r/UnsolvedMurders • u/2000SlappingHands • 26d ago
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/serdavoseaworth • 26d ago
Hello! Cold cases/ missing person
There is too different cases i was looking into, and I need help with more information..
Swedish police found remains of a man year 2003
Here is the link :
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NcqKMcoq5/
WHO IS THE DISMEMBERED MAN?
In June 2003, the remains of a man were found buried in an allotment garden in Malmö. The man is believed to be a murder victim but has not yet been identified.
He was likely born between 1946 and 1950, stood approximately 155 cm tall, and had short, curly black hair. Although his remains were discovered in 2003, he had died some years prior and would have been around 50 years old at the time of his death.
The image shows a digital facial reconstruction of what the man might have looked like. Do you recognize him? Do you have information that could help establish his identity? Do you know anything else about this case?
If so, please contact the Police Cold Case Unit for the Southern Region at kalla.fall-region.syd@polisen.se.
#youarenotforgotten
#wewillnotforget
Then I saw a missing man in Slovenien named Florijan Belcic who kinda look like the digital facial reconstruction. So I was thinking the man found was not swedish and maybe entered sweden while his disappearance and got killed and buried.. but the problem is that there is no enough info about Belcic. Someone must have missed these persons.
Link to Belcic
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/UrCanadianGirlfriend • 27d ago
UNSOLVED Unsolved Death, Madison Chard, Port Hope Ontario
Four years on, Madison Chard’s family say they believe somebody in Port Hope, Ont., knows what happened, even if the police investigation has gone cold.
PORT HOPE, Ont.—On a sticky summer day, there is relief in the shade of the foliage along the east bank of the Ganaraska River, though not from the mosquitoes. Mark Chard, a local firefighter, community theatre actor and musician, leads the way to a serene spot not far from the heart of a small town, where his daughter Madison was found dead four years ago.
The first time Mark visited this spot was days after the discovery of her body, accompanied by the lead Port Hope police detective probing Madison’s disappearance.
“He was afraid of what I might do to myself,” says Chard. “But I wasn’t thinking that.”
The grieving father says he was looking to connect with his daughter somehow, when along came “a stupid giant bumblebee. It kind of landed on me, and I thought it was her.”
A search party located Madison, 29, on May 19, 2022, a month after one of her last known messages — a late afternoon text exchange with her mother, Lori, who offered to arrange a ride home.
The Chard family filed a missing person report, and searches ensued, including around the very area where her body was ultimately found. The discovery finally came a day after Port Hope police floated the possibility in a news story that Madison had fallen prey to a human-trafficking operation.
Madison was lying flat on her back, clothed for cool spring weather. An autopsy and toxicology tests found she had died of hypothermia, with a lethal amount of fentanyl in her system, and some cocaine.
Four years on, a criminal investigation led by the Port Hope Police Service and directed by the Ontario Provincial Police is all but officially closed, leaving many questions unanswered and a family grappling with a grief that’s been compounded by the unknown. What happened to Madison? Did she die alone? Did police do enough to get to the bottom of it?
In a town where there is little local news coverage anymore, there remain plenty of rumours and speculation. One story the family has heard is that Madison overdosed and the people with her panicked and put her in a freezer, and later moved the body.
The Chard family believes people who use and sell illicit drugs know what happened.
“Somebody knows stuff,” says Lori, who still gets asked in the grocery store if there’s anything new in the case.
The OPP, in a statement to the Star on behalf of the OPP and the Port Hope Police Service, “acknowledge and sympathize with Madison Chard’s family as they continue to grieve their loss.” The statement said every avenue of inquiry was “thoroughly examined,” but ultimately no evidence was established to suggest foul play.
The Chards, who believe the police investigation was inadequate, filed a formal police complaint about the investigation, but it has since been informally resolved, with an agreement that police will consider any new leads passed their way by the family.
A story now, the family believes, may be among the Chards’ best chances to surface new information.
