🕵️♂️ Net Sleuths Issue #6: Currents and Cold Trails
⚓ Case File: The Ancient Mariner Identified
After 24 years adrift in Monterey Bay, skeletal remains tangled in a fishing net were finally identified as Jeffrey Hulliger, a sailor who vanished in 1997. Thanks to forensic-grade genome sequencing, “Sandholdt Doe” was matched to Hulliger, who had gone missing aboard the Salmon Patty during a storm with his friend Greg Mitchell — who remains lost. The case underscores how modern DNA tools are rewriting maritime mysteries. Link:
🏄♀️ Field Notes: Murder on Crawford Pond
In Union, Maine, the body of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, a 48-year-old paddleboarder, was found near 100 Acre Island. Initially thought to be a tragic accident, her death was ruled a homicide. Stewart was a marine biologist and beloved community member. Police are still searching for her killer, and the case has shaken the quiet lakeside town. Link:
⛽ Archival Echoes: The I-40 Gas Station Murders
A chilling YouTube video revisits a string of 1960s gas station murders along I-40 in Ohio. Victims like Chester Scowden and Claude Quesenberry were all shot with the same .25 caliber pistol. Despite ballistic links and a surviving witness, the killer was never caught. The case remains one of Ohio’s most haunting cold trails. Link:
🎙️ Podcast Spotlight: The Trail Went Cold – Sandy Drummond
Robin Warder’s latest episode investigates the 1991 murder of Sandy Drummond in Boarhills, Scotland. Drummond was found strangled near his cottage after abruptly quitting his job and withdrawing his savings. Eyewitnesses reported a mysterious orange car nearby, but no motive or suspect has ever been confirmed. Link:
📚 Sleuth Shelf: In the Shadow of Mt. Diablo by Mike Rodelli
Rodelli’s book presents a bold theory: that Kjell Qvale, a San Francisco businessman, was the Zodiac Killer. Backed by behavioral profiling and controversial DNA analysis, Rodelli’s twenty-year investigation is meticulously documented and has drawn praise for its depth and clarity. Link:
📅 This Day in True Crime – July 10
On this day in 1981, town bully Ken McElroy was shot dead in Skidmore, Missouri. Despite 46 witnesses, no one was ever charged. In 1985, French agents bombed Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand, killing a photographer. Link:
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