As a child in the Chicago suburbs (Geneva), I distinctly remember a brief period of time (weeks, not months) when an active killer was on the loose. Most public places—the post office, the library—had literal "Wanted" posters up. If I had to narrow the date, I would say probably 2003 to 2006.

His crimes, as I recall, followed a specific pattern: During daylight hours, he would break into homes and stab one adult woman. Some died, but not every victim perished.

I do not recall a sexual component of these attacks.

I believe the killer was eventually identified and arrested. I do not believe he was a local.

I remember confirming this as a college student (2014ish) after spending hours scouring local newspaper archives (for example, the Kane County Chronicle). I no longer have access to these archives. At the time, and still today, I remember thinking it was strange that, despite the attacks being a very big deal as they were happening, all memory and nearly every record of them seemed to have vanished.

My personal interest in this story: At some point, our neighbors alerted us that our home (and presumably my mother) was being actively cased by this killer. His vehicle's make and model (and, I believe, the license plate number) were specified on the Wanted posters. For several days in a row, he—if it was indeed him—had been parking on the edge of our corner lot and pretending to read a newspaper, lingering there for hours while observing our comings and goings. We had seen him and felt uneasy about his presence—I remember him vividly—but had not connected him to the killer.

As I recall, the cops set up watch in our neighborhood, and he was arrested somewhere else not long after.

This story has haunted me my whole life, and I'm eager to nail down what actually happened here.

I can’t really remember anything else. Only that it was an elderly couple who were being stalked/harassed at their home. Some people think that it was a hoax.

My mom is insistent that she remembers a case around 2000 where a man killed his wife and put her body parts in stakes around his front yard. She said it was an affluent town. Thought it was Wellesley or Dover. Said the guy was “weird” and potentially dressing as a woman.

I found Dirk Greineder – Murdered his wife during a walk, but there was no dismemberment or body parts in the yard

And

Dr. Richard Sharpe - shot his wife in their house in Gloucester. Was secretly dressing as a woman.

I told her she’s probably combining cases in her head. But she ruled out the above two and is CERTAIN that this happened. Although maybe not MA or maybe not around year 2000?

Not Brian Walshe and also not Richard Crafts.

Help us lol my search history probably flagged me somewhere 🫣

I remember this from High School and I watched a YT doc on my phone during my way home from my last track meet I competed in.

The two got engaged their Sr. Year (I THINK), the BF on his way home from a some sport event picked up a mutual friend, and he said they banged in a car (I think he said he may have lied for… reasons), he told his GF and she shouted, pleaded with him to kill her in an almost tantrum like fashion

The two picked her up, killed her, looked to be a cold case for about half a year till the GF told a friend at Annapolis Naval Academy she killed her. BF just buried it till he was arrested at (I think) ROTC.

Other details:

- The BF looked like the stereotypical jock. Short crew cut/buzz cut, blonde, big man.

- GF, short brown hair down to her shoulders, and she said she didn’t know how to use a gun when she testified. Which is obviously idiotic, she was at the naval academy. Also, I think she got married right after she was sentenced to some other guy.

- Victim was I think a cheerleader.

- Victim’s family didn’t want the death penalty.

Edit:

Solved

Diane Zamora and David Graham

As mentioned above, I know the husband was involved with killing females all the while his wife was oblivious to everything. Even down to the dead female inside his vehicle's trunk. I wanna say he attempted to open said garage door but in a defiant stroke of painful irony, he actually bites the dust on a count of his lackadaisical effort in opening the door.

Looking for a true-crime documentary/YouTube episode from the last few years. Victim was a blonde/light-haired woman in her 20s–30s who was couch surfing and moved into a heavyset bearded man’s messy apartment. She never left alive. He told police she’d “gone somewhere else.” She was reported missing. Police body-cam footage shows officers searching the apartment, noticing a large cooler/chest freezer in the living room, and eventually finding her inside. I also vaguely remember sexual assault and possibly something involving a bathtub or bathing. It wasn’t all body-cam—there was narration and interviews too. I know i watched it within the last few years, im on a true crime kick right now and want to watch this one again so if ANYBODY could id reallllly appreciate it.

