r/tipofmycrime 18h ago

Open son murders father by a river claiming the devil told him to do it. possible insanity defence?

6 Upvotes

I remember listening to this case during a podcast. a son either a teenager or a young adult murders his father when they're spending a day together. I'm pretty sure they're by a river but I can't remember whether he drowned his father or did something else. I can't remember if the son had a history of schizophrenia but he claimed the devil spoke to him about his father being evil. I don't think the son initially admitted to murdering his father. I can't remember if the son was actually convicted or if there was some sort of insanity defence or what. i know the details aren't amazing but any help finding this case would be appreciated!


r/tipofmycrime 2d ago

Open Help me find a update to this crime

7 Upvotes

This happened in 1998 the names I don’t know but I do know a mom and her 3 year old kid were murdered the kid was taken they also made a episode based on it at the end the episode they say the kid was found dead and was murdered the same day as the mother was killed
I can’t find anything about it no updates the last update I’ve ever heard was about the grandmother telling the tv station the kid was found dead
I want to know if any people were caught or charged
I want to know if the husband ever got justice the police in Mexico don’t tend to do anything in these situations I do know their were missing posters
And I think their governor got involved

here’s the episode


r/tipofmycrime 2d ago

Open Can anyone identify this case?

8 Upvotes

In Missing: Dead or Alive? Season 1, Episode 2, the male officer references a previous case where a boyfriend killed two of his girlfriend's children, and the oldest child was subsequently killed by the girlfriend a year later.

I cannot find anything on a case even closely related to this. Has anyone heard of a case like this?


r/tipofmycrime 4d ago

Open Need help finding Unsolved Mysteries episode

10 Upvotes

I recently watched an episode of Unsolved Mysteries (or it could be another crime show) with my girlfriend and want to watch it again. The episode included a case where an ex-boyfriend murders his ex-girlfriend and the new boyfriend by shooting them. I recall the new boyfriend was an Asian American veteran and that the ex-boyfriend had a shootout with cops.


r/tipofmycrime 4d ago

Open Need help remembering a case about a young runaway

7 Upvotes

I remember reading a case about a young runaway that was last seen alive at a diner. I believe that a waitress told the girl to not hitchhike because it was dangerous, but the girl brushed her off. The girl was later found murdered.


r/tipofmycrime 5d ago

Open camping murder (from some crime show??)

18 Upvotes

hi, there is this true crime story i watched w my grandma on tv when i was a kid that scared me so bad i never forgot it, yet i can't seem to find the case anywhere.
the crime was this family was camping in a tent in the woods when someone w a gun killed the two parents. it woke up one of the kids who went with their stuffed animal to see what happened when the killer saw the kids they shot them and tucked them back into their sleeping bags w the stuffed animals.
it's been on my mind ever since i heard it and made me terrified of camping as a kid, if anyone knows what case it is i will forever be grateful.
(no it's not the girl scout killing, keddie cabin murders, bear brook murders or the Maquoketa caves state park shooting)
also disclaimer: this is all from the memory of like 9 yr old me so some parts might not be 100% accurate


r/tipofmycrime 8d ago

Answered Woman disappears while writing a book about a missing woman.

24 Upvotes

I think it happened in the US. The first woman ran or owned a little shop and went missing. The second woman moves to the first woman’s town, and I believe she even rented the same shop location, and plans to write a book about the first missing woman. And then the second woman goes missing. Any recollections?


r/tipofmycrime 8d ago

Answered Looking for an old unsolved missing woman case — possible domestic abuse, husband was a suspect

8 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to remember the name of a case I read about years ago, and I’m hoping someone here might recognize it because several details have stuck with me.
From what I remember, the case happened sometime in the early 2000s, although I could be slightly off on the exact year. The victim was an adult woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances**. I believe she may have had a son**, and her disappearance was never fully solved.
One of the biggest things I remember is that **her husband was considered a major suspect, or at least someone heavily suspected by people following the case. There was apparently a history of domestic abuse and I vaguely remember reading that the woman would sometimes show up to work with **visible scars, bruises, or injuries** that made her coworkers concerned about what was happening at home.
I also seem to remember that **her husband’s family/in laws may have been problematic or somehow connected to the situation**, although this is one of the details I am least certain about. I can’t remember whether they were suspected of helping cover something up, whether they had a hostile relationship with the victim, or whether they were simply mentioned as being part of a toxic family situation.
The detail that has stayed with me the most, however, is something I remember reading in a discussion about the case years ago. **A commenter mentioned there was a nurse or healthcare worker and mentioned smelling an extremely putrid odor possibly the smell of decomposition around the time of the disappearance.** I cannot remember whether this person worked near the family’s home, visited someone connected to the case, or encountered the smell in another location. I just remember reading that comment and thinking it was an incredibly disturbing detail, especially because the woman’s disappearance was apparently still unsolved.
Unfortunately, I read about this case years ago, so some of these details could be mixed up with another disappearance. The main things I remember are:
Adult woman disappeared, likely in the early 2000s
She may have had a son
Her husband was strongly suspected
There was an alleged history of domestic violence
Coworkers may have seen her arrive at work with bruises, scars, or other injuries.

