Cold Cases in Nevada
ColdCaseIndex documents 10 cold cases in Nevada, spanning 1963–2023. 6 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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Tupac Shakur (arrest)
In 2023, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis was arrested and charged with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. He had implicated himself in interviews and a memoir.
Kenny Veach
Kenny Veach, a 47-year-old experienced hiker and YouTuber, vanished in November 2014 while searching the Nevada desert for a mysterious 'M cave' he claimed to have found near Nellis Air Force Base. His cellphone was foun
Steven Koecher
Steven Thell Koecher, a 30-year-old resident of St. George, Utah, was last seen at midday on December 13, 2009, when home security cameras recorded him parking his Chevrolet Cavalier in a cul-de-sac in the Anthem communi
Jessie Foster
Jessica "Jessie" Foster, a 21-year-old Canadian woman from Kamloops, British Columbia, was last heard from by telephone at her North Las Vegas residence on March 28, 2006. After she vanished, her family learned she had b
Duran Bailey
Duran Bailey was found murdered in Las Vegas in 2001. Kirstin Blaise Lobato was convicted of his murder but her conviction was vacated after innocence advocates showed she was 200 miles away. A retrial led to a plea deal
Tupac Shakur
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas after attending a boxing match. He died six days later at University Medical Center of Nevada. Despite numerous witnesses and theories impli
Las Vegas Jane Doe (1982)
An unidentified woman's remains were found in the desert outside Las Vegas in August 1982. She has never been identified. The case is entered in NamUs and Clark County investigators continue to seek her identity.
Mary Edith Silvani (Sheep's Flat Jane Doe)
On July 17, 1982, hikers found the body of an unidentified woman in the Sheep's Flat area off the Mount Rose Highway above Incline Village, Nevada; she had been sexually assaulted and shot in the back of the head. Known
Tammy Terrell
An unidentified 17-year-old woman was found dead in Henderson, Nevada in May 1980. She may have been a victim of human trafficking. Despite forensic examination, she was never identified. Her case remains in Clark County
Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping
Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped from his hotel room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe on December 8, 1963. A ransom of $240,000 was paid. He was released after three days. The kidnappers Barry Keenan, Joe Amsler, and John Irwin wer