In 2010, Palazzolos case angered many and not just those close to him. Report No: 86353704Victim: Jason Smith, 17 year-old white male Her enemy was not the wrongdoing Palazzolo had uncovered but the man who had, in his capacity as the schools diversity representative, exposed its failings for them to be solved. His gray Ford pick-up truck was parked nearby. She had been strangled. It was a district recruiter, and, as Palazzolo described it, she excitedly told him she would be able to put him to work. He had to switch to working retail, which he likes but describes as just a job. One of the victims was African American, but the others were all Caucasian women. Fort Worth man emerges as suspect in 36-year-old cold case. McCurley told the same story to investigators in 2020, that he'd spoke with detectives in 1974 because of the gun he owned, that he said had been stolen and never recovered, and that his wife was out of town at the time visiting family. Star-Telegram photo illustration of Melvin Knox. Sandra Bush resided with her parents on Cutler St. in Fort Worth. Using a new process, detectives said the company was able to develop, for the first time, in this case, a full DNA profile of a potential suspect. She resided about a block away. Less than a month after Davis murder, 23-year-old Cindy Heller disappeared after assisting a stranded female driver in southwest Fort Worth. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. All rights reserved, cold case that went unsolved for nearly half a century, Fort Worth Detectives Hope 45-Year-Old Letter Will Help Solve Carla Walker Murder Case. This location is east of Hillside Park. She stood by the elevators after the trial, clutching a gold-framed photo of Carla. Location: 1815 E Lancaster Ave Report No: 91036836Victim: Roslyn Ruben, 52 year old white female John and Mary Mitchell lived alone at the residence. Larry Shaw felt compelled to defend Palazzolo. When asked how he felt after the trial, Jim Walker said, Peaceful. McCurley was arrested on Sept. 21, 2020, at his Fort Worth home. It was terrifying. They just didnt get the attention from the FBI, so they didnt get the attention from Hollywood. All we ever wanted to do was to straighten the mess out The kids know when you have low expectations. A strange twist was that the date of his death coincided with the release of the podcasts first episode, Gary said. The officers entered the residence and found Clyde Bond fatally wounded. Cold Cases - 2000 to 2009 Report No: 00495130 Victim: Concepcion "Connie" Romero, 76 year old hispanic female Location: 4440 Fletcher Ave On July 23, 2000, Conception Romero was found deceased in her west Fort Worth home. However, it wasnt too long after Palazzolo submitted the teachers list of grievances in May that Johnson and other leaders broke those promises. She had been shot several times. In September 2022, at the advice of his counsel at the time, Palazzolo applied for five different positions with Fort Worth ISD after more than a decade of being shut out of education. Two swabs were taken and sent to a lab for analysis. Report No: 94032452Victim: Sloane Powell, 27 years old He survived his injuries. Three years later, they decided to take that step and focus on cold case Fort Worth-based murders. Site by, N&D 3.1 // FWMFC, Spaceman & NTX Irish Festival. Three days later Walker's body was found dumped in a culvert near Benbrook Lake. Lorane Larkin was reported missing on August 25, 1980. The trio hope that by talking about what happened, someone listening will remember seeing or hearing something and will contact the police. NBC 5 profiled the murder in 2017 during a series of cold case reports. . All the police knew was that each of the missing women had been in their cars and were somehow taken. The residence had been ransacked and there were indications of a violent struggle. The three are all former journalists who changed career paths and are thrilled to be back in the industry, practicing their passion. She died as a result of gunshot wounds. While he said there were some dark times over the last four-and-a-half decades where he wondered if anyone would ever be caught, he said he was happy and relieved to learn of the arrest. Location: 3900 Hemphill The officers entered the residence and observed the bodies of John and Mary Mitchell inside the house. Report No: 83254209Victim: Julie Fuller, 11 years old She died as a result of trauma to the head. I dont think our goal is to solve, because I think that would be arrogant, but just to shed light on it so that the families could get some kind of satisfaction from it, kind of a feeling of closure. On January 23, 1985, Catherine Davis was found deceased in a field in the southern part of Tarrant County. On August 16, 1986, Francisco Puentes and a male friend were in the parking lot at 2416 N.E. In the four previous school districts where Id worked, I had never heard classroom teachers bringing up the petty inside politics of the school district with other teachers. He said he didn't kill anyone and did not know Carla Walker. Patrol officers responded to the scene and found Mr. Myers in the apartment. Plus, during this time, he had to burn through his savings and cash in his state retirement. Police said she had been beaten, raped, strangled and tortured alive for two days after her disappearance. He added the