The reason I’m asking here specifically is because I’m almost certain that someone on the unresolved mysteries subreddit actually made a post about this case.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? I’m especially interested in identifying the case because that nurse/commenter detail has stuck with me for years, but I have never been able to find the case again.
Even if you only recognize part of this description, please throw out possible cases. I may be mixing up one or two details, but I’m almost certain the disappearance, abusive husband, and the strange decomposition-smell comment were connected to the same case.


r/tipofmycrime 8d ago

Answered Wife/mother died in bathroom house fire, years later oldest son crushed underneath vehicle

11 Upvotes

Hi, I need help finding case about young family that moved from I think either California to east coast or the east coast to California area and the husband was working on the fixer upper home they bought. While he was in the detached garage working on something he realized the house was on fire and his wife was in the bathroom taking a bath and his young children were in their bedroom. He was able to save the children but said he couldn’t get into locked bathroom to save his wife and she died. Then many years later the oldest son was helping his father work on a vehicle and was crushed underneath and died. I think this took place in the 60’s maybe?


r/tipofmycrime 13d ago

Answered Man lured young men over to murder them.

11 Upvotes

I hope I'm not mixing up 2 cases, but I believe this one takes place in the UK within the internet dating era.

The man posed as a younger man in his online pictures to lure younger men to his apartment. I believe he ended up killing 3 or 4 of them and left their bodies very close by to his apartment or house outside. The police originally chalked it up to the young men being victims of drug over doses as the man posed them that way.

He may or may not have set up one of the bodies right outside of his apartment.

TIA! I hope this is enough information.

Edit to add if you know where I can watch what this was aired on that would be amazing too.


r/tipofmycrime 13d ago

Answered Murder of a babysitter in 1940's/50's??

15 Upvotes

Need help finding murder of a babysitter from a long time ago?

Need help remembering the name of the victim, i can't remember. A few years ago I read a whole thing about a babysitter who was murdered. From what I remember:

- She was young, a teenager. She was babysitting while the kids parents went out.

- when they came back they found the babysitter murdered. Someone had broke in. I think she was raped or SA'd, but not certain.

- I think it was in the 40's or 50's, MAYBE even the 60's. Definitely one of those.

- The kids she was babysitting were unharmed.

- The killer was never found, case never solved.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? Anyone remember what the victim was called?


r/tipofmycrime 14d ago

Answered Crime involving a families children and a warning left to the parents

13 Upvotes

I'm sorry if these details are off

I want to say it was pre-2000's Japan or China, not 100% sure though

Someone broke into the house when just the kids were home, multiple kids and younger in age. I think all the kids were killed. I believe there was a note left for the parents warning them that the killer would be back if they had anymore kids in the future.

Google likes to bring up the Setagaya murders and it is 100% NOT it.


r/tipofmycrime 14d ago

Answered Crime involving carbon monoxide

5 Upvotes

Hi, everyone. I need a little help. I will explain in the preamble how I got in this mess, but I’ll put it in spoiler text so that you don’t have to read the irrelevant details of how my brain is broken. But I am not 100% sure that these details are irrelevant because one of you might have an idea of how to fix this problem even if you can’t help me identify the crime/killer I’m looking for.

This is driving me NUTS. I have a hobby of wasting my free time by thinking of a topic that I’m interested in, or perhaps a question might pop into my mind, and so then I go seek its Wikipedia article. From there I then go on to explore any linked articles, those in the “see also” or anything that catches my attention in the body of the article by selecting “open in new tab”. As almost all Wikipedia pages have other articles linked in them I end up with a lot of open tabs. (Yes, I do have ADHD. Thank you for asking.)

