True Crime Info

Everything and anything about true crime, mysteries, and other things that intrigue me! I do not condone, this is purely educational. Feel free to talk to me! Primary account: daintylights Instagram: lulubellagabriela

[moonlightmurder]

Roger Dale Beck, and John Arthur Ackroyd, have been convicted of aggravated murder in 1993, for raping, stabbing and shooting Kay Jean Turner, of Eugene. She was attacked on Christmas Eve 1978 while jogging in the Camp Sherman area.

Ackroyd had reported seeing Turner on the day she disappeared. He led police to her remains eight months later, saying he had stumbled across some of her clothing while he was walking his dog.

“He was trying to go for the reward money,” said District Attorney Bill Hanlon of Jefferson County.”If he could have kept his mouth shut, this case would have gone nowhere.”

However, authorities didn’t have enough evidence to proceed, and the case remained unsolved.

Hanlon credited the Linn County sheriff’s office with helping breaking the case in 1990, when they began investigating Ackroyd again. This time he was questioned in the disappearance of his stepdaughter, Rachanda Pickle, 13, in the Santiam Canyon.

Pickle never was found. Further help in cracking the Turner case came in 1992, when new forensic tests on her remains showed that she had been shot and stabbed.

Turner’s husband, Noel Turner, said that he was grateful to the jury for convicting Beck. He credited testimony from Pam Ramirez, who was married to Beck at the time of the slaying. - Statesman Journal

[crime--europe]

On 6 July, 2020, 8-year-old Vika Teplyakova from Novoaleksandrovsk, Russia, had an argument with her mother and as a result, decided to leave. At 10AM Vika, depressed by the previous conflict with her mother, took a warm sweater and decided to go to Dolinsk, a town where she had lived earlier. It is known Vika often went to that town and would often spend nights there with her friend’s and family as she received the warmth and care that she so lacked at home. Vika knew that Dolinsk could be reached from the bus station and so began to walk in that direction, trying to catch a passing car for a free ride in the process. A married couple in a minibus happened to stop and offer Vika a free ride to which she quickly accepted. However, she would not make it to Dolinsk that day.

Back at home in Novoaleksandrovsk, Vika’s mother was becoming worried. She had not heard from any of her family or friends regarding Vika nor had anyone in the neighbourhood seen her. At 11PM, Vika’s mother reported her missing to police. All forces were thrown into the search for 8-year-old Vika. Volunteers, rescuers and special services searched for her all day and night. These searches have been described as one of the largest in the past few years. On 10 July, as a result of investigative actions and operational-search measures in a forest near the village of Ozhidaevo, Kholmsk District, the corpse of a girl with signs of violent death was found. In accordance with the data received, the death of the child occurred on the day of her disappearance on 6 July, 2020.

Analysis of CCTV and traffic cameras uncovered a video of Vika walking down the road, however, there were no signs of the minibus that she had gotten into as most of the other traffic cameras were not working at that time. The police began to search for a minibus, it was not immediately possible to find it but eventually, a breakthrough in the case resulted in police locating the vehicle. As well as this, police arrested the suspects, 31-year-old Kristina and 45-year-old Igor Dvornikovs. During interrogation, they claimed that they had picked up another girl and dropped her off safely. However, mistakes were found in their testimony, and because of this, it was possible to obtain a confession from Kristina. According to the woman, on 6 July, she and her husband, Igor, decided to spend time together, bought alcohol and went to the beach. On the road they saw Vika and stopped to give her a lift. As a result, Igor decided to go to the Kholmsky district, he himself is from Chaplanovo, so he knows all the places there well. Kristina admitted that she thought that they would just ride and take the girl to her destination, but Igor abruptly changed the route after arriving in a remote place. There they began to drink, after which Igor ordered her to leave the car, indicating that he was going to rape the child. Kristina did not argue, knowing her husband’s aggressive disposition, he often beat her. Subsequently, Igor raped Vika, strangled her with a bag and threw her corpse into the forest. 

Kristina Dvornikova is accused of committing a crime under paragraphs “a”, “d” of part 2 of article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (kidnapping). While Igor Dvornikov is charged under points “c”, “k” of part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder), points “a”, “d” of part 2 of Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, paragraph “b” of part 4 of article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (rape), paragraph “b” of part 4 of article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violent acts of a sexual nature). On 13 July, hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to Vika Teplyakova as she was laid to rest.