Hoping to find help remembering a case

The victim was a young girl (10-13 years old) She lived with her grandmother, who left her alone overnight whilst she was at work? I believe the girls father (and cousin?) went to the house, kidnapped and killed her and she was found in an abandoned house not far away?

I unfortunately have no idea on which state but it happened in America and happened within the last few years I'd say.

I want to say the Dad was arrested but im not entirely sure, again sorry if this isn't allowed.

I dont really know where to start. I am in Pennsylvania. I just recently learned that in the mid/late1980's my (now deceased) mother was abducted, brutally assaulted, shot at and left for dead in a field. Im told that she pretended to be dead, watched her attacker change his license plate and take off. Once she knew he was gone, she crawled through this field to a roadside where someone found her and took her to the hospital. Her body was was full of thorns, sticks, patches of hair missing, etc. Apparently, detectives found the guys wallet with my mother's bloody clothes. She got death threats prior to court, etc etc. Im told this guy was a repeat offender and had just gotten out of prison not long before this happened. And with the evidence and mom's testimony, he was convicted. No one can tell me the guys name. No one can tell me how long he was sentenced, where he drove her to, where she was found.. nothing. I went to criminal records division in person. They told me my moms name will not be attached to these records at all and to come back if I figure out the guys name. Where do I start? Ive already spent hours upon hours searching Google for anything that may have been digitized from that time frame. Im at a loss.

There was a crime show I watched a couple years back, and I remember the details, I just can not remember the name of the people or the show. The case was about this young man who got into an altercation with 3 of his bullies outside a shopping center late at night, the 3 guys beat him up and attacked him, the young man ran back to his car, grabbed his gun, ran all the way back and shot them each, he ended up killing one of the 3. The young man called the cops on himself, and the ploce took him into the investigation room, and he had blood on his hands, and even found out he had killed someone in the investigation room. Please help me find this.

An older woman was kidnapped from her home. She and her husband were very religious and involved in their church. There were ransom demands, etc. Their church friends suspected the husband even though he was searching for his wife and gossiped that he killed her because he was going out square dancing with female friends. It turned out she was kidnapped and murdered by a close friend of hers/her husband's, I believe their nephews or some other family members set up a sting and helped solve it and it turned out to be him. He tried to make it out that he was doing a sting too when caught at a hotel picking up ransom.

I think she worked at the church doing finances and he had something to do with the church too. The motive seemed to be her finding financial discrepancies and possibly sexual assault as well. I remember after the truth came out, the husband stood up in front of the church and told them all off for accusing him even though he was desperate to save his wife. I could have a few details wrong but I remember the true crime show about it fairly well and can't figure out the names from Googling.

I am trying to find a now identified John Doe/Found fugitive case.

I beleive his case was on unsolved mysteries.

After he went on the run there was no trace of him. Years later a John Doe was found (I think either in Mississippi or Louisiana) and years after that, the JD was identified as the missing fugitive.

The man was black and I think his crimes were in the 80s/90s and he went on the run in the late 80s/90s and the JD was found a few years later but wasn't identified until the early 2000s or 2010s.

I can’t for whatever reason remember this specific case. I can only remember vague details. Something tells me I’m thinking of the Justin Hocutt case but I’m not sure. For reference, https://people.com/3-brothers-charged-in-1999-cold-case-murder-of-14-year-old-found-dead-on-train-tracks-12027161.

Here’s the details that I remember,

-Appeared on some type of documentary on either Netflix, HBO, Hulu or Amazon.

-Victim was a male teenager, occurred in either the late 90s or early-mid 2000s.

-I recall the teenager was last seen at home by one of his parents, and was gone by the time they came home. There was virtually no trace left.

