Persons Unknown

At approximately 1.25am on  January 27th 1974 the San Francisco police received an anonymous call saying a man’s body was lying near the water line on Ocean Beach. The police arrived and discovered the caller was telling the truth. It was the start of a reign of terror targeting the LGBT+ community that would leave at least six gay men murdered and many more lives destroyed. They were victims of a rage-fuelled serial killer known as “the Doodler”. Police gave him that moniker because of the way he gained the confidence of the men he murdered. He would hang around gay bars and clubs sketching portraits of his marks. “The Doodler” was never caught but modern day cold case investigators think they know his identity and he is alive and well, still living in the Bay Area.

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San Francisco Chroniclewww.sfchronicle.comThe Doodler: He was a serial killer who sketched his gay victims. We ...

ABC7 Newshttps://abc7news.com › the-doodler...The hunt for 'The Doodler,' 1970s serial killer who targeted gay men; reward ...

The Awlhttps://www.theawl.com › 2014/12The Untold Story of the Doodler Murders

Grunge - The world is weirder than you thinkwww.grunge.comThe Doodler: The Truth About The Unidentified Serial Killer

All Gay Longhttps://www.allgaylong.com › blogThe Doodler Murders: A Forgotten Serial Killer

IN Magazinehttps://inmagazine.ca › 2022/05 › q...QUEER CRIME: Why Hasn't The Serial Killer Known As "The Doodler" Been ...

NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com › us-newsPossible new victim in 'Doodler' serial killer case announced

abcnews.go.comhttps://abcnews.go.com › storyNew details released in unsolved 'Doodler' serial killer case from 1970s

INTO morehttps://www.intomore.com › impactThe Doodler is the Gay Serial Killer You've Never Heard About

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-doodler-idUSKCN1PW2XG

San Francisco Chroniclehttps://www.sfchronicle.com › articleS.F. police raise reward for info on Doodler serial killer to ...

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In the spring of 2001, 9 year old Peggy Knobloch vanished from the small Bavarian town of Lichtenburg on her walk home from school. Despite a massive search operation no trace was found of the little girl. Three years later a neighbour of Peggy’s with pronounced learning difficulties was found guilty of her murder. The local community felt a miscarriage of justice had occurred and set up about trying to prove the man’s innocence and to uncover what had really happened to Peggy. Over the near two decades since, the case has twisted and turned with numerous revelations and suspects.

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In the early hours of September 1st 1990 a person or persons unknown entered the Sousa family home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario, Canada. 13 year old Leah was assaulted in the living room before being dragged to the yard and killed. Her mother Lora was beaten and left for dead, but miraculously survived. Lora’s nine month old baby son was left unharmed in his cot. Despite police believing Lora saw her attacker’s face, the extent of her head injuries means she has no memories of that night. Leah’s murder is the biggest case in Ontario investigative history and, even thirty years on, can still be solved.

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05/09/90
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The Windsor Bay Star
14/09/90
Fort McMurray Today 
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The Gazette
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The Winnipeg Sun
04/09/90
The Expositor
05/09/90
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CANADAUNSOLVEDhttps://www.canadaunsolved.com › ...UNSOLVED: The Unsolved Murder of Leah Sousa (1990 - Ontario)

True Crime Divahttps://truecrimediva.com › leah-sali...Who savagely raped, murdered 13-year-old Leah Sousa in 1990?

Find a Gravehttps://www.findagrave.com › leah-...Leah Salina Sousa (1977-1990) - Memorials

barrie.ctvnews.cahttps://barrie.ctvnews.ca › opp-conti...OPP continues search for killer 25 years after Leah Sousa murdered

Simcoe.comhttps://www.simcoe.com › news-storyWho killed Leah Sousa? Murdered Cumberland Beach teen was ' ...

Canadian Crimeopediacanadiancrimeopedia.comSousa, Leah – Canadian Crimeopedia

Muskoka Region Newshttps://www.muskokaregion.com › ...COLD CASE: Search for child killer continues 27 years after Leah Sousa ...

