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The Kentucky State Police investigates criminal activity across the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky. In many instances, the information provided by individual citizens allows law enforcement officials to make breakthroughs in solving difficult cases.
On this page, the Kentucky State Police features cold cases. If you or anyone you know has information regarding these cases to these cases, please contact the Kentucky State Police immediately at 1–800–222–5555.
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Post 1 – (Mayfield) Click here for more information
- Murder of Duane W. Caldwell – 1/7/1985
- Murder of Deputy Sheriff Carnie Hopkins – 9/9/1984
- Murder of Chantell Humphries – 6/25/2003
- Murder of L.J. Johnson – 9/9/1991
- Murder of Curtis S. Harper – 9/14/1995
- Murder of Bobbi Holman Williams – 7/16/1996
- Sonya Bradley's Disappearance – 10/10/1996
- Murder of Joseph Bachuss – 7/6/2005
Post 2 – (Madisonville) Click here for more information
Post 3 – (Bowling Green) Click here for more information
- Missing Person Alyne Barrick – Last Seen April 12, 1996
- Missing Person Anthony Choate – Last Seen September 14, 1993
- Murder of James Perkins – Occurred on November 8, 2002
- Murder of Arlene Grubbs – Occurred on January 12, 2002
- Murder of Rebecca Riddle – Occurred on October 18, 1994
- Murder of David Richard Smith – Occurred around October 1987
- Murder of Bobby Dethridge – Occurred around May 1980
- Identifying an Unknown White Female – Body Found July 4, 1984
- Identifying an Unknown White Female – Body Found June 20, 1984
- Murders of Nancy Hale– Ferrell Hale– Kevin McClard – March 4, 1990
- Murder of An 2 1/2 Year Old White Male Child – Found on August 20, 1989
- Marvin Glen Rowe Murder – April, 21, 1989
- Linda Sue Boards Murder – May 15, 1981
- Murder of Clifton Raymer – May 24, 1975
- Murder of An Unknown White Female – October 1973
- Murder of Charles Noble Holland – July 21, 1966
- Identification of Jane Doe Found – October 9, 2001
Post 4 – (Elizabethtown) Click here for more information
- Murder of Donald Ray Robertson – Found on March 9, 2004
- Murder of Robert (Bob) Paul Hunt – The murder happened on December 2nd, 2003
- Murder of Adam Richard Payne – The body was found on October 09, 1955
- Murder of Elena Sanchez Hawkins – The body was found on January 08, 1992
- Murder of Reba Jean Jetter – The body was found on January 17, 1979
- Murder of Kent Harlan Hardin – The body was found on April 20, 2000
Post 5 – (Campbellsburg) Click here for more information
- Murder of Oscar Wiley – Occurred Between July 26, 1958 and July 27,1958
- Murder of Terrell Hamblin – Occurred Between August 7 & August 9, 1965
- Murder of Nell Fitchen – December 16, 1969
- Murder of William L. White Jr – May 9, 1975
- Murder of Unknown White Male – November 11, 1980
- Murder of Paula Turner – Between Thursday July 1 & Sunday August 22, 1982
- Murder of Sanford Wedgeworth – August 11, 1971
- Murder of Bernard L. Hopkins – March 13, 1989
- Murder of Kevin D. Hogan – February 25, 2002
- Murder of Mark W. Roach – October 19, 2004
Post 6 – (Dry Ridge) Click here for more information
- Murder of Linda Susan Pierson – 11/17/1966
- Murder of Donnie Ray Dixon – 10/4/1999
- Fire/Death of Megan Davis and Cedric Kinman – 7/14/1996
- Murder of Linda Ann Wambaugh – 5/19/1994
- Murder of Sharon Elaine Charles Long – 3/30/1990
- Murder of Virginia Sue Emmons – 6/4/1983
- Missing Person Case on Randy Sellers – 8/16/1980
- Murder of Larry Clark – 5/14/1980
- Murder of Leslie Sparrow – 10/14/1979
- Murder of Another Juvenile – 6/4/1976
- Murder of Gerald Arthur Johnson – 8/15/1973
- Murder of Sampson Eisner – 7/30/1972
- Murder of a Juvenile – 10/19/1971
- Death Investigation of Margaret Warner – 9/8/1966
- Theft in Harrison County – 9/20/04 – 09/21/04
- Murder of Roger S. Fulton – Remains Found on 2–29–2004
Post 7 – (Richmond) Click here for more information
- Murder of Terry Robinson – 11/7/2001
- Murder of Donnie Saylor Jr – 1/30/1987
- Murder of Russell "Rusty" L. Marshall – 5/7/2003
- Murders of Harold Bo Upton III and Ryan Keith Shangraw – 2/1/2002
- Bank Robbery and Kidnapping – 6/24/2004
- Murder of Danny McDaniel – 9/19/2002
- Murder of Carl Fredrick "Fred" Estes – 10/01/1999
- Murder of Martin Oswaldo Vivar – 4/28/1998
- Murder of Constable Jerry Lynch – 3/18/1998
- Murder of Daniel "Whitey" Mayes – 3/24/1997
- Murder of Dennis M. Donovan – 10/26/1995
- Murder of "Baby" Jane Doe – 11/22/1991
- Murder of Charles Reppert – 1/11/1991
- Death of Geneve Dolly Payne – 1/09/1990
