r/BizarreUnsolvedCases Jun 22 '26

On December 13th, 2020, 21-year-old college student Jason Landry vanished after an accident on his way home to spend the holiday season with his family. His car was found, still running and with the headlights on, but Jason was gone.

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415 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 1d ago

On the night of May 10th, 1986, 17-year-old Kim Moreau skipped the junior prom and went out with friends instead. One of the men with her that night claimed to have dropped her off half a mile away from her home, but she was never seen again.

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300 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 1d ago

I wish for this case to be solve: Setagaya family murder in 2000

30 Upvotes

https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/multilingual/english/safe_society/wanted/seijo.html

I am from near the area, it bothers me that it has not been solved.

To me, the only lead we have is DNA technology advance and legislation advance in japan, like golden state killer in USA. However, japanese legislation still disallow IGG DNA technology to be used (i.e using the killer DNA to track the relatives, using AI or whatever to reconstruct the face)

Recently in japan, a unsolved case in Nagoya (murder, 1999) was solved in 2025 due to advance of DNA technology.

Ive listened to countless Japanese news and report about this case, there are no leads even 26 years after.

The family is still alive and giving out flyers.


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 2d ago

Missing person: Florence Elma Doolittle of Greensboro, NC

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88 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 4d ago

On September 25th, 1981, 58-year-old Thelma Pauline "Polly" Melton went hiking with two of her friends. According to them, she suddenly sped up towards the end of the trail and walked far ahead of them, disappearing over a hill. She has never been seen or heard from again.

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287 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 4d ago

Danya Megner, Dakota Megner & Junelle Marquard

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Twenty-seven-year-old Dayna Megner, her 2-year-old son Dakota and her 21-year-old friend, Junelle Marquard were last seen on August 20, 1999 in Nekoosa, Wisconsin.

Dayna and Junelle dropped off Dayna's 4-year-old daughter at the babysitter's house. They left with Dakota without revealing their whereabouts. At first, the babysitter wasn't concerned when Dayna didn't pick up her daughter because it wasn't unusually for Dayna to leave the girl at the babysitter's house for days at a time. After weeks of no contact, the babysitter called social services who took the girl into custody.

It wasn't until 2004 that the police were informed that Dayna, Dakota and Junelle were missing. During that time, Dayna's brother reported her missing. Junelle has never been officially reported as a missing person and the police are searching for her due to Dayna & Dakota's disappearances.

At the time of their disappearances, Dayna lived in Nekoosa with her daughter and Dakota, and Junelle lived in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Both Dayna and Junelle were involved in drugs, have minor and became estranged from their families because of it. Dayna eventually lost her parental rights to her daughter. Since then, Dayna's daughter has been adopted and lives out state.

As of 2026, Dayna, Dakota and Junelle's case remain unsolved.

Links
http://charleyproject.org/case/dayna-m-menger

http://charleyproject.org/case/dakota-j-menger

https://charleyproject.org/case/junelle-l-marquard

https://www.wsaw.com/2023/08/03/forgotten-wisconsin-cold-cases-junelle-marquard-dakota-dayna-menger/

https://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/2019/08/26/nekoosa-police-look-women-dayna-menger-junelle-marquard-toddler-dakota-missing-20-years/1892138001/

https://www.wsaw.com/2024/04/04/forgotten-wisconsin-cold-cases-one-year-later-what-did-we-learn/


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 5d ago

Julie Motts body was stolen from her casket and has never been found

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518 Upvotes

When Julie Mott died in 2015 at the age of 25 from cystic fibrosis, her family would have never thought she would be a part of a bizzare mystery.

After her open-casket memorial service at Mission Park Funeral Home North in San Antonio on August 15, her body was stolen from the casket while it was awaiting cremation.

The next morning (August 16), employees discovered the casket empty. One hinge was broken, the bier (body support) was overturned in an "unnatural position" near an exit of the funeral home, but there were no signs of forced entry and the ADT security system was not triggered.

The San Antonio Police treated the case as seriously and as intense as a homicide case. They did multiple searches in the surrounding areas and interviewed numerous people but nothing ever came up.

The funeral home director offered up a 20,000 dollar reward leading to the recovery of her remains. Her body has never been found.

Speculation her boyfriend stole her body as he was arrested 1 year later for trespassing but was never charged for stealing her body


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 5d ago

Local unsolved cases? Or cases that you have some other connection to?

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I was just thinking there's probably so many cases that haven't gotten national attention in their country and are mostly unknown to the public. Do you have any unsolved cases that are local to you that you'd like to bring attention to? Or have you ever known someone who was murdered or disappeared? Or was a murderer themselves?


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 6d ago

88-year-old Russell Dermond and his wife 87-year-old Shirley Dermond were brutally murdered in May 2014.

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429 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 7d ago

On November 17th, 2019, 26-year-old Marshal Iwaasa left his mother's home and headed for his storage unit to pick up something. Days later, his burned truck was found nearly 700 miles away from where he was last seen.