Toronto Starwww.thestar.com'Women would intuitively fear a person like this.' A lot is known ...

https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2008/09/04/tip_revives_1990_murder_case.html

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/murder-most-forgotten-a-cold-case-the-victim-can-t-remember-1.479045

https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/ontario/2008/09/04/tip_revives_1990_murder_case.html

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/murder-most-forgotten-a-cold-case-the-victim-can-t-remember-1.479045

https://www.mykawartha.com/opinion-story/3708424-the-most-sophisticated-crime-technology-will-never-replace-a-tip/

https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B013F6L9K0?f=2&l=en_GB&rid=7Y2W0MJG99MC8RVMKP54&sid=258-4788530-9096843&ref_=litb_

https://www.orilliamatters.com/police-beat/opp-seek-help-locating-missing-orillia-man-3884343

https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000014412624/Barry-Ruhl-A-Viable-Suspect

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mcgray-michael-wayne.htm

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https://mycrimelibrary.com/michael-wayne-mcgray-serial-killer/

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Bernardo_and_Karla_Homolka

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The last official sighting of 26 year old Maria Christina Requena was on New Year’s Day 1991. A week later her dismembered body was found at a beauty spot 24 km away. The location was only a couple of km away from where the mutilated  body of 31 year old Linda Donaldson had been found in October 1988. Both women were sex workers and worked opposite ends of the East Lancs road that connects the cities of Manchester and Liverpool in the north west of England. The murders of Veronica Anderson in August 1991 and Julie Finley in 1994 have also been linked to a series of murders some journalists and cold case experts have apportioned to a killer referred to as the East Lancs Ripper.

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unsolvedmurders.co.ukhttp://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk › ...Maria Requina - Unsolved Murder 1991 - Pennington Flash, Leigh

TheFreeLibraryhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com › '...'We are looking for a maniac, a sadistic killer who defies description' hunt still ...

LeighJournalhttps://www.leighjournal.co.uk › 17...Search for killer of murdered woman Maria Requena continues 28 years on

ManchesterEveningNewshttps://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › ...Unsolved Murder: Maria Christina Requena and Linda Donaldson ...

Mirrorwww.mirror.co.ukThe brutal murders of the 'East Lancs Ripper' which were never solved

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mirror-northern-ireland/20220902/282089165592269

http://nyenquirer.uk/christopher-halliwell-the-secret-murders-2/

unsolvedmurders.co.ukhttp://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk › ...Julie Finley - A570, Rainford Bypass, Skelmersdale, Lancashire

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-sex-worker-who-chopped-10618183

http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1157&termRef=Veronica%20Anderson

Manchester Evening Newshttps://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › ...Police update after two arrested over murder of mum 31 years ago

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At 4.15pm on Monday 26th September 1994 the Pacey’s 14 year old daughter arrived home from school to be met by silence. She looked for her mother Julie throughout the large house which was situated in an affluent part of Grantham, Lincolnshire. In the upstairs bathroom the teenager found her 38 year old mother unresponsive on the floor. The brave girl attempted CPR but it was not until the paramedics arrived that the true horror of what had happened became clear. Julie had been murdered. Underneath the polo neck of her sweater was the unmistakable mark of a ligature. Numerous  witnesses reported sightings of a strange man, wearing a blue boiler suit, in the area at the time. This enigmatic figure became known as “Overalls Man” and continues to be the prime suspect in a case dogged by anonymous callers and rumours of another potentially linked murder.
 
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Newcastle Journal
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Daily Mirror 
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Birmingham Daily Post
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Dundee Courier
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The People 
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Grimsby Daily Telegraph 
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Leicester Daily Mercury 
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Daily Record 
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Birmingham Mail
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Sleaford Target 
26/10/94
Newark Advertiser
06/01/95
Lincoln Target 
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Six year old Ludovic Janvier was abducted  in the early evening of 17 March 1983. He and his two brothers had left the apartment where they were staying in Saint-Martin-d'Hères to run an errand for their father. On their way home the boys were approached by a man wearing a motorcycle helmet who asked for help looking for his dog. The man took Ludovic by the hand and walked away behind some houses. Ludovic has not been seen since. The case is one of 12 missing or murdered children in the Isère region of Southeast France from the 1980s and 90s.

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https://www.lyonmag.com/article/7698/serial-killer-la-vraie-enquete-commence

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Early on the morning of 11 February 1987 a cyclist on their way to work in Fort Collins, Colorado, discovered the mutilated body of an auburn-haired woman lying in a field. 37 year old Peggy Hettrick had last been seen leaving a local pub, six hours previously, to make the short walk home to her apartment. Several clues were left at the crime scene including finger prints, shoe markings, and two human hairs. Detectives quickly pinpointed a suspect but the investigation was dogged by tunnel vision and confirmation bias. Twenty years later DNA evidence would blow the case wide open.

