The Cold Case Collective

On an ordinary August morning in 2001, an eleven-year-old girl walked out her front door to play in her Alabama neighborhood — the way she had a hundred times before. She never came home. Two months later, hunters would find what was left of her in the woods fifteen miles away. Her name was Shannon Paulk. And more than two decades later, no one has answered for what happened to her.
 
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If you have any information, please contact Prattville Police Department 334-595-0256, the Secret Witness Line at 334-595-0259 or Alabama Bureau of Investigation hotline 800-392-8011. You may also send an anonymous tip via text message to tip411 (847411) using the keyword “PRATTPD” followed by your message or by following the link below.
 
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In the early hours of May 1960, a metal box containing 25-30 sticks of dynamite exploded under the bedroom of Jethro and Mattie Green. Jethro was thrown from his bed into the yard, suffering minor injuries; their 17-month-old son, who was also in the room, was injured. Mattie Green did not survive. Sixty-six years later and we still don’t know who placed this bomb and why?
 
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October 13, 1989. Warren, Indiana. Eighteen-year-old Sheri Herr was home alone in the quiet rural community where she had grown up. By the end of the day, she would be found brutally murdered inside her family's home. More than three decades later, no arrests have been made, no motive has been publicly established, and one question still haunts investigators and those who loved her: Who killed Sheri Herr?
 
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Have Information?
Call Indiana State Police at (260) 432-8661 or (800) 552-0976
 
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This is the tragic story of Kelvin McDuffie, a 25-year-old University of Georgia student who was shot to death in a rural part of Athens-Clarke County. He had risen to Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserves, was pursuing a college degree, had plans to open a restaurant in his hometown of Elberton, and a girlfriend he planned to marry and make a home with. What went wrong?
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Call the Athens-Clarke County Police Department at (706) 613-3330 or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI Region 11 Athens Office) at (706) 552-2309
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Just weeks before her 18th birthday, the vibrant, energetic, and loved Maggie Long did something that should have been routine and safe. She went home. On December 1st, 2017, Maggie Long walked into her home in Bailey, Colorado, to make a brief stop, not knowing it would be her last. Maggie was assaulted in the sanctuary of her own home and then set on fire. Who did this heinous thing to a beautiful young woman? Maybe you are the one who can identify the suspects.
 
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Have Information?Official Tip Line: (303) 239-4243
Official Email: maggie.long.tips@state.co.usFBI Denver: 800-call-FBISubmit tips online: fbi.gov/tips
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Jason Nam was 31 years old. He lived in Honolulu, Hawaii. On March 10th, 2006, he was washing his car outside his apartment building in Makiki. In broad daylight, three masked men approached him. Moments later… he was shot. The suspects fled in a stolen car that was later burned. And Jason Nam was gone. No arrests. No clear motive. Just questions that have never been answered.
 
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Please contact CrimeStoppers at (808) 955-8300 or click HERE to send an email.
 
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It was the summer of 1973, and 20 year old Donna Lemon was making the most of it like any true Montanan before the snow starts to fall again in just a few short months. The eldest of two daughters with an avid outdoorsman for a father, Donna was very active. She rock climbed with her father and went fishing, camping, skiing, sledding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and horseback riding. She had just attended the Ennis Rodeo on the 3rd and the 4th of July, and was supposed to meet with a friend at 4pm on the 5th to go horseback riding. She never arrived at her friend’s house. Her friend rang the alarm bell instantly and drove around looking for her, to no avail. Two days later, her green 1969 Ford Mustang would be spotted in a parking lot in Idaho Falls. Two days after that, her body would be discovered in the grass on the bank of the Snake River, approximately 1.5 miles from where her car was left.  Family, friends, and officials all believed it had to be someone she knew. Over fifty years have passed since the tragic death of Donna Lemon and the question of who and why still linger. Do you have a piece of the puzzle?
 
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Have Information?
Please contact the Bonneville County Sheriff at 208-529-1375 or 
Idaho's Cold Case Tip Line - 1-844-847-4040.
 
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It wasn’t residual Christmas carols that 11-year-old Mikelle Biggs was hoping to hear on the evening of January 2nd, 1999, as she rode her younger sister’s new bike. It was the sound of the ice cream truck she was hoping for when she stayed out after her friends and sister started for home. In the time it took for her sister to go inside and come back out looking for her, approximately 90 seconds, Mikelle disappeared. There is a suspect, but he has never confessed to what happened to Mikelle. This is the story of the vanishing of Mikelle. 
 
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Have Information?Call the Mesa Police Department: (480) 644-4048
 
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August 24, 2004. For most people in Waterbury, Connecticut, it was an ordinary summer day. But for the Smolinski family, it marked the beginning of a nightmare that has never ended. Thirty-one-year-old Billy Smolinski was making plans for the future. He was working, spending time with friends and family, and navigating changes in his personal life. According to those closest to him, he wasn't a man preparing to disappear. Yet sometime after telling a neighbor he would be away for a few days to check out a car he wanted to buy, Billy vanished without a trace. His truck was left behind. His wallet was left behind. His keys were left behind. Even his dog, Harley, whom he asked someone to watch, was never picked up. As the days passed, Billy's family became convinced that something terrible had happened. Investigators would eventually come to believe the same thing. Over the years, authorities searched forests, rivers, quarries, and remote properties. Witnesses were interviewed. Tips were chased across Connecticut. Potential suspects were scrutinized. New leads surfaced, only to lead investigators back to the same haunting question. What happened to Billy Smolinski? And how can a man seemingly vanish into thin air, leaving behind almost everything he owned? In this episode, we'll examine Billy's final known movements, the evidence investigators uncovered, the people who became central figures in the investigation, and the unanswered questions that continue to surround one of Connecticut's most enduring mysteries. This is the disappearance of William "Billy" Smolinski Jr.
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Have Information?Call the Waterbury Police Department at 203-574-6941 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 203-755-1234.
 
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One night, three generations, the trajectory of three lives unequivocally altered. In the early hours of June 24th, 2024, in Phenix City, Alabama, a 6-month-old child went missing, his mother died of an overdose, and was discovered in a house that had been burned down a few hours later, and his grandmother has since been charged with manslaughter in the death of her daughter. Hanna Brooke Fretwell’s life was lost that day; her mother is sitting in jail for contributing to her death, and her son, Josiah James Reed, went missing. Do you know what happened to baby Josiah?
 
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Have Information?If you have information concerning this case, please contact:
Phenix City Police - (334) 448-2800
 
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