Human remains discovered in 1996 on the property of a now-deceased suspected Serial killer, have finally been identified as a man who went missing in the summer of 1993. On January 25, 2024, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office of Indiana released a statement confirming Manuel Resendez had been identified as part of a large operation to identify a staggering 10,000 bones that were discovered on an 18-acre estate known as Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield, Indiana. Fox Hollow was formerly owned by a suspected serial killer named Herb Baumeister. It is believed the remains, which appeared to have bee ..read more

Warning: The following post contains descriptions of murder and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. On Sept. 14, 1974, the body of a young man was discovered in Orange County, California, near a roadside area approximately 3 Miles south of Calle Corta and 4 Miles West of El Toro Rd, in unincorporated Laguna Hills (now Aliso Viejo.) The discovery was made along a trail by two men who were off-roading on a fire road. The man was described as being as being between the ages of 18-25, around 6ft tall and 178lbs, "well nourished." He had shoulder length strawberry blonde hair, and since h ..read more

The last unidentified victim of serial killer, Keith "Happy Face Killer" Hunter Jesperson, has been identified after thirty years. Suzanne Kjellenberg was officially named last week in a press conference by the Oskaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Kjellenberg’s body was found by an inmate work crew in Holt, Florida just off the I-10 in September of 1994. Although in 1995 Jesperson admitted to killing a woman named “Suzie,” forensic technology was in its infancy in the 1990s, and investigators were unable to make an identification of the victim. The remains were also skeletal by the time they wer ..read more

  The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) has been identified as 59-year-old Rex Heuermann, a husband, father and resident of Massapequa Park, Nassau County. Heuermann, an architect, was charged last week with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the slayings of Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Melissa Barthelemy. He is also the main suspect in the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who was reported missing by a friend on July 14, 2007. Mother of one, Megan Waterman, twenty-two at the time, went missing from the Holiday Inn she ..read more

On night of January 16th, 1984 a gruesome discovery was made at a house on 16300 East Center Drive, Aurora, Colorado. The bludgeoned bodies of husband and wife, Bruce and Debra Bennett, were discovered and it soon became evident that they had both attacked with a knife and beaten to death.  Later autopsies would reveal that the Bennett’s had died due to blunt force trauma and that their attacker had likely used a hammer. Investigators noted there was evidence of a struggle at the house. 28 year old Bruce Bennett had jumped into action when the attacker entered the family home and a strugg ..read more

“Suspect in Tampa serial killer case apprehended and charged with four counts of murder” read headlines across various Florida newspapers this week. We’ve been wondering about the identity of this previously nameless killer since late October and now we have a name: Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, nicknamed “Trai” by friends. Donaldson went on a killing spree in the Seminole Heights area picking out seemingly random targets who were walking alone along the same bus route on the night of their murders. If you’re unfamiliar with the case and haven’t been following it in the news, take a look at ..read more

In March of 1983, the naked body of a woman was discovered burning in the woods near interstate 45 just outside the city of Conroe in South East Texas. The woman's burning remains were spotted by a Montgomery County Sheriff's Officer while on patrol along interstate 45 at around 3am. The officer spotted smoke coming from the woods and made his way to the scene of the crime on League Line Rd, where he made the grisly discovery. The victim’s remains were actively burning as he approached the scene. It was later determined that the woman had been brutally beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled ..read more

There have been major updates in the search for the Stockton serial killer after the Stockton Police Department made a public statement on October 15 announcing a major update in the investigation. The Stockton serial killer took the lives of Juan Vasquez Serrano, 40, Paul Yaw, 35, Salvador Debudey Jr., 43, Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez, 21, Juan Cruz, 52, Lawrence Lopez Sr., 54, and injured Natasha LaTour, 46 who survived her injuries. Previous post outlining the case and victims can be read HERE<< In a statement to the public posted to the Stockton PD Facebook page at 23:10 on October 1 ..read more

Diane Cusick went missing on February 16, 1968, after driving to Green Acres, a shopping centre just off Sunrise Highway in Long Island, NY to buy shoes. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Martin, located her car, a 1961 white Valiant, the following day and quickly discovered Diane's body in the back seat. The vehicle was parked up behind a restaurant called the Steak Pub, the location of which was usually dimly lit after 9:30pm as it stayed open much later than the other stores around it. It was evident from looking at the 23-year-old's body that she had been beaten and sexually assaulted as h ..read more

On November 23, 2021, the bodies of Allene Elizabeth Redmon, 54, and Tonita Lorice Smith, 39, were discovered in an unfinished parking lot in Harrisonburg,Virginia. Elizabeth Redman, or Beth, as she was known to friends and family, was born in Harrisonburg in 1967. She was the mother of two children, and a grandmother to four. She worked at a hotel and a local chicken factory and had lost her husband a few years earlier. Tonita Smith left behind six children who will now be without their mother on Christmas day. Although the bodies were discovered within a short distance of one another, it was ..read more