Unsolved Murder Mysteries
Sometimes an act as heinous as a murder remains under wraps for weeks, months or years. But after each passing decade, the case gets older and is deemed as unsolved. Throughout history, there are numerous unsolved murder mysteries. But we bring to you some of the goriest, oldest and infamous murder mysteries of all times.
3. Heinterkaifeck Murders: Six inhabitants of Heinterkaifeck farmstead were brutally murdered with a pickaxe on March 31,1922. Their bodies were found four days later when suspicion grew stronger as the inhabitants were not seen for a while. Maria Baumgartner, one of the victims, was a new maid who had arrived the same day at the farm. What makes this case more spooky than any others is the fact that strange incidents were observed before the murders. Six months prior to the murders, the old family maid quit claiming that she heard sounds & believed the house to be haunted. Andreas Gruber, owner of the house found a newspaper from Munich at his property which he did not remember buying and was neither subscribed by anyone in the vicinity. Few days prior to the murders Gruber reported neighbours that he found tracks in the snow leading to his farm but not leading back. One of his house keys also went missing. The family reportedly had seen a man with a moustache around their property. A lot of suspects were named but the case remains unsolved till date.
1. The Gatton Murders: Michael Murphy(28), Norah Murphy (27) & Ellen Murphy(18) were three siblings who had left home to attend a dance in the town hall which had been cancelled. But when they did not return until the next morning, their mother Mrs Murphy got worried and asked their son-in-law Willian M'Neill to look out for them. He found their bodies 1.9 km from Gatton. Their legs were arranged with feet pointing westwards & both women having their hands tied with handkerchiefs. Several people including family members have been suspects but no one was charged with the murders & it remains unsolved to this date.
Site of The Gatton Murders
2. The Borden Murders: On August 4 1892, Andrew Jackson Borden & his wife Abby Durfee Borden were found in a pool of blood at their family house in Fall River Massachusetts. Both were hit multiple times with a hatchet. Andrew Borden was hit so ruthlessly that the hatchet not only broke his skull but also split his left eyeball. His daughter Lizzie Borden was later arrested & charged for the murders but was acquitted by the jury the following year. The Borden murders still remain unsolved.
Lizzie Borden
3. Heinterkaifeck Murders: Six inhabitants of Heinterkaifeck farmstead were brutally murdered with a pickaxe on March 31,1922. Their bodies were found four days later when suspicion grew stronger as the inhabitants were not seen for a while. Maria Baumgartner, one of the victims, was a new maid who had arrived the same day at the farm. What makes this case more spooky than any others is the fact that strange incidents were observed before the murders. Six months prior to the murders, the old family maid quit claiming that she heard sounds & believed the house to be haunted. Andreas Gruber, owner of the house found a newspaper from Munich at his property which he did not remember buying and was neither subscribed by anyone in the vicinity. Few days prior to the murders Gruber reported neighbours that he found tracks in the snow leading to his farm but not leading back. One of his house keys also went missing. The family reportedly had seen a man with a moustache around their property. A lot of suspects were named but the case remains unsolved till date.
Heinterkaifeck farmstead
4. The Boy In The Box: On February 25, 1957, the body of a boy between the ages 4 to 5 was found naked wrapped in a blanket in a cardboard box. His body had a number of surgical scars and his hair was chopped most likely after his murder. The body appeared to be severely malnourished. To this day, even after approximately 62 years, the identity of the boy & his killer remains unknown.
File photo of "America's unknown child"
5. The murder of Karmein Chan: Thirteen-year-old Karmein Chan was abducted from her home in Templestowe, Australia while her parents were away at work on April 13,1991. A reward of $100,000 was announced in exchange of information regarding her abduction. Twelve months after she was kidnapped, Chan's skeletal remains were found with three gunshot wounds in her skull. Her killer was later dubbed as "Mr.Cruel" by local media. The case still remains unsolved to this date.
File photo of Karmein Chan
6. Holly Piirainen: This ten-year-old was visiting her grandparents in Massachusetts along with her brother when she went missing and was found murdered. Her remains were found two months later by hunters in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Her murder was linked seven years later to the murder of Molly Bish as one of their suspects were common. The scariest thing about this connection is, however, a letter Molly Bish had written seven years ago when she was Ten to Piirainen's family saying, "I am very sorry. I wish I could make it up to you. Holly is a very pretty girl. She is almost as tall as me. I wish I knew Holly. I hope they found her."
Holly Piirainen
7.The Peggy Hattrick Murder Case: On February 11, 1987, the body of 37-year-old Peggy Hattrick's "sexually mutilated" body was found in southern Fort Collins. In 1998, after eleven years of the murder, Timothy Masters was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, it was later found that DNA evidence dismissed him as a suspect & he was exonerated for the crime and released in 2008.
These were a few picks for the list of unsolved murder mysteries. We only hope & pray the victims to get justice someday with the help of future advancements in forensics. Do share the post if you find it interesting. Come back for more such content to Urban Millennial!
These were a few picks for the list of unsolved murder mysteries. We only hope & pray the victims to get justice someday with the help of future advancements in forensics. Do share the post if you find it interesting. Come back for more such content to Urban Millennial!