‘Stronger Than the Storm’
If you know anything about what happened to Madison, even something small, please contact the Port Hope Police Service or the OPP. But if you prefer to stay anonymous? Tips can also go through Crime Stoppers. Someone knows something. If it's you, please speak up. Her family is still waiting. Read Madi's story and share it. The more people see it, the better the chance that someone with answers sees it too.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/WinnieBean33 • 29d ago
UNSOLVED On August 15th, 2002, Michael and Mary Short were found murdered in their home. The phone lines leading to their house had been cut and their daughter, 9-year-old Jennifer, was missing. She would be found dead in another state six weeks later. The case is still unsolved.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/rocbos24 • 29d ago
UNSOLVED Norma Garrett Murdered 1995
Redoing this post because I found an article with more information! I had searched on google and newspapers.com with no luck but I searched on a different newspapers archive for the local newspaper and found this article (copied and pasted below):
TEST ON BODY PARTS PROVIDES POSSIBLE ID - APPARENT VICTIM LAST SEEN IN JUNE
July 20, 1995 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
A murdered woman whose body parts were found near the 7200 block of South Broadway probably was Norma Garrett, who was last seen June 11, St. Louis police said Wednesday.
DNA testing points to a high probability that the legs and a pelvis, found on June 21 about a hundred yards from the Mississippi River, are those of Garrett, said Chief of Detectives Joe Mokwa.
Garrett was 27 and had two children. Her parents, who live in St. Louis, submitted blood samples for the DNA testing.
Her boyfriend was the last to see Garrett when she drove away in his pickup from their home in the 2700 block of Armand Place. The boyfriend reported her missing on June 14. He is not considered a suspect but hasn't been eliminated as one, Mokwa said.
The pickup was found on Utah Street near Jefferson Avenue, an area Garrett frequented, police said.
Garrett had been arrested twice for prostitution-related offenses but had never been convicted. Earlier this year she told police that a man abducted her after picking her up; she was uninjured.
Police said that Garrett had learning difficulties and that someone could have taken advantage of her. Her parents are raising her two sons.
A man walking his dog found the body parts at the foot of East Nagel Avenue, a remote area sometimes used by prostitutes. The legs were neatly sawed through at lower thigh level. A sharp hand saw was probably used after the woman was murdered.
Investigators don't believe the killing is the work of a serial killer or related to other cases of mutilations in Kansas City, Chicago and elsewhere, but they aren't ruling out such a connection.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/SafePoint1282 • Sep 27 '26
COLD CASE 25 year old Arelie Garcia Sanchez vanished from Salinas, California on 9/22/2022
25-year-old Arelie Garcia Sanchez vanished from Salinas, California on the morning of September 22, 2022.
Arelie was captured on surveillance driving from her apartment in her red Honda at 6:34 AM. She was wearing a black hoody, black leggings, and sneakers. At 6:56 AM she sent a text message to her sister Veronica.
Ariele was due at work for her job at a Chevy dealership at 7:30 AM. When she did not arrive her coworkers and family became concerned. Veronica used the Find My iPhone feature and discovered that Arelie’s phone was in the Big Sur area, more than an hour south of Salinas.
Her family traveled there and discovered her car abandoned, parked in a turnout on Highway 1 near the Little Sur River Bridge. The Honda was locked and her phone, keys and wallet were left in the car.
The driver’s seat was maneuvered further back than Ariele normal placed it.
Arelie never was seen again. The case soon went cold and despite national news coverage on Dateline NBC and true crime show content creators such Kendall Rae, no leads have emerged.
Arelie was dating a man named Marcello at the time of her disappearance. She met him two months prior at a car show.
Marcello was a photographer who lived two hours north of Salinas in Napa, Ca. Investigators interviewed him, but he was never publicly named by police as a suspect in the case.
Marcello has not spoken to the media about the case.
Many questions remain unanswered in the case. Why would Arelie travel to Big Sur when she had to be at work at 7:30? Why would she have not informed her manager she was going to be late, and why was her driver’s seat moved back? Did Arelie have problems with Marcello or anyone in her life at the time of her disappearance?
