Persons Unknown

*This episode deals with a crime committed against a child. Please exercise self-care when choosing to listen.

At 8.30pm on Wednesday 22nd April 1981, 15 year old Kelly Cook left her house in the village of Standard, Alberta for the last time. She got into a waiting car driven by a man she had never before met and disappeared into the night. That morning Kelly had received a phone call from a man who said his name was Bill Christensen. He was looking for a babysitter and told Kelly she had been highly recommended. They agreed that he would pick her up later and have her home by midnight. Kelly was never seen alive again. This tragic case is one of Canada's most baffling and disturbing unsolved crimes.

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Mediumzeph456.medium.comThe Unsolved Mystery of Kelly Cook: A Tragedy that Shocked a Community

https://globalnews.ca/video/2654301/archive-police-reopen-investigation-into-kelly-cook-murder/

https://globalnews.ca/video/5179739/rcmp-investigators-take-new-look-at-historical-homicide-of-kelly-cook/

Murderpediamurderpedia.orgClifford Olson

https://globalnews.ca/video/5224048/original-target-of-killer-speaks-out-for-first-time-in-hopes-of-helping-solve-alberta-cold-case/

https://globalnews.ca/video/2655015/kelly-cooks-family-searches-for-closure-35-years-after-disappearance/

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Florence Broadhurst was a flamboyant artist and designer. On the afternoon of October 15th 1977 the 78 year old was working in the office of her luxury wallpaper factory situated in Paddington, Sydney, NSW. Florence was left alone on the premises at 4pm. The following morning, after a report that the door to the premises had been open all night, Florence’s battered body was found posed in a degrading position in a small bathroom on the first floor. There was no sign of a struggle and two clean cups stood on the kitchen table. It appeared that Florence was entertaining  a guest shortly before she was attacked. For years the case went cold but in the early 1990s one of Australia’s worst serial killers became linked with the unsolved murd

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9News.com.auhttps://www.9news.com.au › flore...Florence Broadhurst cold case murder: NSW police review

InQueenslandinqld.com.auThe amazing life and tragic death of Florence Broadhurst, Bundy's ...

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David Leserhttps://davidleser.com › Flo...PDFflorence Broadhurst - true crime

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IMDbhttps://m.imdb.com › title"Australian Crime Stories" Killing Florence (TV Episode 2020

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Between 1978 and 1996 eight infant abductions were connected to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. All the children were black and the average age of their mothers was just 18. Six of the infants were found safe and well and returned to their families. Two of the babies remain missing. Raymond Lamar Green was abducted in November 1978 and Tavish Sutton in March 1993. Their abductors were never traced and there is a good chance that both men are now living their lives completely oblivious to their true identities.

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missingkids.orghttps://www.missingkids.org › blogSearch for Abducted Atlanta Baby Goes Nationwide

FOX 5 Atlantahttps://www.fox5atlanta.com › newsNew artist renders could help 45-year-old kidnapping of Georgia newborn

Surviving Parents Coalitionhttp://www.spcoalition.org › greenDonna Green

The Charley Projecthttps://charleyproject.org › case › ra...Raymond Lamar Green Jr.

Atlanta News Firsthttps://www.atlantanewsfirst.com › ...Officials announce new efforts to find Atlanta infant missing since 1978

GulfLive.comhttps://www.gulflive.com › 2023/02Unique method being used to try and solve 44-year-old missing child case

The Charley Projecthttps://charleyproject.org › case › ta...Tavish Sutton

Lipstick Alleyhttps://www.lipstickalley.com › the-...The Abduction of Tavish Sutton

qaafqalam.comhttps://www.qaafqalam.com › ReadMysterious Disappearances Of Tavish Sutton

The Doe Networkhttps://www.doenetwork.org › cases634DMGA - Tavish Sutton

National Missing Person Directoryhttp://www.missingin.org › reg3675Tavish Sutton - Georgia Missing Person Directory

https://georgiastatesignal.com/where-are-they-going-where-have-they-been/

https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1996/06/28/Second-suspect-charged-in-baby-kidnapping/2998835934400/

