Cold Cases in Indiana
ColdCaseIndex documents 10 cases in Indiana, dated 1984 to 2017. 5 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Darlene Hulse (1984) and the most recent is Abigail Williams & Liberty German (2017).
- Unsolved 5 (50%)
- Solved or convicted 4 (40%)
- Closed without conviction 1 (10%)
Homicide clearance in Indiana, 1965 to 2024
A homicide is "cleared" when police make an arrest or close it by exceptional means, so an uncleared case is not always an unsolved one. Source: Murder Accountability Project analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Report data, as published by Project: Cold Case. These are statewide totals and are separate from the ColdCaseIndex entries listed below.
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Abigail Williams & Liberty German
Thirteen-year-old Abigail Williams and fourteen-year-old Liberty German were murdered while hiking the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana, on February 13, 2017. Liberty recorded audio and video of a suspect on her phone.
Flora Fire Victims
Four sisters aged 5 to 11 - Keyana Davis, Keyara Phillips, Kerriele McDonald and Kionnie Welch - died in a house fire in Flora, Indiana, on November 21, 2016. Indiana State Police say the fire was intentionally set.
Tyler & Charlee Worley
Brandi Worley stabbed her two children, Tyler (7) and Charlee (3), to death in their Darlington, Indiana, home on November 17, 2016, a day after her husband filed for divorce, and then stabbed herself.
Natalia Grace Barnett
Michael and Kristine Barnett were charged in 2019 with neglecting their adopted daughter Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born girl with a rare form of dwarfism, after allegedly leaving her alone in a Lafayette, Indiana, apartment in…
Lauren Spierer
Twenty-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer disappeared in Bloomington, Indiana after a night out. She was captured on surveillance video in the early morning hours.
Niqui McCown
Marilyn "Niqui" McCown, 28, disappeared on July 22, 2001 in Richmond, Indiana, while doing laundry, less than a month before her planned wedding. She was last recorded on video at a nearby Village Pantry store.
I-70 Killer Victims
Six store workers were shot dead at five small businesses near Interstate 70 in Indiana, Kansas and Missouri between April 8 and May 7, 1992.
Lisa Bianco
Lisa Bianco was beaten to death outside her Mishawaka, Indiana, home on March 4, 1989, by her former husband, Alan Matheney, who was on an eight-hour prison furlough. She had not been notified of his release.
April Tinsley
April Tinsley, an 8-year-old girl, was abducted, raped, and murdered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1988, in a case made more chilling by taunting notes the killer left for years.
Darlene Hulse
Darlene Hulse, 28, was attacked by a stranger who came to the door of her rural home near Argos, Indiana, on the morning of August 17, 1984, while her three young daughters were inside.