It was shortly past nine p.m. on the evening of Saturday, February 3rd, 2001, and twenty-one-year-old Akbal Brar, a trainee mechanic from Southall, was driving his white Ford Fiesta in Park Parade, near Barra Hall Circus in West London. A friend of his was in the passenger seat. Akbal pulled the vehicle alongside the curb … More Akbal Brar

Isa-Din Shire had something of a tumultuous life leading up to his possible murder. Originally from Somalia, he had joined the army there when he was only fifteen, eventually attaining the rank of second lieutenant. In 1988, he traveled to the UK for military training, but shortly afterward, an injury forced him out of the … More Isa-Din Shire

Natalie Kelly was twenty-two years old and had a five-year-old daughter. She lived in Liverpool, England; she had moved back in with her mother after the house in Tuebrook she’d shared with her boyfriend Gary Watkinson was firebombed in November of 2000. Natalie and her daughter escaped the flames, but her partner did not. Tragically, … More Natalie Kelly

It was Sunday, November 4th, 2001, when fourteen-year-old Joseph Stillwell Middle School student Jennifer Medernach told her mother that she and a friend were planning to walk to a convenience store near their neighborhood on the West side of Jacksonville, Florida. The pair of friends set out, but Jennifer never returned. At first, her mother … More Jennifer Medernach

Forty-two-year-old Colin Beer had been spending the afternoon of Saturday, June 9th, 2001 drinking at the Hyde Park Pub in the Mutley district of North Hill, Plymouth, England. According to witnesses, Colin left the pub at around six p.m., and was visibly inebriated, weaving in and out of traffic as he headed for North Hill … More Colin Beer

At a little past eight p.m. on the evening of April 22nd, 2001, the bodies of nineteen-year-old Herman Lee Woolfolk III and seventeen-year-old Latrice Hulin were discovered in the trunk of Herman’s silver Ford Taurus in Gilpin Court in Richmond, Virginia. The pair had been reported missing and the vehicle reported stolen by their families … More Latrice Hulin & Herman Lee Woolfolk III

In Phoenix, Arizona, Alfonso “JR” McCoy and his girlfriend Debra Gomez were murdered in their home at 6200 West Thomas Road. The crime occurred at some time between Tuesday, February 20th, and Wednesday, February 21st, 2001. The bodies were discovered just before five p.m on Wednesday. The method of murder was not reported, but police … More Alfonso McCoy & Debra Gomez

Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. was only three and a half months old and lived with his one-year-old sister and their twenty-four-year-old mother Christine Turcotte in an apartment on Hampshire Circle in Dover, New Hampshire. The boy’s father, Jeffrey Trudeau Sr., lived elsewhere; Christine had recently filed a restraining order against him for domestic violence, and he … More Jeffrey Trudeau Jr.

Willie Hamilton Jr. was a well-known figure in his San Diego neighborhood, a friendly forty-eight-year-old who sold incense and pictures on street corners around the Reynold Street area. Willie had a history of mental illness but had never been known to cause anyone any harm. On December 5th, 2000, he was approached by two men … More Willie Hamilton Jr.

Seventy-five-year-old Herbert John Strehl was originally from Germany but emigrated to New York City in 1951. Seven years later, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he eventually founded a successful tool and die company. By the time the year 2000 rolled around, he had taken a step back from his business in order … More Herbert J.Strehl