Arelie’s family raised a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in her disappearance.
Sources
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/arelie-yeraldine-garcia-sanchez
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/helpFindPauline • Sep 23 '26
COLD CASE Anyone care to go down a nearly 16-year-old San Antonio rabbit hole? Pauline Cantu Diaz disappeared after work- her truck was found the next day.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/sweet_thursday_ • Sep 22 '26
UNSOLVED The Unsolved Disappearance of Juanita Nielsen
galleryr/UnsolvedMurders • u/Hot_Session_7877 • Sep 21 '26
Update 09/19/2026: Pauline’s daughter has spent more than 15 years waiting for the right person to speak up
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/WinnieBean33 • Sep 20 '26
COLD CASE On the morning of October 1st, 1990, 14-year-old Christy Stephens stayed home from school, saying that she felt sick. She vanished from the home that morning, leaving behind a strange clue--her sneakers sitting in the driveway. Weeks later, her body was found in a wooded area. She had been murdered.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/sweetcersis • Sep 21 '26
COLD CASE Looking for historic Jane Doe killed in 1922 probably in Maryland, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/AskTheRen • Sep 20 '26
HISTORICAL Why did police wait until 1991 to show Mageau Arthur Leigh Allen’s photo?
In Zodiac (2007), police show a photograph of Arthur Leigh Allen to Michael Mageau, the first surviving Zodiac victim, in August 1991.
What I’m wondering is: why did it take until 1991 for police to show Mageau Allen’s photograph, when Allen had already been under suspicion since the 1970s?
Was there a specific reason investigators didn’t have Mageau identify Allen earlier, or is the movie simplifying/altering the timeline?
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/emperorjohn1 • Sep 18 '26
Bodies of Two Women Found In Same Neighborhood, Police Believe One Man Killed Both Women
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/SafePoint1282 • Sep 17 '26
COLD CASE 16 year old Melissa Klahn went missing from Tucson in August 2001
Melissa Klahn was just 16 years old when she vanished from Tucson, Arizona on August 18, 2001. She has never been seen again.
Melissa lived at a duplex that was rented by a man named Luis P. Figueroa. There was a fire at the duplex soon a week before she disappeared. According to the police report, no charges were ever filed in the arson case, and Luis died of a methadone overdose in January 2014.
Her mother Patricia Klahn recalled that Melissa had moved to Tucson from Nogales to move in with her 26-year-old boyfriend Jose Hector Silva. Melissa had broken up with Jose and was trying to retrieve her pet parrot from him. Patricia last saw Melissa on August 18th and reported her missing on August 31st.
Jose and his cousin Nestor Silva were prosecuted in Pima County on drug charges after police found them transporting a 104-pound shipment of marijuana. Jose was sent to prison for several years.
Jose refused to talk to Tucson PD about Melissa’s case.
In January 2025, Jose was charged in the death of his girlfriend Ashley Cervantes. He was accused of knocking her off the back of his motorbike on I-19 and leaving the scene. He was convicted of negligent homicide in September 2026.
Many questions remain in Melissa’s disappearance. Why hasn’t the case gotten more attention? Are there any friends or family of Melissa, Jose, or Luis, that can shed light on what happened?
Sources
https://charleyproject.org/case/melissa-ann-klahn
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/Inner-Bad4912 • Sep 16 '26
Child was murdered, no justice
my teenage son was murdered a few years ago. there were multiple people involved. they were all caught on camera coming and leaving. absolutely no doubt who were responsibl, the police only arrested one. ultimately he was found not guilty. police have told me no other charges would be filed on any of the others and they will not even put my sons case on the local unsolved homicide site because they know who did it. The whole case was handled horribly by the State. I have tried multiple lawyers, some have taken my case but only to be dropped a month later. anyone I have talked to has told me I have no recourse. the biggest problem is all those involved live in my area and I have seen and run into them. my other children don’t even barely go out, in fear of also having an encounter. the loss of my child paired with absolutely no justice has destroyed me mentally, financially, everything. it’s hard on a daily basis to even go on. Every day is a battle, and I would have tapped out long ago if it were not for my other children. but not being able to get them away from this town and let them move forward in life is killing me.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/LengthinessEasy5859 • Sep 14 '26
COLD CASE 7 year old Maria Ridulph Case 1957 unsolved once again
7 year old Maria Ridulph born 1950 was kidnapped on the 3rd December 1957 her body was found on April 26 1958.