[morbidology]

Danny Rolling was executed on 25 October, 2006, for the brutal murders of five college students. He was a particularly sadistic serial killer, often posing his victims in provocative stances after raping and mutilating their bodies. He sliced off the nipples of one victim and placed them beside her. He mounted another victim’s decapitated head on the bookcase to morbidly greet whoever discovered her. Another victim was sliced open from the pubic area up to her chest. Shorty before his execution, he handed his spiritual a handwritten confession in which he admitted to stabbing to death 55-year-old William Grisson, his 24-year-old daughter Julie and his 8-year-old grandson Sean, as they got ready for dinner on 4 November, 1989 - “I witnessed his execution and it was nothing he put his victims through,” said Julie’s mother.

[the-penny-dreadfuls]

The morning of January 15th, 1947 marks the starting point of one of Los Angeles’ most famous and morbid homicide cases. While out for a stroll with her toddler, Betty Bersinger discovered the severed body of a young woman discarded in the Leimert Park neighborhood. The gruesome details of the crime instantly seized the media’s attention, and a crowd of reporters and curious citizens gathered to the unfolding investigation. An artist with the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, one of the city’s most popular papers of that time, released this sketch of the victim, hoping to find her identity. 

Investigators later determined the body belonged to Elizabeth Short, a 22-year-old aspiring actress. Short moved to L.A. in July 1946 to pursue her dreams of stardom. Her friends in the city affectionally dubbed her “The Black Dahlia” regarding her penchant for all black outfits. This nickname followed her in death and became a moniker used for the case in the years to come. 

73 years later, the murder of Elizabeth Short remains unsolved.

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RIP LaVena Johnson;

july 19, 2005 in balad, saladin governorate, iraq. nineteen year old lavena was a united states army private who had only been stationed in iraq about two months prior to her death. fellows noted lavena spending time in the mens’ quarters on the night before her death, and she was last seen in the early hours of july 19 going back to her room alone. when she was discovered later in the morning of july 19, lavena had been brutally attacked - suffering a broken nose, black eye, loose and broken teeth, a split lip, and evidence of trauma to her genitalia, including chemical burns. her cause of death was a gunshot to the head. while it is believed that this came from her own service weapon, it would have been physically impossible for lavena to have inflicted this herself. though all this evidence points to foul play, lavena’s death was ruled a suicide. this has been highly contested and is widely considered by the public to be a military coverup. in 2011, the cold case investigative research institute examined lavena’s case, but a spokeswoman stated that “[the investigators] didn’t have anything that suggested wrongdoing.” lavena’s family has accused the military of misdelivering and hiding information about lavena’s death from the very beginning, and believes that they are actively covering for her death. they are still fighting for justice in her case.

[truecrimeqt]

LaToyia Figueroa

Everyone remembers the tragic 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, but not many remember the disappearance and murder of 24 year old LaToyia Figueroa in Pennsylvania, who disappeared that same year.

During the time of her disappearance, LaToyia was five months pregnant and had a 7 year old daughter. On July 18, she was reported missing after she failed to show up to work. After the young mother was missing for more than a month, a police detective followed up on a tip and followed Stephen Poaches, Latoyias boyfriend and father to her unborn child. As the detective followed Poaches, Latoyia’s body was found.

She was found in a partially wooded lot that was 13 miles south of Philadelphia. When being questioned by police, Poaches claimed that he choked LaToyia after she hit him on the face and shoulder as they argued after they had gone to her medical checkup earlier that day. During his trial, Poaches said the he wanted LaToyia to have an abortion, but she refused. He was found guilty of 2 counts of first degree murder of LaToyia and her fetus.

What makes LaToyia’s case so controversial was the lack of media coverage surrounding it. While cases like those of white women like Natalee Holloway and Laci Peterson get huge media attention, cases like LaToyia, who was black and Hispanic, did not. This phenomenon is referred to as “Missing White Women Syndrome”. This means that pretty, white damsels in distress draw in viewers while missing women who are black, Latino, Asian, old, fat, or ugly do not. Only after many bloggers had written about this lack of media attention, LaToyia’s case became national news. One other detail that makes this case sad is the fact that LaToyia’s mother had also been murdered when LaToyia was a toddler.

LaToyia’s family also had said that this lack of coverage had brought more tragedy to the search. LaToyias uncle, Joseph Taylor, had actively criticized the media as well.  While this investigation had many huge bumps in the road, along with the internet bloggers Rap stars Beanie Sigel and Damon Dash, Beneficial Bank, T.G.I. Fridays, local philanthropists Joe Mammanaand, and Kal Rudman had helped the family search for LaToyia as well as give funds. Americas Most wanted and the Philadelphia Citizen Crime Commission had also teamed up with the police to help with the search.

