Cold Cases in Wyoming
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Wyoming, dated 1974 to 2021. 2 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Carlene Brown (1974) and the most recent is Gabrielle Petito (2021).
- Unsolved 2 (67%)
- Solved or convicted 1 (33%)
Homicide clearance in Wyoming, 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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Gabrielle Petito
Gabrielle 'Gabby' Petito, 22, was found dead in Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, on September 19, 2021, after vanishing on a van trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. The coroner ruled her death a homicide by strangulation.
Amy Wroe Bechtel
Amy Wroe Bechtel, a 24-year-old competitive runner, disappeared on July 24, 1997, in the mountains above Lander, Wyoming, where she is believed to have gone to check a race course.
Carlene Brown
Carlene Brown, 19, disappeared from the Little Britches Rodeo in Rawlins, Wyoming, on July 4, 1974, along with her friend Christine "Christy" Gross.