List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)

This list of unsolved murders includes notable cases where victims have been murdered under unknown circumstances.
Rose Harsent, victim of the Peasenhall murder
Elsie Sigel . Murdered June 1909
Sketch of the corpse of Little Lord Fauntleroy , unidentified since his discovery in 1921
Vials of blood recovered from Lilly Lindeström's flat. Scene of the 1932 Vampire murder case . On display at Stockholm's Police Museum
Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the " Black Dahlia ," is one of the most famous victims of an unsolved murder in American history.
Kyllikki Saari (back right) was murdered in Isojoki , 1953. Her case remains one of Finland's major unsolved murder cases.
The Lake Bodom murders in Finland are a major unsolved homicide case in Finnish criminal history. [ 206 ] The tent is investigated immediately after the murders in 1960.
Mary Pinchot Meyer was murdered alongside the towpath of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on 12 October 1964.
Sammy Younge Jr. was murdered in Tuskegee on 3 January 1966.
Reward poster appealing for information leading to the apprehension of the Freeway Phantom .
Rhonda Johnson (left) and Sharon Shaw
Yosef Alon
Sumter County Does crime scene
Raymond Washington , founder of the Crips , was shot to death on 9 August 1979.
Lists of unsolved murdersmurderedWilliam GoebelFrankfort, Kentuckygovernor of KentuckyErnst WinterGermanKonitzBertha SchippanTowittaPeasenhall murderRose HarsentPeasenhallSuffolkPrimitive MethodistBBC OneAl SwearengenGem TheaterDeadwood, South Dakota20th Century Limited derailmentLake Shore and Michigan Southern RailwayTomasso PettomobsterMorello crime familyNew YorkWilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaJohn Otunba PaynesheriffdismemberedJeanne Van CalckBrusselsmartyrMarinos AntypassocialistsPyrgetosGreeceEmily DimmockCamden TownLondonPat GarrettAmerican Old Westbartendercustoms agentBilly the KidLa Porte, IndianaNorwegian-Americanserial killerCaroline Mary LuardSeal ChartJohn DickmanBolivianGuangxu EmperorEmperor of the Qing dynastyYuan ShikaiEmpress Dowager CixiElsie SigelNew York City's ChinatownGeorge Harry StorrsGorse HallStalybridgeElsie ParoubekChicagoJoseph Wilsonstation masterLintz Green railway stationDurhamC. L. HarkinsVillisca axe murdersVilliscabludgeonedhung juryDaisy GraceAtlantaLukijan BogdanovićPatriarchate of KarlovciMetropolitanate of KarlovcidecapitatedBad GasteinCharles Budd RobinsonbotanistMaluku Islandslocal mythWhitby Junction StationWhitby, OntarioHuang YuanyongRepublic of ChinaJoseph Henry LovelessbootleggerDubois, IdahoJohn DoeDNA Doe Projectpost-mortem intervalforensic genealogyPreparedness Day bombingPreparedness MovementSan FranciscoWonnangatta murdersEast GippslandMilwaukee Police Department bombinganarchistsGalleanistVladimir BogoyavlenskyRussian Orthodox ChurchMetropolitan of MoscowKolomnaMetropolitanMetropolitan of Kiev and GallichBolshevikNikolay VtorovRussianForbesHouse of RomanovWorld War I1917 RevolutionJüri VilmsHelsinkiAxeman of New OrleansNew OrleansMabel GreenwoodEdward Marshall HallBella WrightLittle StrettonClement De La HayeMadrasJames ColosimoChicago OutfitAl CaponeVenustiano CarranzaPresident of MexicoGovernor of CoahuilaRodolfo HerreroJoseph Bowne ElwellNew York Cityfalse confessionlocked-room murderWall Street bombingChrissie VennNorth MottonUlverstone, Tasmaniachange of venueLittle Lord FauntleroyWaukesha, WisconsinAnthony D'Andreaaldermen's warsJames Douglas Edgarlove triangleAlma TirtschkeMelbourneColin Campbell RossTorokul DzhanuzakovTurkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicWilliam Desmond Taylorsilent moviesLos AngelesRoscoe Arbucklecold caseHanoverFritz