On the evening of December 12th, 2012, Sherese Walker Bingham set out with her two German shepherds for what should have been an ordinary walk along the White River in Indianapolis, Indiana. Instead, the fifty-one-year-old woman was found fatally shot on a walking path near the intersection of Limestone and West New York streets, not … More Sherese Walker Bingham
Kyle Christopher Seidel was born April 17th, 1978, the second son of Richard and Darlene Seidel. He and his older brother, Jeremy, grew up primarily in the Giants Neck section of East Lyme, Connecticut, and Kyle graduated from East Lyme High School in 1996. He met Kate Cioci in 2001, and the couple married on … More Kyle Seidel
Sixty-two-year-old Linda Helms and her sister, fifty-four-year-old Vickie Sterling, lived together at 808 East Lotus Avenue in North Tampa, Florida, not far from the Forest Hills area of the city. The sisters had occupied the home for approximately ten years before their deaths and were reportedly very close. Sometime on Thursday, April 12th, 2012, a … More Linda Helms and Vickie Sterling
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea Johnson lived in Fairfield, a suburban community north of Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Options Academy. She was a sophomore who earned good grades, and hoped to become a veterinarian. She enjoyed fishing and camping, reading, and texting her friends, and relatives remembered her as an affectionate teenager who sometimes left notes for her … More Chelsea Johnson
Sixty-five-year-old Surinder Singh and seventy-eight-year-old Gurmej Singh Atwal had both emigrated from India and settled in Elk Grove, California, a growing suburb south of Sacramento. They were neighbors, friends, and grandfathers who enjoyed spending time with their families and maintaining an active lifestyle. Surinder had immigrated to the United States in 2005, after working as … More Surinder Singh and Gurmej Singh Atwal
On the night of July 30th, 2011, a devastating fire destroyed the rural Iowa home of James William “Bill” Wood and his wife, Kaidena “Kay” Wood. When firefighters extinguished the flames, they discovered a body among the ruins. The victim was later identified as seventy-nine-year-old Bill Wood, but his death was no accident. Investigators determined … More Bill and Kay Wood
Twelve-year-old Garrett Phillips was a sixth-grade student at A.A. Kingston Middle School in Potsdam, New York, a village in St. Lawrence County near the Canadian border. He lived with his mother, Tandy Cyrus, and his younger brother, Aaron, in a second-floor apartment at 100 Market Street. An enthusiastic athlete, Garrett enjoyed basketball, soccer, football, and … More Garrett Phillips
Carmen Perez-Stolts was born in Jamaica and had lived in Collier County, Florida, for more than two decades. A former nurse and caregiver, she was remembered by family members as a compassionate woman who loved animals, fashion, dancing, and spending time with the people she cared about. Although she was eighty-one years old, relatives described … More Carmen Perez-Stolts and Ludwig Volksheimer
On the morning of December 14th, 2011, a daughter arriving at her parents’ home in Andover, Massachusetts, made a horrifying discovery. Her parents, sixty-nine-year-old John “Jack” Magee and his sixty-seven-year-old wife, Geraldine “Jeri” Magee, had been shot to death inside their home at 7 Orchard Crossing. The mystery had actually begun the previous evening, more … More Jack and Jeri Magee
On September 5th, 2011, the body of David Gates was discovered among bushes near Northeast 88th Street in Vancouver, Washington. David, who had been experiencing homelessness and living in the area, had suffered fatal head trauma. Authorities determined that his death was a homicide, though the available public records do not establish precisely when he … More David Gates
