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We're back with updates on the case of Derek "Ritzy" Ritz, which we first discussed on the show in October of 2021. Ritzy has been missing for over six years, yet the local police department isn't giving his case any attention. Ritzy deserves justice, and in order to get it, his case demands more attention from the police, and more witness testimony.
On December 24, 1945, George and Jennie Sodder and 9 of their 10 children, their eldest son in the army, went to sleep. At around 1am, a fire broke out and George and Jennie, along with four of their children escaped, but the other five were never seen again.
On December 1, 1948, a dead man was found slumped against a wall on Australia’s Somerton Beach. The man was allegedly well dressed, wearing a full suit and polished shoes, with no signs of trauma, and his identity and cause of death remained unknown to police.
The tiny town of Texarkana, which straddles the state line separating Texas from Arkansas, was tormented by a string of violent attacks in the 1940s. A mysterious assailant dubbed 'The Phantom Slayer' preyed upon young couples parked on lovers' lanes, leaving an indelible mark on Texarkana as one of the earliest unsolved serial killer cases in America.
Jack the Ripper was a serial killer from the late 1800’s that has never been identified. He was known for having murdered and mutilating at least five women in the east end of London, also known as the Whitechapel Murders.
On January 15, 1947 an aspiring actress by the name of Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles.
Three and Four years ago respectively, sisters Jade Wagon and Jocelyn Watt were found murdered. Their mother, Nicole Wagon became an unexpected activist and advocate for MMIWG2S after losing her daughters. Nicole found out first hand how frustrating it can be to deal with authorities during the investigation of the disappearance or unsolved murder of an indigenous woman as she fought for answers and justice for Jocelyn and Jade.
In 1969, Dennis Martin vanished while on an overnight trip in the Smoky Mountains. While on a hike, the six-year-old hid behind a tree to pull a prank on his father. However, he disappeared, and despite searches, the case remains unsolved to this day.
New York police are currently searching for a woman who attempted kidnapping in public on Monday. The victim, a five-year-old boy, was with his parents on the street when the woman attempted to kidnap him. Police are still searching for the woman in question.
Early Valentine’s Day morning in 2000, Asha Degree’s parents discovered that the nine-year-old girl was no longer sleeping in her bed. She had taken her backpack and other items, which would not be discovered for years. The case remains unsolved to this day.
In May 1979, Etan Patz, then six years old, left his parent’s apartment in Soho, Manhattan. He never returned home, and it would be decades before Patz’s case would be solved. The notoriety of his disappearance, however, would label him as one of the first “milk carton kids.”
In Portland, Oregon 1971, a man going by the name of Dan Cooper bought a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines Flight #305 at the airport. During the flight, Cooper explained to the stewardess that he had a bomb in his briefcase. Cooper escaped the plane with about 200,000 dollars in ransom money, and his disappearance remains unsolved to this day.
One year after buying their first home together, Keith and Elaine Dardeen decided it was time to move from Ina, IL. With a population of under 500, Ina had a surprisingly violent history, and they dreamed of moving their growing family to a community that felt safer. Unfortunately the family wouldn't make it out of Ina alive. 35 years ago today, were the victims of a gruesome multiple murder.
A man called the police after his dog returned carrying what appeared to be a severed arm over the weekend. Police traced the rest of the body minus the victim’s head to an abandoned house. As of now, the victim has not been identified.
32-year-old indigenous actress Misty Upham disappeared from her family home in Auburn 8 years ago this week. After a lifelong struggle with mental health issues and navigating a very broken system, the system failed Misty one last time when she was found dead and the medical examiner's report listed her cause of death as undetermined.
In the Oscoda community of eastern Michigan, 1969, high school students Patricia Spencer and Pamela Hobley were seen together at school on Halloween Day, the day they disappeared. After over fifty years, their disappearance has never been solved.
In Philadelphia, February 1957, a college student came across a box discarded in the woods, which held the body of a malnourished boy between the age of three and seven. The cause of death appeared to be blows to the head. While several major theories have been developed as to who the boy was and what happened to him, his case remains unsolved after over sixty years.
The bombing occurred on September 16th, 1920, and would kill 38 people and injure hundreds more. Though suspicions of anarchist or communist terrorism ran wild, nobody was ever convicted, and nobody ever confessed.
The body discovered inside a submerged car has been confirmed to be the body of Kiely Rodni, the sixteen-year-old who went missing on August 6th. On Sunday, August 21st, authorities located a car submerged in a reservoir near Prosser Family Campground, close to where Rodni was last seen. An autopsy was performed, and the body was confirmed to be Rodni, according to CNN.
To this day, Marvin Clark’s disappearance remains the oldest missing person case in the United States.
