There have been many unsolved murders throughout history that remained a mystery to this day. The thought of a person being able to take another person’s life and get away with it is chilling and haunts the soul. The murder mysteries on this list are some of the most brutal killings in history and have still yet to be solved. What are the most famous unsolved murder cases? This list has them all.
In some of these unsolved murder cases, a person was charged with the crime only to be acquitted at a later date due to a lack of evidence. In other cases, no suspects were ever connected with the murders, and in a few cases, even the victim could not be identified.
Some of the people on this list live on in laws associated with murder victims, put in place to prevent similar cases occurring. the AMBER Alert was created after the death of one of the victims on this list and assists family members in locating a lost child that has gone missing.
This list features the most famous unsolved murders from all over the world and features unique information about each victim and any suspects that were named.
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Amber Hagerman
Amber Rene Hagerman was nine-years-old when she was abducted and murdered while riding her bike close to her grandparents' home in Arlington, Texas on January 13, 1996. No suspects were ever identified. Police responded to the area after an anonymous 911 call, claiming that a child was screaming and a man in a truck was kidnapping her.
Four days after her abduction, Amber’s body was found naked in a creek bed near an apartment complex. Her throat had been cut. While Amber’s killer has yet to be caught, her legacy remains as her abduction and murder led to the development of the AMBER Alert system.
Bob Crane
Bob Crane played Colonel Robert H. Hogan in the television show "Hogan’s Heroes." His body was discovered in his apartment in 1979 after he had been bludgeoned to death and found with an electrical cord tied around his neck. The murder weapon was never found, but police suspected a camera tripod was used. A friend of Crane’s was named a suspect after blood was found in his car matching Crane’s blood type, however, DNA testing was not available at the time so no charges were ever made.
The case was reopened in 1990 but the testing was inconclusive. A detective found a picture that he concluded was brain tissue found in the friend’s car and arrested the friend. A judge later ruled that there was insufficient evidence to bring a conviction and Crane’s death remains unsolved.
Georgette Bauerdorf
Georgette Bauerdorf, a well-known heiress to an oil fortune, was 20 years old when she was murdered. It is believed that a man was waiting for her to leave her workplace and attack her. Police found fingerprints on a light bulb the man unscrewed outside her apartment building. Her body was discovered face down in a bathtub after being strangled and none of her valuables were taken. However, there was insufficient evidence to ever convict anyone of the crime.
Boy in the Box
The Boy in the Box was a murder victim who was found in 1957 in a cardboard box. The boy was probably between 4 and 6 years old. His body was found in Philadelphia after two different people stumbled across the box. Both waited to report the incident until the day after the discovery.
No one was ever charged with involvement in the murder and the boy's identity has never been discovered.
The Grimes sisters
Barbara and Patricia Grimes were sisters who lived in Chicago, Illinois. They were ages 13 and 15 when they disappeared in 1956 after leaving to watch a movie. The search and rescue team was the biggest search in the history of the state of Chicago. Their bodies were found in 1957, both were naked and one of the sisters had been molested before her death. No one was ever declared a suspect.
Betsy Aardsma
Betsy Aardsma was a 22-year-old student pursuing an English degree from Penn State. On November 28, 1969, while studying in the library, she was stabbed once in the heart9 Two men shouted that she had been stabbed and asked for help but immediately ran out of the building. They were never found or identified.
Andrew and Abby Borden
Andrew and Abby Borden are not as well known as the name of their suspected killer - their daughter, Lizzie Borden. On August 4, 1892 Andrew and Abby were found brutally murdered in their home. Lizzie claimed that she came home and found both of her parents dead. However, suspicion fell on Lizzie after it was discovered that she had purchased poison. She was eventually acquitted of all charges, though she was treated as an outcast for the rest of her life. She died in 1927 and no other suspects were charged.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia refers to Elizabeth Short, who was murdered in 1947. Her body was discovered in a park in Los Angeles and her death has been publicized repeatedly, mostly because of how particularly gruesome the murder was. Her body was found mutilated and sliced in half at the waist. She had been completely drained of blood and the corners of her mouth had slashes all the way up to her ears.
Several suspects were named but no one was ever convicted. Many people came forward claiming to be the killers but it was considered hype that drove them to take credit.
The Axeman of New Orleans
The Axeman of New Orleans was a well-known serial killer who broke into several homes by breaking down his victims' doors with an axe. The murders took place between 1918 and 1919 and no evidence was ever strong enough to arrest anyone. The axeman taunted the city with his crimes, even writing letters to local newspapers in which he claimed to be a demon from hell. Twelve identified victims were found.
A rumor was spread that perhaps the serial killer was a man named Joseph Momfre, and Momfre was eventually murdered by the widow of one of the victims. There is little evidence supporting Momfre as the actual killer.
The Hall-Mills Murder
The bodies of Reverend Edward Wheeler Hall and Eleanor Mills were discovered in 1922 in a New Brunswick apple orchard. Mills had been repeatedly shot and her throat was slashed, Hall had been shot once in the head. Explicit love letters the two had written to each other were found on top of their bodies, suggesting that their love affair was the motivation for their murders.
The crime scene was improperly treated by police and no autopsies were performed. Family members were named suspects and Hall’s brother-in-law’s fingerprints were identified four years later. All were acquitted of any charges.