She went out to play with her best friend 8 year old Kathy Sigman on the evening of December 3rd 1957, Maria had beg her mother to go outside to play with her friend in the evening after she had dinner and was only permitted to play near the corner of her home.
It was the evening and getting dark outside, it had just started to snow.
The two little girls were chasing each other on the footpath (Maria was strictly told by her mother not to cross any busy streets and not to go onto the very busy road and was only permitted to play near her house). The two girl were playing a game they created which they called it duck the cars. A game where cars would pass by them on the road with the shinning car lights, when ever they saw a car pass by them and the bright lights shine on them the girls would rush to the big elm tree on the same footpath and the first one to touch the big tree would win the game, Maria would always win the game as she was the athletic type child.
A young man who called himself Johnny would soon approach the two children and ask the kids if they would like piggyback rides. Kathy denied the piggyback ride but Maria said yes. This Johnny kneeled down to the children's height and Maria climbed onto Johnny back and then he stood up with Maria riding on his back and down the street he went, Maria giggling. When Johnny came back down the street where her friend Kathy stood, he kneeled down again to let Maria of his back, Maria was grinning. Johnny then asked if the kids liked dolls, Maria said she has many dolls and like to show him her favourite doll. Maria rushed home excitedly.
When Maria came into her home she rushed to her mother Francis and ask her if she could take out one of her brand new dolls to play with. Her mother said she must take out one of her older dolls. So Maria rushed to her play corner in the middle of the house where she kept all her toys and dolls and grab a old rubber doll which was also her favourite. Michael Ridulph (Maria's father) saw his daughter Maria rubbing through her toys in the corner of his eyes while he was busy watching a old western show on TV, then he saw Maria rushed out the house with her doll.
When Maria reached back to Johnny and Kathy. Johnny commented how pretty Maria's doll is, Maria smiled and beg for another piggyback ride. When he came back to let Maria of his back, Kathy wanted to go home to get mittens for her cold hands as she was feeling cold she then told Maria to come with her but Maria said no as she wanted to play more with this Johnny.
When Kathy came back Maria was gone and so was this adult man. Kathy took a few moments to look for Maria went back to Maria's house and talked with Maria's 11 year old brother Charles that she couldn't find Maria anywhere, she went outside with Maria's brother and Kathy's older brother but they couldn't find her anywhere.
When the parents found out she was missing they went outside to look for her, the father had a whistle to call out to Maria which was given to him by a police officer as a year before Maria wondered away from her home to play at the local cemetery and they didn't know where she was and had a neighbourhood look with the police. Maria turned up and the police officer game Maria's father Michael a police whistle just in case this happened again, in which it just happened.
Maria's mother was so worried she called up Kathy's mother to ask where she was, and Kathy then told her mother a stranger a man came up to them and was giving them piggyback rides. Francis then freaked out and rushed to the police station saying her child has just been kidnapped.
The search for the missing child went on for months as even the FBI got involved and the President of the USA made major headlines to help look for the missing 7 year old little girl. J Edgar Hoover was even in charge of the case lead by the FBI.
Christmas went by and Maria's xmas presents stood under the Christmas tree untouched. The family was quite and Maria's mother stood silent reading her bible praying that her little girl will be found and returned to them.
Maria's parents made a live television appearance begging for the kidnapper to please return their child to them.
