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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25201 cases found.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 5, 2008
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Jr Palmer
Age 22
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 3319 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
District of Columbia
L.E.A Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

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 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia at (800) 673-2777.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 24, 2012
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Alonzo Gladden
Age 24
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 2700 Marbourne Ave
Baltimore, Maryland, 21230
L.E.A Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore, Maryland

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 Baltimore Police Department at 410-887-2222.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 9, 2014
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Shmerea Nailor
Gender Female
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Ontario St
Buffalo, New York, 14207
Erie County
L.E.A Buffalo Police Department, Buffalo, New York

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 Buffalo Police Department at (716) 851-4415.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 2, 1977
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Willie Robinson
Age 45
Gender Male
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Lakeland Hills Blvd/1-4
Lake Crago
Lakeland, Florida, 33805
Polk County
L.E.A Polk County Sheriff's Office, Winter Haven, Florida

Around 4:33 p.m. on January 2, 1977, 45-year-old Willie Lee Robinson was found dead in the front seat of his 1967 blue Buick Skylark, on the south side of Lakeland Hills Blvd. and I-4 near Lake Crago, in Lakeland. The keys to his car were found in his pocket. He had been shot several times in the head. He was a janitor at the Lakeland Police Department. Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit at (863) 298-6379, or send an email to coldcase@polksheriff.org.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: November 23, 2015
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Oscar Andujo
Gender Unknown
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 7501 W Crittenden Ln
Phoenix, Arizona, 85033
Maricopa County
L.E.A Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix, Arizona

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 Phoenix Police Department at (602) 262-6151.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: June 24, 2007
VICTIM DETAILS
Name James Lott
Age 43
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 2677 Douglass Rd SE
District of Columbia
L.E.A Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

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 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia at (800) 673-2777.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 31, 2007
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Rafael Castaneda-Herrera
Age 37
Gender Male
Race Hispanic/Latino
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 705 Aster Ln
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101
Clark County
L.E.A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Las Vegas, Nevada

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 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at (702) 828-3206.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: December 19, 2010
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Melvin Montes
Age 27
Gender Male
Race Hispanic/Latino
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 3000 Louisiana Avenue Pkwy
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70125
Orleans Parish
L.E.A New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans, Louisiana

CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: December 8, 2013
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Thomas Scholes
Age 57
Gender Male
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 2304 San Anselmo Ave
San Bernardino, California, 92405
San Bernardino County
L.E.A San Bernardino Police Department, San Bernardino, California

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the San Bernardino Police Department at (909) 384-5742.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: March 14, 2016
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Angel Buford
Age 44
Gender Female
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 10th Ave N
Birmingham, Alabama, 35204
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.