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On a damp autumn evening in 1945, Caroline Evans made her way on foot from her home in Coedpoeth, North Wales to the neighbouring village of Minera.  Since her father died the 38 year old school teacher made the trip every Saturday evening to visit her mother. She always took the same shortcut on a narrow, secluded footpath through Pant Tywyll, or Dark Hollow.  This time Caroline didn’t arrive safely at her destination and early the following morning her battered body was found by a farm worker. Strange reports came in from witnesses and an investigation began which saw Scotland Yard detectives navigating anonymous tips, dramatic confessions and an elusive suspect. 

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North Wales Livehttps://www.dailypost.co.uk › newsThe 1945 murder which shocked a community and remains unsolved to ...

True Crime Libraryhttps://www.truecrimelibrary.com › ...Caroline Evans

The Free Libraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › W...WALES: There are older people in the village who'd like this solved.

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In March 1980 19 year old Marine Alan Addis travelled to the Falkland Islands with  the Royal Navy. The remote archipelago lies 480km east of the southern tip of Argentina. Alan was there as part of a detachment to train local volunteers in defence skills and equipment. Five months later, after an evening out at a social club in North Arm settlement, East Falkland, Alan vanished without a trace. An inquiry concluded he had probably drowned. However, rumours soon began circulating that Alan had been the victim of foul play and the islands were concealing a dark secret. A secret that has remained hidden to the present day.

*This episode also contains an update, about an arrest made in a case previously featured on Persons Unknown.

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On the morning of July 21st 1961, six year old Hattie Jackson and her older brother Herbert, set off with a packed lunch for Rock Creek Park. It was just a six block walk from the siblings’ home in north Washington D.C. After meeting up with Herbert’s friends the group played on the playground and then went swimming in the creek. After a little while the children split up and Hattie was left alone. Hattie was last seen on a swing; a man wearing sunglasses was standing next to her.  Hattie has been missing since that day. Foul play is suspected and there is a person of interest  in her abduction. What’s more Hattie’s case is inextricably linked to another long forgotten unsolved murder from America’s north east.

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TheCharleyProjecthttps://charleyproject.org › case › h...Hattie Yvonne Jackson

Whereabouts Still Unknownhttps://whereaboutsstillunknown.wordpress.com › ...Hattie Jackson | Whereabouts Still Unknown - WordPress.com

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WordPress.comhttps://morbidworldblog.wordpress.com › ...Philadelphia's Other Unknown Child - Morbid World

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All That's Interestingallthatsinteresting.comThe Boy In The Box: The Mysterious Case That Took Over 60 Years To ..

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On the evening of November 9th 1995 Jo Jo Dullard found herself stranded in Dublin after she missing her last bus home. The 21 year old had just moved back to her family home in Callan and was determined to make the 145km journey that night. Through a combination of bus journeys and hitchhiking she made it as far as the town of Moone. Still an hours drive from Callan she found phone box to call a friend and explained her predicament. As Jo Jo was on the phone a vehicle stopped to offer her a lift. She promised the friend she’d call from her next stop and replaced the receiver. Jo Jo has not been seen or heard of since and has become one of the many young women who have disappeared without trace in Ireland’s vanishing triangle.

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Garda.iehttps://www.garda.ie › josephine-jo-...Josephine (Jo Jo) Dullard

https://www.irishmirror.ie › crimeJo Jo Dullard: Gardai investigating two new leads 25 years after Kilkenny ..

SundayWorldm.sundayworld.comTrucker saw 'screaming woman running naked' on night of Jo Jo ...

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IrishExaminerhttps://www.irishexaminer.com › ari...The mysterious disappearances of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard

Irish Posthttps://www.irishpost.com › newsInvestigation into disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard 25 years ago upgraded to ...

