On Christmas Eve 2015, the close-knit community of Schertz, Texas, was stunned by the murder of one of its most prominent and recognizable businessmen. Henry M. Gutierrez Jr., seventy-one-year-old multimillionaire and owner of the successful waste management company Bexar Waste, was found shot to death inside his own home. His killer had apparently stolen his … More Henry M. Gutierrez Jr.
Thirty-two-year-old Hakeem Joseph, known to friends and neighbors as “Sonny,” was a familiar presence in Bridgeport, Connecticut’s North End. He worked at T-Market, a family-owned convenience store located at 1482 Reservoir Avenue, directly across from the Trumbull Gardens housing complex. For the people who frequented the business, Joseph was more than someone standing behind a … More Hakeem “Sonny” Joseph
On the evening of May 27th, 2015, twenty-seven-year-old Charnice Avia Milton was doing what she loved: covering the stories of ordinary people in Washington, D.C. A dedicated community journalist, Charnice had spent the evening attending a neighborhood meeting near Eastern Market, gathering information for an article. She was heading home on public transportation when an … More Charnice Milton
Sixty-nine-year-old Richard Brinkley lived in Vero Beach, Florida. His wife had recently passed away, and neighbors reported that he was understandably very upset at her death. Richard was last seen at around one p.m. on April 14th, 2015, but afterward, neighbors became worried when there was no subsequent sighting of him around the house; they … More Richard Brinkley
On the night of November 7th, 2015, a woman was brutally attacked on a street in Riverside, California. The victim was Glenda Miller, a woman in her early sixties who was reportedly experiencing homelessness at the time. Her assailant struck late on a Saturday evening, stabbing her repeatedly before disappearing into the darkness. Although police … More Glenda Miller
Michael Scott Roberts, known to most people simply as Scott, was born on March 6th, 1975, in Texarkana, Texas. He grew up in the region and maintained deep connections to the community throughout his life. By the summer of 2015, he was forty years old and living across the state line in Texarkana, Arkansas. Scott … More Michael Scott Roberts
Twenty-five-year-old Keith Turner lived in Columbus, a west Georgia city situated along the Chattahoochee River, directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. Although publicly available information about his childhood and early life is limited, interviews with his mother offer a picture of his personality, his interests, and the relationships that mattered most to him. One of … More Keith Turner
Sixty-two-year-old Denise Robert was born into a large family and grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she was one of twelve siblings. Her childhood was spent in the same general area where she would eventually be murdered, making the North End neighborhood especially familiar to her. As a young woman, Denise developed an appreciation … More Denise Robert
John Jacoby was born on May 29th, 1967, and grew up in Windsor, a community situated between Fort Collins and Greeley in northern Colorado. By 2015, Windsor was expanding rapidly, but it retained much of the close-knit character that had defined it for generations. Forty-seven-year-old John Jacoby was one of those residents who seemed to … More John Jacoby
Connie Jane Ridgeway was born on July 4th, 1956. Her birthday, Independence Day, was particularly appropriate for a woman who loved patriotic decorations and collected items bearing the American flag. She lived in Rogersville, a small community in Lauderdale County in northwestern Alabama, not far from the Tennessee River. Rogersville was the kind of town … More Connie Ridgeway
