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: August 14, 2008
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Matthew Howard
Age 18
Gender Male
Race Unknown
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 5917 California Ave
Long Beach, California, 90805
Los Angeles County
L.E.A Long Beach Police Department, Long Beach, California

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 Long Beach Police Department at (562) 570-7244.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: October 17, 2007
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Susan Young
Age 46
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Athens Ave
Birmingham, Alabama, 35212
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: 471335
Date Reported: July 10, 2014
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Johnathan Thomas
Age 16
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
DOB 12/03/1997
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location At Large
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 4400 Detaille Drive
Jacksonville, Florida, 32209
Duval County
L.E.A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville, Florida

Johnathon Rayshad Thomas, was found shot near the street in the 4300 block of Detaille Drive around 2:30 a.m. Anyone who has any information about this case, the identity, or location of the suspect(s) is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff`s Office at 904-630-0500 or email them at JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward up to $3,000, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: July 25, 2016
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Cameron Houston
Age 22
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 20191 McIntyre
Detroit, Michigan, 48219
Wayne County
L.E.A Detroit Police Department, Detroit, Michigan

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 Detroit Police Department at (313) 596-1800 .
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: May 8, 2016
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Nicolas Jackson
Age 34
Gender Male
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 3375 W Euless Blvd
Hurst, Texas, 76053
Tarrant County
L.E.A Fort Worth Police Department, Fort Worth, 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 Fort Worth Police Department at (817) 469-8477.
CCR: Unknown
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Teryl Orcutt
Age 26
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Knife/Stabbing
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location County Road 218
Middleburg, Florida, 32068
Clay County
L.E.A Clay County Sheriff's Office, Green Cove Springs, Florida

Cold Case Spotlight

Teryl lynn Steele Orcutt was 26-years-old when her 1989 red Ford Thunderbird car was found abandoned on the side of County Road 218 in Middleburg, Florida on the morning of January 21, 1990. The car (pictured below) was discovered, still running, parked on the side of the road. Teryl’s purse containing cash and credit cards were found inside the car near a spilled soft drink. Her prescription glasses were found about 50 feet from her car. Teryl had left her boyfriend’s Jacksonville house around 5:00am and was heading to the Middleburg home she shared with her mother. Seven days later the partially clothed body of Teryl Orcutt was discovered by two young boys off Lee Drive, near Black Creek, about 4-5 miles from where her car had been found. Teryl had been stabbed multiple times in the chest and, according to detectives, was found wearing only underwear, socks and shoes. Because of the decomposition to her body it is unknown if she was sexually assaulted. Teryl would have turned 54 on the 19th of this month. Her case has been unsolved for more than 27 years. In 1997 Teryl’s mother lost her battle with cancer and died never knowing who killed her daughter. When asked on her deathbed what she would say to the person responsible for killing her daughter she responded, “Only thing I want to know from that person is why? I don’t want to know what you did, how you did it, or anything. I want to know why her?” Teryl’s sisters continue to seek that answer and justice. They publicize her case whenever possible and have created a Facebook page dedicated to finding Justice for Teryl Lynn Steele Orcutt. Investigators have publicly cleared Teryl’s boyfriend and ex-husband as suspects. She had no known enemies and by all accounts was a caring, well-liked, woman that had never been in any kind of trouble. Due to the position of Teryl’s car on the side of the road and a nearby witness that claimed she was awoken by woman screaming “I didn’t do anything. I didn’t do anything.”; there were rumors and speculation that a law enforcement officer may have pulled Teryl over and been responsible for her abduction and murder. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office accounted for and verified the whereabouts of all its officers on the day in question. However, they have acknowledged that someone impersonating an officer may have been involved. Detectives have asked for anyone that encountered a person posing as a police officer in late 1989 to early 1990 in Northeast Florida to please contact the investigators to report the circumstances. If you have any information on the abduction and murder of Teryl Lynn Steele Orcutt, no matter how small, please call the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at (904) 264-6512. To remain anonymous and possibly collect a reward up to $3,000, call First Coast Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: January 1, 1970
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Christine Pilczack
Age 26
Gender Female
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Other
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location Chesapeake Bay
L.E.A Virginia Beach Police Department, Virginia Beach, Virginia

On Friday, August 19, 1983, the bodies of Joan Zwingman and Christine Pilczak were recovered from the Chesapeake Bay by the Coast Guard and transported to the Coast Guard Station on Ferry Road. Pilot Boat operators had notified the Coast Guard of two bodies floating in the water. Investigators were able to discover both victims traveled from New Jersey to Virginia Beach to attend a convention related to their employment. The victims had been seen the night before, August 18, 1983 at 7:00 pm. Both women were not wearing clothing made for swimming. They had sustained injuries prior to their death. The bodies were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy. Joan and Christine died from drowning and the case ruled a homicide. Christine Pilczak was a 26 year old white female who had blue/grey eyes and blonde hair. She was 5’ 4’’ tall weighing 133 pounds.
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: December 23, 2010
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Issac Joyner
Age 14
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 1000 N Ashburton St
Baltimore, Maryland, 21216
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: September 1, 1988
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Dana Pierce
Age 25
Gender Male
Race Caucasian/White
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Gun/Firearm
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 7105 Big Daddy Drive (woods behind Tiki Lounge)
Bay County
L.E.A Bay County Sherrif's Office, Panama City, Florida

Found shot to death on August 1, 1988 in a wooded area behind the Tiki Lounge, 7105 Big Daddy Drive, on Panama City Beach. His car was later located near Highway 98 and Big Daddy Drive. Anyone who has any information about this case, the identity, or location of the suspect(s) is asked to contact the Bay County Sheriff`s Office at 850-747-4700
CCR: Unknown
Date Reported: December 4, 2016
VICTIM DETAILS
Name Deangelo Martin
Age 22
Gender Male
Race African American/Black
SUSPECT DETAILS
Name Unknown
Offense Murder
Cause Unknown
Location Unknown
CASE DETAILS
Status Unsolved
Incident Location 7323 S Yale Ave
Chicago, Illinois, 60621
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.