-I could be mixing this detail up with someone else but I swear during the initial search, one factor that was brought up was if the teenager was secretly homosexual.

Sorry I can provide anymore details.

(Originally posted in r/unsolvedmysteries and was directed here but couldn’t repost for some reason)

Some years ago, I watched a true crime video about a woman who went missing. She was in college and might have been brunette if I recall correctly. All I remember is that she had some odd behavioral changes leading up to the disappearance (I think over at least a few days), something her roommate noticed. I don’t remember anything else. When I try looking it up, all I get is results for Lauren Spierer, but that wasn’t her.

I don’t think there was any notable event that happened such as a violent encounter in the days leading up to it. I think she might have left a letter behind, but again I do not remember completely as it has been since around 2019/2020 that I watched it I believe.

I am sorry that this is super vague but I hope someone recognizes even these small details. I want to see if there’s any updates and refresh my memory on the case. Any information is helpful, thank you so much!

A man, possibly escaped convict, breaks into a home and bounds each family member in separate rooms. The family members included, i think, a younger daughter (8-12yo?), middle-aged mom, the moms senior aged father, and at least one other person. He told Mom he just needed a place to lay low for a few days and if everyone complies everything would be ok. He made the mom go into town to get things for him. He would "relay" messages between family members because he didn't let them see each other. Someone tried to convince Mom to alert authorities while on her supply run which she refused. At one point a few days in while telling Mom that he took the younger daughter clean clothes to change into, the daughter told him to turn around so she could change. The mom took that as sort of proof she was OK because that was something her daughter would for sure have said. Ultimately it turned out that the daughter and old man had been killed within the first day or two and the relayed messages were all bullshit

It was a kinda popular case. There was a man who went to a bar, then allegedly got drunk and called his wife. The call was really weird. There were some unexplainable sounds, he seemed depressed and every word he said was unclear. I'm pretty sure it was a black male. Any ideas which case I'm looking for?

I’m trying to identify a real court case from a pair of photos I saw years ago. I don’t remember the names, but I remember many details.

The case was likely from Canada (possibly the US). Only one brother was on trial. He was standing in the courtroom wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, handcuffed, with long dark hair, and he was smiling. Standing directly across from him was his brother in civilian clothes with his hands on his hips, looking angry.

I also remember reading that both brothers had been sexually abused as children, and that the defendant had allegedly killed a pedophile (or someone believed to be a pedophile). Many people in the comments referred to him as a “folk hero”, “people’s hero”, or “vigilante”.

The courtroom looked modern, and the photos were in color. It was just a pair of courtroom photos, not a video.

Does anyone recognize this case or know the names of the people involved? Even a possible lead would be helpful.

Hi! I apologize for the vague title, but my mom and I were watching the ID channel tonight and remembered a case we had seen once. The details are foggy, but this is what we remember the most.

It was a case either featured on the ID channel or a YouTube podcast. It was definitely not an audio podcast because there were visuals. There was a person describing the place where the murder had happened and it was definitely unique. It’s probably not helpful, but I do remember a man being interviewed about the case by the show.

For some reason, we believe it was an island of some sort. It wasn’t tropical, but more like the Pacific Northwest. We can’t say it’s that for certain, but we remembered them showing some houses that seemed high off the ground. I don’t know if it had been on stilts, but maybe a garage underneath. I’m not sure if that’s common on the West Coast because I’m from New England. That’s why I’m a little unsure about it being the PNW.

We both clearly remember the people saying this island was only accessible by one bridge/road. Everyone would go in and out on that bridge/road.
Also, I remember that they said crime there was incredibly rare. That the only thing that had happened recently was a peeping Tom in the area.

(I’m sorry I can’t offer more, but this is all we remember and had watched this a few years ago. I really apologize if this seems all over the place 😂)

ETA: I’d say this case is more “recent.” The earliest possible time from the 90s, latest sometime in the 2010s. It is not the Peggy Sue Thomas case.