[truecrimeqt]

Hey Everyone! Here is episode 5 of Killing Time. This episode is about the shocking and confusing death of Rebecca Zahau. This will be the last ep of my podcast until september when I go back to school. I hope you all have enjoyed it and thank you all for your support!

(via Killing Time - Rebecca Zahau)

[truecrimeqt]

Hey everyone! Episode 4 of Killing Time is out! This episode is all about Andrea Yates! I hope you all enjoy it!

(via Killing Time - Andrea Yates)

[truecrimeqt]

Hey everyone!

I’m so sorry for the lack of activity on here, but now that I have finished classes for the semester and have much more free time, I am planning on posting lots more! If any of you guys have any cases you want to know more about or just talk, feel free to message me! Thank you all so much!!

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Find Erin Gilbert;

july 1, 1995 in girdwood, alaska, united state. twenty four year old erin was last seen early in the morning of july 1 with a man named david. the pair had met the day before and agreed to go on a date that evening. the pair ended their date at 6:00 in the evening on june 30, realizing only then that the battery of david’s car had died. david chose to walk to a nearby friend’s house for help. erin elected to stay at the car. when david returned to the car about four hours later, it started without assistance and erin was nowhere around. david assumed that erin had walked back to to the nearby town fair, which also served as the venue of their date. david looked for erin until the fairgrounds closed down. he called erin’s family in the later morning of july 1, whereupon they reported her missing after being unable to get in contact with her. david is currently not a suspect in erin’s disappearance. erin’s family believes that she was picked up while waiting at the car, and thereupon met with foul play. erin remains missing.

[morbidology]

In Redwater, Texas, on 11 May, 2011, two concerned grandparents received a very alarming phone call. It was from their 11-year-old granddaughter, Guinevere Doss, who screamed down the phone for help. They called police and sped to the home of their 34-year-old daughter, Amanda Doss, who lived with Guinevere and her other child, 8-year old Texas Johnson. As they approached, they could see that the house was up in flames. The elderly couple were able to pull Guinevere from the burning building, sustaining burns whilst doing so, but unfortunately, it was already too late and she was dead. The fire was raging and they were unable to get back inside to try and find Amanda and Texas. As they sat with the body of their deceased granddaughter, all they could do was watch the house burn to the ground with their daughter and grandson inside.

After firemen finally retrieved the bodies, an autopsy confirmed that the fire wasn’t the cause of death. All three of the victims had been viciously stabbed before their home was purposefully set alight. Who would want to cause harm to such an innocent family? As the months passed and authorities were no closer to solving the case than they were on day one, they finally received a tip that would lead them directly to the killer. Even more shocking was who called in the tip - the killer’s own mother. 16-year-old Rachel Pittman lived a few miles away from the Doss family. Furthermore, Rachel was a family friend of the Doss family and quite often would babysit the two children that she would later murder. Rachel, unable to deal with the guilt, confessed to the murder to her mother who in turn contacted the police. She was able to describe what happened at the scene and this was corroborated with evidence that was never released to the public. Amanda’s father said that Amanda had trusted Rachel and had even offered her refuge when she ran away from home and had invited her to thanksgiving dinner.

Due to a gag order, the motivation behind the senseless murders still remains unknown. However, police did announce that Rachel had acted alone. In 2013, Rachel took a plea deal in which she pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was charged with life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

[coldbloodcoldheart]

Steven Stayner was an American child who became famous after he was kidnapped as a seven-year-old and held captive by his abductor, to be reunited with his family seven years later.  The kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, sexually abused Steven, but also enrolled him in school and convinced Steven he had legal custody of him.  It wasn’t until Parnell kidnapped another, younger boy that Steven escaped, taking the boy with him.  A television movie was made about Steven Stayner’s ordeal called I Know My First Name is Steven. Steven died aged 24 in 1989 in a motorcycle accident. Ironically, Steven’s brother Cary Stayner felt neglected as his parents grieved over the loss of Steven and later went on the become the Yosemite serial killer. Cary Stayner is pictured in the background.

[morbidology]

Donna Scrivo was described by those who knew her as a warm and welcoming woman. The 59-year-old registered nurse was given legal guardianship of her mentally ill son, Ramsay Scrivo, after he attempted to commit suicide and was released from a psychiatric hospital.

