Tag: Juvenile
The Mysterious Murder of 15 year-old Nora Fuller, 1902
Introduction: On January 11, 1902, fifteen-year-old Nora Fuller disappeared after she left her home. She told her single mother of three that she was going to meet with a man about a job as a nanny after she found his advertisement in the local newspaper. She didn’t come home that night or the next, and […]
Posted: November 10th, 2016 under Feature Stories.
Tags: 1900-1919, California, Juvenile, Murder, Mystery, Sex Crimes, unsolved
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Rediscovered News: Grandpa’s Hammer, 1955
A sad, stupid, senseless crime. Horrible. Child is Slain by her Grandfather: Singing Kept him Awake August 25, 1955, TEXAS CITY , United Press— A preliminary hearing was scheduled Thursday for Robert J. Wallace, 78, who is charged with beating his blonde, nine-year-old granddaughter to death with a ball-peen hammer because her singing kept him […]
Posted: August 16th, 2016 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1950s, Juvenile, Murder, Texas
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The Girls Scout Murders of 1977
The 1977 murders of three girl scouts at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma, is, in my opinion, one of the most horrific and fear inducing unsolved cases in American history. There have been three books written about that summer night in 1977, a documentary has been made, and there is even a website just […]
Posted: July 16th, 2015 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1970s, Juvenile, Oklahoma, unsolved
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Mug Shot Monday! Anton Woode, 1892
Additional information for this article was provided by John Johnson. Anton Wood, 11 year-old psychopath almost hanged for murder, age in photo 12. In November of 1892, young Joseph Smith was hunting with Anton Woode, 11, on the Woode family ranch near Denver when he was shot in the back and killed by Woode. When […]
Posted: January 12th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1800s, Colorado, Juvenile, Murder, Psychopath
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Blame it on the Teacher, 1964
Summary: Student with poor grades murders one woman, injures two others including his English Tutor. Story 1: “Tucson Youth Goes Wild, Kills Woman,” by Dominic Crolla, Tucson Daily Citizen, May 16, 1964 pages 1 and 6. A bitter argument over his poor marks in English triggered a wild rampage early today by an enraged 16-year-old […]
Posted: June 25th, 2014 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1960s, Arizona, bizarre, Juvenile, Murder
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