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On 10 May 2023, a man collapses in the street in Amsterdam. He is taken a hospital, where it becomes clear that he has suffered a brain haemorrhage or stroke. After receiving the necessary medical care, doctors determine that the man has been left with aphasia, a condition that in this case makes communication extremely difficult. He is unable to provide any information about his identity or address.

The Amsterdam-West detective unit therefore launches an investigation in an attempt to establish his identity. Not because they are required to do so, but simply because they want to help. The man has meanwhile been transferred to a care facility in Amsterdam Southeast. Although police officers pursue every possible avenue to find out more, they seem to keep reaching a dead end. Professionals closely involved with Lucky have by now begun referring to him as lacking the capacity to make decisions for himself.

But where do they go from here?

Fortunately, Team Cold Case becomes involved. The Amsterdam-West detectives are unable to make any further progress and need to focus on criminal cases. Ruud and Nel—now retired and working as volunteers with the Cold Case Team—are assigned the case. Rather than conducting a criminal investigation, they begin a social investigation. One possibility they consider is that there may be worried family members who know nothing about what has happened to him and, because they are not known to authorities, cannot be informed.

Buddhist Temple and Waterlooplein

Ruud and Nel soon try to map out who Lucky has been in contact with and what his social circles look like. They discover that he is a member of a Buddhist community based on Middenweg in Amsterdam. Members there tell them that the unidentified man is known by the nickname “Lucky.” Through other sources, Ruud and Nel discover that Lucky occasionally has a drink at Soep en Zo on Waterlooplein. To their surprise, however, he is known there as “Chris the Canadian.”

American? Canadian?

Once again, there is no clear answer as to the “real” identity of the nameless man. An additional challenge is that Lucky’s roots probably do not lie in the Netherlands. People around him believe that he may be from the United States or Canada. After all, he always spoke English, with an accent that sounded as though it came from one of those countries. Hence the nicknames used by people around him. To this day, Lucky still uses words such as “nonsense” and “definitely” to confirm or deny something. Unfortunately, he is unable to communicate much beyond that.

Everyone has the right to know who he is

Nel: “I simply cannot believe that nobody knows who this man really is. Isn’t it strange that you could perhaps live under the radar in the Netherlands for twenty years?”

Ruud: “Every person has the right to an identity, and that includes this man.”

Do you know who Lucky is? If so, please contact the police.

https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2026/augustus/17/een-heel-leven-maar-geen-naam-wie-herkent-deze-man.html

I want to share a missing person case from Georgia that has been unsolved for 12 years.

The case is about Guram Dadianidze, usually called Gurika.

He was 17 years old when he disappeared in June 2014 during the Lomisoba religious festival near Mleta, Georgia.

His mother has been looking for him ever since.

There have been many theories over the years, but no one has found Guram and nobody has been publicly proven responsible for his disappearance.

Recently the case became active again.

Police searched the area again, old witness statements started being discussed, an old video appeared, witnesses gave new interviews, and then Guram’s Facebook account suddenly became active after many years.

There are also several strange details in the original story that still do not have clear answers.

I want to put everything I have found in one place.

I am not accusing anyone mentioned here of a crime.

Some of the people in this post were with Guram that night or are connected to the case as witnesses. There is no public evidence proving that any of them harmed him.

I am also attaching screenshots and photos. Where something comes only from a screenshot or from information that has not been publicly confirmed by police, I will say so clearly.

1. The trip to Lomisoba

According to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 16 people from the same neighborhood in Tbilisi travelled to the Lomisoba festival on June 10, 2014.

They travelled in a minibus.

Because the road toward the shrine was difficult, they left the minibus in Mleta and continued on foot.

The official police statement says they stayed at the shrine for a short time and started walking back at around 2 AM.

There is also information discussed around the case that the group reached Lower Mleta at around 10 PM and spent only a short time near the shrine.

One version describes that time as about 20 minutes.

However, the public police statement does not give an exact number of minutes, so I am not treating the 20 minute figure as an officially confirmed fact.

There are also slightly different numbers in older reports about how many people were together.

Police now say 16 people travelled from the neighborhood.

Some older reporting talks about a smaller group of around 14 young people and an adult.

A very early report talks about six people being together near the time Guram disappeared.

This may simply mean different reports were talking about different parts of the same larger group.

2. What police say happened to Guram

The current official police version is very specific.

Police say Guram was walking down with a relative.

Two other people, described as a father and his child, were also nearby.

At some point Guram stopped to rest and sat on a rock.

According to police, the relative and the father and child saw this happen.

There were only about 300 to 500 meters left before reaching the minibus.

Police say Guram told the others to keep walking and said he would catch up.

