Murder in the Mourning

In September of 1949, 11-year-old Joanne Ena Lynn was abducted while walking to school in Hemlock New York. Although her body was found days later, her case consumed investigators for years. 

Decades later a man emerged as her prime suspect after he was found guilty of similar crimes, but do investigators have enough to convict him? 

Let’s Mourn…

CBS Interactive. (2024, October 8). Interpol seeking public’s help to identify women in 46 cold cases: “help uncover the truth.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interpol-dead-women-cold-cases-campaign/

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Waters, R. A. (n.d.). Has DNA solved the murder of Joanne Lynn?. Kidnapping, Murder, and Mayhem. http://kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blogspot.com/2008/11/has-dna-solved-murder-of-joanne-lynn.html

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Nearly three decades have passed since Morgan Nick was abducted from a local Little League game. On June 9th, 1995, witnesses recall seeing a man next to a red pickup eyeing the six-year-old girl before she vanished forever. 

However, this morning October 1st, 2024, police have named an official suspect after 29 years without answers!

Let’s Mourn…

CBS Interactive. (n.d.). 81-year-old man sentenced to prison for cloning giant “montana mountain king” sheep for captive trophy hunting. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-schubarth-sentenced-cloning-giant-sheep-trophy-hunting/

DNA evidence in Morgan Nick Case found in Billy Jack Lincks’ truck | thv11.com. (n.d.-a). https://www.thv11.com/video/news/local/missing-persons-reports/dna-evidence-in-morgan-nick-case-found-in-billy-jack-lincks-truck/91-80f80968-2e31-437d-9bca-a7c65f329506

Morgan’s Story. Morgan Nick Foundation. (2023, February 10). https://morgannickfoundation.com/about/morgans-story/

Who was Billy Jack Lincks? what we know about the suspect in the Morgan Nick Investigation. (n.d.-b). https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/crime/billy-jack-lincks-suspect-morgan-nick-investigation/527-5a449fe1-0375-42ba-914e-15f30948e36d

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, October 2). Disappearance of morgan nick. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Morgan_Nick

D’Lisa Kelley made a terrifying phone call to her sister before she was murdered. Police wouldn’t take Kelley’s family seriously and decided to ignore their pleas. Had they listened, D’Lisa may still be alive. 

Plus an update on a 70-year-old missing person case!!

Let’s Mourn…

Mothers share grief after sergeant’s indictment | wfaa.com. (n.d.-a). https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/mothers-share-grief-after-sergeants-indictment/287-498106216

Murdered: D’lisa Kelley: Dallas, TX. Uncovered. (n.d.). https://uncovered.com/cases/dlisa-kelley

Quinn, L. (2024, September 24). What we know about the case of a missing boy found living as a grandfather 70 years later. Peoplemag. https://people.com/luis-albino-kidnapped-seventy-years-ago-found-living-grandfather-8717785

“we could’ve found her”: D’lisa Kelley’s family reflects on police investigation into her murder 10 years later. (n.d.-b). https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/crime-reporters-notebook-dlisa-kelley-was-tortured-and-murdered-dallas-a-decade-ago-her-family-thinks-police-could-have-done-more-to-save-her/287-1a1af961-bd61-40b5-a8ed-ceaf21028a88

YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG4AGhADCnI

MAJOR UPDATE in the missing persons case of Asha Degree!! Over twenty years ago Asha mysteriously up and left her bedroom late at night, telling no one. She was last seen wandering a nearby highway before disappearing forever. 

Decades later she remains missing, BUT, new DNA evidence and search warrants released this week may lead to solving her case, soon!

Let’s Mourn…

Johncox, C. (2024, September 16). Cleveland County Investigators think missing girl asha degree was killed, warrants reveal. https://www.wbtv.com. https://www.wbtv.com/2024/09/16/cleveland-county-investigators-think-missing-girl-asha-degree-was-killed-warrants-reveal/

Lemon, K. (2024, September 17). Investigators believe Asha degree was killed and concealed, new warrants reveal. WSOC TV. https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/investigators-believe-asha-degree-was-killed-concealed-new-warrants-reveal/6MH5UVGDM5GYPPLKGFEB2UY2RU/

Neumann, S. (2024, September 17). Prosecutors say teen killed mom and showed friend corpse: “are you squeamish around dead bodies?” Peoplemag. https://people.com/prosecutors-say-teen-killed-mom-showed-friend-corpse-squeamish-8713891

Sundel, J. (2024, September 17). Major update on Asha degree who vanished over two decades ago. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/asha-degree-update-search-warrant-cleveland-county-nc-1955101

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, September 16). Disappearance of asha degree. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree

I promise you haven’t heard of this German serial killer. Active for nearly two decades throughout the 50s and 60s, this murderer targeted young children and evidence points to hundreds of possible victims. After suffering a traumatic injury during childhood, Franz Josef Ludy spent his life torturing others. 

This is the story of serial killer Franz Josef Ludy.

Let’s Mourn…

Chibelushi, W. (2024, September 13). DR Congo coup attempt: Thirty-seven sentenced to death. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2e2v2le8wo

Obscura, W. (2024, June 26). The Mysterious Black Forest: Exploring its Secrets. Wicked Obscura Apothecary. https://www.wickedobscura.com/blog/2023/1/6/the-mysterious-black-forest-exploring-its-secrets

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, May 22). Franz Josef Ludy. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Ludy

In the late 1990s, a French-born man murdered multiple women. Often striking the unsuspecting victim from behind before further attacking them. He struck often and without warning–evading the police for years earning the nickname The Ghost of Kehl. 