Ramsay had been diagnosed with “psychosis” and had several stints in psychiatric hospitals. He believed that somebody had implanted a device in his gums from which voices talked to him. Those who knew them said that they seemed to have a loving relationship but following the death of Donna’s husband, things became tough. Ramsay in particular found the death hard and felt as thought he couldn’t live with his father. His suicide attempt came just the day after his father passed away.

On the 26th of January, 2014, Donna reported her son missing. She claimed he had left the house that afternoon and had not returned. As the search was underway, police received several reports of a middle-aged woman throwing garbage bags from her car window as she drove along the roads of St. Clair. When police arrived at the scene and recovered the garbage bags, they were horrified to discover what was hidden inside: human remains.

The remains were soon identified to belong to Ramsay and the woman who was spotted dumping his remains was none other than his own mother. Donna denied that she had killed her son. During her trial, she claimed she walked into her son’s bedroom and found an armed man who had killed her son. She said the man then forced her to dispose of his body. “I’m not mother of the year. I think I did everything to protect the rest of my family,” she said to the court.

The prosecution refuted her claims and said “you either believe that… or you believe the physical evidence.” They argued that Donna had drugged and then strangled Ramsay to death before dismembering him in the bath tub. The jury found little credibility in her alibi and found her guilty of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison.

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Find Mark and Carolyn Martin;

august 31, 1981 in hazel park, michigan, united states. twenty four year old carolyn and her two year old son mark spent the day packing for their move to texas. carolyn was taking mark to live with his father, harry kirezian, whom he formerly had little relationship with. harry had only started this relationship earlier that year, deciding to involve himself after he was ordered to pay child support. carolyn was originally going to travel to texas from michigan with her brother, who was moving to oklahoma. late on august 31, she visited her mother to say that harry had surprised her at her house and that they would be leaving for texas that night. carolyn and mark never arrived in texas and were reported missing by her family when they discovered this. upon questioning, harry told authorities that they had gotten into an argument while driving through toledo, ohio. carolyn had gotten out of the car with mark and one suitcase, ordering harry to throw away anything she had left behind. harry gave her $4000 in cash and drove away. this story cannot be substantiated, and harry has since refused to cooperate with authorities, going so far as to change his name twice. carolyn and mark have not contacted anyone, nor has their been any activity on their social security numbers since 1981. carolyn and mark remain missing.

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Find Laura Hernandez;

december 1, 1980 in clovis, new mexico. twenty five year old laura was last seen leaving her home in early afternoon, it is believed to go to work. laura never returned home that night, and was not reported missing by her family until 1993. the cause of this delay was unclear - if perhaps laura had a history of running away, or if she didn’t keep consistent contact with her family. laura frequently dyed her hair, and was known to change her appearance at a whim. laura remains missing.

[moonlightmurder]

Newspapers nicknamed serial killer Gordon Stewart Northcott the “Ape Man” because, according to his nephew, Sanford Clark, he had thick black hair all over his body.

[missing-and-unidentified-deacti]

For over 3 decades, the disappearance of 17-year-old Roger John Ellison has haunted the small community of Cedaredge, Colorado. Roger, a straight A student and avid skier, was last seen on February 10, 1981, at roughly 8:30 am at Cedaredge High School by a friend that he shared a locker with, putting his books in the locker. However, Roger did not attend classes that day and has never been seen since. He left behind his prized possessions and according to his family, Roger had been acting strange for about a month before he vanished, but they do not believe that he ran away.  

A person of interest in Roger’s disappearance is Roger’s social studies teacher; John Pash. Roger had often visited his house, which was right next to the high school, to turn in assignments. Not long after Roger vanished, he told Roger’s mother that he had lots of personal problems and was suicidal. Despite this claim, none of Roger’s family believed this claim, as he was in high spirits and would have never taken his own life. In 1994, a former classmate suggested that authorities search Pash’s old home, as he moved out in 1984. Anomalies were detected in the house, however, authorities decided not to dig, which the reason why isn’t known. Despite the efforts made to help find Roger John Ellison, his whereabouts remain unknown.

At the time of his disappearance, Roger John Ellison was 17 years old, stood between 5′11″-6′0″ (180-182 cm), weighed 145 pounds (65 kg), and had dark blond hair with blue eyes. Roger wears size 12 or 13 shoes and has a “double-crown birthmark” and he may have a cleft chin. He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt, jeans or brown pants, a light blue nylon parka, and had an orange or yellow backpack with him. Foul play is suspected in his case. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Roger John Ellison, please contact the Delta County Sheriff’s Office at 970-874-9734

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