The three people continued.

After walking a short distance, Guram still had not appeared.

Because it was dark, one of the neighbors went back with a flashlight.

When he returned to the place where Guram had been sitting, Guram was gone.

Police say Guram did not have his mobile phone with him.

Because of that, his friends could not call him and investigators could not later use his phone to track where he went.

Police also say witnesses reported that Guram had no fight or conflict with anyone during the trip or at the shrine.

They say many pilgrims were moving through the area and no signs of violence were found where witnesses say Guram was last seen.

3. Early reports from 2014 were not this clear

This is one of the parts of the case that I find most confusing.

On June 13, 2014, only a few days after Guram disappeared, a local official told Georgian media that relatives said six people had come down together as far as the main road.

According to that report, Guram disappeared after they reached the road.

Then another report appeared on June 14.

The same official said police had questioned people who had been with Guram and their stories were different.

Some reportedly said they stopped seeing Guram near the school in Lower Mleta.

Others reportedly mentioned the area near a church.

At that time the official said it was unclear exactly where Guram disappeared.

This was not years later.

These reports came only a few days after Guram went missing.

Today the official version describes a very specific rock, three people who saw Guram there, and a distance of only 300 to 500 meters from the vehicle.

There may be a normal explanation.

Different people could have been talking about the last place where they personally saw Guram.

Early information may also have been passed badly between police, local officials and journalists.

But I think the difference is still important.

4. What Ani Gelashvili says happened

Ani Gelashvili was part of the group.

She gave a long interview in 2026.

Ani says that shortly before Guram disappeared, he was walking with a friend known by the nickname Tini.

According to Ani, Guram told Tini to go ahead and said he would catch up.

Tini returned to the others.

Ani says the group thought Guram may have wanted privacy because he needed to use the toilet.

She says about five minutes later her father, Kakha Gelashvili, decided to go back and look for Guram.

According to Ani, her father came back about five minutes later.

He asked whether Guram had reached the group.

He had not.

Ani says they became worried and began searching.

She says police and rescue workers were told very quickly.

According to her, rescue and police vehicles were already only a few meters from their minibus because a large number of officers and rescuers were in the area for Lomisoba.

She says this is why they went directly to them instead of calling emergency services.

If this timeline is correct, Guram disappeared in a very small period of time.

5. Did the group stay in Mleta or return to Tbilisi?

Ani strongly denies the claim that the group simply left Guram and returned to Tbilisi.

She says they immediately started looking for him.

According to her, police, rescuers and local people joined the search.

She says Guram’s aunt and uncle later arrived in Mleta.

Ani says the younger people only left after Guram’s uncle told them to go home.

She says her father Kakha, her mother, police, rescuers and local people stayed there.

She has also said that the group was covered in mud because they had been searching.

Guram’s mother, Sopho Bibilashvili, tells a different story.

She has publicly said that according to what she was told, the group returned to Tbilisi without Guram and asked Guram’s aunt whether Guram had somehow arrived home.

She also questions whether the story about Guram sitting on the rock is true at all.

So there is a direct difference here.

Ani says they stayed in Mleta and searched until Guram’s relatives arrived.

Guram’s mother says she was told the group returned to Tbilisi without him.

The public does not have every original 2014 police interview, so we cannot compare every person’s first statement word for word.

6. The family says one person later changed their story

In 2026, Guram’s family said that one person who had been with the group later admitted that their first statement had not been true.

This claim was reported by Georgian television.

However, the full interview record has not been published publicly.

We do not know from public records exactly who the person was, what the original statement said, or exactly what was later changed.

Because of that, I think this needs to be described as an important claim from Guram’s family, not a proven public fact.

The family has also raised the possibility that some kind of accident happened while Guram was with the group and that the full story was never told.

Again, this is a theory raised by the family.

Nobody has been publicly proven guilty.

7. The strange phone question

Police say Guram did not have his phone with him when he disappeared.

Ani Gelashvili says the same.

But there are other strange details about the phone.

Ani says Guram had told his mother that his SIM card was damaged or was not working.

According to Ani, it later turned out that the SIM card was actually fine.

Ani also says the group decided to go to Lomisoba on the same day.

But she says she later heard that Guram had already told his mother about the trip one day earlier.

Ani said this confused her because, according to her, the group itself had not planned the trip the previous day.

There is also a photo connected to the trip that has caused questions because Guram appears to be holding a phone.

If his own phone was not with him, the obvious question is whose phone it was.

I have not seen a public answer to that question.

8. How many photos exist from the trip?

Another strange point concerns photographs.

Only a very small number of photographs from the trip have surfaced.

I currently have two photos that are said to be from the trip, and I will attach them.

