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Name

John Leebrick

Age

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On 12-16-84, the victim's body was discovered inside an apartment at 1818 s. Lakeshore by his estranged girlfriend. The victim was found in apartment #203 in his upstairs bedroom lying on the floor. The victim had suffered several gunshot wounds. Robbery is believed to have been the motive. Investigators believe the victim was murdered sometime after 12:00 a.M. On december 11, 1984. Several suspects surfaced during the investigation but were never actually connected with this murder. In addition, witnesses reported seeing a suspicious green vw beetle visiting the victim's apartment around the time of his death.

Agency

Austin

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Name

Mary Till

Age

Cause of Death

Shooting

Info

On august 17, 1983, mary till went out on a date. Mary till returned to her apartment at 2501 ivy brook in arlington on august 18. Later that morning, she called her workplace in dallas and told an employee that she would be late for work. She never showed up for work. On january 3, 1984, some hunters found her body in a wooded area near a creek in the 6200 block of baraboo dr in dallas. She died as a result of a gunshot wound. During this period of time, a homicide task force had been established by the fort worth police department. The bodies of several females had been found in and around fort worth. Mary till’s case was one of the cases that the homicide task force investigated.

Agency

Fort Worth PD

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Name

Marjorie Dabney

Age

Cause of Death

Trauma

Info

On november 26, 2007, officers from the lewisville police department were sent to the area just below the lewisville lake dam to investigate what appeared to be the recovery of a human skull. Approximately two weeks prior, there had been a controlled burn of the area which revealed the human skull and additional human remains. The tarrant county medical examiner's office ruled the death as a homicide; blunt force trauma. In october 2008, while conducting another controlled burn in the area below the lewisville lake dam, workers located identification belonging to marjorie dabney. The remains were later positively identified as those of marjorie dabney. Dabney had previously been reported as missing by the dallas/fort worth airport police department in december 2001. Dabney disappeared while traveling with her husband, joe dabney sr., from indianapolis to bakersfield, ca, where she and her husband were to move into a new home. During the layover, an airline escort accompanied dabney's wheelchair bound husband to the restroom and asked dabney to meet them at the gate. She never showed up and couldn't be located. On the day she went missing, dabney was wearing a dark two piece knit suit, a black faux leather jacket, and a rainbow color scarf. She carried a beige purse and a shopping bag but did not have money, her family told investigators at the time. She wore a tag identifying her as an alzheimer's patient

Agency

Lewisville PD

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Name

Baby Doe

Age

Cause of Death

Homicide

Info

On monday september 23, 1991, officers from the lewisville police department were sent to the arbor creek apartments, 396 e. Southwest parkway, after a landscaping employee found a pink plastic bag near bldg. #6. On closer inspection, the employee observed that the bag contained a deceased new born infant. The placenta and umbilical cord were still attached. The tarrant county medical examiner’s office ruled the death as a homicide; hypothermia and exposure by abandonment. The white or possibly hispanic infant weighed 10.2 pounds and was 21 inches in length. The infant would be 24 years of age in 2015, had the infant not been abandoned. It is believed that baby doe’s mother carried baby doe the full term, 38-40 weeks, placing conception in december 1990.

Agency

Lewisville PD

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Name

Jose Montes Jr

Age

Cause of Death

Gun/Firearm

Info

Anyone having any information related to this case should contact the dallas police department's homicide unit at (214) 671-3661. To remain anonymous and possibly receive a reward, call north texas crime stoppers at (877) 373-tips (8477).

Agency

Dallas Police Department

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