On January 22nd, 2001, in the small town of Wells, Vermont, fifty-four-year-old Joan Hunter was found dead in the trailer she shared with her son on Endless Brook Road. Her death was caused by a shotgun wound and was officially ruled a homicide by investigators. Joan lived with her adult son, Eugene Hunter. Shortly after … More Joan Hunter
On the morning of October 31st, 2001—Halloween—friends of Cleo Philip Aska went to check on him at his small business in Jacksonville, Florida. What they found was devastating: the twenty-five-year-old entrepreneur had been shot to death inside his locked store, Spiritual Heights, located at 1705 University Blvd North. Cleo Aska was a dedicated father of … More Cleo Philip Aska
On February 5th, 2001, in the small community of Cashion, Arizona (part of the greater Avondale area in Maricopa County), twenty-year-old Benito Rodriguez was shot multiple times while in the street. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, where he succumbed to his injuries. More than two decades later, his killing remains unsolved. … More Benito Rodriguez
The murder of Kent Heitholt on November 1st, 2001, in Columbia, Missouri, remains one of the most controversial unsolved cases in the state’s history. It involved a brutal killing, a high-profile wrongful conviction, and ongoing questions about justice for the victim and those affected. Kent William Heitholt was born on January 4, 1953, and worked … More Kent Heitholt
On the morning of June 11th, 2001, Milan Pantić, a forty-six-year-old correspondent for the Belgrade daily newspaper Večernje Novosti, stepped out of his apartment building in Jagodina, central Serbia, to buy milk and a loaf of bread. He never made it back inside safely. As he entered the doorway of his building on Branka Radičevića … More Milan Pantić
On the evening of September 30th, 2001, between approximately nine thirty-five p.m. and nine fifty p.m., three unknown suspects entered a residence at 14901 Meredith Avenue in Dade City, Florida (Pasco County, north of Tampa). The home invasion quickly turned deadly during what authorities described as a robbery attempt. Thirty-six-year-old Juan Campos, who was at … More Juan Campos and Leonor Otero
On March 14th, 2001, thirty-four-year-old Claudia A. Eanes was shot in the head while locking up the Tanny-Fanny tanning salon where she worked at 6480 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida. She died six weeks later on April 27th, 2001, after a bullet remained lodged in her brain. The shooting occurred around nine thirty p.m. … More Claudia Eanes
In the early morning hours of December 4th, 2001, a fisherman casting for steelhead in the Grand River near Recreation Park in Painesville, Ohio, made a grim discovery. Shortly after three a.m., near the Mill Street parking lot (around 33 Mill St. and Latimore streets), the body of twenty-one-year-old Dustin Spaller was found. He had … More Dustin Spaller
Seventeen-year-old Christopher Courtemanche was born in Washington, D.C., but moved to Houston, Texas in 1986 and grew up in the Clear Lake area. He attended Clear Lake High School before earning his GED and worked at a local Barnes & Noble bookstore in Pasadena. Known for his artistic talents, he enjoyed drawing and playing guitar. … More Christopher Courtemanche
Judy Carol Rawlings was sixteen years old and lived with her family on Marsh Mountain Road in the rural community of Sophia, North Carolina. On the morning of October 3rd, 2001, her mother, Tammy Schmidt, left home around seven thirty a.m. for a doctor’s appointment related to cancer treatment. That was the last time Schmidt … More Judy Rawlings
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