The Sunwww.thesun.ieLarry Murphy 'identified as person of interest' in JoJo Dullard murder

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/gardai-to-check-for-links-between-hennessy-and-unsolved-cases-1.3503563

https://m.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/long-read-larry-murphy-and-irelands-missing-women/41490862.html

Independent.iem.independent.ieGardaí tried to identify Larry Murphy in CCTV taken on the day Deirdre ...

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On a cold and foggy night in November 1967 Rita Ellis made her way across a road to an awaiting red car. The 19 year old then disappeared into the gloom and was never seen alive again. Rita was a cook at RAF Halton in Herefordshire and lived in the women’s accommodation block onsite. That evening she had arranged to babysit for Wing Commander Watson but she failed to turn up for the appointment. Her strangled body was found the next morning on the western edges of the RAF camp. Less than two months later a 20 year woman was left for dead after being brutally assaulted and police feared a psychopath was on the loose.

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BuckinghamshireLivehttps://www.buckinghamshirelive.com › ...Rita Ellis: A savage murder, a cold case and a sealed file

TheScottishSunhttps://www.thescottishsun.co.uk › ...I'm convinced I met Bible John, I didn't make the link until I saw new photofit of ..

Channel 4https://www.channel4.com › on-de...In the Footsteps of Killers - Series 1: Episode 3

BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Airwoman Rita Ellis 1967 murder: Crimewatch appeal turns up 'new ...

HertfordshireMercurywww.hertfordshiremercury.co.ukThe horrific unsolved murder of girl found covered in leaves

TheGuardianhttps://www.theguardian.com › novSister appeals for new information in 1967 murder of Rita Ellis | UK news

https://lollytruecrime.medium.com/unsolved-murder-at-raf-halton-1967-e687ae5db2aa

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Kirsty Jones dreamed of seeing the world. In May 2000 the 23 year old left her home in mid Wales and embarked on a global trip of a life time. After visiting Singapore and Malaysia, Kirsty travelled to Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand. Kirsty had been in the city less than a week when a maid found her murdered body in her bedroom at the backpackers guesthouse where she was staying.  DNA was found at the scene and several suspects were named in the press. The Royal Thai Police were confident the case would be solved within a week.  Then days later the maid who discovered Kirsty’s body came forward to change her story. It was the first of many shocking developments in a beleaguered investigation that continued for the next two decades.

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BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Kirsty Jones: Thailand backpacker murder case closed after 20 years

WalesOnlinehttps://www.walesonline.co.uk › newsMurder investigation into death of Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2000/aug/16/worlddispatch.comment1

TrueCrimeDivahttps://truecrimediva.com › kirsty-j...Murder in Thailand: Who killed Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones

TheFreeLibraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › R...BLUNDERS THAT BETRAYED KIRSTY; Devastating details of ...

Brecon & Radnor Expresshttps://www.brecon-radnor.co.uk › ...Fears Kirsty Jones murder case could be closed

BangkokPosthttps://www.bangkokpost.com › kir...Kirsty's mother seeks more help

ChiangRaiTimeshttps://www.chiangraitimes.com › k...Kirsty Jones Chiang Mai Murder: Mother Wants More Help From ...

andrewdrummond.newshttps://www.andrew-drummond.news › ...KIRSTY JONES MURDER COMMUNIQUES COULD DAMAGE ...

IrishExaminerhttps://www.irishexaminer.com › ari...Nine tourists raped in Thailand

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Guistina Macari was known as Christina by family and friends. On May 17th 1941 the three year old disappeared from outside her family’s fish and chip shop in Swansea, South Wales. Her little body was found 5km away in a wood the following day.  Many witnesses came forward to say they had seen the little girl in the company of a man with long hair who walked with a stoop. It wasn’t long before a prime suspect emerged who police at the time believed had murdered before. A suspect who could be connected to another unsolved murder previously covered by this podcast. 

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http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2643&termRef=Guinstina%20Benedetta%20Macari

WalesOnlinewww.walesonline.co.ukMurder of girl with paper in her stomach unsolved 80 years on

https://www.geoffbrookes.co.uk/guistina-macari-1938-1941/

https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/1310746#?xywh=-59%2C-271%2C1302%2C1306

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