Chapter 01The Girl in the Barrel
Howard Elkins
Reyna Marroquin vanished in 1969. Her body was found in a barrel in Jericho, New York, in 1999, and the trail led to Howard Elkins. Case photos.
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Howard Elkins
Reyna Marroquin vanished in 1969. Her body was found in a barrel in Jericho, New York, in 1999, and the trail led to Howard Elkins. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoBryan Stewart
Jamie Laiaddee vanished from Chandler, Arizona, in 2010. Bryan Stewart, whose real name was Rick Valentini, was convicted without a body. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoMark Twitchell
Mark Twitchell killed Johnny Altinger in Edmonton, Alberta, in 2008 after luring him with a fake dating profile, in a case tied to Dexter. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoAlyssa Bustamante
Alyssa Bustamante, 15, killed nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins, Missouri, in 2009. Her journal became key evidence. Case photos.
Read the case and see 3 photosAlbert Johnson Walker
A Rolex on a body pulled from the English Channel in 1996 identified Ronald Platt and exposed fugitive Canadian fraudster Albert Walker. Case photos.
Read the case and see 2 photosLester Jones
Paige Birgfeld, a mother of three, vanished in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 2007. Lester Jones was convicted of her murder in 2016. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoJamie Reynolds
Jamie Reynolds murdered 17-year-old Georgia Williams in Wellington, Shropshire, in May 2013 and hid her body in woodland in Wales. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoCameron Hooker, Janice Hooker
Cameron Hooker and his wife Janice abducted Colleen Stan near Red Bluff, California, in 1977 and held her captive for seven years. Case photos.
Read the case and see 2 photosRobert Napper
Robert Napper, the Green Chain rapist, killed Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992 and Samantha and Jazmine Bisset in 1993. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoMike Adams
Repo man Michael “Mike” Adams used a GPS tracker to find ex-fiancée Nicole Leger, then shot her at her home in Melissa, Texas, in 2013. Case photos.
Read the case and see 1 photoHarvey Glatman
Harvey Glatman posed as a photographer to lure Judy Dull, Shirley Ann Bridgeford and Ruth Mercado to their deaths in Los Angeles, 1957–58. Case photos.
Read the case and see 2 photosMyles Fukunaga
Myles Fukunaga kidnapped and killed 10-year-old Gill Jamieson in Honolulu in September 1928, then collected a ransom. Photos from the case.
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