Walker family wanted to see justice served in Carla's death and that "prayers and forgiveness do not come with a Get Out of Jail Free card.". Neighbors heard angry voices and witnessed a man shut the door to her apartment and leave in her car. Mary Sorola died as a result of a gunshot wound. While he was sitting next to the bar, a hispanic male approached him and fired a gun. In his moms 1969 LTV, they started to kiss. Her 1985 Ford Mustang was missing. Ladye Gallaher was an elderly lady who lived alone at the Bellaire House Condominiums. On December 28, 1984, two persons delivering newspapers found Mr. Hatchell lying on the sidewalk, a few houses away from his residence. On August 6, 1994, Felicita Olguin was found deceased in her residence: 1125 May Street. Report No: 93498402Victim: James Hargroves, 46 year old white male Around that time, NBC-5 reported that even though the fall semester had already begun, Fort Worth ISD [is] hiring 300 teachers and campus monitors. Also, the Star-Telegramsaid one month earlier that staffing shortages have left teachers scrambling to cover classes for absent colleagues.. Location: 3604 Lipscomb McCurley was on the other side of the door. Location: 3301 Bellaire Dr N The caller said even though she was aware of what was going on around her, a lot of people werent because media wasnt the same then as it is now. Location: 4700 Poppy Drive East Photo by Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue. The subject who was driving the car crashed into the median at 3500 Macie and escaped on foot while being pursued by the police. She couldnt believe that after 35 years, somebody still cares about her sisters death.. Once he applied, he didnt really know what to expect. He lived in the house that he and his siblings grew up in walking through the same front door McCoy pounded on the night Carla was taken. If you dont expect them to go to class, [and] youre not going to do anything to make sure they go to class some of those kids dont have that in their lives.Photo by Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue.At that same time, because he was named Arlington Heights diversity representative, teachers had been coming to him with complaints, ranging from inappropriate conduct, assault by an administrator on staff, sexual harassment, attendance alteration, theft, embezzlement, and discrimination against minority students.. Report No: 84211918Victim: Manuel Vargas Soto, 22 years old He was killed during an apparent robbery. Location: 4800 Decature RD She had been strangled. The podcast holds more interest than a mere retelling of each gruesome murder. Location: 4344 E Lancaster It was later determined that he had been strangled. The seventh victim is Terri McAdams. Twenty-seven-year-old Mary Till left her apartment in Arlington around 9 a.m. and headed toward her workplace at a downtown Dallas law firm. About this group We are a group of armchair detectives who like to discuss, research and investigate true crime here in Ft Worth, Possibly giving help to Law Enforcement in solving and support and closure to the friends and families of the 960 + cold cases here. 28th Street. Mary and John Mitchell died as a result of blunt force trauma. Report No: 83379788Victim: Karen Creman (27 years old) & Frederick Creman (29 years old) She survived her injuries. We watched over four or five months, and he was transferred no fewer than two times, probably because of COVID or because he was dying.. The district appealed that ruling, and now Palazzolo awaits a new, ordered trial because of an error in the courts charge to the jury in the first trial., Since then, the district has played a cynical and wastefully expensive game of delay thats included two unsuccessful appeals to the Texas Supreme Court and four unserious attempts at mediation. Even if its not true closure, its a sense of closure., The most challenging aspect of their podcast was finding someone who knew the victim. I was just incredulous. They had been working on this podcast since last July when they reached out to interview Brown in prison. She had sustained blunt force trauma to the upper body. It will bev30 years this year, on December 6, and it is still unsolved. Location: 6509 Plaza Parkway I recall hearing about it, she said, particularly the TCU homicide, and how girls that were going to college were being very careful, especially in parking lots at night, but it didnt stop me from going to nightclubs and hanging out with my friends.. On Sept. 4, 2020, police learned an item found in the trash matched the male DNA profile found on Walker's clothing. Mr. Hargroves was a volunteer for the Fort Worth Area Habitat for Humanity and served meals at a nearby soup kitchen for the homeless, known as Loaves and Fishes. Going through the Weeklys search engine, I found more than two dozen pieces over the years with such headlines as Its Official: Palazzolos Head Is on Johnsons Platter and Day Two: Joe Palazzolo V FWISD.. On November 20, 1996, Monica Coleman was found deceased at her residence: 1029 E. Powell. Report No: 80327562Victim: Lorane Larkin, 50 years old She was found the next day in the driveway of the vacant residence at 3604 Lipscomb. During this three-and-a-half-year time period, approximately two dozen cases occurred in the Fort Worth area, consisting mostly of the abduction, rape, and murder