It was early Saturday morning on August 20, 1994 when 24 year old Richard Riccio and a group of his friends were walking on the Tomlinson Bridge on Forbes Avenue near Waterfront Street. Riccio was struck and killed by a vehicle described as being white, gray, or light-colored. It was a small to midsize car, possibly of Japanese make, maybe a newer model. Witnesss acounts state that the car was driven by a male with a possible female passenger in it. It is believed that the vehicle sustained damage to the front end and hood area, the front grille, and a smashed front window. The car was last seen driving from Styles Street over the Q Bridge, off Interstate-95 into the James Street area. The State of Connecticut has authorized a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this for this crime. If you have information you may contact the New Haven Police at 203-946-6304.

On June 22, 1977, eight year old Renee Freer left her home on Williams Drive in Monroe at 6pm that evening to visit a friend whose house was just up the street. When she didn't return, a relative started to look for her. Not finding her, the relative called the police at 9:15 pm. Her lifeless body was found at 10:12pm that evening about 300 yards from her house near Hattertown Road. The young girl from Monroe, CT had been bludgeoned to death. Her skull was bludgeoned and a large stone was found nearby. She had last been seen wearing a blouse and shorts. When her body was discovered the collar of the blouse was found slightly torn. To this date, no one has been charged with this horrendous crime. There is a 50,000 dollar reward being offered in this criminal case. If you have any information about this brutal crime, please call Detective Heim at the Monroe Police Department at 203-261-3622.

It was revealed later that the lead investigator of the Pellicci murder case was on the payroll of a New York Mafia family. He died before he was convicted of various criminal charges. It is not known if the deceased detective had anything to do with this case not being solved. There are two suspects in this homicide, one has since died. If you have any information about this cold case, please call the Stamford Police Department at 203-977-4417. There is a monetary reward.

At 10pm on the Saturday evening of April 15th 2000, Dean Meade was standing with two friends outside his home in the North End of Hartford. Meade and his friends had just returned from New York City that night. Two men walked up to his house at 65 Woodstock Street and pointed a handgun at Meade and forced the three of them inside. One of Meade's friends was tied up with duct tape and blindfolded. The intruders kept on asking Meade ``Where is the money? When Meade did not produce any money he was shot several times in the chest and abdomen. The 29 year old was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. Meade had been a drug dealer but the father of five had been in the process of turning his life around. To this date, his murderers still have not been brought to justice. If you any information about this crime please contact the Hartford Police Department at 860-543-8720.

On Nov. 26, 1980 someone got away with murder. That night around 11:30pm 54 year old Paul Harris said goodbye to his wife and planned to drive to his late shift job at Pratt & Whitney. As a Foreman, he was responsible for disciplining workers and even firing them. In the months preceding his death, he had his car vandalized. That cold night in November, he was ambushed as he was getting into his car and hit several times with a blunt instrument that was never identified. He most likely died after the first couple of blows and his pockets were searched, his Pratt & Whitney watch stolen and his 1967 Buick station wagon had been driven by the killer and abandoned a quarter of a mile away near a Route 2 underpass. Police believe that the killer waited for Harris at his Neipsic Road home in Glastonbury and carefully planned this crime. It is likely that Harris most likely knew his killer. Several suspects were looked at but one in particular, an individual that was fired by the murdered foreman.

If you have any information on the murder of Paul Harris, please contact the Glastonbury Police Department at (860) 633-8301.

St. Patricks Day of 1982 the partially naked body of Leslie St. Laurent was found off of an embankment on Route 2 in Glastonbury. She was found strangled near the Wassuc Road Exit, nearly three weeks after she had been reported missing. It is possible that she was murdered the day she went missing due to her being found in the same clothes she had last been seen in. Police do not believe that robbery or sexual assault were the reason for her homicide. However, an ex-boyfriend has been a person of interest in this case. The same person who has also been looked at for the murder of Paul Harris. If you have any information about this case please call the Connecticut State Police at 860-685-8190.

On December 23, 1982, 15 year old Sherry Miller and her brother in law were walking along Route 101 in the town of Dayville, just miles from the Rhode Island border. Just before 9PM that night, She was fatally hit by an older model dark-colored pick-up-truck. The vehicle was described as having damage to the right front side it was also missing a mirror and a radio antennae. It has been 25 years since this hit and run driver has eluded justice and her family desperately wants to find the individual(s) responsible for her untimely death. If you have any information, please call the State Police at Troop D at 860-779-3900.

Sometime during the late hours of June 21, 2000 or early morning hours of June 22, 2000 Sherryann Harris was murdered. While the 27 year old mother was being killed her four young children were upstairs in their home at 9 Wyllis Street. They ranged in age from six-months to nine years old. Sherryann's nude and bloody body was found outside her home in the bushes by a passing neighbor. There is a 30,000 dollar reward for information leading to the capture of her killer(s). If you have any information about the murder of Sherryann Harris please call East Hartford Police Detective Erik Hanson at 860-291-7542 or via email at ehansen@ci.east-hartford.ct.us.

September 20, 1986, Virginia Duclos Bruce was brutally murdered in Hamden, Connecticut. She was left dead in a trash receptacle off of Morse Street repeatedly stabbed. The then 28 year old mother of two had been seen hours earlier in the Highwood Bar and Grill not far from where she was found deceased. The State of Connecticut is offering a twenty thousand dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of those guilty of her murder. If you have any information please contact the Hamden Police Department at (203)230-4000.

Terrance Driffin was only 23 years old when his life was stolen from him. He had been on his way to visit his girlfriend when he was gunned down at 365 Shelton Avenue on May 5, 2007. His murder was the first of 11 that year in the city. Law Enforcement has run into problems with his case because people have not come forward with vital information. Driffin’s uncle is Ron Smith, the City Clerk of New Haven. Sadly this is not the first time, Smith has lost a family member to violence. He had a nephew and sister also die from gun violence. Someone knows what happened to Driffin and there is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for his murder.

