This is a general discussion thread for cold cases, cold case innovations, or possibly to break out into a thread, if the interest goes that way.
This is a general discussion thread for cold cases, cold case innovations, or possibly to break out into a thread, if the interest goes that way.
It’s been eight years since Missy Bevers was murdered. I listened to this podcast yesterday and found it on YouTube today. I can’t believe they haven’t found the killer! I really thought this one would be solved early on and someone on the podcast said the same.
Some of you, probably mostly the northwest US folks, may be familiar with this case. Finally found.
www.fox13seattle.com
Pierce Co. investigators close missing boy cold case 29 years later
After 29 years, the Klungness family now has answers — but the justice they sought will remain out of reach.
1996 WA cold case solved: Remains of missing Pierce Co. boy identified
- Remains of 14-year-old Jeffrey Klungness have been identified after 29 years.
- Martin Malcolm, long suspected in the case, died in 2022 before charges could be filed.
- Investigators confirm Jeffrey’s murder, but with Malcolm dead, the case is officially closed.
Oh wow! Yes, I remember him. I think we had a thread on him before the crash in 2020, too. I'm thankful the family now has closure.Some of you, probably mostly the northwest US folks, may be familiar with this case. Finally found.
Pierce Co. investigators close missing boy cold case 29 years later
After 29 years, the Klungness family now has answers — but the justice they sought will remain out of reach.1996 WA cold case solved: Remains of missing Pierce Co. boy identified
- Remains of 14-year-old Jeffrey Klungness have been identified after 29 years.
- Martin Malcolm, long suspected in the case, died in 2022 before charges could be filed.
- Investigators confirm Jeffrey’s murder, but with Malcolm dead, the case is officially closed.
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Takeitfromme
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I do remember this case!!! Finally the family has closure, I'm sad they won't see justice but maybe this is how it was meant to be..... i hate saying that....
GrandmaBear
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Tom Webster has only ever done two cases, one was Missy Bevers, the first, the other was and still is Delphi. Crime overall isn't his thing, maybe that's why I like him so much, no agenda imo. I haven't watched his Missy things because I came to find him in Delphi but I do know of the case from before him. Of course he did not solve it, no one has, but mentioning if wanting to look at his stuff, I'm sure he was organized and dived as much as possible, as that's how he is. He greatly cares about that case.
A woman missing for more than 60 years has been found alive
A woman who vanished more than six decades ago in Wisconsin has been found and as it turns out, she didn’t actually want to be found, authorities say.Audrey Jean Backeberg, 82, went missing on July 7, 1962, from Reedsburg, a small town about 60 miles northwest of Madison, Wisconsin. At the time, she was 20 and another person claimed she and Backeberg hitchhiked to the state capital where they took a Greyhound bus to Indianapolis, Indiana, according to her original missing person’s report.
Backeberg walked around the corner away from the bus stop, the person told authorities, and hadn’t been seen or heard from since.
Investigators from the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said they “pursued numerous leads” trying to find Backeberg for years but despite their efforts, the case went cold.
Earlier this year, the sheriff’s office put a detective on the case for a fresh set of eyes as part of an ongoing review of cold case files.
So paper, by paper, Detective Isaac Hanson took another look at evidence, reinterviewed witnesses and “uncovered new insights,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Thanks to an Ancestry.com account that belonged to Backeberg’s sister, Hanson was able to review death records, census reports and “all kinds of data,” he told CNN affiliate WISN.
Ultimately, the detective found an out-of-state address and asked the local sheriff’s office to pay it a visit. They obliged and shortly after the visit, Hanson found himself on the phone with Backeberg for 45 minutes having a conversation he promised to keep private.
“She had her reasons for leaving,” Hanson told WISN.
“I think she just was removed, and you know, moved on from things and kind of did her own thing and led her life,” he added.
CNN has reached out to the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
The sheriff’s office concluded Backeberg’s disappearance was her own choice and not the result of any criminal activity or foul play.
“She sounded happy, confident in her decision, no regrets,” Hanson said.
Now 82, Backeberg lives outside of Wisconsin. Hanson said an abusive husband may have played a role in her decision to leave.
