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On May 15th, 1986 at around 6:30 AM in Virginia Beach, Virginia the body of 22 year old Roberta Walls was discovered behind in a field behind Old Donation Elementary School. Officers during the investigation discovered Walls had been stabbed multiple times and assaulted by an unknown offender. Prior to her death investigators learned she was last seen the previous night hanging out with friends at the library near the field she was found, and was last heard from around midnight after calling a friend. The case was active for over 40 years with investigators in Virginia beach crediting the ID with the evolution of DNA technology over the years.

The case had a break through when investigators in 2017 received the funding to submit DNA from the 1986 crime scene to a lab in North Virginia which specializes in DNA identification. The DNA pulled allowed the lab to make a composite DNA photo profile of what the suspect may have looked like back in 1986 with it being a white man in his 20s with light eyes, freckles and dark hair. The DNA recovered allowed investigators to rule out multiple different suspects in the investigation and eventually a match with the DNA was made. It was announced on May 19th by officers in Virginia that they had arrested 66 year old Charles Randell Barry on May 18, 2026 in Newington, Connecticut in connection with the case. Barry has been charged with murder, and assault and is currently awaiting extradition and would have been in his 20’s at the time of the murder.

Investigators are planning a press conference for Wednesday the 20th and have not disclosed how Barry and Walls are connected to each other.

Sources:

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/arrest-made-in-1986-rape-and-killing-of-roberta-walls-in-virginia-beach/amp/

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/1986-virginia-beach-cold-case-murder-arrest-roberta-walls/291-5f40c4d8-537f-437a-9161-29c114f0747e

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/945hzt/roberta\_walls\_22yr\_unsolved\_murder\_virginia\_beach/

https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/virginia-beach-police-department/case/virginia-beach-police-department-case-1986-065071-roberta-walls/

https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/19/arrest-1986-cold-case-virginia-beach/

On July 31st, 2001 in Frankfurt, Germany in the early afternoon the body of an unidentified female Jane Doe was discovered wrapped in a bedspread and weighed down by a parasol stand floating in the River of Main in the Neid part of Frankfurt. The victim was reported to be between the ages of 15-16 years old with the cause of death later determined to be blunt force trauma with signs of mistreatment and torture. It was determined by investigators her time of death was around 3 days before being dumped in the river, having been dumped about 12-14 hours before the discovery.

For nearly 25 years the body was unidentified however investigators with an international police organization launched a campaign called Identify Me which began in 2023 and is a task force meant to help identify, unidentified Jane Doe’s across several countries including Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain. In 2024 a black notice alert was issued by Interpol with hope of bringing new life to the case in addition to adding the case to the Identify Me campaign.

The campaign’s worked as an update in this case was announced today that the Jane Doe had been identified as 16 year old Diana S. The announcement also led to confirmation by investigators that her 67 year old father a German National was arrested on May 12th, 2026 by German authorities on suspicion of murder and is on pre trial detention. The identification is the sixth case using the Identify Me campaign which led to a Jane Doe being identified. The campaign is currently looking at over 41 cases of Jane Doe’s across Germany with the hope being that with further campaigning more identifications can be made in the other cases.

Sources:

https://www.interpol.int/en/What-you-can-do/Identify-Me/Countries-in-which-the-bodies-were-found/Women-found-in-Germany/DE08-The-girl-in-the-River-Main

https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2026/05/18/girl-in-the-river-main-identified-25-years-on-father-arrested/

https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2026/Identify-Me-arrest-in-Germany-after-murder-victim-is-identified

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260518-girl-in-the-river-main-identified-25-years-on-father-arrested

https://gulfnews.com/amp/story/world%2Fgirl-in-the-river-main-identified-25-years-on-father-arrested-1.500545150

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1tg3q6k/girl_from_the_main_2001/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/12wf1vu/the_girl_from_the_main_tortured_for_years/

On April 17th, 2026 in Keene, New Hampshire police responded to a 911 call about possible skeletal human remains being found near the American Legion building located on Court Street. Investigators took the skeletal remains into their possession and turned them over to the New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who began the process of trying to make an ID. Nearly a month after the discovery, on May 14th it was announced by investigators that they had identified the remains as belonging to missing 48 year old Brenda Kenney who went missing from Keene sometime in late July of 2022 and was last heard from on July 19th, 2022.

Officers didn’t reveal a cause or manner of death for Kenney which is still pending, only saying that the case didn’t seem suspicious at this time. She was reported to have left her home in Keene, on foot sometime between her last contact on the 19th before being reported missing on July 25th to law enforcement. During the announcement of the ID investigators thanked other departments including Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation and State Police for assisting in the investigation and recovery effort.

