James DeJarnette Jr., nicknamed DeJay, was a kind, well-loved twenty-nine-year-old who lived on New York Avenue in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He sang in a gospel choir at church, and was very active in his community, helping to run before- and after-school programs for neighborhood children. His friends and family were shocked, then, when James’s roommate … More James DeJarnette Jr.

On March 14th, 2000, the remains of Penny J. Tyler were found in a wooded area off Corliss Road in DeSoto, Kansas. After the discovery of the young woman’s body, a patrolman in Kansas City, Missouri reported seeing the victim at a bus stop at the corner of Independence Avenue and Woodland Street sometime before … More Penny Tyler

LaTanya Wyatt was a twenty-seven-year-old mother of three who worked as a charge nurse at Chesapeake Health Care and lived in the Arbor Glen Apartments on Silverleaf Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia. On March 5th, 2000, she was found murdered in her residence, stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. It is unclear whether LaTanya was … More LaTanya Wyatt

Forty-one-year-old Michael Anthony Smith lived in a house on Bonaparte Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was last seen at approximately ten a.m. on February 13th, 2000 at the nearby Busken Bakery in the company of a black woman in her mid-forties with curly hair. On Valentine’s Day, the 14th, Michael was found strangled in the … More Michael Anthony Smith

On Valentine’s Day of 2000, a man out walking his dog in a field near East 8th Street and West County Road 43 in Greeley, Colorado stumbled across a set of skeletal remains. Forensic examination determined that the body belonged to a white male, aged between thirty-five and fifty, and standing around five-foot-four. He was clad … More Christopher Case

It was about a quarter to midnight on the evening of January 23rd when police received a 911 call to respond to a man’s body lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk near the intersection of Edmund Street and El Parque Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada. When officers arrived, they discovered the victim … More Ryan Jessie George

It was approximately eleven-thirty p.m. on the night of January 21st, 2000 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and twenty-nine-year-old Delacey Glover was walking home from a birthday party, accompanied by two friends. On Central Avenue, a vehicle containing three or four men pulled up alongside Delacey and his companions. One of the individuals in the car … More Delacey Glover

Thirty-seven-year-old Carla Bailey lived alone in an apartment on Martin Lane in Toledo, Ohio. On January 21st, Carla’s relatives contacted the police, stating they hadn’t heard from Carla in several days and had become concerned about her welfare. Officers entered Carla’s residence and found the victim dead inside. She had been beaten and stabbed multiple … More Carla Bailey

Kimberly Morse was the youngest of four children, born in York, Maine but eventually relocating to North Providence, Rhode Island in the late 1990s. According to friends and family, Kimberly was an outgoing, adventurous young woman with a passion for travel and a generous spirit who was well-liked by everyone. She was studying to be … More Kimberly Morse

Leiland Cannon, sometimes known by the nickname Buster, was seventy-four years old, a Navy veteran who was well-liked and respected in East Fultonham, Ohio. On the morning of January 13th, 2000, Leiland was found murdered in his home on Axline Avenue, where he’d lived alone. It was later determined that fifty-thousand dollars in cash was … More Leiland Cannon