After intense investigations, multiple trials, and more attacks, you’d never imagine where the Ghost is today.

Plus an update on Marcel Brown!!

Let’s Mourn…

Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Jacques Plumain: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Jacques Plumain | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/plumain-jacques.htm

Cherone, H. (n.d.). Jury awards $50m to man wrongfully convicted of 2008 murder, setting new Chicago record. WTTW News. https://news.wttw.com/2024/09/10/jury-awards-50m-man-wrongfully-convicted-2008-murder-setting-new-chicago-record

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, April 3). Jacques Plumain. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Plumain

Over 100 years have passed since Tom Thomson’s puzzling death. The renowned Canadian painter had only just started his journey as an artist when tragedy struck. 

It came as quite a surprise when the lifelong woodsman and lover of the Canadian wilderness was found floating face down in a lake he once loved to paint. Locals say it was murder or possibly suicide, while authorities want to believe it’s an accident. 

Let’s Mourn…

Sources:

CBS Interactive. (2024, September 4). Missouri man arrested in 1993 murder of young Indianapolis woman after DNA matches crime scene evidence, police say. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carmen-van-huss-murder-1993-dana-shepherd-arrested-dna-match/

Kent, M. (2020, July 22). The mysterious death of Tom Thomson. Priceless. https://pricelessblog.squarespace.com/articles/the-mysterious-death-of-tom-thomson

Kinos-Goodin, J. (2017, July 7). Why the 100-year-old mystery of Tom Thomson’s death lives on | CBC radio. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/why-the-100-year-old-mystery-of-tom-thomson-s-death-lives-on-1.4193463

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, May 28). Death and legacy of Tom Thomson. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_legacy_of_Tom_Thomson

When a man’s passion becomes an obsession, murder is never too far away. 

Maribel Ramos lovingly opened her home to a stranger, offering him a safe place to stay. Tragically, this stranger was not a decent man. He was a killer. 

Let’s Mourn…

Sources:

Flowers, A. (2023, July 10). Murdered: Maribel Ramos. Crime Junkie Podcast. https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-maribel-ramos/

Lealos, S. S., & Cejer, A. (2024, January 29). Everything worst roommate ever leaves out about K.C. joy. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/worst-roommate-ever-kc-joy-missing-information-details/

Morgan, A. (2024, July 2). Maribel Ramos rejected her roommate’s romantic advances - then he brutally murdered her. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/maribel-ramos

Whether you call them The Mineral Murders or The Tube Sock Killings, the deaths of 8 people consumed every person living in Washington. Between 1985 and 1987 four separate couples were hunted and killed by two or more murderers. Over the next 3 decades, investigators followed hundreds of clues–leading them to half of the answer. 

The question is, has the other half already been answered? 

Let’s Mourn…

CBS Interactive. (n.d.). Killer eludes police for 31 years – how did one woman find him in two hours?. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tanya-van-cuylenborg-jay-cook-killer-dna-cece-moore/

East, M. (2024, February 10). Bodies kept piling up in the Pacific Northwest. was it the work of a killer or coincidence? (FPD Case Vault). Front Page Detectives. https://www.frontpagedetectives.com/p/washington-murder-cold-case-tube-sock-killings

Killer eludes police for 31 years; one woman found him in 2 hours. Sandhills Express. (n.d.). https://sandhillsexpress.com/cbs_national/killer-eludes-police-for-31-years-one-woman-found-him-in-2-hours-cbsid8086703e/

Quinn, L. (2024, August 31). Parents of N.C. girl who vanished in 2022 waited weeks to report her missing. Peoplemag. https://people.com/parents-north-carolina-girl-vanished-2022-waited-weeks-to-report-her-missing-8703515

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, March 5). Mineral, Washington murders. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral,_Washington_murders

Yasmin Scherrer. (2023, February 1). List: The tube sock killings: Curated by Yasmin Scherrer: Medium. https://medium.com/@yasminscherrer/list/the-tube-sock-killings-fded197b68cb

In 1980 an unknown male murdered a young woman in her Washington condo. The only evidence left behind was a microscopic amount of the killer’s DNA. 44 years later investigators would get a match.

THIS TUESDAY police arrested the man responsible for a decades-long cold case!! 

Let’s Mourn…

Breen, K. (n.d.). 44 years after woman murdered in suburban Seattle, DNA on cigarette leads to suspect in Arkansas. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dorothy-silzel-1980-murder-solved-dna-kenneth-kundert-arrested/

Green, S. J. (2024, August 26). A Boeing Instructor was killed 44 years ago. A suspect was just charged in her murder. The Seattle Times. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/forensic-genealogy-leads-to-murder-charge-in-1980-kent-cold-case/

Moore, E. (2024, August 28). Donnie Brantley’s mysterious involvement in wife marsha’s 2009 disappearance raises suspicions in Cleveland, Tennessee. Donnie Brantley’s Mysterious Involvement in Wife Marsha’s 2009 Disappearance Raises Suspicions in Cleveland, Tennessee. https://cadresandiego.org/local/donnie-brantleys-mysterious-involvement-in-wife-marshas-2009-disappearance-raises-suspicions-in-cleveland-tennessee/