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The Wanda Beach Murders refers to the case of the unsolved murders of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock at Wanda Beach near Sydney on 11 January 1965. Their partially buried bodies were discovered the next day. The victims, both aged 15, were best friends and neighbours. The brutal nature of the slayings and the fact that the twin killings occurred on a deserted, windswept beach brought publicity to the case. It remains one of the most infamous unsolved Australian murder cases of the 1960s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Beach_Murders http://www.news.com.au/national/dna-clue-could-solve-47-year-old-wanda-beach-murders/news-story/0af7a2a166f406ac8a718ed3b6609e53

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German were discovered on an American hiking trail in Delphi, Indiana, after the young girls had disappeared from the same trail the previous day. The murders have received significant media coverage due to the fact that a photo and audio recording of a man believed to be girls' murderer was found on the cell phone of German. Despite the photo and audio recording of the suspect being released to the public by police, and over 26,000 tips being sent to police, no arrests have been made in the case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Abigail_Williams_and_Liberty_German

18 year old Ebby Steppach vanished on Oct. 24,2015 from little Rock,AR. Her last call was a 4 min. call to her brother that day. She did not sound normal to him. Later her car was found parked at her high school with her cell phone,contacts and other things inside. She was out of gas and had a dead battery. She has not been seen or heard from since. Her mom and stepdad recently appeared on Dr.Phil.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/527410417434961/about/ http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/steppach_ebby.html

ARTHUR LOUIS "BUDDY" SCHUMACHER  "Buddy" vanished On July 24th 1925. He was just 8 years old. "Buddy" went off with friends to go to a nearby swimming hole. His little body was found a short time after he went missing just a mile from home. His clothes were torn and his handkerchief was stuffed down his throat.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_%22Buddy%22_Schumacher http://archive.wauwatosanow.com/news/98934289.html

On Friday 23 Oct 1986, Philip left Colaiste Eanna Secondary School at 12.45 P.M. and returned to his home on Ballyroan Road, for lunch. He left the house at 1.30 P.M. and walked back to school but never arrived there.  On the following Wednesday, the pupils of the school returned voluntarily to the school during their mid term break to be interviewed by the Gardai. In the afternoon, Philip's school bag appeared in a laneway off Anne Devlin Road, Ballyroan, Dublin. It was found by two school girls. The lane had been searched before this. The bag contained some of Philip's books but his Geography book and two religion books (Christian Way 1 and the Good News New Testament) were missing. Forensic tests on the bag did not reveal any information. Investigations to date have been unsuccessful in providing any clues as to what happened to Philip or as to his whereabouts. To this day his disappearance remains unsolved. Philip's case is also featured on the Do...

At the time of her disappearance, Maitland was living with her friend, Jillian Stout, in  Sheldon, Vermont , about 20 miles (32 km) west of Montgomery. [7]  At about 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 19, Maitland left a note saying she'd return after work that evening. She departed for the Black Lantern Inn in a 1985  Oldsmobile  sedan registered to her mother, Kellie. After a busy, uneventful evening at work, Maitland clocked out at 11:20 p.m. She told her co-workers she needed to get home and rest before working the next day at her second job in  St. Albans . [8] [4]  By all accounts Maitland was alone in her vehicle when she left. [9] Early the next afternoon, a  Vermont State Police  trooper was dispatched to an abandoned house on Route 118 in  Richford , [10]  about a mile from the Black Lantern Inn. Maitland's car was found backed into the side of the house. Known locally as "the old Dutchburn house," [11]  the siding ...