HaarmannHinterkaifeck murdersBavarianIngolstadtSchrobenhausenpickaxeMichael CollinsNational ArmyIrish Free StateBéal na BláthCounty CorkEdward Hall and Eleanor MillsNew Brunswick, New JerseyFranklin TownshipEpiscopalB. H. DeLaystunt pilotVenice, CaliforniaPancho VillaMexican RevolutionHidalgo del ParralChihuahuaLava Lake murdersLittle Lava Lakefur trappersBig Lava LakeBridgeport, ConnecticutHarold IsraelHomer Stille CummingsManuel Gómez GonzálezCatholicpriestAdílio DaronchBrazilianTrês PassosRio Grande do SulrevolutionariesJanet SmithVancouvertorturedCanadian PacificBritish ColumbiaPeter VeriginDoukhoborsArthur SchumacherWauwatosa, WisconsinAgapit LeblancMilaflores MassacreThe Purple GangHyman GoldsteinCoogee, New South WalesThomas LeyMorduch HalsmanLatvian JewishPhilippeTyrol, AustriamanslaughterantisemitismAlbert EinsteinSigmund FreudJewish gangsterArnold Rothsteinfixing1919 World SeriesMeyer ZayderSovietGrigory KotovskySaint Valentine's Day MassacreNorth Side GangViljo Rosvall and Janne VoutilainenFinnish-CanadianunionistsOntarioLumber Workers Industrial Union of CanadaOnni HapponenFinnishfascistLapua MovementanthillVarkausLiverpoolWilliam Herbert WallaceRaymond ChandlerHarry C. BeasleyMedal of HonorArthur BrennanAustralian rules footballEddie Mappcountry bluesharmonicistGeorgiaVera PageNotting Hillcircumstantial evidenceJack "Legs" DiamondAlbany, New YorkDaniel P. O'Connellpolitical machineWilliam Kennedyvon Sydow murdersHjalmar von SydowNorr MälarstrandVampire murder casesex workerErik Jan HanussenAustrian JewishpsychicAdolf HitlerZossenBerlinstormtroopersReichstag fireZionistHaim Arlosoroffwas shot and killedTel AvivBritish Mandate PalestineJoan WintersBroadwayGarden of GethsemaneJerusalemVernon C. MillerHuron, South DakotaProhibitiongunmanbank robberiesFred GoetzCicero, IllinoisBrighton trunk murdersBrightonLady of the LakeBratenahlCleveland Torso MurdersSergei KirovJoseph StalinGreat PurgeSmolny InstituteHotel PresidentKansas City, MissouriArtemus OgletreeAlabamaGareth JonesZhangjiakouSoviet Union1932–33 Ukrainian famineShark Arm casetiger sharkCoogeevomitedCronullaDawes PointLouis AmbergWalter LiggettMinneapolisKid CannFederico García LorcaRebel factionSpanish Civil WarPamela WernerE. T. C. WernerJapanese occupied the cityMidnight in PekingPaul Frenchmistaken identityBlue ShirtsHelen Foster SnowDimitri NavachineBois de BoulogneCommunistsLa CagouleLaetitia ToureauxParis MétroPorte DoréeKing D. GrayHollywoodMargaret MartinKingston, PennsylvaniaWyoming County, PennsylvaniaPete PantoInternational Longshoremen's AssociationLyndhurst, New JerseyZinaida ReichSergey YeseninVsevolod MeyerholdderailedHumboldt RiverHarney, NevadatumbleweedLouis B. AllynWestfield, MassachusettsMoll McCarthysmallholderNew Inn, County TipperarypardonStanisław Bułak-BałachowiczRussian Civil WarEstonian War of IndependencePolish-Bolshevik WarInvasion of PolandWorld War IISaska KępaGestapoFrancuskaJosslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of ErrollHappy Valley setJock Delves BroughtoncuckoldedWhite MischiefHarold BallTengah Air BaseTengahBritish MalayaCarlo TrescaFascismStalinismCarmine GalanteBonanno familyunderbossWilliam ColbeckSt. LouisMissouriAn unidentified womanwych elmWorcestershireWho put Bella down the Wych Elm?Harry OakesNassau, BahamasAlfred de MarignyDavid BaconMasked MarvelSanta Monica, CaliforniaGeorge StinneyGeorgette BauerdorfC. N. Lakshmikanthancycle rickshawM. K. Thyagaraja BhagavatharN. S. KrishnanCharles WaltonWarwickshirewitchcraftLeon FeldhendlerSobibor extermination campLublinNevio SkullFiumanItalianRijekaRječinaErnst DehmelWaffen-SSOto Iskandar di NataIndonesiaDutch ruleNational Hero of IndonesiaMauk DistrictTangerang RegencyBantenWest JavaIndonesianOak Grove