(Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 1.) Of the murder victims for whom race was known, 51.9 percent were Black or African American, 43.5 percent were White, and 3.0 percent were of other races. For now, though, this list takes you through some of the most bizarre, most brutal, and most shocking crimes that ever took place in the great state of Texas. MAP: Indianapolis Unsolved Homicides 2017. In 2017, most (78.4 percent) of the 15,129 murder victims for whom supplemental data were received were male. With improvements in evidence collecting, DNA testing, and all the other modern tools used by law enforcement, you would imagine that some of these cold cases will eventually be solved. Despite such an incentive, the murders remain unsolved. On the first anniversary of the murders, the Netherland family increased the reward for information about the killings from 2,500 to 50,000. That is why this creepy Texas list features crimes from the past, but also from the modern day. Within months of the murders, police had searched more than 90 cars in the area that matched the vehicle description, according to WDRB. This database lists the names of everyone killed by another person in the city of. Even as cities like Houston, Dallas, and Austin grow their populations into the millions, there are still areas near each urban center where it is possible to be entirely off the grid. Information about Chicagos homicide victims, compiled by journalists.
The number of unsolved crimes in Texas is higher than in most states, due both to the sheer size of the Lone Star State and also to the amount of empty, desolate space where crimes can be committed with no chance of being discovered. There is something about unexplained mysteries that compels attention. 10 Creepy Unsolved Mysteries from Texas US