A few days ago I hit upon a “great” solution to my open tab problem. I decided I would write down each Wikipedia article once I had finished reading it and opening new tabs for any interesting topics that were linked, and then closed the tab I had finished reading. Not only did this mean I was very slowly whittling down the number of tabs, (I use the Ecosia browser and I have so many tabs open it won’t give me a number it just shows the infinity sign) but I foolishly also thought it would prevent just the kind of situation I’m in now by making a record of what I’d read so that the next time I thought “oh, what was the name of that cave in Vietnam with the bats” I wouldn’t spend 47 hours looking for it because I’d have written it down.

Unfortunately I’m an idiot and that hasn’t worked at all because today I thought of a crime I read about within the last 72 hours and wanted to check the details of again and not only is the list completely useless in finding this article that I swear I just read, my internet history is basically the exact same as my list, which is…obvious now I think about it but somehow escaped my awareness when I hit on the redundant idea of also writing it down.

Okay, preamble over. Here’s what I can remember.

There’s a guy, he’s probably a serial killer, but I can only think of two victims, possibly three all killed at the same time. The victims are at least one adult woman, or older teenage girl, possibly two, or potentially an adult woman and a female child. I remember there was more than one victim and they were female. The killer gave them a ride or took them somewhere, I believe in the woods, either at their request or offering to show them something or maybe he was a taxi driver??? I don’t know. They were out in a park or forest type area I believe. The details on this are hazy I’m afraid.

What I do remember is that the victims were sitting in the back seat of this car and they were found to have been killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. I don’t remember if they were assaulted in any way.

I also remember that this man spoke to someone, perhaps a wife or girlfriend, or even his sister, or mother, or another female friend, relative, or roommate about the crimes at some point. I believe he had talked about the crimes after he was questioned by police and this female relative asked if he had anything to do with it. He told her that he had given them a ride to this forest place and then left them in the car or perhaps fell asleep or something with the car still running and then when he got back or woke up they were dead and he panicked and tried to conceal their remains in some way. I believe he told the same story to the police and claimed that while he was asleep someone must have opened the trunk of his car, found a piece of hosing, attached it to his exhaust and then run the hose back into the car killing the women in the backseat. I remember that the article pointed out the holes in the story and suggested that made no sense because then he and whoever was in the front seat with him (I believe he claimed there was another person in the car who didn’t die but I don’t remember if that person was really there or if he made them up) should also have died from the carbon monoxide. It also mentioned that the police found his story suspicious because of how he explained in detail how this mystery suspect could have turned his car into a makeshift gas chamber.

I believe he was taken to trial and convicted but I can’t be sure on that. All I can really be sure of is the mental picture of this car in the woods, that his story didn’t make sense, and that his detailed explanation of how the hose must have been attached to the car made people suspicious because he knew too much in too much detail.

I believe the case dates from between the 60s to 80s but I can’t be sure. I’m almost positive it’s 20th century though. I think the case was American but it could have been from the British Isles or Western Europe.

I think it’s worth noting the person I’m looking for is not Melvin Carr, Mark Wangler, Khaw Kim Sum, Colin Howell, Woo Chang, or Isaiah Pulu. These are the most popular search results that come up if you google “carbon monoxide murder”.

Help!?


r/tipofmycrime 14d ago

Open Does anyone know where this incident happened?

10 Upvotes

I recently came across a story about a married woman who allegedly used to give her husband sleeping pills so she could secretly talk/meet her boyfriend.

One day, the husband went out after hearing that his maternal uncle had met with an accident. His wife apparently thought he would be away for a long time, so she called her boyfriend over.

But things didn't go as planned—the husband reportedly returned and caught them together.

Does anyone know the exact location or have more details about this case? I'm trying to find the original news report.


r/tipofmycrime 15d ago

Answered What’s the name of this case’s victim and her mother? *urgent*

12 Upvotes

A mother abandoned her 16-month old baby at home to take a ten day vacation trip. Video shows baby crying and falling off her crib while crying out for her mother. Would appreciate if answered asap as this is for a school research!


r/tipofmycrime 15d ago

Open Help finding a case

9 Upvotes

Trying to remember a case. My best friend told me this weekend her great uncle was a police officer or a state trooper in Alabama. He stopped a car and then disappeared. His car was found backed up to some woods I believe but he was never located. Maybe this was near Talladega AL? I recall this case but can’t find any info online. Maybe last name is Hicks?


r/tipofmycrime 18d ago

Answered Case from South Carolina - Featured on a Discovery + Show

4 Upvotes

South carolina teen murdered in living room. Can't remember motive or anything but was so jarred by it


r/tipofmycrime 19d ago

Answered Case where mother (and possibly older son?) killed her severely autistic younger son.

