Cloudy with a Chance of Murder

On January 13, 1996, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman and her 5-year-old brother Ricky rode their bikes to an abandoned grocery store parking lot. After playing and using the bike ramp for awhile, Ricky rode home by himself; Amber was abducted, her body discovered four days later by a man walking his dog. Amber was found in a creek behind the Forest Hills Apartments; her autopsy revealed that she had been dead for two days before she was found, and her abductor had beaten and sexually assaulted her before cutting her throat and leaving her in the creek. Amber's kidnapping was witnessed by 76-year-old Jim Kevil, who said he saw a man jump out of a dark-colored truck and grab Amber. He described her abductor as white or Hispanic, between 25 and 40, under six feet tall, with a medium build, and though police showed up within minutes of the abduction, no one has ever been arrested for Amber's murder.  True Crime Daily  covered the case on the 20th anniversary of Amber's murder, and y...

On November 28th, 1969, 22-year-old Betsy Aardsma went to the Penn State library to do research for an English paper. While she was in the stacks on the second floor, an unknown assailant stabbed her in the chest. Approximately twenty minutes later, a student discovered Betsy on the floor and summoned help, but it was too late. Several students later reported seeing a man flee the library, stopping to say, "Somebody better help that girl." A janitor cleaned up the area before the police arrived, compromising the crime scene and destroying any potential evidence. Because Betsy was wearing a red dress, it wasn't obvious that she had been stabbed, so no one realized she had been attacked until she was examined at the campus medical center. Betsy's boyfriend was originally a person of interest, but he was cleared since he was 100 miles away at the time of the attack. Alleged pedophile Richard Haefner (who had once dated Betsy) was also a person of interest, but there was...

On September 15, 1999, 36-year-old Allean Logan disappeared from her Washington, DC apartment. Her family became worried when their calls to her went unanswered, so they asked the building manager to check on her. In the apartment, Allean's infant son was alone, strapped in his car seat; there were signs of a struggle but no sign of Allean. Her body was discovered in 2000 near a neighborhood called Barnaby Terrace, but it was not identified as Allean until 2018, when her sisters provided DNA samples. Allean's nephew, Henderson Long, said that Allean had witnessed a murder the day of her disappearance and had talked to detectives right before she vanished. You can find out more on this episode of Intrigued Full Effect : If you have any information about Allean's death, please call the Metropolitan Police Department at 202-727-9099 or send a text to 50411. Allean and her family deserve justice. More resources: Police investigating death of Allean Logan 20 years af...

On September 12, 1992, 27-year-old Northwest Airlines ramp supervisor Su Taraskiewicz left work at Boston's Logan Airport to go get food for her coworkers. It was the last time they ever saw Su alive. Two days later, Su's body was found in the trunk of her car at a nearby auto body shop; she had been stabbed and beaten to death. Her family thought Su had been the victim of a random attack until her mother found Su's diary in late 1993. In the diary, Su wrote about sexual harassment, threatening graffiti (including a drawing of a coffin), and other things that had happened to her at work, and her mother began to suspect that this might have something to do with her murder. Police discovered that some of Su's coworkers had been operating a stolen credit card ring; two of the main suspects in her murder (Joseph Nuzzo and Robert Brooks) were involved in this illegal activity, but no one has ever been charged with her murder.  The Massachusetts State Police produced a ...