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announcement: 4/22/2018

Hello Darklings! I realize it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted anything. Sometimes life happens. I do a great deal of research when I do these posts. I was in the middle of researching the case of Jon Benet Ramsy when life got in the way. I promise that post will be up shortly, as well as a post about the Keddie cabin murders. Thank you for your time and respect! Willow

The Sodder Children Mystery

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On Christmas Eve of 1945, the Sodder household was filled to the brim, with the entire family in town eagerly awaiting that Christmas morning. However this Christmas would bring nothing but years of heartache and pain for George and Jenni Sodder, as at 1am Christmas morning, their entire world went up in flames. Case Information George and Jenni Sodder both migrated from Italy to the United States at some point in their lives for different reasons. It was here that the two met and eventually married. They eventually settled in Fayetteville West Virginia, where they had a total of ten children together. They seemed to live a quiet life with their children in a largely Italian community. This particular Christmas Eve in 1945, only 9 of their 10 children were present at the house, as one of their sons was away in the army. As the hours ticked by , the 5 younger Sodder children, Maurice age 14, Martha age 12, Louis age 9, Jennie age 8, and Betty age 5, were nowhere near ready to fa

The Unsolved Murder of the Ohio Buckskin Girl

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WARNING : This article contains post mortem photos and information that may disturb some readers. Discretion is highly advised, continue at your own risk. On April 24, 1981 a passerby in Troy Ohio noticed a poncho in a ditch along the side of Greenlee road. Upon investigating farther he discovered the body of a young woman with brown hair and brown eyes, her hair styled into two braids. The passerby, of course, alerted the authorities. Case Information At first authorities speculated she might have been a sex worker or a runaway. However there were no signs of sexual activity of any kind before or after her death, therefore indicating this woman was not a member of the sex business. She had suffered blunt force trauma to the head, as well as strangulation. The young woman was found in bell bottom blue jeans, a brown turtle neck sweater with an orange criss cross design on the front, and a hand made buckskin pull-over jacket with leather fringe around the seams with a deep p

The Unsolved Disappearance of Corey Edkin

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2 year old Corey Edkin lived with his mother Debbie S. Derr in her apartment along with his 5 year old sister, His mothers roommate Alberta Sones, and her two children. His mother left him sleeping in her bed at 12:10 am on October 12, 1986 to go to a nearby convenience store, leaving him with her roommate and the other children. When she returned at 12:40am, she discovered her son gone. He has not been seen since. Case Details Upon investigation, the authorities questioned the other people in the home at the time. Sones claimed that she had not seen the child leave the home since the mother left, nor had anybody entered. She also claimed there were never any unusual noises. At the time of his disappearance his parents were divorced, however neither parent is considered a suspect in this case. Investigators were able to confirm that Debbie did indeed go to the store at the time she said. Neither of his parents or family members are considered suspects. Many different family m

The Disappearance of Ivon and Inisha Fowler

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In the summer of 2016, four children were removed from the care of Patricia Fowler by child protective services. At fist they though everything was in order, until they realized that there were two children, twins, who were not with the others and were nowhere to be found. Things got even worse when they realized that no one had even seen or heard from the twins named Ivon and Inisha since 2006. Details of the Disappearance Twins Ivon and Inisha Fowler were born on October 23rd, 1998. Sadly there is not much else known about their lives aside from that, as there is little more than legal documents and a black an white photo of the twins taken by their grandmother when they were infants. Aside from that, it's as if the two never existed. One thing we do know is that in 2002, when the twins would have been two years old, him and his older brother Datwon were bathing together. When their mother, Patricia, went to go answer a phone call Datwon accidentally turn on the hot water

The Disappearence of Teresa Lyn Fittin

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On August 1st, 1975, Teresa Lyn Fittin left her apartment to go for a drive, leaving her money, her belongings, and her boyfriend behind at her apartment. She has not been seen since. Details of the crime Teresa, at the time of her disappearance, lived in her apartment with her boyfriend. She was a senior at Stranahan high school. She had dreams for the future of becoming an oceanographer or an artist. In order to help make end meet, she worked as a server at a local beachfront hotel. Things seemed normal in her life at the moment, but no one could have predicted the mystery that would follow. After an argument with her boyfriend on August 1st 1975, Teresa Lyn Fittin left her apartment telling her boyfriend she was going for a quick drive to cool off. She got into her greenish grey Nash Rambler and drove off, never to be seen again. She left without taking any of her belongings, including $300 which she left on her dresser. There has been no activity on her bank account since h

The unsolved murder of Beth Doe of Pennsylvania

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WARNING : This case contains graphic details and mentioning of sexual assault, rape, and mutilation. Discretion is advised. Continue reading at your own risk. Discovering Beth Doe On December 20th 1976, at about 4:30pm, Kenneth Jumper from White Haven, Carbon County, Pennsylvania made a gruesome discovery on the bank of the Lehigh river under the I-80 bridge. The dismembered body of a young mother, and her unborn daughter. Upon arrival authorities set to work, hoping to find the identity of this young mother, and the culprit behind this disgusting act. Crime details After Beth Doe's discovery, authorities tried to use the evidence they had to put together a possible sequence of events. Her cause of death was strangulation, as well as a shot behind the neck. it is unclear if she was shot before or after her death. After her death, her killer or killers dismembered her body. While they did not have the precision of a surgeon, this was somebody who "knew what they w