It was Labor Day weekend of 1990, and the Sousa family—thirty-six-year-old single mother Lora, her thirteen-year-old daughter Leah, and her nine-month-old son Michael—had just returned from a vacation to their home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario, Canada. Leah was preparing to start high school when the new week started, but sadly, she would never get the … More Leah Sousa

Nineteen-year-old Amanda Duffy was a student at Motherwell College in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. On Friday night, May 29th, 1992, Amanda went out with her friends to celebrate the fact that she’d been asked to audition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Shortly after parting with her friends in the wee hours of … More Amanda Duffy

Forty-four-year-old Ian Murray Erskine worked as a senior economist at the Bank of England and lived at Norland Square in Notting Hill, West London. He was described by his neighbors as very pleasant and quiet; he was also a wine connoisseur and a regular attendant at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Additionally, Ian … More Ian Murray Erskine

Twenty-year-old Victoria Cafasso was born in England, but lived with her parents and younger sister in Ospedaletti, Italy, and had dual English/Italian citizenship. She spoke three languages fluently—English, Italian, and French—and planned to study law at university. In 1995, though, she’d decided to defer her education for a little while so she could do some … More Victoria Cafasso

On January 29th, 1990, thirty-three-year-old financial adviser Surinder Gill dropped his daughter and his brother’s children off at school in the morning as he usually did, and then drove to his West London office in his distinctive maroon Mercedes. At around lunchtime, he was spotted buying a sandwich from a shop in South Road, and … More Surinder Gill

March 1st, 1992 was Michele Brown’s twenty-fifth birthday, and she spent the first part of it at a friend’s house in Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. At some point in the early evening, she and her friend walked to a local grocery store, where Michele called her mother from a payphone, asking her to come to … More Michele Brown

On March 4th, 1993, twenty-eight-year-old Jillian Fuller was seen at the pub of the Fraser Arms Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At around one-thirty a.m., she left with a man. It was the last time Jillian was seen alive. Several hours later, firefighters responded to a blaze at Jillian’s apartment building on Granville Street. … More Jillian Fuller

On Christmas Day of 1990, hikers on a trail in the Cadettenkamp forest near the A27 Motorway close to Breda, Netherlands, stumbled across the remains of a young woman. Her body was wrapped in a rug, which was then covered with several blankets. The victim, dubbed Teteringen Girl after the area where she was discovered, … More Teteringen Girl

On December 18th, 1992, thirteen-year-old Clare Morrison was at Geelong Mall in Victoria, Australia. She told her friend that she was going to take the bus back home to get some more money to finish her Christmas shopping, but she never returned. The following morning, a group of surfers near Bells Beach found the body … More Clare Morrison