Xiaoxia “Grace” Chen was a well-loved teacher in her community. Austin, Texas. She was known for treating her students like family. So why was she murdered in cold blood? And why has her case remained cold for over seven years? Let’s explore. Who Was Grace? There is not a lot of information out there regarding …
Category: Unsolved Murders
Ferguson: Darren Seals
So with our third post in this Ferguson series, we meet our first victim who was a central figure in the protests - Darren Seals. This also makes him the first to fall in line with the sensationalist headlines that sparked this series (i.e. “six young black men tied to the Ferguson Uprising have been …
Ferguson: DeAndre Joshua
This is the first of six posts examining the deaths of young men both involved in and surrounding the Ferguson Uprising. DeAndre Joshua was found murdered in an apartment parking lot - but no answers have ever been given who why this young man met such a grisly fate. So we’re here to ask - …
So, For February
We’re getting a late start this month because I have been doing research. I’ve struggled with what to write about - do I do Valentine’s or lover stories? Do I do something for Black History Month? - and in my endless internet browsing, my topic found me. Six young men tied to the protests in …
The Unsolved: Jesse Garcia
This month’s unsolved murder case comes to us out of Texas, from the so-called Golden Age of crime: the 1970’s. There isn’t a lot of information available online regarding this case, but let’s do what we can to keep Jesse’s name in the light. Was the murder a result of a confrontation at a nearby …
The Unsolved: Adre’Anna Jackson
In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, this month’s unsolved murder post will focus on tthe case of an indegenous girl named Adre’Anna Jackson. This is just one of hundreds of cases of MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) across the United States and Canada. This case specifically is …
The Unsolved: Edward “Mitt” Croley
This month’s unsolved murder brings us to upstate New York to examine the case of a young man who vanished in March of 1991, only for his remains to be discovered nearly a year later, fifteen miles away. This is a case that has very little information available to the public. It’s a case that …
The Unsolved: Alberta Jones
This month’s unsolved murder post is one of the more culturally significant ones we’ve examined. Of course, all people matter and all victims deserve to have their stories told, but today we will be delving into the unsolved murder of a civil rights icon named Alberta Odell Jones. How did Alberta Jones end up in …
The Unnamed: Sebastian Pasqual
This month's Doe case is an especially strange one - we possibly know what his name was, because investigators found someone that knew him in life. And you may notice that I’m using “he” instead of “they” in this post - that’s because we know how the Doe identified his gender in life. How did …
The Unsolved: Georgette Bauerdorf
This month’s unsolved murder takes us all the way back to the 40’s in Old Hollywood. An aspiring actress and oil heiress moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Two months later she was found strangled to death in her apartment. Who attacked Georgette Bauerdorf, and why is the case still unsolved more than three …