Detective Perspective

On February 9, 1999, 15 year-old sophomore Ashley Ouellette was dropped off at a friend’s home for a sleepover in Saco, Maine. Just before 4:00 am the next day, Ashley was found dead in the middle of a busy road. While she didn’t have any visible injuries, an autopsy concluded that she’d been strangled.  The State Police conducted a thorough investigation of Ashley’s murder. Unfortunately, they we...

On June 2, 2007, at approximately 1:00 am, Christen Pacheco reported his girlfriend, Lily Aramburo, missing to the Miami-Dade Police. He said he last saw Lily around 2:00 am on June 1st, sitting in their apartment, playing with two bungee cords. Christen went to sleep and when he woke up, she was no longer there. Her shoes, phone, and purse were left behind, but the bungee cords were missing. Lily...

In March 2013, Molly Franquemont disappeared in Sunnyvale, California. Once her family, who lived back on the East Coast, learned that she was missing, Molly’s sister, Abby, went to California to figure out what happened to her.  Through her investigation, Abby discovered that a few months before Molly went missing, she started renting a room from a man named Glen Griggs. Abby also learned that Gl...

On January 7, 1996, a historic blizzard hit eastern New York, covering the area with over two feet of snow. That evening, Thomas Dorr Sr., a volunteer firefighter, received a call asking him to come to the station and help with any emergencies that might occur. Tom agreed to go, but he never showed up.  The next day, several firefighters went searching for Tom. They soon discovered his body in a p...

On the evening of March 7, 2014, D’Lisa Kelley, a 24-year-old caring mother, left her grandmother’s house in Dallas, Texas. At approximately 6:45 pm, D’Lisa accidentally called her sister. When her sister answered the phone, she heard D’Lisa screaming and yelling, “Stop! Get off me!” and a man saying, “Shut up! Stop screaming! You want to be hard headed.” D’Lisa’s grandmother called 911 to ask for...

On November 1, 2007, Justin Gaines, an 18 year old college student, went out to Wild Bill’s, a popular nightclub in Duluth, Georgia. At 2:00 am, on what was now November 2nd, Justin was seen outside of the club, in the parking lot. He was in the midst of calling multiple friends, trying to get a ride home. Unfortunately, none of Justin’s friends could pick him up, and he was never heard from again...

On the evening of August 10, 2004, Yolanda Bindics, a 25 year old mother of four, worked the closing shift at the Family Dollar in Jamestown, New York. After closing the store, Yolanda spoke to her brother on the phone, and said she’d stop by his place within an hour. But she never showed up, and no one saw Yolanda alive again.  Just over two years later, Yolanda’s skeletal remains were found in a...

On March 31, 1990, Stephen Marfeo contacted the Johnston Police Department and reported his wife, Doreen, missing. Stephen told officers that he hadn’t seen Doreen since March 29th, two days earlier. As the investigation unfolded, detectives concluded that Doreen was most likely murdered. But, they never found Doreen’s body and subsequently, no one was ever charged in her disappearance. It’s been...

On the afternoon of June 1, 2015, Alicia Hummel, a 29 year old preschool teacher, told her friends and family that she was going fishing off the Missouri River just outside of Vermillion, South Dakota. When she didn’t return home by 5:20pm, Alicia’s family reported her missing. Just over five hours later, they were notified that Alicia was located dead in the river - she had been the victim of a b...

Join former police detective and private investigator, Derrick Levasseur as he covers a new unsolved case every week. He'll discuss the facts of the case, give you his perspective on the investigation, and leave you with contact information for the individuals or organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you contact them directly and maybe help solve a case...