On the evening of January 5th, 2000, a woman was driving along State Road 19 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida when she spotted a large fire in a ditch by the side of the road, just south of the Taylor Memorial Cemetery. She reported the blaze to the police. When officers arrived at approximately nine p.m. and … More Marlon Nelson

Lorraine Zazueta, nicknamed “NeNe,” was a nineteen-year-old mother of two, originally from San Bernadino, California. She was last seen hanging out with a group of Hispanic males in her home city, but at some point after this sighting, she vanished. On May 31st, 2000, her mother reported her missing. Nearly two months later, on July … More Lorraine “NeNe” Zazueta

Fifty-five-year-old Harold Tillman, better known as Skip, was an accountant who lived with his fifty-one-year-old wife Joni in a house on Bramblewood Road in La Cañada, California. On February 6th, 2000, the couple was spotted having dinner at J.J. Steakhouse in Pasadena, and later that night, a neighbor saw their vehicle pulling into the driveway … More Joni and Skip Tillman

Not long after midnight on January 24th, 2000, emergency services were called to the scene of a fire in the parking lot of the College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego, California. Once the fire was out, authorities were shocked to find a badly burned body amid the ashes. A post-mortem determined that the remains … More Nicole Weis

On Sunday, September 3rd, 2000, seventy-five-year-old Mary Rearden was shopping with her daughter Charlotte; the older woman purchased some tulip bulbs she planned to plant in her garden the next day, which was Labor Day. On Monday morning, Charlotte called her mother as she usually did, but became concerned when there was no answer after … More Mary Rearden

Elizabeth Swanson was thirty-eight years old and had a nine-year-old son with her husband Peter. The couple owned a coin laundry and dry-cleaning business called Palm Cleaners in Coquina Key, Florida. On February 11th, 2000, Elizabeth was working at the establishment, filling in for an employee who had called in sick. At around four in … More Elizabeth Swanson

Thirty-three-year-old Karen Boren was originally from Wisconsin but had moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1990. She worked part-time at the St. Petersburg Times and had a three-year-old daughter. She’d also had some problems with drug and alcohol abuse in the past and had been arrested in 1996 for drunk driving and domestic battery (though … More Karen Boren

Kenisha Dixon moved into a new apartment in Houston, Texas sometime around March of 2000, and though she didn’t have a boyfriend, she lived with a male roommate. Sadly, not much is known about her life leading up to the tragic event of her murder, but there is reason to believe she thought her life … More Kenisha Dixon

Paul Rogers was twenty-seven years old and the father of a nine-year-old son. He lived in a flat on Catherine Street in Toxteth, Liverpool, England. He was unemployed in the summer of 2000 but was known to sell marijuana in a small capacity, mostly to friends and locals. At around eleven p.m. on August 5th, … More Paul Rogers

Adam Matthews was twenty-five years old and led something of a troubled existence, having spent some time living on the streets and using illicit drugs. He had one child, but in the fall of 2000, he was living with his mother in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia, and trying to get his life back together. On October … More Adam Matthews