Kenzie Marie Houk was born on April 20th, 1982, in New Castle, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jack and Deborah Burns Houk. By early 2009, she was living in a rented farmhouse on Wampum-New Galilee Road with her fiancé, Christopher Brown; her daughters, seven-year-old Jenessa and four-year-old Adalynn; and Christopher’s eleven-year-old son, Jordan. Kenzie was a … More Kenzie Marie Houk
Daniel Ho Coverston was born on May 22nd, 1986. His parents, Paul and Linda Coverston, adopted him when he was approximately six months old, and he grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland. His family also included his sister, Rebekah Kyung Coverston. Daniel attended Towson University, where he majored in kinesiology. Although some later news … More Daniel Ho Coverston
Danielle Janene Blackburn was born in Fort Myers, Florida in 1988 and grew up in the community. She attended Fort Myers High School, and in 2003, became pregnant with her daughter, Marissa. Despite becoming a mother, Danielle graduated with her high school class in 2005. Not long afterward, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The … More Danielle Blackburn
Linda Louise Malcom was born January 21st, 1961, in Springfield, Illinois, to James and Donna Mae Nesbitt Malcom. She grew up as one of nine children, with five sisters and three brothers. In 1984, at age twenty-three, Linda joined the United States Navy. According to her family, she had initially considered enlisting alongside a friend. … More Linda Malcom
Sometime during a three-day period in May 2008, forty-four-year-old Thomas Galliher was shot to death inside a home in Pinellas Park, Florida. The victim was last known to be alive at approximately four p.m. on Friday, May 9th, 2008. On Monday, May 12th, police conducting a welfare check found him dead from one or more … More Thomas Galliher
In the early hours of September 4th, 2008, firefighters were called into the mountains east of Ashland, Oregon, for what initially appeared to be a pair of suspicious structure fires. Several hours later and roughly thirty miles away, another discovery was made beside Bear Creek near Central Point: a man lay dead inside his sleeping … More David Lewis and Troy Carney
Palestine is a small East Texas city and the county seat of Anderson County, roughly halfway between Dallas and Houston. On Wednesday, July 9th, 2008, an alarming discovery brought law enforcement to the 1600 block of Eilenstein Street. There, in a wooded area, a young man was found lying dead. More than two weeks after … More Ricardo Loaeza
Jessica Shane Lankford was born on January 7th, 1969, in southeastern Mississippi. She grew up as the youngest child in her family and was particularly close to her sister Melissa. Jessica’s parents divorced when she was very young. According to an account later provided by Melissa to Project: Cold Case, the breakup divided the family … More Jessica Lankford
On the night of August 20th, 2008, an eighty-one-year-old woman was found dead inside the rural Anderson County, Texas, home where she had lived alone for years. There was no obvious sign that an intruder had forced a way inside, and investigators could find no murder weapon. The victim, Mary Waters, had suffered a severe … More Mary Waters
Eddie Ivey (spelled Ivy in some sources) was a forty-six-year-old resident of Tampa, Florida. On Wednesday, November 12th, 2008, Eddie had been at his mother’s home. At some point that day or evening, he left and began walking back toward his own residence on North Florida Avenue. There is nothing in the publicly available account … More Eddie Ivey
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