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Cold Cases

Ryan Riddell & Mark Prasse

2008

Chrisman

Illinois

Ryan Riddell and Mark Prasse, both 32, were longtime friends of Chrisman, IL. They were known for leading successful, productive lives. Ryan worked as a farmer...

Jo Ann Fox

1967

Vigo County

Indiana

In the early morning hours of June 24, 1967, 32‑year‑old Jo Ann Fox was murdered inside the Manor Apartments.

Michael Dean Wilkey

1975

Vigo County

Indiana

Michael Dean Wilkey, son of Raymond and Fairie Wilkey, was just 17 years old when he was shot and killed during a robbery.

Gloria Ann Hedden

1980

Vigo County

Indiana

On July 10, 1980, Gloria Ann Hedden, a 29-year-old married mother of two, was reported missing in Terre Haute, IN. She worked the overnight shift as a mail handler...

Marcie Fuller Swinford

1985

Vigo County

Indiana

Marcie Fuller Swinford was 21 years old when her life was violently taken in August 1985.

Mitchell Preston

1998

Vigo County

Indiana

Skeletal remains were discovered in January 1998 by a state highway employee along Fruitridge Avenue near Interstate 70 in Vigo County.

Jamie Lynn Marie

2003

Vigo County

Indiana

On October 24, 2003, three-year-old Jamie Lynn Marie Gillie of Terre Haute died due to blunt force trauma to the abdomen...

Holly Anderson

1992

Vermillion County

Indiana

Holly A. Anderson was an 18-year-old bright young woman from Danville, IL. On January 9, 1992, Holly was found deceased in Perrysville, IN...

Sarah “Jeanette” Benson

1981

Sullivan County

Indiana

On January 2, 1981, 51‑year‑old Sarah “Jeanette” Benson returned home from a shopping trip and encountered an intruder inside her residence in Farmersburg...

Marsa Gipson

1991

Putnam County

Indiana

Marsa Gipson, a 28‑year‑old mother of two from Terre Haute, was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 with her boyfriend during the early morning hours of August 27, 1991...

Billy Earl Martin

1957

Owen County

Indiana

Seven-year-old Billy Earl Martin vanished on the evening of August 10, 1957, from his neighborhood in Brazil, IN. He was last seen on Colfax Street...

Danielle ‘Gabby’ Akers

2016

Owen County

Indiana

Danielle “Gabby” Akers, a 32‑year‑old mother of two from Indianapolis, was reported missing after she left home on April 19, 2016. She had told friends she was going to meet an unknown individual...

Ann Lousie Harmeier

1977

Morgan County

Indiana

Ann Louise Harmeier was a smart, outgoing, talented 20-year-old getting her college education at Indiana University in Bloomington...

Georgia Ann Shreve

1991

Montgomery County

Indiana

On August 5, 1991, 37‑year‑old Georgia Ann Shreve was found deceased in a ditch along Interstate 74 by a passing truck driver...

Lauren Spierer

2011

Monroe County

Indiana

On June 3, 2011, 20-year-old Lauren Spierer, a sophomore at Indiana University majoring in textile merchandising, disappeared after a night out with friends in Bloomington...

Mary Beth Grismore

1978

Marshall County

Indiana

On February 22, 1978, Mary Beth Grismore, a mother of two from Marshall, IN, disappeared from her home under suspicious circumstances. Mary had recently remarried...

Darlene Hulse

1984

Marshall County

Indiana

Darlene Hulse, a 28-year-old mother of three, was living in Argos, Indiana, when she was attacked in her home on the morning of August 17, 1984...

Debra Fulton

1981

Lake County

Indiana

16‑year‑old Debra Mae Fulton left her home at 5644 Walter Street in Hammond, Indiana, planning to walk to the Roller Dome Rink to meet friends for Halloween...

Mervin Lehman

1969

LaGrange County

Indiana

17-year-old Mervin Lehman was traveling with his nephew, Ernest Lehman, in a horse-drawn buggy on a rural road in LaGrange County, Indiana. As they passed another vehicle...

ita Buffington

1994

Greene County

Indiana

Rita Buffington, a 33-year-old resident of Bloomfield, IN, lived independently despite a mild intellectual disability. On July 27, 1994, she disappeared without explanation...

Tonya Pickett & Richard Mustard

1998

Clay County

Indiana

On November 18, 1988, Cheryl Pickett returned to her home in Brazil, IN, and discovered the bodies of her daughter, 16‑year‑old Tonya Pickett, and her husband, 32‑year‑old Richard Mustard

Jennifer Stockrahm

1997

Clay County

Indiana

In the early morning hours of February 12, 1997, the Clay County Sheriff’s Department responded to a vehicle fire in Harmony, IN. After the fire was extinguished, investigators discovered a body inside the vehicle...

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