Sources:

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/missing-person-namus-mp97420

https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/remains-found-in-keene-identified-as-missing-woman/article\_4a417cd3-1c7a-4655-b1fe-595fa1cc2870.html

https://mykeenenow.com/news/219912-missing-keene-woman-identified-through-investigation-into-human-remains-found-near-court-street/

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/keene-new-hampshire-skeletal-remains-kenney/71309515

https://www.keenesentinel.com/news/local/public\_safety/authorities-identifty-human-remains-found-in-keene-nh/article\_73fa1f6b-ec6b-41cb-a261-690ffa4a59d9.html

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/keene-new-hampshire-skeletal-remains-kenney/71309515

https://mykeenenow.com/news/219912-police-investigating-discovery-of-possible-human-remains-in-keene/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/177cgm3/more\_missing\_from\_new\_england\_have\_you\_seen\_these/?solution=bc8a51c362243135bc8a51c362243135&js\_challenge=1&token=bbbe4bf1c9a2b5160829c4be34da5861db784abfc714b1de7ef7036e1d656256&jsc\_orig\_r=

https://charleyproject.org/case/brenda-kenney

On March 6th, 2025 in Plymouth, Massachusetts hunters called 911 after they discovered what they believed to be skeletal human remains on a deer trail off a breakdown lane between exits 13 and 14 off Route 3 North in Plymouth, Massachusetts. When Massachusetts State Troopers responded the human remains discovered contained a portion of a human skull. Officers started a search of the nearby woods for further evidence but nothing else was located at the scene. The medical examiner office took the skull and later contacted the FBI in order to go through further DNA testing methods.

Through the FBI’s DNA testing they identified the skeletal remains in May of 2026 as being 54 year old Sandra Crispo who was seen on August 7th, 2019 after being dropped off at her home she had recently moved to in Hanson, Massachusetts by a relative, her car at the time was being repaired. Two days later after she didn’t show up to watch her grandchildren and learned that no one had heard from her, family reported her missing to police who opened up an investigation. During the investigation police believed there was no foul play, however her family has believed that foul play played a possible factor in her disappearance.

The investigation into her case has been a long one with officers describing it as being “extensive and exhausting” while consisting of them doing searches, interviews, forensic testing, reviews of records, and other efforts to try and find out what happened to Crispo. While the case hasn’t officially been classified as a homicide, officers are keeping the investigation open into her death and are asking those with information to come forward and speak with them about the case.

Sources:

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/remains-of-missing-hanson-woman-found-in-plymouth/3945296/?amp=1

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/sandra-crispo-missing-woman-hanson-massachusetts/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/05/human-remains-found-in-plymouth-identified-as-a-woman-who-went-missing-in-2019.html?outputType=amp

https://whdh.com/news/human-remains-found-in-plymouth-identified-as-missing-hanson-mother/

https://www.wcvb.com/article/sandra-crispo-identified-plymouth-remains/71221356

https://charleyproject.org/case/sandra-e-crispo

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/03/daughter-fears-for-mom-who-vanished-from-hanson-home/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/jx6qx9/sandra_crispo_grandmother_who_vanished_into_thin/

On April 17th, 2026 officer’s with the Cleveland Police department were called out to a property in Cleveland, Ohio after skeletal remains were discovered in a trash bag located inside the home. Officers arrived around 12:15 PM on the 17th with them confirming the remains were found during a clean up of the vacant property located on the 3800 block of East 142nd Street. The police announced on April 30th that the remains were identified as belonging to 27 year old Paige Coffey who was reported missing May 17th, 2019 by members of her family to law enforcement after no one had heard from her. A cause and manner of death has not been announced by law enforcement as both are still pending following an autopsy.

The FBI began investigating the case with them finding out Coffey was last seen on May 7th, 2019 on CCTV footage walking with a man she was dating at a Home Depot in Steelyard Commons in Cleveland. In 2020 the reward for information in the case was raised to $5,000 and later to $10,000. Her case was highlighted in 2024 by the Cleveland 19 News station on their show “The Missing” which helps to put a spotlight on cases from the Ohio area. During an interview with Newsnation in 2025 police announced that the former boyfriend of Coffey, Patrick Mason Jr. the last person she was seen with is a person of interest in the case however no arrests have been made as of now. Mason (33) at the time of the interview was being held in a federal prison on federal gun charges since 2024. The FBI and Cleveland Police have asked those with information related to the case to come forward and speak to investigators.

Sources:

https://upnorthlive.com/news/nation-world/paige-coffey-ohio-woman-missing-since-2019-found-dead-in-garbage-bag-during-property-clean-up-cincinnati-investigation-death-incident-surveillance-morbid-clean-up-effort-3800-block-east-142nd-street-mothers-day-call-fbi-assist

https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/04/29/paige-coffey-missing-since-2019-found-dead-cleveland/?outputType=amp

https://people.com/woman-reported-missing-after-failed-call-mothers-day-body-was-found-years-later-vacant-home-11961581

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/paige-coffey-remains-missing-ohio/

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/paige-coffey/amp/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1dv6std/paige\_coffey\_vanished\_without\_a\_trace\_in\_may\_2019/?rdt=59015

https://www.whio.com/news/local/body-woman-missing-since-2019-found-vacant-ohio-home/F2ADQ25BA5E2XDZQKJEOZFOCGQ/?outputType=amp

https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/07/01/where-is-paige-coffey-19-news-series-missing-highlights-unsolved-disappearances/

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/paige-coffey-ohio-missing-person-case-rcna217869

https://charleyproject.org/case/paige-noel-natasia-coffey

On April 29th, 2026 it was announced by Nebraska investigators that suspect William Parrott the man arrested for the August 1990 Houston, Texas double murder of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson has died by suicide while in police custody on April 28th, two days before he was set to be in court to face extradition from Nebraska to Texas in connection with the murders. Parrott was arrested back on March 25th, 2026 by FBI officers in Lincoln, Nebraska following him being identified as a suspect in the case. What led to his arrest and being indicted was DNA discovered at the scene of the murders later being connected to him after being uploaded to a federal database. The DNA connected not only to the double murder but also an unsolved June 1990 assault which had been connected to the murders in 2008 however due to DNA technology being limited an identification wasn’t made till nearly 2 decades later.