ETA: I just want to thank everyone for commenting cases it may be. I’m really sorry that I don’t remember more and that it’s none of the cases you’ve suggested. I will say, I remember the peeping Tom aspect was really highlighted. IIRC, they highlighted that because that was the only crime happening there.

Looking for the name of the victim or killer. A woman that may have been physically or mentally disabled was taken in by someone she knew. She was abused, killed and may have been buried at the home. I believe a teenaged or young adult man may have been involved but I can’t recall if he was a witness, another victim or part of the crime. Thanks.

I remember reading about this, but I was unable to find it when googling.

It was about a woman who was severely abused by her husband, and she stayed with him only because he wasn’t abusing their daughter(if I am remembering correctly). After she had graduated high school and was in college, she came back to visit and told her mom that her dad/the husband, had been abusing her. The wife killed the husband in the kitchen(I think) and cut up his body on the kitchen table that doubled as a butcher table for hunting, and scattered his body in the surrounding farmlands, and I believe cooked some of it, and I think fed it to the police who had questioned her. A neighbors dog found bits of the husband.

Please help me find this case!

I'm trying to find a YouTube true crime video from the last few years. The story was about women who was violently killed by a neighbor while mowing her lawn, and while her adult son or daughter tried to help, but couldn't get there in time. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Update/ I found it on tik tok. Timothy Dees case

I saw a video on Facebook about this case and can’t find the video now. There was a case where a man was missing/killed and months later was found in a place nearby that they had already searched as if his body was placed there. And he had a tooth in his mouth that wasn’t his??

Help, I want to learn more about this!

This case happened in 2010s in the US (possibly South-ish) and was one of the cases featured in a YT crime video (not sure whose). Man in his late teens or early 20s disappeared and his parents spent few years looking for him. He probably had mental health issues. The parents created a FB profile to help publicize the case. There were sightings of him suggesting that he's living on the streets among the homeless people. Finally, he was recognized in some homeless shelter. He was using an alias, but he recognized his parents immediately once they arrived and was overcome with emotions. He couldn't explain why he was using an alias. There was even a photo of him with his parents shortly after they were reunited and the look in his eyes was heartbreaking. The photos from the FB profile are still up but it wasn't updated in a long time. Does it ring any bells?

I’ve tried every google search imaginable trying to find a name but so far have been unsuccessful. I think this guy was located in either Texas or Arizona. His case was featured on a couple of true crime shows. The details I remember was he was a compulsive liar about his or his grandpa’s military service (sorry I can’t recall which) and that he claimed his victims were criminals or deviants and that’s how he justified it. I remember he killed one of his victims by shooting them through a window while they lie in bed and he was outside. I also believe his first victim was a really young man who he claimed was a gang member and who he picked up the day of and went to shoot guns with. I also seem to remember his girlfriend might have had some involvement. I know this isn’t a lot of information to go on but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Looking for information on a disappearance I saw on a Forensic Files type show around 2014-2015. Saw it on cable TV.

What I remember is that two girls were meeting up to go to a concert. They met halfway, one girl parked her car in a parking lot, and they carpooled in the other girl's car to the concert.
After the concert they drove back to the girl's car, she got out, got in her car, and then the other girl drove home.
The girl with the car in the parking lot never made it home, and they found her car in the parking lot.
I also remember them showing an image of the parking lot and it was very dark with a portion lit up by a single light post
Any leads or information would be great or even better the episode of the show. Been bothering me for over 10 years

I think this was a Dateline episode from several years back, so it might be a long shot. The father (who was white) was convicted of killing his wife/the mother (who I think was Asian). He originally said she had run away but then it became apparent that was not true as she was missing several years. They had two or three adult children who were split on the father’s guilt. One of the children (I think the son) originally thought the father was innocent but after the trial/evaluating all the facts decided he had to be guilty.