Cold Cases in Minnesota
ColdCaseIndex documents 9 cold cases in Minnesota, spanning 1989–2023. 5 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Madeline Kingsbury
Twenty-six-year-old Madeline Kingsbury vanished after being dropped off by her ex-boyfriend Adam Fravel in Winona, Minnesota. Fravel was convicted of her murder.
George Floyd
George Floyd died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. His death sparked worldwide protests and the Black Lives Matter movement. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree m
Philando Castile
Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. His girlfriend broadcast the aftermath live on Facebook. Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter i
Henry McCabe
Henry McCabe, a 32-year-old Minnesota state auditor, disappeared after a night out over Labor Day weekend in 2015, following disturbing phone calls in which relatives heard him screaming in distress. His body was recover
Brandon Victor Swanson
Brandon Swanson, 19, drove his car into a ditch on rural roads near Lynd, Minnesota, in the early hours of May 14, 2008, while driving home to Marshall. He set out on foot while talking to his parents by cell phone, then
LeeAnna Warner
Five-year-old LeeAnna Warner vanished on June 14, 2003, while walking home from a friend's house about a block away in Chisholm, Minnesota. Despite massive searches and more than 1,700 leads, no trace of her has been fou
Joshua Guimond
Joshua Guimond, a 20-year-old junior at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, left a late-night card game at the Metten Court dormitory around 11:45 p.m. on November 9, 2002, and never arrived at his own re
Christopher Kerze
Twelve-year-old Christopher Kerze vanished from his home in Eagan, Minnesota after leaving a note saying he went for a walk. Footprints led to the Minnesota River but no body was ever found.
Jacob Wetterling
Eleven-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted at gunpoint near his home in St. Joseph, Minnesota. His disappearance led directly to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration