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Wednesday Aug 27, 2025

Step into the chilling world of unresolved mysteries with "5 True Crime Cases Still Unsolved in 2025." These five haunting stories remain clouded in uncertainty, leaving families and communities yearning for answers and justice.
🕒 Case Lineup:
🔹 Amber Berbiglia – A 23-year-old aspiring fashion designer found brutally murdered under a freeway overpass in Little River, South Carolina, in 2013. Her case remains unsolved.
🔹 Dustin Ivey – A 13-year-old boy from Indiana found beaten and drowned in 2004. His stepbrother was tried but acquitted. The case is still open.
🔹 Emily Pike – A 14-year-old member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe who ran away from a group home in Mesa, Arizona. Her dismembered remains were found weeks later in 2025. The case is unsolved.
🔹 Julie Monson – An 18-year-old college student from Auburn, New York, who vanished in 1981 after a night out. Her remains were discovered in 1983, but the case remains surrounded by controversy and unsolved.
🔹 Stacey Smart – A 52-year-old Wiyot Tribe member from Lewiston, California, who disappeared in October 2016 under suspicious circumstances. She has never been found, and the case remains unsolved.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/1b9e9550
 
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Monday Aug 25, 2025

🕵️‍♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and determination.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Caira and Leah Christopher — Twin sisters brutally murdered by their mother’s ex-boyfriend in a shocking 2020 home invasion.
🔹 The Florida School for Boys — A century-long nightmare of abuse, torture, and death at a state-run reform school finally shut down in 2011.
🔹 Kathy Smiley — A bright 16-year-old abducted and murdered by two fugitives in 1974; her haunting legacy still lingers in the Georgia and North Carolina woods.
🔹 Nadine Gurczenski — A 26-year-old Toronto woman murdered in 1999; her killer, a long-haul trucker, was finally identified through genetic genealogy in 2023.
🔹 Soul Asylum's Runaway Train Updates — A powerful music video that helped locate missing children worldwide and continues to inspire awareness and hope.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/11b9b940
 
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Wednesday Aug 20, 2025

Step into the chilling world of unresolved mysteries with "5 True Crime Cases Still Unsolved in 2025." These five haunting stories remain clouded in uncertainty, leaving families and communities yearning for answers and justice.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Connie Marie Ruddy - A devoted mother of two vanishes without a trace in 1997, leaving her children behind. Years later, only a jawbone is discovered near a riverbank. Who took Connie from her family, and why?
🔹 Gretchen Eve Fleming - A bright and vibrant young woman disappears after leaving a bar with a former police officer. With inconsistencies in his story and suspicious behavior, he remains the last known person to see her—but still no arrests.
🔹 Kevin Nguyen - A night out in Fort Wayne, Indiana, turns into a six-year mystery. After calling his sister for a ride, Kevin vanishes. Was it foul play, an accident, or something darker?
🔹 LaQuanta Nachelle Riley - A 19-year-old with dreams of working in forensics disappears after leaving her aunt’s home. A strange voicemail and identity theft in another state raise chilling questions about what really happened.
🔹 McKenzie Mae Sessoms - Just 11 years old, McKenzie was murdered in her own home two weeks after a custody change. A neighbor was arrested—but the case still hasn’t gone to trial over a decade later. Her family believes the full truth has yet to be revealed.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/15c79c89
 
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Monday Aug 18, 2025

🕵️‍♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and determination.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Christine Schultz – Milwaukee mother murdered in 1981; her ex-husband’s new wife, Laurie “Bambi” Bembenek, was controversially convicted.
🔹 Kathryn Donohue – Arlington, VA secretary found murdered in 1979; solved in 2024 through forensic genealogy linking the crime to Rodger Zodas Brown.
🔹 Martika Ferguson – Enid, OK mother shot in an alley in 2020; killer Shane Perosi was identified through surveillance and sentenced to life in prison.
🔹 Pauline Brazeau – 16-year-old Métis mother murdered in Calgary in 1976; identified killer Ronald James Edwards was sentenced in 2023.
🔹 Stephen Edenfield – Tampa man murdered in 1997; cold case solved in 2024 when DNA linked the crime to Brandon Gliha, who was later charged.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/382e4daa
 
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Wednesday Aug 13, 2025

Step into the chilling world of unresolved mysteries with "5 True Crime Cases Still Unsolved in 2025." These five haunting stories remain clouded in uncertainty, leaving families and communities yearning for answers and justice.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Karen Spencer – A 17-year-old vanished after exiting a car on a dark Ohio highway in 1989. A man in a red Datsun remains the main person of interest.
🔹 Keshaun Williams – A 15-year-old from Cleveland disappeared after a house party in 2023. Witnesses say he was seen bound in a vehicle.
🔹 Nereida Melendez – A 17-year-old high school senior from Massachusetts was murdered on the day of her graduation in 1989. Her body was found near Bell Pond.
🔹 Virginia Douglas – A 69-year-old woman disappeared during a weekend trip with her husband in 1988. Suspicious clues point to foul play.
🔹 Jennifer Joyce Kesse – A 24-year-old from Orlando vanished in 2006. Her car was later found abandoned; surveillance captured a mysterious figure fleeing the scene.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/166ecc26
 