If you have any information about the murder of Terrance Driffin please call the New Haven Police Department at (203) 946-6304 or (866) 888-TIPS. All calls can be confidential.

Anne Marie Caro had just turned 37 years old when a relative found her murdered in her home on Stafford Avenue in Mansfield. It was August 28th of 2005, and the former middle school teacher and mother of two school aged boys was last known to have returned from her job at a Home Depot in Manchester. The police have not named any suspects and it was determined that she had been strangled. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the state police at 860-886-6603. There is a fifty thousand dollar reward leading to information that will assist in the arrest and conviction of her murderer(s). All correspondence can remain confidential.

Aug. 20, 1984, that was the last time anyone had ever heard from then 38-year-old Mary Badaracco. According to her husband Dominic, she had abruptly left their home in Sherman. He claimed she took a hundred thousand dollars in cash and assorted goods. Her personal belongings were gone with only her wedding ring and car keys left behind on the kitchen counter. One other unusual item was that the windshield of her car had been smashed. It's been over twenty years and the whereabouts of this mother of two are still unknown. It is known that a relative of Dominic Badaracco had ties to criminal activity and law enforcement has looked into this. However, there have been no arrests in this case and Mary Badaracco's husband has stated that he had nothing to do with her disappearance. There is a $50,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance and/or homicide. You can also visit a website by one of her daughters, by clicking here. Additional information can also be view by clicking on this link at the Doe Network. For a video about this story on WVIT Channel 30 News Click here.

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Fifty-one year old Mark Lewis had been no stranger to the state of Connecticut. For three years he lived in the comfortable suburb of Simsbury until he moved to Ohio in 1997. In September of 1999, during a three day business trip in Hartford, he took a late night stroll from the Sheraton Hotel at which he was staying. As he walked on Albany Avenue, an area known for drug sales and criminal activity, he got into a confrontation with a man and a woman near the corner of Chestnut Street. There was an escalation leading to Lewis being punched in the shoulder and falling to the sidewalk. He suffered a fatal brain hemmorhage shortly after hitting the ground. When paramedics found Lewis, his wallet and other valuables were still intact possibly ruling out robbery as a motive. A $35,000 dollar reward is being offered for the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this crime. It's been over two years and his wife and two children want to see justice for their husband and father. If you any information about this crime please contact the Hartford Police Department at 860-543-8720.

When Victor Gerena was in high school, his friends always felt that he would go places and do great things. After failing out of college, Gerena took a different path. He got involved with a radical Puerto Rican independence terrorist group, "Los Macheteros". With their assistance on September 12, 1983, He committed what was the biggest ever cash robbery in the history of the United States. Armed with a gun, he tied up two co-workers and stole 7.1 million dollars from the Wells Fargo Security Depot in West Hartford. Since that night, he has not been seen in the United States. Gerena has been a top ten fugitive of the FBI for many years. It is believed that he could possibly be residing in Cuba.

If you have any information about the whereabouts of Victor Gerena, please contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation. To get more information about Victor Gerena click on FBI's 10 Most Wanted.

Several Murders of Woman From The Bridgeport Area Still Remain Unsolved

On December 5th of 1984, the naked body of 31 year old Denise Brady was found in Ninety Acres Park in Bridgeport. The park is located between Madison and Park Avenues. Her body was found in tall grass by two police officers who were at the time looking for stolen cars. Brady had a troubled past and had several brushes with the law due to her involvement with prostitution. If you have any information about Denise Brady's murder please contact the Bridgeport Police at 203-581-5100.

On May 15th, 1985 an unidentified black woman was found partially dismembered and on fire. The victim was found in a wooded area off of the westbound shoulder of I-95, near the Sasco Creek overpass in the town of Westport. She had been wearing blue or black jeans, a heavy wool sweater which was possible white or off white in color. Also in her possession was a plain gold chain worn around her neck. If you have any information you are asked to call the State Police at 1-800-575-6330.

On January 13, 1986, the body of Pamela Jerome Pepper was found partially buried in the snow on property belonging to the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company off of Valley Road in the town of Redding. Ms. Pepper was in her forties and blonde (see sketch). She was found wearing a dark colored wool blend coat, a tan turtle neck shirt with brown and maroon stripes, a pair of tan corduroy pants and brown leather boots. She had been last seen alive in Downtown Bridgeport on November 25, 1985. There is a 20,000 dollar reward for information leading to the conviction of her murderers. Contact information is State Police Western Crime District at 800-376-1554.

On June 5, 1993, the severely burned body of a black female was found in a vacant lot at Lafayette Street and Railroad Avenue. She was estimated to be between five foot one and five foot four and the ages of 25 to 35. Because of the damage to her body the composite sketch pictured here may not be accurate. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Bridgeport Police Department at 203-581-5100.

January 2, 1988 was a cold, bitter day and while many people were busy recuperating from celebrating the New Year, a horrible death had just occurred. While walking along a wooden path in the southern part of Meriden, a woman thought she saw a little doll wrapped in pink and white blankets nestled against a tree in an empty company parking lot. As the woman approached closer she made the startingly discovery that it was a dead 7 1/2 pound blue eyed, blonde haired boy. The newly born infant had died from the extreme cold in a few short hours. The boy was given the name, David Paul by a pastor at a local church. The name means beloved little man. It's been almost twenty years, since David Paul's lifeless body was found. It is suspected that he was abandoned by a female (most likely his mother) and police are looking to find her. There is a 20,000 dollar reward being offered in this case. If you have any information about the death and abandonment of David Paul, please call the Meriden Police Department at 203-634-3784.