Kanawha County, WV Area Cold Cases
Name
Zachary AvinaAge
49Cause of Death
StabbingInfo
Agency
Pike County Sheriff's Office
Name
Amy NelsonAge
46Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 09/18/2017, amy jo nelson was found deceased in an apartment on main street in new straitsville, oh.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Lindsey MaccabeeAge
39Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On october 06, 2016, a female's body was discovered by a passerby on lake rd., south of pleasantville rd. In fairfield county. The female's body was identified as lindsey maccabee who lived in the southern portion of columbus, off parson's avenue. Lindsey was found unclothed with no personal belongings nearby. At this time, the location or the person responsible is unknown.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Danielle GreeneAge
33Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On saturday, november 05, 2016, partially skeletonized remains were found along a creek bed in the area of allen road and u.S. 33 in violet township. During the investigation, the remains were identified as danielle leann greene. Detectives learned that danielle lived and worked in the area of parsons and reeb avenues on the south side of columbus. Danielle was last seen on august 17, 2016 in downtown columbus.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Harry SmithAge
102Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
In the early sunday morning hours of october 16, 2011, one or more people entered into the home of harry smith. Smith was later found deceased in his home, and it appears the suspect(s) took several items. They also set the home on fire before they left. A $10,000 reward is available for information that leads to the conviction of the individual(s) that committed this homicide.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Joshua StarcherAge
45Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On february 11, 2011, joshua a. Starcher was found dead in his vehicle on vinegar street in pomeroy, ohio suffering a gunshot wound. Starcher was last seen at approximately 12:30 pm on 02/11/11 when he informed his girlfriend that he was going to meet someone and would be back. Starcher never returned and his body was found by a person driving along vinegar street.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Samuel WinstonAge
Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 6/16/2007, twenty-seven year old samuel winston suffered a gunshot wound.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Santana IveyAge
39Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 07/01/2007, 21yr old santana ivey was reported missing. Santana was last seen in the area of luck and muskingum avenues in zanesville, oh. On 10/28/2007, ivey's remains were found in rural perry county.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Ronald CollinsAge
72Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 03/08/2007, ronald collins and his wife, connie were found deceased in their residence. Investigators initially suspected arson but it was later discovered that both victims appeared to have been shot.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Connie CollinsAge
70Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 03/08/2007, connie collins and her husband ronald were found deceased in their residence. Investigators initially suspected arson but it was later discovered that both victims appeared to have been shot.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Thelma MooneyAge
103Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On sunday, february 18, 2007, family members discovered eighty-five (85) year old thelma mooney dead in her home at 1604 thomas street, ironton, ohio. Ironton police immediately began a murder investigation after it was discovered mooney had died as a result of foul play. Although police identified a suspect at that time, the charges were eventually dismissed without prejudice.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Curtis FrancisAge
52Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On december 9th, 2006, jennifer burgette and curtis francis were found murdered in their home. Both had been shot during the overnight hours. The pike county sheriff's office followed up on numerous leads and completed a thorough investigation, however, not enough information was obtained to solve this homicide. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the pike county sheriff's office or submit a tip.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Jennifer BurgetteAge
48Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On december 9th, 2006, jennifer burgette and curtis francis were found murdered in their home. Both had been shot during the overnight hours. The pike county sheriff's office followed up on numerous leads and completed a thorough investigation, however, not enough information was obtained to solve this homicide. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the pike county sheriff's office or submit a tip.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Robert KnisleyAge
54Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 07/04/2005, robert knisley left the 4th of july events and a private party in junction city, oh. Knisley was later found lying in the middle of the roadway on state route 668, north of state route 37. Knisley appeared to be either severely beaten and/or struck by a vehicle.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Candace RoseAge
49Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Candace rose's body was found in the bathroom of her apartment on 04/29/2004 at approximately 3:00pm by two of her friends. Mrs. Rose had been last seen alive by friends on 04/28/2004 at approximately 10:00pm in her apartment. Mrs. Rose had just recently relocated to chillicothe, oh from the mansfield, oh area. Investigators at the time of the incident had a suspect in the incident, but not enough evidence to prosecute.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Eldon ConleyAge
110Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Mr. Conley was found dead after a house fire dec. 3, 2003, at his home at 525 e. Main st. He was killed prior to the fire which was set to cover the homicide.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Ella GrantAge
107Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On february 18, 2001 at approximately 9:30am, mrs. Grant's body was found inside her home by friends who had arrived to pick her up for church. Mrs grant had been killed by someone sometime between the evening of february 16, 2001 and the time her body was discovered.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Leiland CannonAge
99Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On the morning of january 13, 2000, leiland e. Cannon was found murdered in his home. He lived alone in the village of east fultonham in the southwestern part of muskingum county.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Kimberly FultonAge
58Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 03/05/1995, 28yr old kimberly fulton and her 17 month old son, daniel were found dead inside their burned-out mobile home. There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. Anyone with information is asked to call the washington county sheriff's office at 740-760-0760.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Daniel FultonAge
31Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 03/05/1995, 28yr old kimberly fulton and her 17 month old son, daniel were found dead inside their burned-out mobile home. There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. Anyone with information is asked to call the washington county sheriff's office at 740-760-0760.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Timothy SewardsAge
62Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Timothy sewards was found by a man who was walking about 10:25 a.M. On january 14, 1995 in the vacant railroad yard at the corner of rose and main streets. He was about 50 feet away from east main street and was thought to have died sometime the night before after being shot twice in the head.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Charles SharpAge
61Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Charles sharp had been reported missing on 06/19/1993. Mr. Sharp had been last seen by a relative at his east second street home in chillicothe, oh on 06/19/1993. Mr. Sharp's decomposed remains were discovered in a wooded area off of reub hill road in southwestern ross county on 10/31/1993. The ross county coroner's office said that mr. Sharp had been killed by at least three gunshot wounds to the head.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Kayla BoringAge
34Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 12/15/1992, kayla boring was found deceased with injuries to her head.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Ronald PohlAge
90Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 05/09/1992, ronald pohl and his son went turkey hunting in the western part of meigs county. After entering the woods, they separated and went to different areas to hunt. Between approximately 10:00am and 10:30am, a gunshot was heard in the woods followed by three to four more shots about fifteen minutes later. Mr. Pohl failed to come out of the woods at noon. After a short time, pohl's son and another hunter, who was not hunting that morning, searched for pohl but were unable to locate him. Authorities were contacted and a search with deputies, ohio division of wildlife officers, and fire department personnel began for pohl. After two hours, pohl's body was discovered having been shot with buckshot in the back.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Mickey OilerAge
67Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The body of a man was found in the vicinity of liberty lane, pomeroy, oh. The man was later identified as mickey oiler.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Mary LodattoAge
67Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On march 7, 1991, mary ann lodatto was shot multiple times in her jackson city (jackson county), ohio apartment. This occurred around 9 a.M., shortly before mary was to leave for work. No one else is believed to have been home at the time of the homicide, and no witnesses have come forward. Though, many agencies have investigated mary's death over the last 19 years, there is still no clear suspect(s) or motive for this crime.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Terri RoachAge
52Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
The body of 18yr old terri lee roach was found on 07/05/1990 in washington county, ohio.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Ann BowlbyAge
59Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 01/04/1987, ann bowlby was found shot in her residence.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Harold SmithAge
67Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On april 24, 1983, three juveniles found the remains of 25yr old harold smith in an old abandoned strip mine pond, off of morgan county road 23 in holmes township. Smith was last seen on december 5, 1982.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Harriet KaltenbachAge
66Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Harriet kaltenbach was found seated in a vehicle parked in front of an apartment complex office. She had been shot and was deceased when found by law enforcement.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Glenda JohnsonAge
63Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On 11/02/1979, glenda johnson was found shot, lying in bed at the above location.Agency
Ohio AG
Name
Curtis FrancisAge
34Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Agency
Pike County Sheriff's Office
Name
Connie CollinsAge
52Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Agency
Perry County Sheriff's Office
Name
Gene McPhersonAge
42Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Gene mcpherson was last seen driving his silver 1978 ford pickup at 5:50 p.M. On saturday, may 23, 1987, in craig county, virginia. Days later, gene's pick-up was located at the I-81 rest area in radford, virginia. Gene's wallet was in the grass on the side of I-81 in virginia. John edward colclasure admitted to killing gene mcpherson and was convicted of murder. Colclasure died in jail in 2002 and never disclosed the location of gene's body.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Brenda WolfeAge
28Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
At around 10:30pm on july 5, 1989, brenda sue wolfe returned to her home on preston road in the town of vinton after work. According to her roommate, brenda was in the company of a man named “jim”. Brenda told her roommate that she and jim were going to get something to eat and the two left the home. Jim stated he dropped brenda back off at her residence after midnight on july 6, 1989. Personal items of brenda’s were located in franklin county on july 7, 1989. On july 28, 1989, her body was found in the 7000 block of back creek road in roanoke county. It was estimated she had been deceased for a few weeks.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Debra AngleAge
22Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Debra angle was found deceased in her apartment, stratford park apartments, on november 12, 1974 during the daylight hours. Her cause of death was ruled to be strangulation and her manner of death a homicide. At the time of her death, angle was an x-ray technician at a local hospital in roanoke. She had two female roommates who were not on scene at the time of her death.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Dorothy FlowersAge
27Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Mrs. Dorothy minkoff flowers was reported missing by her husband on october 26, 1966 when she did not return home in the evening. Dorothy had been conducting a census for a local catholic church and was last seen in the pechin ave and penmar ave area of south east roanoke in the afternoon hours. Her body was found the following morning in a rural area of plantation road in roanoke county.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Delmer BushAge
69Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On may 28, 1998, roanoke county police responded to the home of delmer bush who lived in the 3400 block of mount pleasant boulevard. Neighbors had not seen him for at least 24 hours. He was found deceased in his home. His cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. Bush lived by himself and was a regular patron of a few restaurants in the south east area of roanoke.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Beverly HaygoodAge
52Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Shortly before 10:00pm on august 16, 2022, roanoke county police were dispatched to the 600 block of tyler road in salem, virginia in reference to check the well-being of beverly rose haygood. Haygood was found in her home, suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and pronounced dead at the scene. At the time of her death, haygood was working at the antique mall in dixie cavernsAgency
Virginia State Police
Name
Douglas GrabowskiAge
35Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Douglas grabowski was last seen by family on may 7, 2005. A missing person report was filed with police on may 23, 2005 when no one had heard from him. Grabowski lived a solitary lifestyle, however was often seen by neighbors every morning outside on his property as well as in the bent mountain area of roanoke county. Late november 2006, skeletal remains were located in sullivan county, tennessee. These were positively identified as grabowski. Grabowski was often seen in his 1977 ford f150, black in color, long-bed pick-up truck which still has not been located.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Savannah Mitchener-WilliamsAge
11Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Savannah was 11 days old when she was brought to roanoke memorial hospital after becoming unresponsive at her residence. She had been in the care of family members. Her cause of death was ruled to be blunt force trauma and manner of death a homicide.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Joan CookAge
44Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Joan cook was first reported missing by friends on january 29, 2010. Police contact was made with her husband, mike cook, who advised joan had left their residence on foot the night of january 24, 2010. On january 31, 2010, mike cook came to the roanoke county police department to report his wife missing. Joan has not been seen or heard from since january 2010 and is still a missing person.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Charles PerdueAge
51Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
On september 23, 2013, the body of an unresponsive male was located in the area of 4300 rutrough road, which was later identified as charles kenneth perdue. Charles had multiple injuries that ultimately caused his death.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Carol SmithAge
37Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
Carol ann smith was last seen on june 6, 1994 watering the plants at her residence located on richards boulevard. She was reported missing by a neighbor on june 24, 1994. It is alleged that carol left her family with an unknown male on the date of her disappearance and was not reported missing by her (then) spouse, david smith. There has been no contact made by carol with any of her family, to include the two children she shared with david. No remains of carol have been located.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Brandon BillingsAge
18Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On october 6, 2002 the grayson county sheriffs office was contacted by local residents about a vehicle found off of rock house lane in the old town section of the county. The 1986 ford ranger appeared to have been wrecked and the driver still with the truck. When deputies arrived and more closely investigated the scene it was discovered that brandon kyle billings, age 18 of carsonville road, fries, had died of an apparent gunshot wound. Investigators were called to the scene and a detailed search of the area was conducted. Brandon was last seen leaving a local convenience store in the city of galax at approximately 4:00 am on october 6, 2002.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
Heidi ChildsAge
18Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Thursday, august 27, 2009, heidi childs and david metzler were found murdered at caldwell fields, a jefferson national forest rural recreation area located within montgomery county, virginia, over which there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. Caldwell fields is located within montgomery county near the craig county line on route 621 - upper craig's creek road. The criminal investigation determined that heidi and david were killed in the evening hours the previous day, wednesday, august 26, 2009 and that both victims were shot to death. The thirteen-year criminal investigation includes numerous interviews of residents of the local communities, resulting in the identification of persons of interest and suspects in montgomery, craig, and roanoke counties. Within the local region, the murders are sometimes referred to as the caldwell fields murders or the metzler-childs murders. The multi-agency criminal investigation continues to develop leads and interview witnesses.Agency
Virginia State Police
Name
David MetzlerAge
18Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
Thursday, august 27, 2009, heidi childs and david metzler were found murdered at caldwell fields, a jefferson national forest rural recreation area located within montgomery county, virginia, over which there is concurrent state and federal jurisdiction. Caldwell fields is located within montgomery county near the craig county line on route 621 - upper craig's creek road. The criminal investigation determined that heidi and david were killed in the evening hours the previous day, wednesday, august 26, 2009 and that both victims were shot to death. The thirteen-year criminal investigation includes numerous interviews of residents of the local communities, resulting in the identification of persons of interest and suspects in montgomery, craig, and roanoke counties. Within the local region, the murders are sometimes referred to as the caldwell fields murders or the metzler-childs murders. The multi-agency criminal investigation continues to develop leads and interview witnesses.Agency
Virginia State Police