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Monday Aug 11, 2025

🕵️‍♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and determination.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Channon Christian and Chris Newsom - Channon and Chris were madly in love, but they would never see their relationship thru after being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
🔹 Melissa James - Melissa had dreams of running a dance studio, but after befriending a boybuilder couple things take a dark turn.
🔹 Shaelynn Lehano-Stone - A mother and father's neglect of their daughter turns deadly.
🔹 Skylar Neese - Skylar was best friends with Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf but their jealousy of each other eventually led to Skylar's disappearance.
🔹 Dustin Reeb - A young man, who moved to Dallas, Texas to make a fresh start, ends up trusting the wrong person.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/2a0f0d87
 
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Wednesday Aug 06, 2025

Step into the chilling world of unresolved mysteries with "5 True Crime Cases Still Unsolved in 2025." These five haunting stories remain clouded in uncertainty, leaving families and communities yearning for answers and justice.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Deborah Jean McKneely - A 39-year-old Georgia mother of two vanished in 1991 on the very day she was set to finalize her divorce. Blood evidence, a broken door, and cut phone lines pointed to foul play, but despite suspicion surrounding her estranged husband, Deborah has never been found and the case remains unsolved.
🔹 Nicole Marcum - At 23, Nicole disappeared under highly suspicious circumstances in Baytown, Texas, in 2019. Her abandoned car was found on a bridge, but no body, no surveillance, and no credible investigation followed. Family believes foul play was involved, especially pointing to her ex-boyfriend’s behavior. She remains missing.
🔹 Shelva Rafte (Shelly) - A mother of four, Shelva vanished after attending her daughter’s graduation party in Pennsylvania in 2006. Seen arguing with her boyfriend, her family doubted she’d walk home alone in the dark. Despite searches by authorities and the FBI, no trace of her has ever been found.
🔹 Stephanie Casberg - Stephanie’s brutal murder in Wisconsin in 1969 shocked the community. At 17, her dismembered body was found scattered near the Root River. Despite suspects ranging from coworkers to gang associations, her killer has never been caught, and her case remains unsolved over 50 years later.
🔹 Theodoric Elton Hunter Sr. (Theo) - A devoted father from Virginia, Theo disappeared in 2019 after visiting his estranged wife's home. His car was last spotted by a license plate reader at 3 a.m., and has never been found. Despite family-led searches and no financial activity since, his case remains a mystery.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/cd03aa8e
 
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Monday Aug 04, 2025

🕵️‍♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and determination.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Louise Ellis – A journalist devoted to justice falls for a manipulative ex-con, but when she disappears, the man she trusted becomes the prime suspect.
🔹 Pontiac Michigan Children – A mother leaves her children abandoned for years, with the only contact being a weekly food drop-off.
🔹 Shirley Merritt – A devoted mother brutally murdered in her own home, with her fugitive son as the prime suspect in a shocking betrayal.
🔹 Valentine's Day Killing Spree – A disgruntled nurse embarks on a horrifying murder spree, targeting former coworkers who accused him of harassment.
🔹 Waymon Keith Gentry – A husband and father is gunned down in his own home, and investigators uncover chilling evidence pointing to someone close to him.
 
📚 Sources: https://controlc.com/846566be
 
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Wednesday Jul 30, 2025

Step into the chilling world of unresolved mysteries with "5 True Crime Cases Still Unsolved in 2025." These five haunting stories remain clouded in uncertainty, leaving families and communities yearning for answers and justice.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Brayden Thibault - A 17-year-old from New Brunswick vanished in 2017, with police later classifying his case as a homicide.
🔹 Carrie Singer - A 28-year-old woman was found brutally murdered in Virginia in 2004, and DNA phenotyping has given investigators new leads.
🔹 Christopher Rivers - A man disappeared in 2017 near Murphy Road in Ontario, the same area where another man vanished a decade earlier.
🔹 Pamela Holopainen - A young mother mysteriously vanished in 2003 after an argument with her common-law partner, leaving behind troubling evidence of foul play.
🔹 St. Louis Jane Doe - The headless body of a young girl was discovered in 1983, and despite forensic advancements, her identity and killer remain unknown.
 
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Monday Jul 28, 2025

🕵️‍♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and determination.
🕒 Case Lineup
🔹 Alyssa Burkett: A devoted mother ambushed and brutally murdered outside her workplace. As investigators closed in, they uncovered a shocking plot—her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée had orchestrated the attack, using disguises, planted evidence, and false reports to ruin her life before taking it.
🔹 Christe Chen Dawson: A brilliant pharmacist embarks on a luxury honeymoon, but the dream turns into a nightmare. After a night of drinking and an argument, she is found brutally beaten in their resort cottage. Her new husband flees the scene, only to be caught carrying her belongings and cash. Was it a tragic accident, or a calculated murder?
🔹 Earnestine Mortimore: A beloved 75-year-old woman was brutally beaten and strangled in her home, leaving her community in shock. The case went cold for decades—until new DNA technology identified a suspect already behind bars. Will justice finally be served?
🔹 Maryna Stetsenko and Margarita Razaz: A Ukrainian mother and daughter, fleeing war, believed they had found safety—only to fall victim to a horrifying plot. Lured in by a couple desperate for a baby, they were drugged, murdered, and discarded, all so their newborn could be stolen. A chilling crime with an unthinkable motive.
🔹 Scarlett Vickers: A playful family moment took a horrifying turn when a father, angered by a harmless tease, fatally stabbed his 14-year-old daughter. Was it truly a freak accident, or was there a darker, more violent side to his past?
 
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