Cold Cases in Cleveland, Ohio
ColdCaseIndex documents 5 cases in Cleveland, Ohio, dated 1935 to 2014. 2 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Cleveland Torso Murders (1935) and the most recent is Tamir Rice (2014).
- Unsolved 2 (40%)
- Solved or convicted 2 (40%)
- Closed without conviction 1 (20%)
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All 5 cases
Tamir Rice
Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann within two seconds of arriving at a park where Tamir was playing with a toy gun. A grand jury declined to indict the officers.
Anthony Sowell Victims
Anthony Sowell was convicted of murdering 11 women in Cleveland whose bodies were found in and around his home in 2009. He preyed on vulnerable women in his neighborhood.
Ariel Castro Victims
Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were individually abducted and held captive for about a decade in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home. Amanda Berry escaped in 2013 with her daughter born in captivity.
Beverly Potts
Ten-year-old Beverly Potts disappeared on the evening of August 24, 1951, after attending a Showagon performance at Halloran Park, a short walk from her home on Cleveland's west side.
Cleveland Torso Murders
At least 12 people were killed, decapitated and dismembered in and around Cleveland's Kingsbury Run between September 1935 and August 1938. Only two victims were positively identified and no one was ever convicted.