Jane DoeWillamette RiverPortland, OregonOak GrovemoorageTexarkana Moonlight MurdersThe CarteronsBommiersFrench ResistanceBlack DahliaLeimert ParkBugsy SiegelLas VegasBeverly Hills, CaliforniaTwo young brothers who were likely murdered in 1947Stanley ParkUnited StatesConsul GeneralMandatory PalestineThomas C. WassonCameo murderEmily Armstrongautopsyclaw hammertrain derailed near Matsukawa, Japansentenced to deathexculpatory evidencePhilip ManganocaporegimeconsigliereGambino crime familyVincentmarshlandJamaica BayHarry and Harriette MooreMims, Floridacivil rights movementKu Klux KlanArnold SchusterWillie SuttonGenovese Crime FamilyJoe ValachiAlbert AnastasiaFrederick TenutoJack BurrisMayes County, OklahomaJohn AcropolisYonkersBetty ShanksGrange, QueenslandWilma MontesiTorvaianicaorgiesKyllikki SaariIsojokiAlma PreinkertSam SheppardBay Village, OhioThe Fugitive1993 movie of the same nameCarolyn WasilewskiBaltimoreJohn WatersCry-BabyBroadway musicalSerge RubinsteinswindlerplayboyDeath of a ScoundrelGeorge W. LeeBelzoni, MississippiHerbert Brownell Jr.Lamar SmithLincoln CountyBrookhavenabsentee ballotsWilliam Morris BioffBarbara and Patricia GrimesElvis PresleyLove Me TenderWillow Springs, IllinoisWillie EdwardsAlabama RiverMontgomery County, AlabamaPhiladelphiaJoseph Augustus ZarelliPatriarca crime familyRosemarie NitribittFrankfurtMaria RidulphSycamore, IllinoisHarry BakerKnutsfordBootlePearl EatonManhattan Beach, CaliforniaGus GreenbaumPhoenix, ArizonaskimmingKelso CochraneAntiguanexpatriateBouncing Ball KillerSteven TruscottVanastra, OntarioLuciano crime familyAnthony CarfanoLa Guardia AirportVito GenoveseMeyer LanskyBlonde DollyThe HagueWalker family murdersOsprey, FloridaClutter family murdersTruman CapoteIn Cold BloodLake Bodom murdersNational Airlines Flight 2511Edward Orrick McDonnellvice admiralUnited States NavyHenry BuschSharon Lee GallegosAlamogordo, New MexicoCongress, ArizonaEddie GaedelAlberto AgueciPenfield, New YorkBuffalo crime familyFrench Connection heroin ringPaul GuihardAgence France-PresseOle Miss riot of 1962Francis Hillman BlackwellSouth CarolinaEnrico MatteiCataniaLinate AirportMorane-Saulnier MS.760 ParisBascapèLombardyManuel Moreno BarrancoJerez de la FronteraaldermanBenjamin F. LewisWilliam Lewis MooreU.S. Route 11Attalla, AlabamaChattanooga, TennesseeMississippi Governor's MansionRoss BarnettSteven CrawfordAshland, OregonBen Golden McCollumMarcum, KentuckyKaryn KupcinetIrv KupcinetWest Hollywood, CaliforniaLouis AllenLiberty, MississippiFrank MorrisFerriday, LouisianaSilver Dollar GroupMary S. ShermanFloridaMiami StranglerMary Pinchot MeyerChesapeake and Ohio CanalWashington, D.C.Cord MeyermistressJohn F. KennedytowpathMarianne Schmidt and Christine SharrockWanda BeachMalcolm XAfrican AmericanMuslimcivil rights activistwas shot 21 timesWashington HeightsMuhammad Abdul AzizThomas HaganJames ReebUnitarianBirmingham, AlabamaViola LiuzzoMichiganKlansmenOneal MooreWashington ParishVarnado, Louisianadrive-by shootingCanadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21Suellen EvansNorth CarolinaAlberta Odell JonesAfrican-Americancivil rightsLouisville, KentuckyCyprus Airways Flight 284Sammy Younge Jr.TuskegeeTuskegee, AlabamaStudent Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeVietnam WarWendy WolinElizabeth RiverPaterson, New JerseyRubin CarterBob DylanHurricanehabeas corpusClarence TriggsveteranBogalusa, LouisianaAllen RedstonBendigoCheri Jo BatesRiverside, CaliforniaRiverside City Collegeignition coilEphraim KapoloNamibianOmugulugwombashePretoria, South AfricaMohamed KhiderAlgerianMadridWharlest JacksonNatchez, MississippiNational Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoplecar bombMima McKim-HillBiloelaCook County, IllinoisHometownSilas