Unsolved cases
Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
Yosef Alon
Yosef (Joe) Alon (Hebrew: יוסף (ג'ו) אלון), born Josef Plaček (July 25, 1929 – July 1, 1973), was an Israeli Air Force officer and military attaché to the U.S. who was shot and killed in the driveway of his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The killer was never identified and Alon's murder remains unsolved.
1969 · MarylandUnsolvedMurder of Joyce Malecki
The murder of Joyce Malecki is an unsolved case which occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 11, 1969 in which a 20-year-old office clerk was abducted and murdered before her body was discarded within the Little Patuxent River on the perimeter of Fort Meade. Her body was discovered two days later. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, bludgeoned, stabbed in the throat, then strangled to death.
1981 · MarylandUnsolvedSebastian Russo
Sebastian Russo (15 November 1924 – 27 February 1981) was a primary care physician from Baltimore, Maryland. He was murdered in his office in February 1981, and his case remains unsolved. After his death, he was declared "the last of the $5 doctors" in Baltimore, referring to his tendency to charge patients $5 or less for his services.
1969 · MarylandUnsolvedMurder of Catherine Cesnik
Catherine Anne Cesnik (born November 17, 1942; disappeared November 7, 1969) was a Roman Catholic religious sister and a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. On November 7, 1969, Cesnik disappeared. Her body was discovered on January 3, 1970, near a garbage dump in the Baltimore suburb of Lansdowne.
1976 · MarylandUnsolvedMurder of Margaret Fetterolf
Margaret Fetterolf (December 27, 1959 – September 11, 1976) was an American murder victim from Alexandria, Virginia, who was discovered on September 12, 1976, in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland. For 45 years, her body remained unidentified before being identified in September 2021 through DNA testing by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Bode Technology, and Othram. Prior to her…
2026 · Baltimore field officeUnsolvedMass Shooting - Baltimore, Maryland
Unknown Suspect(s) September 16, 2026 Baltimore, Maryland
2026 · Baltimore field officeUnsolvedNa'Ryah Adams
Murder Victim Linkwood, Maryland August 11, 2026