Shortly before she vanished, Backeberg had filed a criminal complaint against her husband, who she married when she was 15, alleging that her beat her and threatened to kill her.
Guess Who
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Ummm , supposedly being beaten by your husband IS leaving as a result of criminal activity, isn't it?
Theoretically. But there were no charges so...no "crime" I suppose.
I think they more meant no crime that "disappeared her" against her will.
Guess Who
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I'm sure they did but I get so tired of crappy reporter writing from people that are supposed to be trained in comprehensive writing.
See how easily you worded it?
GrandmaBear
Deputized Emu Slayer/Horse Thief Hunter
Married at 15. Threatened by hub. Left wha 20 and seemed to have no regrets decades later? More power to her imo.
Let me be clear in did not read all there is on it. And can't.
I've thought many a time of leaving and never looking back, has anyone else? That would be a conversation in and of itself or its own thread...
My one thing always though is I would want loved ones to at least know I was safe, chose to, but not sure I'd want them to be able to reach me lol.
To be honest, it is just thoughts, but thinking of it lately quite honestly... Not to cause some case or anything, never would want that, or mystery even, but feeling very misunderstood and just had it with some things at the moment.
So anyhow I did not read the links but I did read the posts and adults can disappear and not be breaking the law, hence the runaway bride one and I do not mean the movie but a real case I've mentioned through the years here. Could mention a few others too, the girl that went to work, eventually found in NYC and others. A Florida one I think, a girl in WA, and so on.... I truly don't have anything too over the top in my family but most of these cases someone does imo, and here sounds like I mean who marries at 15.....
I know I should read the links, but just can't right now.
And we see all the time how little restraining orders do.....
I honestly don't have a single one of those issues but have been thinking about just taking off... LOL.
Let me be clear in did not read all there is on it. And can't.
I've thought many a time of leaving and never looking back, has anyone else? That would be a conversation in and of itself or its own thread...
My one thing always though is I would want loved ones to at least know I was safe, chose to, but not sure I'd want them to be able to reach me lol.
To be honest, it is just thoughts, but thinking of it lately quite honestly... Not to cause some case or anything, never would want that, or mystery even, but feeling very misunderstood and just had it with some things at the moment.
So anyhow I did not read the links but I did read the posts and adults can disappear and not be breaking the law, hence the runaway bride one and I do not mean the movie but a real case I've mentioned through the years here. Could mention a few others too, the girl that went to work, eventually found in NYC and others. A Florida one I think, a girl in WA, and so on.... I truly don't have anything too over the top in my family but most of these cases someone does imo, and here sounds like I mean who marries at 15.....
I know I should read the links, but just can't right now.
And we see all the time how little restraining orders do.....
I honestly don't have a single one of those issues but have been thinking about just taking off... LOL.
Takeitfromme
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This was good and educating. Wasn't sure where it would fit but I think this thread could be a good beginning spot
Takeitfromme
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I decided to sign this petition..... i thought of maura murray's family and so many others EVEN my sweet Melissa Tremblay...... its been over 30 or 40 years for cases where families and loved ones SHOULD be able to access ALL records on their loved ones cases..... so thought i would put this here to help in the event any of you also want to sign it
chng.it
Help Us Make a Change! Sign for the 'Lonnie’s Law' - 20-Year Cold Cases Deserve Family Involvement
200 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?
chng.it
GrandmaBear
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I signed a few back in the day and they never seem to go anywhere. The concept is good. Is this like change it . org?I decided to sign this petition..... i thought of maura murray's family and so many others EVEN my sweet Melissa Tremblay...... its been over 30 or 40 years for cases where families and loved ones SHOULD be able to access ALL records on their loved ones cases..... so thought i would put this here to help in the event any of you also want to sign it
Help Us Make a Change! Sign for the 'Lonnie’s Law' - 20-Year Cold Cases Deserve Family Involvement
200 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?
I agree with you generally after how many years maybe they just need to release things too but in some cases, a family member is the main suspect. However, I also think at a certain point if they have not charged and are waiting on something (?) what kind of memories or witnesses are they even going to have after decades?
GrandmaBear
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Yup.
Lol! Yeah, LE should already be doing that and if they haven't or won't, I'd question their judgement and I certainly wouldn't trust it!