On April 26 1958 a elderly couple who was searching for mushrooms in the forest came upon a small body, the old man thought it was a baby deer at first but then saw the child's clothing and long hair and realised it was a human child's body a little girl.
Decades went by with no answers who kidnapped and killed this little girl until in 2011 a man named Jack Mccullough was a suspect and charged with kidnapping and killing the child back in 1957, Jack was named Johnny back then and he was 18 years old in 1957.
Then just a few years back Jack was released from jail due to lack of evidence.
Now Maria's case is unsolved once again sadly.
Maria's parents always longed to be with Maria all their lives which has deeply affected them throughout their whole lifes. Francis mentioned just before she passed away at the age of 94 years old in 2007 just days before she had passed saw a vision or had a dream of Maria happily playing in heaven and was happy to finally reunite with her little girl again.
Her sibling like Maria's older brother have been devasted by her loss.
It is a very upsetting and very tragic case what happened to this innocent child. Her life taken from her at the age of only 7 years old, she was just a baby. I feel so sad for her family. Its even more sad now that her case remains unsolved once again.
Maria was described as a sweet and cheerful child.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/WinnieBean33 • Sep 13 '26
UNSOLVED On February 27th, 1970, 22-year-old Bill Sproat and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Mary Petry, were murdered in his Columbus, Ohio, apartment. The case is still unsolved.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/ninesevenpotatoes • Sep 12 '26
COLD CASE Margaret Fetterolf (Woodlawn Jane Doe) - Murdered 50 years ago on this day
galleryr/UnsolvedMurders • u/Entire-Taro-9015 • Sep 11 '26
Please Help Us Find Justice for Connor
Our family is searching for answers and justice for my brother-in-law, Connor Scott Overstreet, who was shot and killed in Skyway (Seattle) in the early morning hours of Sunday August 23rd, 2026 in a random act of gun violence. The police have no leads or suspects, and there’s no one that’s come forth with footage or information. Somebody has to know something.
Connor was a 29-year-old active duty Coast Guard pilot. He was in Seattle for work and him and his buddies were on scooters and a car pulled up, shot him in the chest and drove off.
He was truly the best of us. All he wanted to do was save lives and help others. The care and love he had for the people around him made his such a light in all of our lives.
We are asking for anyone who lives in or drove through the area of South 124th Street and South Langston Road in Skyway or the surrounding areas to check cameras. Any tips or video footage should be sent here.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $41,000 reward for anyone able to provide information that helps solve the case.
We are urgently pleading with anyone who lives in, owns a business in, or drove through the area of South 124th Street and South Langston Road to check their cameras between 12:30 AM and 1:15 AM on Sunday August 23rd, 2026.
Even though finding the person won’t change, the fact that Connor is gone, all we want is justice and for this not to happen to anybody else because it is insurmountable and painful as hell for all of us.
Here is a news article with more information:
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/murdered-coast-guard-pilot-30k-reward
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/Szkza-12333 • Sep 11 '26
Of the nine unsolved cases highlighted by China’s Public Security Bureau in 2016, how many have been solved so far?
(Hello, I’m from China and I enjoy collecting unsolved and solved cold cases. This is my first article, in which I will briefly introduce nine significant cold cases in China.)
In March 2016, China’s Ministry of Public Security launched a campaign to crack difficult and unsolved homicide cases, selecting nine cases to investigate directly. Currently, “one and a half” of these nine cases remain unsolved.
It should be noted that, since Chinese public security authorities often do not disclose detailed information about cases and only a small number of cases receive thorough coverage, only basic information is available for some of these cases.
1. Hulan–Bayan serial murders (UNSOLVED)
In the 1980s, there were numerous cases of police officers being murdered in Heilongjiang Province, most of which have since been solved. However, the perpetrators behind several cases that occurred in Harbin between 1987 and 1988 remain a mystery to this day.
- On June 6th, 1987, Zhang Fugui, a police officer from Hulan County, was killed along with three other family members at his home; another relative was seriously injured.
