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Famous Unsolved Murders in History  
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This list of famous unsolved murders is of people who have been murdered or who have died in unresolved circumstances.

	Assassination of Thomas C. Hindman, Helena, Arkansas, September 27, 1868
	Assassination of John M. Clayton, Plumerville, Arkansas, January 29, 1889
	Murders committed by the Axeman of New Orleans between 1918 and 1919.
	Murder of William Desmond Taylor, Hollywood, 1922.
	The Vampire Murder Case, Stockholm, Sweden, 1932.
	Murder of Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia), Los Angeles, 1947.
	Murder of Folke Bernadotte, Jerusalem, 1948.
	Alleged murder of Gertrude Hullett - an inquest in 1956 decided she had committed suicide but her doctor John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer, was indicted for her murder the following year. The charge was then dropped by the prosecution via a nolle prosequi, an action described by the judge as an 'abuse of process'.
	Murder of the Grimes sisters, Chicago, 1956 or 1957.
	The Boy in the Box, Philadelphia, 1957.
	Lake Bodom murders, Lake Bodom, Finland, 1960.
	The Jack the Stripper murders, London, 1963-64
	Murder of Mary Meyer, Washington, D.C., 1964.
	Murders of Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday, Benicia, December 20, 1968; first and second victims of the Zodiac Killer.
	Murder of Darlene Ferrin , Vallejo, July 4-5 1969; victim of the Zodiac Killer.
	Murder of Cecelia Shepard, Lake Berryessa, September 27, 1969; victim of the Zodiac Killer
	Murder of Paul Stine, San Francisco, October 11, 1969; seventh victim of the Zodiac Killer
	Murder of Betsy Aardsma, University Park, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1969. Please visit www.whokilledbetsy.com if you have any information on this unsolved murder.
	Murder of Bob Crane, 1978
	Murder of Óscar Romero, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1980
	Murder of Olof Palme, Stockolm, Sweden, 1986
	Murder of Julie Ward, Masai Mara, Kenya, 1988
	Murder of Jessica Keen, Ohio, 1991
	Murder of Ron Goldman, California, 1994
	Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, California, 1994
	Murder of Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas, 1996
	Murder of JonBenét Ramsey, Boulder, Colorado, 1996
	Murder of Notorious B.I.G., Los Angeles, 1997
	Murder of Ita Martadinata Haryono, Jakarta, 1998

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Comments: I love cold case files and these are definetly some of the most well known cases, let's hope that someday these may all be moved to a new list, like solved cold cases. Comment by: cjvaladez