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Brutal Murder Still a Cold Case in St. Louis Sharon Hurley moved to St. Louis, Missouri from the town of Malden, Massachusetts. She worked as a waitress until she was brutally murdered and left at the base of the Poplar Street Bridge that connects the cities of St. Louis and East St. Louis in Illinois on February 24th, 1981. She died a horrible death. She was strangled and also suffered from large gashes on her body, contusions as well as bruises. Her hair was also singed. The twenty-four year white female was tortured before her life ended. Police were notified of her homicide by an anonymous phone call that someone had dumped a body off the bridge. When police recovered her remains, she was found with no clothes on and that she also had been sexually assaulted. At the time of her death she resided at 4111 Russell Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. If you have a tip about this case please contact CrimeStoppers Call Toll Free 1-866-371-TIPS. All calls can be confidential. Help solve this case and other cold cases in St. Louis by visiting this site. Cold Cases in St. Louis

Mystery Surrounds Murder of Brockton Girl Eleven year old Denise Cochrane was last seen on May 23, 1975 leaving her home on Essex Street in Brockton. On April 28, 1976 the youngest child of four siblings was found dead in a transformer casing in a steelyard. She was murdered and had died of external injuries which included a fractured skull. Police believe that the 6th grader was murdered at another site and dumped in the casing. Her murder has been unsolved for around thirty five years and her family still seeks answers and justice. There are also other cases of murdered children in Brockton that have not been solved. It is not known if her murder is related to the others. If you have any information about this case please contact the Brockton Police Department at (508) 941-0200.

Bizarre Clues in Murder of Man in St. Louis 41-year-old Ricky McCormick was found murdered on June 30, 1999 in a field outside of St. Louis, Missouri. He may left clues to who killed him a set of notes that were crypted with a strange code. Can you help?

Who is Blue Tarp John? On December 27, 1998, a white male with the estimated age between 17 to 20 years old was found murdered in a remote area off Bear Creek Road in the San Lorenzo Valley of California. The murder was committed by a woman and two other males were all eventually convicted of the homicide. After his murder, his wallet was stolen and his identification were discarded. His identity is still unknown. It is possible that he may be from Florida. Police think his name might be Eric and he had a girlfriend who drove a Toyota automobile that had white license plates. He was 150 pounds and five foot seven. He had brown hair but it was near shaven on both sides of his face. He also had a five inch pony tail on the back of his head. His pony tail had beads and other assorted material woven into it. His eye color may have also been blue. Upon his death he wore a maroon, turtleneck shirt; as well as blue denim, oversized pants and white socks. If you have any information as to this homicide victim may be, please call the Santa Cruz Sheriff-Coroner at 831-454-3001.

The Mystery of John Doe Number 80 The 1992 LA Riots was caught on national television for the world to see. It started after the acquittal of three white and one hispanic police officer in a criminal trial. A videotape had captured the brutal beating of Rodney King, a black motorist who led police on a high speed chase and resisted arrest in March of 1991. King's two passengers in his car were not abused in any way. What followed after the verdict was nearly a billion dollars in damage. Over two thousand injuries and 53 homicides, 22 of which are still unsolved today. One that still puzzles police is that of a possible 35 year old white male named John Doe 80. He stood just under 5 feet tall and weighed 117 pounds. His body was found May 2, 1992 in a Pep Boys on S. Vermont Avenue that had been gutted by a fire during the riots. He had suffered a fractured skull and had succumbed to smoke inhalation. Police believe that he may have been punched and knocked unconscious. His remains were charred but it is known that he had brown hair. He also had all of his teeth that had no fillings as well as two that were peg shaped. If you have any information about who this victim might be please contact the Los Angeles County Coroners Office at 323-343-0512. For information about other unsolved murders during the LA Riots, please visit http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/29/for-22-murder-victims-la-riots-leave-legacy-justice-eluded/ If you have information about who may have killed John Doe 80 please contact the Los Angeles Police Department at their anonymous tip line at 1-877-LAPD 24-7 (1-877-527-3247).

What Happened To American College Student Skye Lynn Budnick loved Japanese culture. She was student at Central Connecticut State University and from the town of Southington. On April 1, 2008, the twenty-one year old took a one way flight to the Hokkaido island of Japan and has not been heard from since. Japanese Authorities believe that she may have been headed to the city of Sapporo. Her family is concerned because Skye has suffered from depression and had stated in the past her willingness to commit suicide in Japan. Years later, her family does not know where she is. She may have killed herself, met with foul play or started a new life. Her family misses her and wants answers. If you have information about the whereabouts of Skye Lynn Budnick please contact the US Consulate in Sapporo Japan at 011-641-1115.

Slaying of Police Officer Unsolved Three Decades Later Alfred Johnson had been an police officer with the city of Atlanta for six years. To help make ends meet, he worked as a security guard at the Big Buy Food Store on Flat Shoals Avenue. On February 16, 1980 he tried to stop two armed and masked men from committing an armed robbery. While he struggled with one of the robbers he sustained a gunshot wound to his torso. When he fell to the ground the other robber shot him as well. Johnson would die from his wounds and the robbers made off with money and food stamps. The robbers were never caught nor identified. Officer Johnson had served prior in the Vietnam War as a US Marine. HE left behind two young daughters and a wife. The store he was murdered at is now closed. The location is south of Metropolitan Avenue in Atlanta. There is a $35,000 reward for information that will lead to an arrest in this case. If you have any information about this case please call the Atlanta Detective Bureau at 404) 546-4236. Your call can be confidential.

Woman Dies from Illegal Abortion. Who was She? On March 18, 1967 an unidentified white female was found in the town of Bear, Delaware. She had been placed in a white cloth Laundry bag that had the following on it; Bag O - Storage. American Laundry. Dry Cleaning. EX4 5277. The location of where she was found was at CR 400, Porter Road, which is 3 tenths of a mile east of Route 896. Victim had brown eyes, dark brown hair, was 5'5, and weighed 115 pounds. Her teeth were well maintained and she had a vaccination scar on front of the left thigh. It is believe she had died hours earlier from an illegal abortion. She was three months pregnant at the time and was anywhere between the ages of sixteen and twenty five years old. For more information about this case visit the Doe Network at http://doenetwork.org/cases/743ufde.html . Or for post-mortem photos (CAUTION- GRAPHIC) visit https://identifyus.org/cases/7097 If you know who this woman may be, please contact the Delaware State Medical Examiners Office at 302-577-3420. You can remain anonymous.