Now maybe the Lyon family can have some peace in knowing what happened to their daughters after the plea. I just wish it included him telling where their remains are located. Their family deserves that. Below is a clip from an article about the plea. His uncle is next to be charged in this case. The Lyon sisters disappeared on March 25, 1975, after walking from their home in Kensington, Maryland, to the shopping center. Welch was charged in the girls' killings in 2015 after members of his extended family said they saw him carrying two large duffel bags on property the family owned on Taylor's Mountain in Bedford County, Virginia. During Welch's plea hearing in Bedford Circuit Court Tuesday, Commonwealth's Attorney Wes Nance said witnesses told authorities Welch put a green duffel bag in a large fire burning on the mountain. Nance said other witnesses recalled that the fire burned for days and had "the stench of death." Welch, now 60, did not s...

On June 15,1993 a teenage girl between 13-20 yrs. old was found dead with no ID a few clues in makeshift campsite at the Rainbow Falls Campground in Douglas County,CO. She is the only UID in the county. She was white and had dark blond hair. 5'8" 150-160lbs. She was very curvy with hips and a bust. She wore a black Harley Davidson T-shirt. She had on 2 necklaces and a pinky ring on. (see pics below) She appears to have been murdered as she had a blow to the head. This was not her cause of death. The ME could not determine that.  Jane's Doe Network Page

Wesley was last seen May 15,2001 playing with puppies on the front porch of his Clinton,LA home. He was just 2. His mother is suspected to have sold or given him away. She tried to sell another child for $2000 in 2008. http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/morgan_wesley.html

Bobby was just 5 years old when he went missing from   Campbellsport,WI  on May 14,1983. He told his sister he was going home to eat. He never made it back to the house. After searching the river police determined he was abducted.   http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/101dmwi.html

On July 21,1960  in Alamogordo,NM Sharon age 4 1/2 and a playmate were walking back home from the corner store where her mom sent her to get ketchup when a woman came up to them and tried to lure Sharon away. She offered her candy and clothes. She said no. So, the woman described as being fat with dirty blonde hair grabbed her arm and took her to a dark green 1950's car. Sharon told her friend that she was scared when they 1st spotted the car as the woman had approached her before. The only big lead in this case was the discovery of an unidentified little girl called "little miss Nobody" in the AZ desert. She was initially thought to be Sharon but was later proved not to be and remains UID to this day. http://www.crimewatchers.net/forum/index.php?threads/sharon-lee-gallegos-missing-from-alamogordo-nm-21-july-1960-age-4.4745/ Many articles at link.

"Mary Anderson/Andrews"  is said to have Killed herself Oct. 9,1996 in a room at the Hotel Vintage Park Seattle,WA. She drank cyanide mixed into Metamucil. We (my mom and I) think maybe she was murdered. Our theory is that perhaps she didn't know the poison was in there.                             She checked into the hotel under the Name Mary Anderson and may have also used Andrews as well. "Mary" is said to be between 30-40 years old. She may be older in our opinion. She gave a NYC address that actually has an apartment building across the street. She also gave a NYC phone number that comes back to Queens no where the address. She was clearly familiar with NYC. Who was she really and was she murdered?

On January 22, 1957, the Grimes sisters were found dead by a construction worker named Leonard Prescott. Their naked bodies were discarded next to the German Church Road near Willow Springs. Barbara Grimes lay on her left side with her legs slightly drawn up toward her body. Patricia Grimes covered the head of her sister. She lay on her back and her head was turned sharply to the right. The autopsy, performed by experienced pathologists, earned much criticism and came to the conclusion that the Grimes sisters died on December 28, the day they vanished, and that they died because of shock and exposure to low temperatures. This cause of death was only determined by excluding all other possibilities. However, Harry Glos, one of the chief investigators in the case, believed that the Grimes sisters were still alive when their bodies were discarded next to the German Church Road. He concluded this because of a thin ice layer on the bodies of the girls, which indicated that their ...

IN MEMORY ROBERT "WILLY" WILSON 1944-2017 I know I have not posted here in quite a while. I have been going through hell. My father got very ill suddenly in Oct. 2016. He passed away April 7,2017. My heart is shattered. I was a total daddy's girl.   I will continue my work and post new cases soon. My father was so proud of me and my work. My work will now and forever be dedicated to my daddy.