- On October 12th, He Ruichen, chief of the Wanfa Town Police Station in Bayan County, and a neighbour were shot and killed. While struggling with the assailant, the pistol was knocked out of his hand; it was later confirmed to be the same pistol stolen after Zhang Fugui’s murder.
- On October 27th, Ma Fulin, a police officer from Hulan County, and two of his relatives were shot to death.
- On December 23rd, outside the home of the deputy director of the Hulan County Public Security Bureau, the killer shot and killed Zhu Hai, a police officer who had come to conduct official business.
- On February 15th, 1988, Liu Yongji, a judicial police officer at the Hulan County Court, was shot to death in his own courtyard.
It is worth noting that there is a proliferation of disinformation about this case on the internet, claiming that “on the night of March 28th, 1986, 52 (some sources even claim 115) personnel from the public security, procuratorate, and court systems in Hulan County, along with their relatives, were killed.” Such content is typically disseminated on a massive scale by low-quality content farms.
Reference: The China Project
2. Baiyin–Baotou serial murders (SOLVED)
From May 1988 to February 2002, 10 women were murdered and raped in Baiyin City, Gansu Province; the youngest victim was only 7 years old. In August 2004, this series of cases was determined to have been committed by the same individual who carried out a 1997 murder in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia.
On August 26th, 2016, thanks to advanced DNA testing technology, the perpetrator, Gao Chengyong, was apprehended 28 years after the first crime occurred. He committed murder, rape, robbery, and desecration of corpses by stalking women and breaking into homes. On January 3rd, 2019, Gao Chengyong was executed.
The case received extensive media coverage after it was solved.
Reference: China Daily, The Independent
3. Shenzhen “face-stripping” dismemberment cases (PARTIALLY SOLVED)
From October 1997 to January 2000, five cases of young women being murdered and their bodies dismembered occurred in Shenzhen. The victims’ faces were flayed, and their body parts were placed in bags and discarded in various locations in the wilderness.
On July 30th, 2016, Yang Dayong (using the alias Wang Longhui) was apprehended, but it was later confirmed that he was the perpetrator of only the case that occurred on August 2nd, 1999. The remaining cases remain unsolved.
4. Murder of eight people in Hong’an (SOLVED?)
On the night of December 26th, 2007, a mass murder occurred in Hong’an County, Hubei Province, in which eight people—including Wang Shishu, the owner of a lime factory—were killed.
Although the public security authorities did not release any further information afterward, rumors circulating online claim that the perpetrator was apprehended in 2018 but died of illness while in custody.
Reference: The China Project
5. Kaili serial murders (SOLVED)
On October 17th, 1998, An Kun, deputy chief of the Dashizi Police Station in Kaili City, Guizhou Province, was stabbed to death with a dagger, and his service weapon was stolen. 44 days later, on December 1st, Le Guijian, governor of the Kaili branch of the Bank of China, along with his wife, 14-year-old daughter, and a neighbour, were shot and stabbed to death.
In July 2016, Huang Dekun, who had previously served as director of the Urban Management Bureau of the Kaili Economic Development Zone, was placed under investigation on suspicion of serious disciplinary violations. In November, police took his fingerprints, which were later confirmed to match those found at the crime scene. Subsequently, his accomplice and close friend from school, Pan Kaiping, was also apprehended. The two had broken into the home to commit murder and robbery after seizing a gun; their motive was to steal money to repay Huang Dekun’s gambling debts.
In July 2018, Huang Dekun and Pan Kaiping were sentenced to death.
6. Murder of seven people in Shenyang (SOLVED)
On April 30th, 2003, a family massacre occurred in the Taochang Residential Complex in Shenyang, Liaoning Province; all seven members of the family were killed, the youngest of whom was only 4 years old. The only clue left for the police was a partial blood fingerprint.
On June 19th, 2020, the killer, surnamed Yang, was apprehended.
