Susan Marie Cox was born on October 16th, 1981, and grew up primarily in Washington state. Her family settled in Puyallup when she was young, and Susan graduated from Rogers High School in 2000. Friends and relatives remembered her as energetic, sociable, religious, and devoted to her family. She studied cosmetology after high school before … More Susan Cox Powell

Victor Sanchez was twenty-nine years old in the fall of 2009. He was married, the father of two young children, and worked long hours at two separate restaurants to provide for his family. One of those jobs was at an IHOP restaurant in Riverside, California. To the people who knew him, Victor’s life revolved largely … More Victor Sanchez

On Halloween night in 2009, more than a hundred young people crowded into a house in Columbia, Maryland, for a party that would continue into the early morning hours of November 1st. The party took place at a residence in the 11500 block of Manorstone Lane that had been rented for the event and admission … More Aaron Brice

North E. Woodall was born in Mississippi in 1924 and grew up under circumstances far removed from the distinguished military career that awaited him. According to accounts later cited by the Dayton Daily News, he was the grandson of a formerly enslaved person. His son later recalled that North was largely self-educated and learned to … More North Woodall

On the afternoon of April 24th, 2009, a routine bus ride through Vista, California, led to a discovery that would leave one family searching for answers for years. At around four p.m. that Friday, the daughter of fifty-seven-year-old Demetrio Bautista was riding a bus that stopped at the Vista Transit Center. Somewhere in the parking … More Demetrio Bautista

On the evening of March 6th, 2009, thirty-six-year-old Nancy Kareen Moyer returned to her home outside the small town of Tenino, Washington. Two days later, her estranged husband arrived to return their daughters after a weekend visit and found a scene that seemed almost frozen in time. Nancy’s car was still there. Her purse, wallet, … More Nancy Moyer

On the morning of September 22nd, 2009, a woman arrived at a house on Hilary Drive in Tiburon, California, expecting an ordinary visit. Instead, she encountered a scene that would become one of the most baffling murder cases in Marin County history. Near the front door of the home, inside an enclosed patio area, lay … More Joan Rosenthal

On the night of August 3rd, 2009, emergency personnel were dispatched to a steep, winding mountain road in Sevier County, Tennessee. An automatic alert from an OnStar system had reported that a Cadillac Escalade had crashed off Walker Trail, a narrow road running through the wooded hills near the tourist communities of Pigeon Forge and … More Dawn Shannon Hercutt

Lindsey Jo Baum was born on July 7th, 1998. In June 2009 she was ten years old, only eleven days away from her eleventh birthday. She stood approximately four feet nine inches tall, weighed about eighty pounds, and had brown hair and brown eyes. She lived with her mother, Melissa Baum, and her older brother, … More Lindsey Jo Baum

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