Cold Case Files
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in locating 19-year-old Hollynn Snapp, who has been reported missing by her family. On Sunday, October 22, 2023, Hollynn’s family filed a missing persons report, stating that they last spoke with her on Thursday, October 5.
Unsolved
Suzanne Simpson, disappeared on October 6, 2024, after attending a party at The Argyle in Alamo Heights. A neighbor reported seeing her husband, restraining her and leading her into a nearby wooded area, followed by screams
Unsolved
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in locating 19-year-old Hollynn Snapp, who has been reported missing by her family. On Sunday, October 22, 2023, Hollynn’s family filed a missing persons report, they last spoke with her on October 5, 2023
Unsolved
Layla Santanello went missing on June 25, 2023. According to her family, Layla was struggling with addiction at the time of her disappearance. Two weeks before her last sighting, Santanello lost temporary custody of her two-year-old daughter to her mother Jennifer Santanello.
Unsolved
Sara Gail Ebersole, 26, last seen on March 2, 2023 with the two other people located at 17980 N. Highway 441 — and hasn’t been seen since, deputies said. She was described as being 5 feet, 1 inch tall and 120 pounds with
blue eyes and brown hair.
Unsolved
Thursday, June 29, our department responded to a report of a missing person, Tonya Lee Whipp (DOB: 10/8/1984). Whipp is a white female, approximately 5’7” with light brown hair. Last known contact with Whipp was May 28 – June 1 of this year. Whipp lives in the Auburndale area
Unsolved
Madalina was last seen at her home on November 23, but her parents took until December 15 to report her missing to a resource officer at her school, Bailey Middle School.Mother and step Father both adults denied knowledge
of Madalina’s whereabouts.
Unsolved
Vanessa Morales was 14 months old when she disappeared on Dec. 2, 2019, and there has been no sign of the little girl since. The last time family members saw her was the Friday, November 29, 2019 night before her mother’s body was found.
Unsolved
Leila Cavett, of Atlanta, was last seen on the night of July 25, just hours before her 2-year-old son, Kamdyn, was found wandering alone in a shirt and diaper at a Miramar apartment complex. The mother and son had arrived in South Florida the day before she went missing.
Unsolved
Shelbey Jean Thornburgh was a 20-year-old aspiring model from Texas who moved to Houston with hopes of building a better life.Tragically, on November 4, 2015, Shelbey was found murdered in her Houston apartment. Her throat had been slashed, and the case remains unsolved
Unsolved
March 24, 2013, 53-year-old nurse and mother of 4 Aliza Sherman was fatally stabbed outside her attorney’s office in downtown Cleveland. She died later at the hospital. In 2025, her attorney, Gregory Moore, was charged with murder, conspiracy in connection with her death.
Solved in 2025
September 6, 2013 Arianna Fitts was reported missing from the San Francisco, California, area on April 5, 2016. She was last seen in Oakland, California, in January or February of 2016. On April 8, 2016, Ariana’s
mother, Nicole Fitts, was found murdered and buried in a public park
Unsolved
June 4, 2010: Kyron, a second grader at Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, was last seen near his classroom after attending a science fair. School revealed that Kyron was “absent.” Kyron is reported missing. An intensive search begins on the ground and in the air.
Unsolved
Kristina “Kris” Delane Branum was 17 years old when she disappeared July 27, 2006, with her 21-year-old fiancee Christopher Dale Mittendorf. Kris and Christopher had been dating for about six months before she moved in with him and his mother
Solved
On August 12, 2003, Joshua Keshaba Sierra Garcia, an American-born, was kidnapped in Mexico City, Mexico. He was last seen 11:00 a.m. wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue shorts, and sandals. He has pierced ears. Garcia’s 14-year-old
babysitter was murdered.
Unsolved
Paula, 25 years old at the time, worked at Sam’s Club in Valdosta, Georgia. When she failed to show up for work which was a rare occurrence, her co-workers grew concerned. Her 1998 Chevy Blazer was in the parking lot, but there was no sign of Paula or her 3-year-old son, Brandon.
Unsolved
September 1997, a tragic murder and sexual assault occurred at a home in the 400 block of Rock Springs Road in Kingsport, Tennessee. Kingsport 17 year-old James Hutson was found stabbed to death inside the house, and his mother, Mary Hutson, was assaulted…
Solved by DNA in 2024
JonBenet Ramsey was 6 years old when she was reported missing from her home in the 700 block of 15th Street on Dec. 26, 1996. She was later found dead in the house, and an autopsy revealed the cause of her death as strangulation. LE have followed up on every lead but no Arrest.
Unsolved
Amber Hagerman was 9-year-old girl from Arlington, Texas, who was abducted on January 13, 1996, while riding her bike near her grandparents’ home. A witness saw a man force her into a black pickup truck,
but despite a massive search, her body was found four days later in a creek
Unsolved
1993: Tina Ledet
Tina Ledet was last seen on December 18, 1993 at the Brass Eagle Lounge on Stumpf Blvd in Gretna, Louisiana. She was wearing a pink and white shirt, blue jeans and pink Reebok shoes. 5’6, 125 lbs. Caucasian female.Light brown
hair, hazel eyes.
Unsolved
May 26, 1990, 10:45 AM Marlene Warren, answered the door to her Wellington, Fla., home to accept a bouquet and balloons from a clown wearing an orange wig, a red bulb nose, gloves and a painted-on smile. She was greeted with gunfire, shot at least once in the face. DNA test solved case…
Solved by DNA in 2024
Kevin Art Verville Jr. was last seen on July 1, 1980, in Oceanside, California. At the time, his family was living in the Sterling Homes apartment complex, located in the 900 block of Bougainville Street, a housing area designated for military families stationed at nearby Camp Pendleton.
Unsolved
February 15, 1974, Mary left her apartment to hitchhike to an art show in Chicago. She was last seen holding a “Madison” sign and wearing a tan, furry coat. Hours later, a driver on a dead-end road saw two people fighting.
When he returned, he found Mary’s body in a ditch.
Solved by DNA in 2024
On March 25, 1969, Mary Kay attended track practice and was last seen around 5 p.m. just five blocks from her home. Later, a farmer found her schoolbooks scattered along a county road four miles southeast of town. Authorities
discovered her fully clothed body in a ditch.
Solved by DNA in 2024