Cold Cases Database

This database consists of unsolved homicides collected from family submissions, law enforcement submissions, and public records. This database is not part of our advocacy and awareness platform but a separate database for information purposes only. 

Please note: This database is not updated regularly due to cost and manpower. A bug occurred during a recent update and reset many of the dates to January 1, 1970.

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25202 cases found.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 5, 2011
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Donald Johnson
Age 46
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 1451 16th St
Oakland, California, 94607
Alameda County
L.E.A Oakland Police Department, Oakland, California

CCR: Unknown
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Jamal Fleming
Age 33
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Sidney Lee Mells
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Under Arrest
CASE DETAILS
Status Solved
Incident Location Citgo Gas Station
Lakeland, Florida, 33805
Polk County
L.E.A Lakeland Police Department, Lakeland, Florida

Cold Case Spotlight

Update: April 2017 - A 23-year-old Lakeland man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Jamal Fleming. A Polk County grand jury indicted Sidney Lee Mells on first-degree murder in January 2016 in the death of Jamal Fleming two years earlier. Fleming, 33, was pumping gas at a Chevron station on Memorial Boulevard in Lakeland when he was shot once in the head. Mells faced a life sentence had he been convicted of first-degree murder. Fleming was shot in the back of the head as he attempted to pump gas. Anyone with information regarding this case is encourged to contact the Lakeland Police Department at 863-834-6900
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: May 26, 2014
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Vincent Simmons
Age 47
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 2828 W Arthington St
Chicago, Illinois, 60612
Cook County
L.E.A Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois

This case was gathered through a partnership with The Washington Post. The Post gathered information from 50 large cities in the United States regarding their unsolved murders. View the original article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/where-murders-go-unsolved/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986316f33dac Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Chicago Police Department at (312) 746-6000.
CCR: 1972051688
Date Reported: November 13, 1972
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Erika Sukovich
Age 19
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location At Large
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Tarpon Springs Rd
Odessa, Florida, 33556
Hillsborough County
L.E.A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office - Tampa, Florida

On 11/13/1972 at approximately 5:19PM, the body of Erika J. Sukovich was found in the yard of her mobile home (Rt. 1, Box 430B on Tarpon Springs Rd west of intersection with Boy Scout Rd). She died as a result of a gunshot wound. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Det. Fox with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office at (813) 247-0553. To remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a reward call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 873-TIPS (8477).

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: August 25, 2014
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Trenton Conner
Age 39
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 7603 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Houston, Texas, 77033
Harris County
L.E.A Houston Police Department, Houston, Texas

This case was gathered through a partnership with The Washington Post. The Post gathered information from 50 large cities in the United States regarding their unsolved murders. View the original article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/where-murders-go-unsolved/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986316f33dac Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Houston Police Department at (713) 222-8477.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: May 20, 2013
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Torri Stewart
Age 19
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 3101 S Rhodes Ave
Chicago, Illinois, 60616
Cook County
L.E.A Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois

This case was gathered through a partnership with The Washington Post. The Post gathered information from 50 large cities in the United States regarding their unsolved murders. View the original article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/where-murders-go-unsolved/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986316f33dac Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Chicago Police Department at (312) 746-6000.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: June 1, 2007
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Keith Brown
Age 38
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Oporto Madrid Blvd S
Birmingham, Alabama, 35206
L.E.A Birmingham Police Department, Birmingham, Alabama

This case was gathered through a partnership with The Washington Post. The Post gathered information from 50 large cities in the United States regarding their unsolved murders. View the original article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/where-murders-go-unsolved/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986316f33dac Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Birmingham Police Department and CrimeStoppers at 205-254-7777.
CCR: 197841569
Date Reported: November 14, 1978
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Norman Fry
Age 38
Gender Male
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Undisclosed
Location At Large
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 3444 NW 10th Ave
Gainesville, Florida, 32605
Alachua County
L.E.A Gainesville Police Department - Gainesville, Florida

On Tuesday, November 14, 1978 at 9:00 am the body of Norman Fry, a 38 year old white male, was found at his residence of 3444 NW 10 Ave. by his 4 year old son. He had recently been employed at UF. The victim's vehicle, a 1973 yellow Pinto was taken at the time of the murder as well as a foreign stamp collection, a pocket knife and an ace bandage. The vehicle was located a month later near 1300 SW 16 Ave. The son indicated that they picked up a hitchhiker or two, one of which had blond hair, and brought him to their home. He said he saw the hitchhiker going through his father's clothing at home and he took his grandfather's pocket knife. The victim had last been seen by the babysitter that evening when he picked up his son. If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Detective Martin Honeycutt with the Gainesville Police Department at (352) 393-7615 or via email, honeycutml@cityofgainesville.org.
CCR: 04-086275
Date Reported: July 3, 2004
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Joseph Duque
Gender Male
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Knife/Stabbing
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 122 N. MILITARY TRL (RUMBASS)
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33415
Palm Beach County
L.E.A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, West Palm Beach, Florida

No narrative given. Anyone who has any information about this case, the identity, or location of the suspect(s) is asked to contact the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at 561-688-3206
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: April 19, 2016
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Damon Dawson
Age 23
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 8300 S Loomis Blvd
Chicago, Illinois, 60620
Cook County
L.E.A Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Illinois

This case was gathered through a partnership with The Washington Post. The Post gathered information from 50 large cities in the United States regarding their unsolved murders. View the original article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/where-murders-go-unsolved/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.986316f33dac Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Chicago Police Department at (312) 746-6000.