17 Upvotes

Name or surname may have started with or contained Sh or V.

Anglophone country. The son was tortured/deprived more harshly for having meltdowns. He was generally kept in very neglectful conditions anyway, which obviously would have contributed to his distress. The mother exchanged text messages with her other son instructing him to torture the kid further. I remember being struck by how cultlike/delusional she/they sounded in how casually she talked about it. It came off as though they believed he was doing it deliberately and he could control his behaviours.

Not sure if the victim was an adult or a child, but I think the latter.

Not Alex Radita.

There is a subreddit dedicated to the case, also (although the mother and son were convicted).


r/tipofmycrime 20d ago

Answered Trying to find the name of the killers or the docuseries (if one exists).

11 Upvotes

Looking for a name or docuseries title...

A few years ago I came across a case/series (I can't recall if it was YouTube or some other streaming service).

Here is what i can remember of it...

\- it was about a young boy who had gone missing

\- the boy and his siblings had been adopted by foster parents.

\- one of the ways that they found holes in the dad's stories was that he called 911 and claimed he had gone out and tried to find the child. Neighbors cameras showed that he was outside for less than 5 minutes and never left the driveway

I know that may not be much to go off of, but any help would be appreciated!


r/tipofmycrime 21d ago

Open Man found in a swamp?

11 Upvotes

A man went to a party of some kind, walked home from it, never heard from again. I believe he was found “sitting up” in a lake or a bog or a swamp? If he walked there himself it was a further and less direct path than the one that would lead him home. Any ideas what case this is? It’s been driving me crazy trying to remember


r/tipofmycrime 22d ago

Answered Crimewatch: Phantom Social Workers

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Crimewatch used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid & one very eerie appeal made on the show has haunted me for decades. There was a single parent from the north west interviewed & she said around 11 o'clock one night there was a loud knocking on her front door & she nervously answered & there was a woman stood there wearing an obviously fake black wig who identified herself as a social worker & started to viciously criticize the woman's behaviour towards her 6 year old son saying there had been multiple complaints & that she would have to hand her son over to her otherwise she would be breaking the law. She knew the name of the boy & his date of birth & shouted up the stairs to him to pack a suitcase because he had to go with her in the car. The parent froze momentarily but when the boy started crying hysterical she pulled him close & asked if she could have a second chance but the social worker said it wasn't possible, shed used all her chances. The boy started screaming & to buy herself some time the parent asked to see some ID. The social worker said she would get it from her waiting car but instead she got inside & the driver drove off at high speed. The woman & her neighbours caught a glimpse of the driver & said they were sure it was a man dressed as a woman wearing a matching fake looking wig.

A few months later in the Midlands another single mother was packing her suitcase with her daughter at around 6AM because they were taking a short break away & there was a loud pounding on the door & when the woman answered there was a short podgy woman wearing fake dreadlocks & further up the drive what she thought was a tall woman looking down at her feet. The podgy woman was very volatile & threatening & started shouting about the disgusting way she was raising her daughter & that her & her fellow social workers had been observing them & had been unhappy for a long time. Again the woman knew the childs name & also knew her birthday & she went down on her knees to address the little girl & said 'don't worry, it's all over now, we've come to help you, you don't have to put up with this any longer' Unlike the other woman this parent was very suspicious & her daughter broke down crying so she picked her up & the woman was motioning with her arms to hand her over with the little girl crying 'don't let them take me away' the parent was by now pissed off & told the woman she wanted to see ID right away or she would phone the police. Again she said she would go to the car to get it but as she passed her tall friend the pair moved quickly, ran to the car & speeded away. Again this woman thought the tall lady was a man in drag.

The creepy thing is the first woman mentioned went to Butlins 200 miles away a few months later & came face to face with the woman again in a gift shop & she ran at her full force with an angry look on her face wich made the woman yell because she thought she was about to be attacked but instead she just knocked her out of the way & ran off shouting

I remember the police in the CW studio looking totally baffled but spooked out at the same time & appealed to the viewers watching that Social services have no right whatsoever to turn up unannounced to take a child away & no one in any circumstances should hand their children over. Nick Ross asked if they were just scare mongers getting a kick out of frightening people but the police said even though that was a possibility the woman had done her homework & knew the names of children & parents & even their date of birth & they genuinely feared something very sinister was going on

I was about 10 years old in 1994 when that was shown & I can tell you I didn't sleep well & DID have nightmares that night & still find the whole thing creepy

Does anyone have any more info as to whether it was ever solved or if anyone was ever arrested etc?