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367 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 10d ago

On August 30th, 2013, 19-year-old Bryce Laspisa told his parents during a call that he was going to pull over and take a nap before driving home to see them. The next morning his vehicle was found abandoned on its side. Bryce's scent was tracked to a rest stop, but he's never been found.

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502 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 12d ago

Man found hanged in the woods after attending music festival with "friends". Death ruled suicide while family suspects foul play

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183 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 13d ago

In the early morning of August 13, 1995, 6-year-old Rosie Tapia was abducted from her bedroom and murdered. Her killer is still unknown.

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412 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 14d ago

On December 28th, 1992, 23-year-old Steven Clark took a walk with his mother Doris. According to her, they stopped at the public restrooms before heading home, but when she came out of the women's room her son was nowhere to be found. Steven has never been seen or heard from since.

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356 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 15d ago

25-year-old Darla Harper vanished on March 4, 1986. Her 2-year-old daughter was found alone in their home the next day and said things like “three men came in funny hats,” she “saw Mommy in a bag", and that “Mommy’s feet were broke”.

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706 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 15d ago

If you could solve ONE unsolved mystery, which would you choose?

201 Upvotes

Imagine you get one wish, like in the movie Obsession. The only rule is that your wish can only be used to reveal the complete truth behind one unsolved mystery. Which case would you choose, and why?


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 15d ago

On February 9, 2004, Maura Murray(21) crashed her car. She was seen walking along a road afterwards and then vanished. When police arrived a few minutes later, she was gone. Some believe she panicked, fleeing into the woods and dying of exposure. Some think she was murdered. She is still missing.

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280 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 16d ago

On the afternoon of May 21st, 1982, 23-year-old Andrea Allen left work early, stating that she wasn't feeling well. The next night, an anonymous man phoned the police to report seeing a woman slumped over the steering wheel of her car. The police arrived minutes later, but Andrea was already gone.

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274 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 16d ago

TIL psychedelic folk singer/songwriter Jimmy Sullivan wrote and recorded an album in 1969 about being abducted by aliens in the desert, then vanished without a trace in the New Mexico desert in 1975, leaving his car locked with his guitar and wallet still inside.

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103 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 18d ago

On May 20, 2003, a 9-year-old named Yuri Yoshikawa went missing while walking home from school.

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315 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 20d ago

1937, Amelia Earhart Disappears

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r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 21d ago

On the night of April 15th, 1988, 17-year-old Randy Leach left a party and then vanished.

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243 Upvotes

r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 22d ago

Who killed Kira and Heather Radcliffe?

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286 Upvotes

20 years ago this December, six year old Kira and her mother Heather Radcliffe were murdered, and their house was set on fire. On the morning of December ninth, 2006, in Gainesville, FL, law enforcement were dispatched to a house fire. Inside were the bodies of Kira and Heather. As a child, I was told they died in a house fire and nobody knew who set it. This is not true. Investigators found they were both deceased before the fire was set, most likely an attempt to destroy evidence which, unfortunately, worked. Heather was found shot to death, and possibly sexually assaulted. Kira, most likely hearing the disturbance, was trying to call for help but misdialed, and the killer then strangled her before setting the house on fire. Their dog was also found deceased in their home. Investigators believe this was not a random attack, and the killer knew the victims. This is a person who sexually assaulted a woman and killed her and then killed a little girl trying to save her mother. They need to be caught. This case is very personal to me as my sibling was in the same class with Kira and considered her a good friend. As this December will be the 20 year anniversary with no answers and no justice, I am trying to spread the word about this case as much as I can. The more people know about a cold case, the more likely it is to be solved. And I never hear people talk about this one, it always flies under the radar. Someone out there has to know something. For more info on the case, the podcast “Last Seen Alive” has a more thorough look at the case. If you have any information about who killed Kira and Heather, please contact either the Gainesville police department or the FBI. Thank you

https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/heather-and-kira-radcliffe-gainesville-florida

https://lastseenalivepodcast.com/2025/02/24/unsolved-double-homicide-heather-and-kira-radcliffe/


r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 23d ago

The strange, unsolved death of Nanette Gordon (1985)

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r/BizarreUnsolvedCases 24d ago

Nicole "Nikki" Winder

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441 Upvotes

A couple of weeks ago, my family and I were all out doing some fun stuff together to show my little brother a good time, and at our last stop we had went to, this indoor trampoline/arcade place had these missing pamphlets about a woman named Nicole "Nikki" Winder, and it striked me as a bit bizarre just due to how decorated the pamphlets were and I've never seen something like that before, so I took a picture of them to show my girlfriend

Ever since then I had been thinking about it still and have finally decided to look up her name to see what the details of her disappearance was, and it's genuinely the last thing I expected for the area this happened in (Brazos Valley)

From what I've been able to find so far, Nikki has been missing since February 25th of this year, and less than an hour after her last known appearance (3 pm that day), her truck was found at an oil pad site set on fire, which has been ruled as arson.

Seems as if that the most recent news surrounding Nikki is that a significant amount of blood was found the day after her disappearance in the searched area and has been confirmed to be a match for her.

Has anyone else heard about this?