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Cold Cases in Missoula, Montana

ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Missoula, Montana, dated 1985 to 2018. 1 is recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Janet Lee Lucas (formerly "Christy Crystal Creek") (1985) and the most recent is Jermain Charlo (2018).

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Status of the 3 cases
  • Unsolved 1 (33%)
  • Partly resolved 2 (67%)

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1 Missing Persons1 Unidentified Persons1 Serial Killer Cases

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Unsolved 2018

Jermain Charlo

Jermain Charlo, a 23-year-old mother of two and enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, was last seen around midnight on June 15-16, 2018, on surveillance video in an alley behind the Badlander bar in…

Missoula Missing Person Age 23
Partially Solved 1986

Wayne Nance Victims

Wayne Nance, a Missoula furniture mover, is suspected by investigators of at least six killings in western Montana between 1974 and 1985.

Missoula Serial Killer Victims
Identified 1985

Janet Lee Lucas (formerly "Christy Crystal Creek")

Skeletal remains of a woman with two gunshot wounds to the skull were found by a bear hunter in the Crystal Creek drainage near Missoula, Montana, in September 1985.

Missoula Unidentified Person Age 23

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