- Murder of Charles Raymond Myers – 9/07/1989
- Murder of Brenda Sue Davidson – 11/06/1988
- Michael Dale Davidson – 11/06/1988
- Murder of Perry A. Clark – 9/27/1987
- Murder of Monroe Brock – 1/17/1987
- Murder of Loretta Lynn Willoughby – 5/17/1985
- Murder of Ronald V. Littleton – 2/11/1984
- Murder of Mabel K. Radar – 11/20/1983
- Murder of Jay Reynolds – 3/22/1983
- Murder of Robert Paul Meyer – 8/27/1982
- Murder of Leeland Ray Haddix – 8/14/1982
- Death of Pearl Barrett – 8/26/1983
- Murder of William Hill Mackey – 4/11/1981
- Murder of Margaret Shanks King – 8/16/1975
- Murder of James Earl Jackson – 5/13/1975
- Murder of Louis Bennett Chitwood – 6/22/1969
Post 8 – (Morehead) Click here for more information
Post 9 – (Pikeville) Click here for more information
- Murder of Richard Strable – 4/15/1986
- Murder of Oakie Hall – 7/11/1982
- Murder of Donnie Ray Sullivan – 8/23/1982
- Murder of Jack David Combs – 3/4/1987
- Murder of Brian Keith Mullins – Remains Found 12/12/1987
- Murder of Kevin Adkins – Remains Found 10/11/2000
- Missing Person: Sandy Marie Hess – Missing Since 1/7/2005
Post 10 – (Harlan) Click here for more information
Post 11 – (London) Click here for more information
- Murder of Roger D. King – Occurred on August 24, 1998
- Murder of Roberto Escalona Vazquez – Occurred on February 7, 2004
- Missing Persons: Claude and/or Sue Shelton – Last Seen May 21, 1971
- Missing Person: Crystal Marler – Last Seen on October 8, 1998
- Missing Person: Michelle Lynn Collins – Last seen July 6, 2004
- Missing Person: Terry Turner – Last Seen 9/25/1992
- Murder of John Farmer – August 21, 1993
Post 12 – (Franfort) Click here for more information
- Murder of Vanissa Wafford – 06/25/1989
- Murder of Harvey Kays – 12/12/1988
- Murder of Thomas E. Johnson – 6/23/1989
- Murder of Richard Lacefield – March 28, 1981
- Murder of George Ritchey –May 31, 1982
- Murder of William Tipton – August 10, 1985
- Murder of Vickie Boggs – December 17, 1988
- Murder of Henry Johnson – January 17, 1990
- Murder of Norman Roberts– February 18, 1990
Post 13 – (Hazard) Click here for more information
- Murder of Arlie Combs – August 12, 1975
- Murder of John Thomas Thompson – May 24, 1979
- Murder of Burton Jones – May 28, 1979
- Murder of Donnie R Gibson – December 17, 1979
- Murder of Lawrence E. Watkins – August 18, 1981
- Murder of Johnny Begley – January 05, 1984
- Murder of Dexter Cook – June 04, 1984
- Murder of Virgil Napier – December 31, 1982
- Murder of Robert Moore – March 12, 1986
- Murder of Jasper White – March 12, 1986
- Missing Person of James Michael Boggs – March 02, 1987
- Missing Person of Kelly Junior Hollan - February 12, 1982
Post 14 – (Ashland) Click here for more information
- Murder of Dianna S. Keeton – August 28, 2003
- Murder of Robert Sammons – October 28, 2005
- Murder of Jerry Dale Nickels – April 5, 1993
- Murder of David James – July 7th, 1999
- Murder of Evelyn Fleck – January 21, 1994
- Murder of James David Childers – May 1st, 2001
- Murder of Raymond Scott McKenzie – July 4th, 1978
Post 15 – (Columbia) Click here for more information
- Missing Person of Sandra Flynn Fisher – Reported Missing in 1978
- Murder of Jessica Wallace – March 29, 2003
- Kevin Gilpin – April of 1997
- Lewis Emerson – March 5, 2001
- Wallace Gene Johnson – April 27, 1996
- Roger Catron – October 21, 1987
- David Lee Snow – March 11, 1986
- James Shorty Holt – March 22, 1989
- Unidentified Person Body Found in Marion County, KY – November 20, 1990
- Patricia Ann Davis Body Found in Adair County, KY – March 5, 1982
Post 16 – (Henderson) Click here for more information
- Murder of Andrew H. Reagan – Occurred between September 22 & October 1, 1954
- Murder of William Arliss Shelton(aka: Curly) – December 4, 1957
- Murder of Preston N. Corbett – September 29, 1970
- Murder of Unidentified White Male – Body located on August 14, 1971
- Murder of Morris Bechman Vaughn – October 17, 1972
- Murder of Mary Ann Crenshaw – April 30, 1973
- Missing Person of James Mann Morris (aka Mousie)
- James Anthony Galloway – February 15, 1979
- Murder of William Lewis Arwood – August 9, 1953
- Death Investigation of Kenneth Simpson – Body Discovered on April 25, 1981
- Murder of Donald Ray Baird – July 7, 1981
- Murder of Clifton Jerome McGee – August 16, 1981
- Murder of Unknown White Male – 2 – Body found January 7, 1990
- Death Investigation of Mary Ethel Dickens – Body found October 2, 1986
- Missing Person of Patricia Calloway – Last Seen March 3, 1993
- Heather D. Teague – August 26, 1995
- Murder of Autumn Michelle Raymond – September 2, 1999
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