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https://www.westword.com/news/peggy-hettrick-new-dna-evidence-in-murder-that-led-to-improper-tim-masters-conviction-5850454

law.umich.eduhttps://www.law.umich.edu › PagesTimothy Masters - National Registry of Exonerations

TheCinemaholicthecinemaholic.comPeggy Hettrick Murder: How Did She Die? Who Killed Her?

apps.colorado.govhttps://apps.colorado.gov › apps › c...Peggy Hettrick - Colorado Cold Case Files - Case Detail

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TheDurangoHeraldwww.durangoherald.comDetective, suspect in murder case form unlikely friendship

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Five year old Renee Aitken was abducted from her bed on the night of 16/17 February 1984. Her older brother Bradley was asleep in the same bedroom just feet away. The coastal village of Narooma, NSW  and the surrounding bushland was searched dozens of  times, but no trace of Renee was found. Two years later Renee’s mother Morna said publicly that she knew who had taken her daughter. Over a decade later the case was finally reopened leading to some dramatic and extraordinary findings.

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The Age Newspaper 20/02/1984

https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Renee_Aitken

https://codylwrites.com/2021/05/15/what-happened-to-renee-aitken/ 

https://truecrimediva.com/renee-aitken/

http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/Aitken.htm

https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1987953/informer-links-killer-to-missing-renee-aitken/

https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/renee-aitkens-family-tells-of-the-agony-of-not-knowing-her-fate-20140208-328ka.html

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/252dfnsw.html

https://www.pressreader.com/australia/womans-day-australia/20220801/282024741014539

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97943590/renee-joy-aitken

http://www.qaafqalam.com/pages/Read.php?news=1523

https://www.thatslife.com.au/my-little-sister-stolen-in-the-night

https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/1021416/police-still-hold-hopes-of-finding-renee-aitken/

https://carnivalofhorror.tumblr.com/post/167468642214/the-disappearance-of-renee-aitkens-on-february/amp

https://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au/story/4074489/32-years-on-and-renee-aitkin-still-missing/

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It was a little after midnight on September 17th 1959 when Kelso Cochrane was attacked and murdered on his way home to his home in North Kensington, Notting Hill in West London. The 32 year old Antiguan carpenter was set upon by a group of white youths just a short distance from the bedsit that he shared with his fiancé Olivia. Despite evidence to suggest the attack had been racially motivated, within 24 hours of the murder the police insisted that this was not the case. Arrests were made but no charges were ever brought. The aftermath witnessed campaigners from the black community across the UK demand change whilst fascist groups attempted to ignite a race war. Over 60 years later the quest for justice for Kelso Cochrane is ongoing.

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Belfast Telegraph 
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Birmingham Daily Post
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Daily Mirror 
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Western Mail
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Shields Daily News
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Aberdeen Evening Express 
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Daily Herald 
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Halifax Evening Courier
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Daily News
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Kensington Post
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The People
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Sunday Mirror 
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http://www.wakingthedead.org/kelso-cochrane.html

https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/horrific-murder-kelso-cochrane-notting-18257872.amp

https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/14/turbulent-times-kelso-cochrane-police-search

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-probe-first-racist-murder-24216906.amp

https://the-upsetter.com/black-death/crime/

https://www.urbankapital.com › postSixty-one years since Notting Hill murder of Kelso Cochrane

https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/who-killed-kelso-cochrane/

https://thelondonpress.uk/2021/05/21/were-still-broken-family-of-black-man-killed-in-unsolved-racist-murder-appeal-for-met-apology/

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52 year old Phillip Saunders owned several newsagent kiosks around Cardiff city centre. On the evening of October 12th 1987 he completed his daily routine by collecting the takings from his kiosk near the Central Bus Station. After a quick drink in a local pub he headed by car back to his home in nearby Canton. As he walked from the car into his garden Phillip was brutally attacked and robbed. He died from his injuries five days later. The next month three teenaged men were arrested for the crime and their living nightmare began. The trio became known as The Cardiff Newsagent Three and their story is both shocking and heartbreaking. 

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www.walesonline.co.ukUnsolved murder of man found in his garden with skull smashed in

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www.walesonline.co.ukA hideous murder; a miscarriage of justice and the unhealed wounds

www.nottinghampost.com'I was caged for 11 years for a murder I didn't commit' - Nottinghamshire Live

www.mirror.co.ukMan wrongly convicted of Cardiff Newsagent Three murder meets ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-...Cardiff Newsagent Three: Murder miscarriage report published - BBC

www.thenational.walesCardiff Newsagent Three: Michael O'Brien releases The Dossier

mojoscotland.orgWhat it's like to be wrongly convicted of murder: Michael O'Brien, the ...

https://www.thefreelibrary.com › Sa...Saunders probe to be led by outside force; Norfolk Police to oversee ...

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk › ...British Injustice with Raphael Rowe: Cardiff Newsagent Three

https://www.theguardian.com › decArrests made in connection with Canton murder - The Guardian

https://nation.cymru › culture › revi...Review: The Dossier - Miscarriages of Justice in South Wales 1982-2016 ...

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