On August 7, 2022, police in Pensacola, Florida responded to a report of a body found in Roosevelt. The victim had been shot once, and the locationâs reputation for drug activity and gang presence complicated the investigation, though a suspect was identified.
On July 31, 2021, Nico Gonzalez, 23, intervened in a fight between rival teen groups at a party. The altercation escalated into gunfire, fatally wounding Nico. Investigators identified 17-year-old Mawu Revels as a suspect following his interrogation.
On April 1, 2020, Fort Worth police responded to a single-car crash involving a 70-year-old woman found unconscious and critically injured with a gunshot wound to the head upon arrival, prompting a homicide investigation.
In July 2018, deputies responded to a rural neighborhood after reports of gunshots. Upon arrival, witnesses indicated the gunfire originated from a nearby residence. Responders found blood, shell casings, and a burning couch frame in the backyard, suggesting possible evidence destruction efforts.
On August 20, 2022, a man in his mid-20s was shot and killed in his upstate New York residential backyard after police responded to multiple gunfire reports. He died from chest wounds. Investigators identified a suspect linked to the shooting.
Deputies in Ohio responded to a violent home invasion on May 27, 2022. Two teenagers, shot 14 times during the incident, were found dead. Investigators determined the attack was a robbery gone wrong, not random violence.
On July 23, 2018, police found a 33-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound on a wheelchair ramp. Investigators secured evidence as a 24-year-old acquaintance voluntarily came forward, claiming knowledge of the shooter, citing irrational and reckless motives that worsened the tragedy.
At approximately 7 a.m. on a summer morning in 2013, two men were found unconscious near an apartment complex. One, 28, lay in the roadway with a gunshot wound; the other, also 28, was bleeding and unconscious. Investigators recovered a shell casing and a phone, key evidence in identifying those responsible.
On May 18, 2021, drivers in Blendon Township, Ohio, reported multiple vehicles ran over a person lying in the road. Police had received prior calls about a couple arguing in the area and later identified the 35-year-old woman as the victim.
In early 2016, sheriffâs deputies found dismembered human remains in a wooded area near a highway, showing precise cuts at the neck and joints, indicating homicide. A forensic anthropologist later identified the victim as a young adult male, estimated to be between 20 and 35 years old. Despite isotope testing and other methods, authorities could not identify him until mid-2020.
Between 2001 and 2012, a series of unexplained disappearances occurred in Washington, Vermont, and New York, with nearly a dozen cases reported. Investigations failed to determine the victims' fates until 2012, when detectives obtained their first significant lead.
On September 16, 2023, 35-year-old trans woman Sherlyn Marjorie, a drag performer in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, went missing after her set. Her family reported her missing, leading to a search. Her car was found abandoned on September 24, and her body was discovered bound in red tape inside a drainage tunnel on September 26. The case remained unsolved until a month later.