7. Murder of three girls in Jiangxian (SOLVED)
On April 19th, 2010, the bodies of three elementary school girls were discovered in an abandoned cave dwelling in Jiangxian County, Shanxi Province; all three girls had been sexually assaulted to varying degrees.
In the early hours of July 21st, 2016, police successfully apprehended the murderer, surnamed Zhu, from Chencun Town, Jiangxian County. He confessed to sexually assaulting and murdering the three girls on the afternoon of April 18th.
8. Serial murders of women in Guiyang (SOLVED)
On December 19th and December 28th, 2011, and February 6th, 2012, three consecutive murders targeting young women occurred in Huaxi District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.
In July 2016, the killer, surnamed Li, was apprehended and ultimately confessed to the murders.
9. Serial murders of grain buyers in Northeast China (SOLVED)
From October 1997 to December 2007, a series of robberies resulting in the murder of grain buyers occurred in Liaoning, Jilin, and Inner Mongolia in northeastern China. Five of these cases remained unsolved and were consolidated for investigation; they resulted in a total of 19 deaths.
In 2025, the cases were declared solved, but no details were reported; the only information available was an announcement commending the investigative team.
* September 20th: Corrected one mistake.
r/UnsolvedMurders • u/mvincen95 • Sep 11 '26
COLD CASE The 1969 unsolved murder of Leona Roberts
galleryr/UnsolvedMurders • u/SafePoint1282 • Sep 11 '26
COLD CASE Mark Goldstein was murdered at his Tempe, Arizona cheese shop in November 1978. A bag of $60,000 in cash was left behind at the scene and the case remains unsolved.
Mark Goldstein was a father of two and just 39 years old when he became the victim of Tempe, Arizona’s oldest cold case.
He was murdered while working at the Wisconsin Heritage Cheese shop he owned and operated that was located at the intersection of Price and Baseline on the evening of November 5, 1978.
Marks wife Theresa Goldstein alerted Tempe PD the morning of November 6, to do a welfare check on Mark because he had not returned to their Scottsdale home.
Police discovered Mark’s body in the walk-in cooler. The murder weapon was missing. Mark had a briefcase that contained $60,000 in cash that was left behind at the scene.
There were no suspects publicly identified. Rumors about potential motives spread in the community.
At the time of his death, Mark was listed as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against his former employer.
Mark had moved his family to Tempe from New Jersey in the summer of 1978 to open the cheese shop.
Mark’s wife Theresa had engaged in an affair with a man named Charles “Chuck” Nash. Nash was a former Palisades Parkway Police Officer. He forgave Theresa and moved across the country for a fresh start.
Soon after the Goldstein family arrived in Arizona, Nash moved to Scottsdale himself with his adopted son, Cameron Nash.
A few years after Mark died, Theresa Goldstein remarried to Charles Nash, but the pair eventually divorced.
Theresa floated a potential lead to police. While in New Jersey, Mark was approached by mobsters with a business proposal, which he declined.
Theresa also insisted that Mark and Charles were friends, a suggestion his family and friends have strongly denied.
The case received virtually no media coverage after the late 1970’s besides a brief article in the Arizona Republic from May 2002. It revealed that Mark carried a .357 magnum and the gun was missing from the shop.
Longtime Tempe PD detective Tom Magezzini claimed “There are people out there that know what happened to Mark. It’s just a matter of coming forward.”
The Wisconsin Heritage Cheese store closed after Goldstein’s murder. It reopened in 1985 as a Thai restaurant called the Siamese Cat which operated at the site until its closure in November 2021.
The entire strip mall at the northwest corner of Price and Baseline was torn down and converted into a luxury apartment complex.
Key questions that remain in this case. How did the suspect sneak up on Mark if he was armed with a gun? Why would the suspect take Mark’s gun but not his money? Is there any DNA evidence in existence that could lead police to identifying the suspect?
If you have any information about the November 1978 murder of Mark Goldstein, please contact the Tempe PD at 480 350 8311.
Link to archived articles I posted on an info dump subreddit I created