This was later ignored and a murder investigation went underway, but no one was ever found accountable. The crime lab initially alleged that the boys died from effects of smoking too much marijuana. On Sunday, August 23, 1987, at around 4:00 a.m., the bodies of teens Kevin Ives and Don Henry were spotted by the crew of a Union Pacific locomotive near Crooked Creek trestle in Arkansas. Arkansas Don Henry and Kevin Ives ( Personal Photos) Her father died in 1994, and he nor anyone else was ever charged with killing Mindi. A body matching Mindi’s description was found in a wooded area near a highway. Three before she went missing, Mindi went to police with allegations that her father molested her in 1982. Her father was a suspect in the murder but was never charged. Mindi was only two years old when her mother was found murdered in a bathtub. Mindi Chambers lived a tragic life and died an equally tragic death. 36 years later, no one has been convicted of committing this mass murder. What they didn’t expect was a gunman shot eight members on board and returned the next day to set the boat – and the evidence – on fire. In a fishing village in Southeast Alaska, a family and its crew members were enjoying what they probably thought was just an ordinary day on their boat in 1982. Alaska Craig, Alaska where the murders took place. A mechanic, Johnny William Barrentine, was charged with the crime but was cleared after his DNA did not match any DNA found at the crime scene. When searching the car, the police found the two girls dead inside the drunk, who were both shot in the head. The police later found their car, which didn’t appear to have sustained any damage. This was the last time anybody heard from them.
Tracie called her mother from a payphone, telling her mother that they got lost. Hilton Green Beasley and Tracie Jean Hawlett, both 17 years old, were on their way to a party. Police have asked anyone who knows anything about the crimes to call 80.NatalieMaynor Alabama Tracie Jean Hawlett and “J.B.” Beasley ( Personal Photos)
"I think she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." "The thought that somebody would want to hurt her wouldn't even cross her mind." Jennifer liked to play guitar and sing, he said.Įsson said he didn't think his daughter was killed by a serial killer. Their bodies were found in a wooded area.Įsson said his daughter was outgoing and "extremely bright," helping her mother with her homework for college courses. The two girls had their own tent and were last seen near Beverly Beach State Park May 3, 1992, talking on a pay phone, said Bovett. Swanson and Sanders, two friends, had gone on a weeklong camping trip with Sanders' family. "DNA testing has changed, people have grown older and relationships have changed. He also said he hoped someone would come forward to give police information about the cases. Their remains were too decomposed to determine how they died.ĭisney's skull was found in 1994, 10 years after she disappeared, in an abandoned car near Big Creek Reservoir, just outside the city.īovett said investigators planned to retest DNA evidence, hoping that advances in DNA technology will lead to a break in the cases. Swanson's and Sanders' bodies were found about five months after they disappeared. The cause of death of the other girls - Kelly Disney, 17 Swanson, 19 and Sanders, 17 - has never been determined. Cause of Death for Three Girls Undetermined In a fifth case, another girl disappeared after she was last seen walking alone at night east of the city.īovett said his team is focusing on the Esson and Leas cases, the most recent murders, which have the best physical evidence. Their bodies were later found in wooded areas. Esson, Leas and two other girls, Sheila Swanson and Melissa Sanders, were all last seen near Highway 101 north of Newport. The only thing that connects them is the basic facts - we've got teenage girls disappearing in the middle of the night."Īll the victims were teenage girls who disappeared late at night or early in the morning. "We don't have any direct evidence of a connection yet. "I don't know that we can say that we even think it's the work of a serial killer," he said. But he pointed to some obvious similarities in the cases. Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett said that investigators have no hard evidence that all five girls were victims of the same killer, and do not have a suspect in mind. And see the guy who did it get punished," Esson said. It was unclear why the murders stopped after 1995. Police believe the killings, which took place during an 11 year period between 19, may be connected.
Earlier this year, investigators in Newport, Ore., reopened the unsolved murders, along with three other cases of teenage girls who were killed near the town in the last 25 years. "It was like a kick in the gut," said Floyd Esson.
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