It was recently revealed in a press conference following his death that Parrott is also being investigated in connection to an unnamed Louisiana homicide cold case which investigators are working to close with them saying it is connected to him. Alongside the new cold case investigation, multiple surviving victims of Parrott have come forward to law enforcement and the Harris County District Attorney's Office about encounters with him. So far according to police they have spoken with several witnesses and victims with one tip being of an encounter with Parrott coming from someone in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the press conference back in March of 2026 following his arrest Texas investigators discussed Parrott and how he would drive around Houston in a fake cop car. They also released photos of what he would have looked like in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s while being sure that he had more victims that they were not aware of.

Parrott prior to his arrest in March of 2026 he had been known to law enforcement with a history of arrests in the mid 1980s and and 1990’s. The first recorded incident was in May 1988 he was arrested and later put on probation for impersonating a peace officer out of Harris County, Texas. Later that year in December of 1988 he was arrested and this time convicted for carrying a weapon in Harris County. He was arrested for a second time for impersonating a peace officer in May 1990. Another recorded incident was in 1996, when Parrott was listed by Houston Police as a suspect in a sexual assault case. According to the Houston Chronicle, in 2003 he was confronted by law enforcement for using lights and sirens to pull over motorists and 10 years after 2003 he was caught impersonating officers once again, he lived in the Houston till 2024 before moving to Nebraska until his arrest. Despite his death Texas investigators have said they are following up leads in other cases.

Sources:

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/04/28/suspect-in-1990-lovers-lane-murders-dies-in-nebraska-prison-days-after-grand-jury-indictment/

https://abc13.com/amp/post/lovers-lane-murders-suspect-floyd-william-parrott-has-died-nebraska-jail-harris-county-das-office-confirms/18987189/

https://www.1011now.com/2026/04/28/suspect-1990-houston-double-murder-dies-while-awaiting-extradition-lancaster-county-jail-report-says/

https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/suspect-in-notorious-lovers-lane-cold-case-murders-dies-weeks-after-arrest/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/accused-lovers-lane-killer-dies-jail-another-cold-case-comes-knocking-authorities.amp

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/lovers-lane-murders-floyd-william-parrott/285-d3c910af-0b04-4a26-838a-f383b364192f

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/lovers-lane-floyd-parrott-cold-case-22216431.php (paywall)

On April 23rd, 2026 New Jersey State Police announce they had identified the 1979 Salem County John Doe. The case dates back to June 2nd, 1979 when the body of an unidentified male was discovered in the woods in Quinton Township, New Jersey. The body was discovered in a rural wooded area in a shallow grave with a gunshot wound to the head determined to be the cause of death. Early on investigators suspected the victim had been murdered sometime in the winter months of late 1978 or early 1979. The victim’s age was estimated to be between the ages of 16 and 22 years old, alongside the body the victim was found to be wearing white painter’s pants, black Pro‑Keds sneakers, a plaid cotton shirt, and a jacket with a gold‑plated initial “R” on the right pocket flap along with a small gold‑plated cross on the left pocket flap. Investigators were able to recover partial finger prints and dental records however the remains were never identified with state police eventually closing the case without a resolution.

In March of 2023 with no victim identified the NJ State Police reopened the investigation and partnered with the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College in New Jersey which has helped investigators with identifying other unknown victims over the years by using DNA for identification. Through the partnership investigators submitted DNA from the unknown human remains with investigators in April of 2026 finally getting a match after the DNA hit was matched from DNA part of a Family Tree on a genealogy website. The victim was announced in April of 2026 as being Robert Dean Irelan, from Pleasantville, New Jersey and was known to have spent time in Atlantic City, NJ. Investigators are asking those who knew Irelan to come forward and speak with them. State Police is also seeking tips to try and find Irelan’s final movements prior to his murder or any possible leads to the perpetrator behind the murder.

Sources:

https://www.nj.com/salem/2026/04/after-nearly-50-years-police-finally-know-who-was-buried-in-a-shallow-grave-in-south-jersey-woods.html?outputType=amp

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/homicide-victim-identified-nearly-50-214330152.html

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/5umnj.html

https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/nearly-50-years-later-victim-identified-south-jersey-cold-case-killing

https://973espn.com/ixp/564/p/1979-nj-murder-cold-case/

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ramapo-college-robert-dean-irelan-murder-investigation/

https://6abc.com/amp/post/homicide-victim-identified-50-years-remains-were-found-salem-county-new-jersey/18952730/