Alfred Gebauer was born in Leipzig, Germany, but fled with his family to the United States in the 1940s to escape the Nazis. Eventually, he, his wife Gerda, and their children settled in Akron, Ohio. Alfred worked for four decades at a tool and die company and spent his free time building beautiful architectural details … More Alfred Gebauer

Sixty-nine-year-old Imogene Humphrey lived in a small, two-story house on Sullivant Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. On Sunday, April 9th, 2000, she was found dead in the basement of her residence, the victim of multiple stab wounds. It is unclear whether the victim was sexually assaulted, or whether any items were stolen from the home. The … More Imogene Humphrey

Charlotte Rae Ross was a twenty-seven-year-old mother of two who lived in Akron, Ohio. Shortly before three a.m. on the morning of March 30th, 2000, a newspaper delivery driver found her lying, critically injured, in the parking lot of a business located at 957 East Cherry Street in Canal Fulton, Ohio, a town approximately fourteen … More Charlotte Ross

On March 24th, 2000, twenty-year-old Abraham J. Wood was seen talking to an unidentified individual in front of a condominium located on King Edward Court East in Columbus, Ohio. Moments later, a single gunshot was heard, and Abraham crumpled to the ground. The man he’d been talking to then fled the scene. The motive for … More Abraham Wood

On October 8th, 2000, a pair of duck hunters were walking in a field near the Saltair resort in Salt Lake City, Utah when they happened upon a set of skeletal remains. The hair on the skull was waist-length and blonde, and items found near the bones included a blue shirt and a blue, choker-style … More Nicole Bakoles: Saltair Sally

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