Utah's Cold Cases

On February 9th, 1980, Bryan Pickett, a corrections officer at the Weber County Jail, went to a bar in Ogden with a colleague after work.  Bryan left the bar around 1:30am, but he never made it home.  A few minutes later, a young couple found his jeep stopped in the middle of a dark road and Bryan's body in the street with a gunshot wound to the head. Judging by the wound, investigators...

In October 2008, during a night shift in Ogden, Jeffrey Bancroft left work on his lunch break and never returned. His son Kurtis remembers him as honest and hardworking, “the carburetor king” who could fix anything. What looked like a car crash was later ruled a murder. The case went cold, and now investigators are taking a fresh look.   If you have information on the homicide of...

Ryan Bush, was a 20-year old Ogden man who went missing in April 2013. He was found dead in a recycling transfer facility in Wilmington, California just weeks later. The LAPD found some papers in his pockets that linked him to Ogden Utah, but his body was in such bad condition they couldn't find any forensic evidence of who committed the crime. The Ogden Police Department took on the investigation...

In the early morning of October 1, 2013, Shallen Lestrick went to his girlfriend’s house on 29th Street in Ogden, Utah, to see their new baby. According to his girlfriend, they were outside smoking when two men wearing hooded jackets walked up and Shallen was shot in the back of the head. Those men have never been identified, and investigators are convinced there are people with information...

On May 3, 2015, 18-year-old Francisco Lopez was killed in a drive-by shooting in Ogden. More than ten years later, police have reopened the case with new leads. His father, who describes Francisco as kind and full of life despite his learning disabilities, has spent years searching for answers. Now, with detectives taking a fresh look, they hope this will finally bring justice and closure. If you...

On the morning of June 1st, 2019, a man was found in a pool of blood in an Ogden junkyard with a baseball bat at his feet. His death was determined to be a homicide, but the mystery remains - who killed Scott Perkins? Scott’s sister tells the story of how her brother ended up living in a junkyard, and why she believes he still deserves justice. If you have any information that could help sol...

In the spring of 1984, Andrew Hanson, who went by Jay, was shot and killed in front of his wife and brother-in-law. This 41-year-old case has left investigators puzzled; there is very little information about Jay and the masked killer who shot him on his doorstep. The case has multiple suspects, but not enough evidence links any of them to the crime scene. The only pi...

In 2017, 28-year-old Brian Housley was shot in Ogden in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity. Days later, he died from his injuries. Now, the cold case has been reopened, and investigators are hoping for new leads. KSL TV’s Andrew Adams reports on the search for answers and the legacy Brian left behind. If you have any information that could help solve this case call or text t...

In December 2016, two men were killed and another was left clinging to life after a targeted shooting in South Ogden. Surveillance video shows three masked figures outside the home moments before gunfire erupted—peering into windows, crouching in the yard, and handling a handgun. Nearly a decade later, the cold case has been reopened, and police are still asking: who were these people, and w...

The passage of time can mean a pass on justice for the families of murder victims. Utah's Cold Cases aims to bring the unsolved cases of the missing and murdered to the forefront, in hopes a new detail will spark new leads. Coming August 21st.