Elizabeth Barclay was seven years old when she was murdered in Dallas, Texas 43 years ago. Texas Rangers are still hunting for her killer.
On March 7, 2015, Janie Santana reported her teenage son Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV missing. Eight years later, Rudy was found on the steps of a Houston Church, unconscious and injured. When Rudy was finally able to talk to police he revealed the ugly truth—he was never missing.
A couple hundred skulls have been found in Texas, and of those, very few have details that might lead to their identities. Here are six skulls with facial reconstructions. Do you recognize any of these faces?
When six-year-old Etan Patz left for school on May 25, 1979, it was the first time his parents Stan and Julie Patz allowed him to go alone. But Etan disappeared, sparking a movement that created National Missing Children's Day. His killer Pedro Hernandez would be brought to justice decades later.
Helen Kilgore had run away from home before. When she went missing in April 1984, her family assumed she'd taken off on her own. But then she was found murdered 300 miles away from her home in Corpus Christie, Texas. And her killer has never been caught.
On Christmas Day 1980, a Houston, Texas, mother of three, Estella Salinas, and her son, Andrew, were violently murdered while driving to a friend's house. The cold case remains unsolved over 30 years later.
In 1988, an unidentified Jane Doe was found facedown in a creek not far from Fairway Avenue in Dallas, Texas. Over three decades later, we still don't know her name or who killed her.
On July 20, 1974, Janice Kay Baze got into the family car with her husband, Sergeant Major Everett Neal Baze. They left the Fort Bliss military base near El Paso, Texas. Janice was never seen again.
On September 17, 2016, a farmer found a black rollaway suitcase in a field not far from Madisonville, Texas. Inside the suitcase were the remains of an unidentified Jane Doe baby who died from homicidal violence.
A blurry Polaroid photograph of a handcuffed boy on his knees was found in the belongings of Elmer Wayne Henley, an accomplice of Texas serial killer Dean Corll. Who is the terrified boy? What happened to him?
Ira Einhorn claimed he was instrumental in the creation of Earth Day. But Einhorn wasn't a dashing, planet-saving hero. He was a cruel sociopath who brutally murdered his ex-girlfriend, Holly Maddux, and then fled justice.
On March 18, 2023, 14-year-old Scottie Dean Morris left his home in Eaton, Indiana, upset by an altercation with his parents after being forced to wear a "punishment" shirt. Where did the teen go for eight days? And why was he finally found with his mother just five minutes from their home?
On October 29, 1981, near the small town of Iola, Texas, a local highway worker found a garbage bag with a murdered woman's remains inside. To this day, no one knows the identity of the Grimes County, Texas, Jane Doe.
In the Hulu true crime series "Web of Death," citizen sleuths, family members, podcasters, scientists, and retired investigators help law enforcement crack cold cases, as they try to find answers to questions like, "Who killed Elnora Griffin?"
In 2010, con artist Larry Ray insinuated himself into the lives of his daughter's roommates at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Ray's relentless physical, emotional, and psychological assault on the teens created a life-shattering cult fueled by delusion, fear, and paranoia.
Amber Hagerman was a young girl in Texas in 1996 when she was kidnapped and murdered. Here’s how her story led to the AMBER Alert System for missing children.
Between 1970 and 1973, at least 28 boys lost their lives to Dean Corll and his two accomplices. All of Corll's known victims have been identified except for one. The body found in Grave #10 in Corll's boat shed, where 17 of his victims were buried, is still only known as "Swimsuit Boy."
Hulu's true crime documentary "Still Missing Morgan" covered the kidnapping of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling in 1989. His case and the disappearance of Morgan Nick brought together two grieving mothers who never gave up.
On January 7, 2018, 68-year-old Jerilyn L. Smith disappeared from her home in Sequim, Washington. Almost four years later, a New Balance sneaker washed up on shore near Port Angeles. Inside was a woman's foot. It belonged to Jerilyn Smith.
Mikiko Kasahara, a Japanese student who attended Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas, was murdered on December 14, 2002. It's believed the killer started the fire that destroyed both Mikiko's body and her apartment.
On June 9, 1995, six-year-old Morgan Nick disappeared during a Little League baseball game in Alma, Arkansas. Children who'd been chasing fireflies with Morgan told authorities about a creepy man in a red truck with a white camper shell. Morgan has never been found. But maybe her killer has.
Twelve-year-old Sheryl Denise Taylor disappeared from Picher, Oklahoma in July 1978. The sixth grader went to the corner market for her mother—and never came home.
Eight-year-old Timothy O'Bryan was poisoned and killed on Halloween night in 1974. Police learned the murderer was Timothy's own father Ronald O'Bryan, who became known as the "Pixy Stix Killer."