But Mike's family and friends refused to believe it. They feared he had been murdered, possibly by another officer...

On the morning of April 15, 2004, 38-year-old Patrice Endres was working at her salon in Cumming, Georgia. Then, just before noon, she vanished. Investigators would eventually conclude she had been abducted during a 13-minute window. But despite years of searching, following leads, and investigating multiple suspects, they still don't know exactly what happened. More than 22 years later, everyone...

On September 11, 2000, at approximately 4:47 am, 8-year-old Zachary Bernhardt was reported missing from his apartment in Clearwater, Florida. Within hours, hundreds of investigators and volunteers were searching for him. But they found no trace of Zach, and as the investigation unfolded, they began questioning whether they had ever been told the full story about what happened that night. More than...

 On July 24, 1997, 24-year-old Amy Wroe Bechtel spent the day running errands in Lander, Wyoming, before heading out to scout a route for an upcoming 10k race she was organizing in the Wind River Mountains. But, she never returned home, prompting her husband to report her missing. An extensive search of the mountains failed to uncover a single trace of her, aside from her vehicle. And as the inves...

On March 2, 1998, 19-year-old Suzanne “Suzy” Lyall finished her shift at a software store in Albany, New York, and boarded a bus back to her dorm at SUNY Albany. A friend later reported seeing her get off at her usual stop on campus. But Suzy never made it back to her room. The following day, her bank card was used at an ATM miles away from campus. Yet despite decades of investigation, no one has...

On the night of January 9, 1999, 25-year-old Wil Hendrick left his home in Moscow, Idaho, to attend a party with friends. He had recently celebrated his birthday, was preparing to start his final semester of college, and was looking forward to auditioning for a play just two days later. But Wil never came home. More than 27 years later, his case remains unsolved, leaving everyone with the same que...

On the morning of December 15, 1995, 36-year-old John Markley and his 32-year-old wife, Shelly, went to the bank to cash a check. But by later that afternoon, the couple had seemingly disappeared without a trace. Their five children came home from school to an unlocked house and several things out of place. More than 30 years later, John and Shelly are still missing, and one question continues to...

On March 15, 2000, 27-year-old Tina McQuaig went to work at a Jacksonville hospital like it was any other Wednesday. Before getting off work, she called home to say she was running a little late and planned to stop at the grocery store before heading home to her husband and four-year-old son. But Tina never made it home. More than 26 years later, Tina’s case remains unsolved, leaving everyone with...

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2005, 13-year-old Alex Anaya vanished from her home in Hammond, Indiana, just outside of Chicago. For weeks, her family was left wondering where she was and whether she was okay. They searched for answers, hoping Alex would come home. Then, on September 7, they got the news no family ever wants to hear. Alex had been found. She had been the victim of a horr...

On September 13, 1991, 36-year-old Tom Roche dropped his longtime girlfriend off at work in Burbank, California. He told her he was heading home to work on his motorcycle, and the two made plans to meet for lunch later that day. But Tom never showed up. Editor: Shannon Keirce Research/Writing: Haley Gray SUBMIT A CASE HERE: Cases@DetectivePerspectivePod.com SOCIAL Instagram: https://www.instagram....

On October 12, 2002, 25-year-old Paula Wade and her 3-year-old son, Brandon, were last seen in Valdosta, Georgia, just days before they were supposed to move to Florida for a fresh start. Paula had been packing up their apartment and was looking forward to being closer to family, but they never made that move. When Paula missed a scheduled call with her parents on the 13th and failed to show up fo...

On February 8, 2005, 43-year-old Dr. Geetha Angara went to work at a water treatment facility in Totowa, New Jersey, where she worked as a senior chemist. She was last seen heading to the plant’s basement to complete a routine task. But Geetha was never seen again, and hours after her shift ended, her car was still in the employee lot and her coat was at her desk. No one could explain where she ha...

On June 27, 2004, 30 year old April Pitzer was last seen in Newberry Springs, California, after telling loved ones she was preparing to come back home to Arkansas. She had been terrified for her life and was desperate to return, but she never made it back. In the months that followed, investigators received a series of strange and unsettling tips, including one involving a message written on a tru...