JayneLam Bunleftist riotsOakland, CaliforniaBlack PantherHuey P. Newtonvoluntary manslaughteroverturned on appealRobison familyGood Hart, Michiganembezzlingsuicide noteMelitón ManzanasFrancoist SpainTxabi EtxebarrietaStevan MarkovićSerbianAlain DelonGeorges Pompidoua political scandalCorsicanZodiac KillerBarbara Ann Hackmann TaylorGeorgetown, KentuckyEdwin T. PrattUrban LeagueShoreline, WashingtonVjekoslav LuburićIndependent State of CroatiaCarcaixentClarence 13XFive-Percent NationNation of IslamHarlem, New YorkCatherine CesnikArchbishop Keough High SchoolBaltimore, MarylandLansdowneJoyce MaleckiFort MeadeBetsy AardsmaHolland, MichiganPenn State UniversityDavid ChingunjiAngolan Civil WarSan Francisco policebombing of a police stationWeather UndergroundMelvin XBlack Student UnionMira Loma, CaliforniaLeon JordanThe Kansas City StarJacqueline Ansell-LambBarbara MayoHarvey and Jeannette CreweWaikato RiverPukekawaRobert MuldoonMauro De MauroPalermoE.C. Mullendore IIIOklahomadeaf-muteLittle Miss Lake PanasoffkeeLake Panasoffkee, Floridahousewifesexually assaultedFreeway PhantomRichard MontagueJacinto GutiérrezRío PiedrasSoutheast Washington, D.C.Hazelwood massacreHighway 6Alvin, TexasAddicks ReservoirGalveston, TexasPelican IslandInterstate Highway 45Northwest, Washington, D.C.U.S. Route 50Baltimore-Washington ParkwayPrince George's County, MarylandhitchhikerRhonda Johnson and Sharon ShawHarris County, TexasClear LakeGalveston BayEdward Harold Bellcorroboratingwrongfully convictedLynn EusanHomecomingUniversity of HoustonRandy KraftOrtega Highwayblood alcohol contentPennsylvaniaSafewayTexas CityHoustonblunt force traumaUlster Protestantkilled in a bombingProvisional Irish Republican Armythe TroublesInterstate 45Pearland, TexasRochester, New YorkChurchvilleMünsterJAT Flight 367CzechoslovakiaYugoslaviaVesna VulovićVancouver, WashingtonWarren ForrestWoodlandJoe GalloManhattan clamhouseFrank Sheeranincident at a Harlem mosquemosqueGeorge DuncanUniversity of AdelaideRiver TorrensSouth Australiadecriminalize homosexualitySchüttorfSchöppingenJudith RobertsTamworth, StaffordshireCapitol HillSeattleRoslynDolores Della PennaSouth JerseyTacony, PhiladelphiaThomas EboliCrown HeightsBrooklynJeannette DePalmaNew JerseyBallou High SchoolMajor Coxsondrug kingpinan arson attackgay barOrlando nightclub shootingsuicideYosef AlonattachéIsraeli embassyChevy ChaseBlack SeptemberNordhornMünsterland KillerBrian McDermottBelfastRiver LaganWendy SewellBakewellAlbert DeSalvoBoston StranglerWalpole state prisonmistrialdeadlockedMacedonRichard CainRichard Laurence MarquetteAthalia Ponsell LindsleymacheteSt. Augustine, FloridaFrances BemisLong Beach Jane DoeLong Beach, CaliforniaYana YazovaUtoteMArlis PerryStanford, CaliforniaStanford Memorial ChurchDonald GoinesBetty Van PatterBlack Panther PartySan Francisco BayHudson RiverBag murdersStrongsville, Ohioskeletal remainsLinda PaganohomicidePatty Hearstunmarked gravepotter's fieldLusakaZambiaHerbert ChitepoapartheidRhodesiaZimbabwe African National UnionGold prospectorsOregonSiskiyou MountainsCowden familyWhite CityCopperLabor DayAnn RuleNederland, ColoradoSam GiancanaShirley FinnSouth PerthJulia Anna GarciacelayNorth Melbourne, Victoria.Layton, UtahBarbara ColbyHelen BaileyBirminghamSvante GrändeguerillaAugusto PinochetTucumán ProvinceVladimir HerzogCroatian JewishBrazilian Communist PartyBrazilian military governmentTV Culturapolitical policemilitary dictatorshipDOI-CODIPier Paolo Pasolini1975 LaGuardia Airport bombingLaGuardia AirportGrand Central TerminalMiddle East Airlines Flight 438Joseph BarbozaOakland County, MichiganOakland County Child KillerDavid StackWendover, UtahBroomfield, ColoradoJim LeslieShreveport, LouisianaBaton RougeGeorge W. D'ArtoisJoachim