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Connecticut River Valley Killer
The Connecticut River Valley Killer, also known as the Valley Killer, is the moniker for an unidentified American serial killer believed to be responsible for at least seven murders of women in the Connecticut River Valley region of New England between 1978 and 1988. In 1985 and 1986, the skeletal remains of two victims were recovered within one thousand feet (300 m) of each other in a wooded area in Kelleyville,…
1952 · ConnecticutMissing
Disappearance of Connie Smith
Constance Christine "Connie" Smith (born July 11, 1942 – disappeared July 16, 1952) was a 10-year-old American girl who disappeared after she ran away from a YMCA-operated summer camp in Lakeville, Connecticut, on July 16, 1952, and was last seen hitchhiking. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
2006 · ConnecticutOverturnedJames Calvin Tillman
James Calvin Tillman (born 1961) is a man who was wrongfully convicted of rape, and served 18.5 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing on July 11, 2006. Tillman, of East Hartford Connecticut, was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree, sexual assault in the first degree, robbery and assault in the third degree in 1989, and freed in 2007.
1967 · ConnecticutUnsolvedBra murders
The Bra murders were a series of murders committed against four sex workers and one mother of four from 1967 to 1971 in Stamford, Connecticut. Most of the victims were African American or in active addiction, each had been strangled, sometimes with their own bras, from which the murders' moniker originated. Benjamin Franklin Miller, a self-styled preacher from Norwalk, was charged and later acquitted by reason of…
2014 · ConnecticutUnsolvedMurder of Michelle Garvey
Michelle Angela Garvey (June 3, 1967 – July 1, 1982) was an American teenage girl murdered in Texas within a month of running away from her home in Connecticut. Her body was quickly found but remained unidentified until a 2014 DNA test, after an amateur Internet researcher suggested a match between the Texas unidentified decedent and Connecticut missing-person data.
2022 · Waterbury, ConnecticutUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Waterbury, Connecticut (2022)
An unidentified man was found in Waterbury, Connecticut on August 13, 2022. No name has been established. NamUs case UP94477.
2011 · Ledyard, ConnecticutMissingRyan Bidstrup
Ryan Bidstrup, 21 at the time, was last known to be in Ledyard, Connecticut on March 31, 2011. NamUs case MP23651.
2022 · Groton, ConnecticutMissingMax Scott
Max Scott, 27 at the time, was last known to be in Groton, Connecticut on June 26, 2022. NamUs case MP93623.
2026 · Waterbury, ConnecticutUnidentifiedUnidentified woman, Waterbury, Connecticut (2026)
An unidentified woman was found in Waterbury, Connecticut on July 19, 2026. No name has been established. NamUs case UP161086.
2022 · Norwalk, ConnecticutUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Norwalk, Connecticut (2022)
An unidentified man was found in Norwalk, Connecticut on October 8, 2022. No name has been established. NamUs case UP101112.
2023 · Waterbury, ConnecticutUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Waterbury, Connecticut (2023)
An unidentified man was found in Waterbury, Connecticut on October 11, 2023. No name has been established. NamUs case UP111071.
2026 · Suffield, ConnecticutMissingManoj Bagga
Manoj Bagga, 52 at the time, was last known to be in Suffield, Connecticut on August 7, 2026. NamUs case MP162575.
2026 · New Britain, ConnecticutMissingTylon Brooks
Tylon Brooks, 15 at the time, was last known to be in New Britain, Connecticut on August 2, 2026. NamUs case MP162565.
1991 · New Britain, ConnecticutMissingSydney Montanez
Sydney Montanez, 26 at the time, was last known to be in New Britain, Connecticut on July 19, 1991. NamUs case MP23508.
2019 · New London, ConnecticutMissingThomas Doolan
Thomas Doolan, 59 at the time, was last known to be in New London, Connecticut on December 6, 2019. NamUs case MP64493.
2008 · Hartford, ConnecticutMissingGriselda Aguirre
Griselda Aguirre, 14 at the time, was last known to be in Hartford, Connecticut on July 30, 2008. NamUs case MP3522.
2006 · ConnecticutExonerated 2006James Tillman
In 1989, James Tillman was wrongly convicted of a rape he did not commit in Hartford, Connecticut. He was later exonerated in 2006.
2005 · Hartford, ConnecticutUnidentifiedUnidentified man, Hartford, Connecticut (2005)
An unidentified man was found in Hartford, Connecticut on March 25, 2005. No name has been established. NamUs case UP53044.
1973 · Hamden, ConnecticutMissingLeonore Michel
Leonore Michel, 51 at the time, was last known to be in Hamden, Connecticut on August 24, 1973. NamUs case MP32999.
2017 · Waterbury, ConnecticutMissingSteadman Saunders
Steadman Saunders, 63 at the time, was last known to be in Waterbury, Connecticut on April 8, 2017. NamUs case MP38152.
2008 · Waterbury, ConnecticutMissingTamara Barriga
Tamara Barriga, 33 at the time, was last known to be in Waterbury, Connecticut on June 13, 2008. NamUs case MP3536.
2026 · Danbury, ConnecticutMissingCreig Dill
Creig Dill, 75 at the time, was last known to be in Danbury, Connecticut on February 1, 2026. NamUs case MP160906.
1998 · Hartford, ConnecticutMissingSandra Santiago
Sandra Santiago, 29 at the time, was last known to be in Hartford, Connecticut on September 28, 1998. NamUs case MP3303.
2022 · Middletown, ConnecticutMissingCaitlyn Brooks
Caitlyn Brooks, 24 at the time, was last known to be in Middletown, Connecticut on June 1, 2022. NamUs case MP149281.