Between May 1980 and October 1981, the suburbs of Tynong North and Frankston, southeast of Melbourne, Australia, became the backdrop for a series of brutal and unsolved murders that shook the local community and baffled law enforcement. Known collectively as the Tynong North and Frankston Murders, the case involved the abduction, murder, and disposal of … More The Tynong North and Frankston Murders

On June 4th, 1980, the world of funk music lost one of its brightest stars when Charles William Miller, the renowned saxophonist and flutist of the California funk band War, was brutally stabbed to death in Los Angeles. Born on June 2nd, 1939, in Olathe, Kansas, Charles Miller moved with his family to L.A. at … More Charles Miller

Eighteen-year-old Mohammed Arif was a Pakistani national who lived in Nelson, Lancashire, England, and worked as a laborer at Courtaulds Valley Mills. He was described as a conscientious young man who had a bright future ahead of him. In January of 1980, Mohammed was walking home from a night out when he was attacked on … More Mohammed Arif

Twenty-three-year-old Dianne Aubert lived with her forty-one-year-old roommate Maryline Grenier in an apartment in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. At approximately one-twenty a.m. on February 16th, 1982, police were summoned to the residence after a neighbor heard moaning. Upon entering, officers discovered Dianne nude in her bed, dead from 121 stab wounds in the back. Maryline … More Dianne Aubert

Fifteen-year-old Kerrie Ann Brown was described by family and friends as kind-hearted, independent, and artistic. She lived with her family in Thompson, a mining city in northern Manitoba, Canada. Kerrie was passionate about horses and nature, and she had dreams of becoming a veterinarian. She was known for her strong-willed personality, a sense of justice, … More Kerrie Ann Brown

Seventeen-year-old Chantal Rochon was last seen on June 11th, 1988, near her home on des Mésanges Street in Blainville, a suburb north of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just twelve days later, on June 23rd, her decomposed body was discovered in a wooded area of Blainville. The exact cause of death was not publicly disclosed, but the … More Chantal Rochon

Fifty-three-year-old Mary O’Donnell, also known as Marie, and occasionally using the names Patricia Marie Rafferty and Marie Patricia Janulus, was a petite woman who lived alone in East Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She had endured significant personal hardships, including the loss of her husband of 14 years to a heart attack the previous year. Mary … More Mary O’Donnell

On December 30, 1984, a jogger discovered the skeletal remains of a young woman in a ditch along a rural road near Napanee, Ontario, Canada. The remains were found approximately 5 kilometers south of Newburgh and 4 kilometers north of the Palace Road exit on Highway 401. The location suggested that the body had been … More Napanee Jane Doe

Fifty-three-year-old Jean Kidby had been married to her husband for thirty-four years. The couple had six children together and lived on Manwood Road in Brockley, South East London. On the morning of April 2nd, 1985, Jean’s husband left for work as usual, kissing his wife goodbye before he went. Half an hour later, the couple’s … More Jean Kidby

Thirty-one-year-old Alva Cooke lived in Sheffield, England, with her boyfriend. Sometime in April of 1986, Alva told her partner that she was going to Keyworth to visit her parents but would return the following day. He never heard from her again. On May 5th, 1986, a sailor spotted something beneath a branch in the River … More Alva Cooke