Cold-Blooded Facts About Unsolved Murders
When a murder is committed, law enforcement does its best to nab the killer. Sometimes, however, the perpetrator is one step ahead, stumping authorities at every turn. Here are 32 stories of people who got away with murder.
Unsolved Murders Facts
32. Jack The Ripper
Some of the most infamous unsolved murders are those of Jack the Ripper, who went on a killing spree in 1888, murdering and mutilating young female prostitutes in the Whitechapel district of London, England. The unknown murderer took the name "
Jack the Ripper" in his letters to the police. He sent George Lusk, the president of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, a box that contained a letter headed "From Hell" and half of a human kidney, preserved in wine.
The ripper's identity remains a mystery to this day.
31. The Freeway Phantom
During the 1970s, multiple African American girls aged 10 to 18 were killed in the DC area, all by strangulation. One of the victims, Brenda Woodward, was forced to dictate a message from the killer where he called himself "The Freeway Phantom."
30. Gary Grant Jr.
It was a teacher's-in-service day in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1984. Seven year old Gary Grant Jr. had the day off of school, and told his mother of a secret appointment he had at 2:30.
He went outside to play in the afternoon and never came back; his body was later found in an abandoned warehouse. The case still has a $15,000 reward for solving the murder.
Many suspects surfaced throughout the years, but no charge has stuck, despite a 911 call in 1986 from a man claiming he was the killer. In the call, the unknown caller asked if he could collect reward money on himself and boasted "
You’re never going to catch me."
