Random Most Famous Unsolved Murders In The US (21 items)

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  (#1) Tupac Shakur

  • Dec. at 25 (1971-1996)

  Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, which led to his death six days later. He had just attended a boxing match, and a witness identified a Crips gang member, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, in the lobby. The witness also said that Anderson had attacked Shakur.

  It is speculated that the death was gang-related, but sufficient evidence was never given to lead to any arrests.
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  (#5) Jimmy Hoffa

  • Dec. at 69 (1913-1982)

  Famous gangster and labor union president, Hoffa was last seen in the parking lot of a restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, in 1975, when he was waiting to meet someone in the early morning. He was finally declared dead seven years later in 1982, though his body was never recovered, and speculations as to what happened abound to this day.
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  (#14) Doodler

  The Doodler, also known as the Black Doodler, is an unidentified serial killer believed to be responsible for 14 slayings and three assaults of gay men in San Francisco, California, between January 1974 and September 1975. The nickname was given due to the perpetrator's habit of sketching his victims prior to having sex with them and then stabbing them to death. 

  Police questioned a young man in the case, but could not proceed with criminal charges because the three surviving victims didn't want to "out" themselves by testifying against him in court. To date, the suspect has never been publicly named or apprehended, and very little information is available about the crimes.
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  (#4) William Desmond Taylor

  • Dec. at 50 (1872-1922)

  A silent film director, Taylor was found shot in the back in his home on February 2, 1922. The case involved a Hollywood-worthy cast of characters. Some suspected comedian Mabel Normand's cocaine dealers, since Taylor was allegedly protective of Normand and trying to separate her from her pushers. Normand's lover, director Mack Sennett, was also believed to have possibly murdered Taylor out of jealousy over the comedian's possible infatuation with the director. Another suspect was Taylor's former valet, a shady character from Ohio who faked an English accent, embezzled money, and enlisted in and deserted the Army three times under three different names.

  Young actress, Mary Miles Minter, was another possible guilty party due to her unrequited love for Taylor. Despite the plethora of colorful suspects and a confession from one of Taylor's actresses three decades later, no arrests were ever made.
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  (#15) The Grimes sisters

  Barbara and Patricia Grimes were teenage sisters in Chicago, Illinois, who disappeared in 1956 after leaving their house to go see a movie. When they went missing, a search and rescue team was sent out in search of them. Their bodies were found a year later, naked, and one of the sisters had been molested before her death. No one was ever declared a suspect.
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  (#6) Dorothy Kilgallen

  • Dec. at 52 (1913-1965)

  Kilgallen was a game show co-host on What's My Line?. The cause of death on her 1965 New York City death certificate reads, "acute ethanol and barbiturate intoxication / circumstances undetermined." Many people have said publicly that Kilgallen could have been murdered by needle injection after drinking a large amount of alcohol.

  A strange 911 called was placed in 1965 when a stranger informed police that Kilgallen had been murdered. The case remains unsolved.

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