PeiperMalmédy massacreTraves, Haute-Saônesmoke inhalationWehrmachtfaked itSeewen murder casePentecostSeewenT. Cullen Daviswrongful deathSusanne LindholmKäpyläSumter County DoesPamela Buckley and James FreundSumter CountyFrancis JegouMaidstoneMichael StoneWoodlawn Jane DoeWoodlawn, Baltimore County, MarylandDNA evidence proved that she was Margaret FetterolfA12 motorwayMaarsbergenHeul GirlAldo Vera SerafinFidel CastroDallasRandall Dale AdamsErrol MorrisThe Thin Blue LineBeth DoeWhite Haven, PennsylvaniaSuzanne Armstrong and Susan BartlettCollingwood, VictoriaNorth MelbourneFrank BompensieroPacific BeachKamal JumblattProgressive Socialist PartyBaakleenBa'ath PartyCharles NicolettiNorthlake, IllinoisGordon Sandersonseptic tankTofieldunidentified murder victimGiorgiana MasiRadical Partysit-inMickey SpillaneWestiesQueensJavier Ybarra BergéBasqueBilbaoNavarrebodies of three young girlsGirl ScoutLocust Grove, OklahomaDragiša KašikovićBosnian SerbDonald MackayCarol WilkinsonBradfordPeter SutcliffeFlorence BroadhurstPaddingtonJohn Wayne GloverRay RyancardsharpsmobstersNational PartyRobert SmitKarin Grechneo-fascistItalian Social Movementambushed and shot by unknown assailantsDurbanRick TurnerFausto Tinelli and Lorenzo "Iaio" IannucciDenise McGregorPascoe Valemurder of Sheree BeasleyPemiscot County DoesBlackfriars Massacreinvestigative journalistJohn A. Kellydowntown BostonBob CraneHogan's HeroesScottsdale, ArizonaJohn Henry CarpenterBridgewater FourStourbridgeNancy SpungenSex PistolsSid Viciouspunk rockMargaret FrameStanmer ParkBabes in the Wood murdersTheresa AlloreChamplain College LennoxvilleComptonemployees of the Burger Chef restaurantSpeedway, Indiana26 November 1978 fireHoliday InnGreece, New YorkRochesterKerry Graham and Francine TrimblePol PotMarxistMalcolm CaldwellPhnom PenhKhmer RougeVietnam invaded Cambodiagenocidebodies of the four Tan childrenGeylang BahruChinese New YearAdolph DubsU.S. ambassador to AfghanistanMitrokhinSoviet invasion of the countryVictor KilianJean Perera SinnappaSubang AirportCarlos Muñiz VarelaPuerto RicoGuaynaboPerry County Jane DoeSouth Para ReservoirAdelaidePort AdelaidePort RiverThe Family MurdersBevan Spencer von EinemRaymond WashingtonSouth Central Los AngelesSan PedroSahara SueTammy VincentTiburon, CaliforniaGary RidgwayCevat YurdakulAdana ProvinceDebra JacksonHenry Lee LucasTammy AlexanderBrooksville, FloridaU.S. Route 20Caledonia, New YorkCavit Orhan TütengilList of unsolved murders (before 1900)List of unsolved murders (1980–1999)List of unsolved murders (2000–present)Operation Identify MeThomas D. ClarkLowell H. HarrisonFellowes, JulianTina PeplerWayback MachineThe New York TimesThe Telegraph-HeraldThe Hartford CourantMarjoribanks, EdwardVictor GollanczThe Doe NetworkChicago TribuneThe Brisbane CourierDa Capo PressThe Australian Women's WeeklyThe SunDaily StandardWilson, ColinPan BooksWDAF-TVThe GuardianPerlez, JaneIrish IndependentCokayneThe Complete PeerageBBC NewsLos Angeles TimesTrue RepublicanUniversity of IllinoisAssociated PressUnited Press InternationalWLS-TVRock Island ArgusAviation Safety NetworkChicago MagazineCairns PostThe Sun-HeraldNBC NewsThe Sunday TimesAtkinson, RobertQueensland Police ServiceABC NewsSeattle WeeklySan Francisco ChronicleKansas City StarThe Washington PostNewspapers.comThe New Zealand HeraldNewsweekConflict Archive on the InternetPhiladelphia InquirerWHEC-TVBiographySt. Augustine RecordTexas MonthlyGoogle booksInside EditionExpressenRobinson, WalterThe Boston GlobeNew York Daily NewsThe Daily BeastNational Center for Missing and Exploited ChildrenThe Dispatch / The Rock Island ArgusMoline, IllinoisThe Times of MaltaNational Library BoardHarperCollinsNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children