of women. A car pulled up to the house. He died as a result of blunt force trauma. Palazzolo: The kids know when you have low expectations. Location: 3434 E Lancaster Ave The previous day, he had broken into a womans apartment and dragged her out into a field, raped her, and bludgeoned her to death. On October 19, 1984, some of Marilyn Hartmanns friends went to her house to visit her. Report No: 85126017Victim: Mary Taylor, 36 year-old black female Patrol officers responded to the scene and found Mr. Myers in the apartment. Report No: 84495062Victim: Angela Ewert, 21 years old He was in charge of the freshman class and freshman teachers, a great cadre of educators, in his view. She lived alone at the house. Location: 200 Handley-Ederville Rd A short time later, a male was shot during a robbery at a nearby apartment complex on Meadowbrook Drive. Jail records showed McCurley was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of capital murder with bond set at $100,000. He died as a result of a gunshot wound. The ones that are most closely linked were all in the southwest Fort Worth area, Karin said. These two dozen murders prompted the formation of a task force in Fort Worth, Gary said, speaking to me recently along with Karin and Hughes from the Andersons home in Garland and Hughes home in Alabama. On January 25, 1985, patrol officers were dispatched to a residence in the 4300 block of Carey. Location: 2100 Redbud Trail Leah Wagner. On December 24, 1991, one of her caretakers found her deceased on her bed. The second murder took place in November of the same year. The property at 1600 Ballinger used to be owned by the Marble Product Company. Location: 1700 E Lancaster Ave On September 25, 1993, a friend went to the business and found Mary Glasscock deceased in the building. Location: 2300 Cobb Street It would have been interesting to have seen the districts reaction when that earnest recruiter found out she had practically offered a job to the man the district has been trying to destroy for years. Location: 1709 S Riverside Dr You are also in the ultimate diversity of the human experience. A man was arrested and charged in the 1974 killing of a Texas teenage girl after nearly 50 years of investigation and the advancement of DNA technology, police said Tuesday. She died as a result of a gunshot wound. On Sept. 10, 2020, police said they returned to McCurley's home and were invited inside where they spoke to both him and his wife. Location: 700 NE 28th St A witness reported that Michael Morgan had been talking to another male in the back yard. Report No: 84419922Victim: Marilyn Hartman, 29 years old Cindy Stone, Carlas sister, said at the time the reality of McCurleys guilty plea had not sunk in yet. I choked her to death, I guess. This shows just how awful and wrongheaded this overly long vengeance crusade has been. For years, he held onto the possibility that someone might knock on his door at 3 a.m. and confess to his sisters death. McCurley was one of those buyers. In their podcast still , they dive into seven cold cases that span from 1983 to 1985, all closely related and occurring in North Texas. After McCurley was sentenced, the courtroom was filled with people hugging one another and wiping their eyes. She resided on Sanders Drive in Fort Worth. Julie Fuller and her parents had recently arrived in the United States from England. Cold Case: Who Tortured, Raped and Killed Carla Walker? Location: 3513 Stanley They started an escort service for anyone with a night class who wanted someone to walk them to class. A male ran up to the drivers side of the truck and fired several times toward the truck, shooting and killing Richard Hutchinson. They essentially created a profile of what makes a serial killer, and they said its going to be a white man. Location: 2900 Rosen Location: 500 Precinct Line Rd It was a really big win for us and the Walker family. She lived alone in the apartment. On May 14, 1993, Robert Rodriguez was at a bar located at 3446 May Street. On October 23, 1984, Cindy Heller left a dance studio and went to a restaurant. Fort Worth Cold Cases: Becky Martin, Angela Ewart, and Christy Towers Detectives Leah Wagner and Jeff Bennett of the Fort Worth Police Department share more information about three cold. On October 1, 1991, the body of Kevin Hood was found on the side of a road near Lake Arlington. Having the benefit of hindsight 35 years later, Karin said, were able to take all the things that were reported at the time and point out what appeared to be relevant and what police later dismissed as being just mere coincidence. On December 11, 1980, Margaret Maxwell was found deceased in a ravine that runs parallel to Spur 280, near downtown. If you have any information, you are. The body of Jaime Trevizo was later found on the street at 2000 Clinton Avenue. Location: 20700 Sunday Place Those were the last words I heard from Carla.. All rights reserved. It was later determined that the same firearm was used in both crimes. Nobody paid attention to the fact that it didnt matter what race you were. The medical examiner also ruled that the killer injected her with morphine. The Reporters Notebook, Hughes said, wants to keep the victims names and memories out there in hopes that something comes up that the police dont know about yet. 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