There is also a claim around the case that witnesses have denied having more photographs.

I want to be careful with this point.

I have not found a public police statement confirming that only two photos exist in total.

So I am not saying that as a proven fact.

But considering this was a group trip to a large religious festival, the small number of known photographs is still something I think is worth asking about.

9. Questions about the original investigation

There is also disagreement about what kind of investigation existed in the first years after Guram disappeared.

A report from June 2014 said rescue workers were already searching.

A rescue official reportedly believed a criminal investigation had been opened.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs told the same news outlet that a criminal case had not yet been opened at that point.

In 2026, lawyer Tariel Kakabadze joined Guram’s family.

He says the case material he received contained an investigation registration document dated 2017.

He has also said that interview records he saw in the criminal case material began in 2017.

He has questioned why important phones were apparently not collected and checked shortly after Guram disappeared.

Police reject the claim that nothing happened between 2014 and 2017.

The Ministry says a missing person search case was opened in 2014 and search work was carried out.

So this may partly be a difference between a missing person search file and a formal criminal investigation.

Still, it is an important part of the case.

10. Another question about the early investigation

There is another serious point that has been raised in material around the case.

The claim is that a person said to have been involved in the earlier investigation later denied being involved in Guram’s case, and that former colleagues reportedly could not clearly confirm that person’s role there.

I do not want to name this person because I have not found enough reliable public documentation to independently confirm this claim.

I am also not presenting it as a proven fact.

But if this information is correct, official staff records, case assignment records and signatures on the original documents should be able to answer the question.

11. The landslide theory

For years one major theory was that Guram may have fallen somewhere and later been covered by a landslide.

His mother repeatedly asked authorities to properly search a specific area.

In August 2026, police returned to Mleta.

Around 50 officers and specialists were involved.

They used special equipment, scanners and heavy machinery.

A well was also checked.

Nothing connected to Guram was found.

After the work was completed, Guram’s mother and the family lawyer said the landslide theory had been ruled out for the specific area they had wanted searched.

This does not mean there was definitely no landslide anywhere in the area in 2014.

It also does not prove that Guram could not have had an accident somewhere else.

It means the specific location that the family wanted searched did not produce Guram’s remains.

12. The occupied territory theory

The Lomisa area is close to territory occupied by Russia.

Because of that, one theory over the years has been that Guram may somehow have crossed the occupation line.

There has been no public confirmation from eyewitnesses or occupation forces that Guram crossed the line.

So this remains a theory, not established fact.

13. The monastery theory

Ani Gelashvili has said she personally believes Guram may still be alive.

She has also talked about the possibility that he went to a monastery.

According to Ani, there had previously been talk that Guram wanted to go to a monastery.

She says her father and Guram’s father contacted the Georgian Orthodox Church after Guram disappeared and asked for help.

Nothing was found.

In 2026 Ani again publicly asked monasteries to contact the family or police if Guram had ever stayed with them.

There is no public proof that Guram entered a monastery.

There have also been public comments from other people connected to the case who believe he may still be alive.

This is unusual, but belief that he is alive is not proof that he is alive.

14. Guram’s aunt

Guram’s aunt, Nino Dadianidze, has also spoken publicly about the case and has expressed the belief that Guram may still be alive.

Lawyer Tariel Kakabadze publicly said he wanted to speak with her because he had questions.

At one point he said she had refused to meet him.

He also said some things she had said did not fit other evidence as he understood it.

Later reporting said she decided to speak publicly.

This shows that even among people close to Guram there are different views about what may have happened.

It does not prove that anyone is hiding anything.

15. The Turkey rumor

Another rumor online tried to connect Guram’s disappearance to a young man who died in Turkey.

Guram’s mother publicly rejected this.

She said that death had nothing to do with Guram’s disappearance.

She has also explained that Guram had spent time in Turkey with her before he disappeared.

That seems to be one reason the Turkey theory became popular online.

But his mother says the two cases are not connected.

16. The old video

In 2026 an old video filmed during Lomisoba in 2014 began spreading online.

Lawyer Tariel Kakabadze said that near the end of the video he hears a distressed male voice that sounds like:

“Kakha, do not leave me, please.”

Guram’s mother says she believes the voice is her son.

Ani Gelashvili strongly disagrees.

She says she is sure it is not Guram.

The video has been sent for professional examination.

Police found and interviewed the person who recorded the video.

According to the lawyer, the person who filmed it did not know Guram and was not part of Guram’s group.

Police say the video was recorded on June 11, 2014 at around 3 PM.

The people who were with Guram say he disappeared at around 4 AM.

That is around an eleven hour difference.

This is important.

If the voice is not Guram, the video may have nothing to do with his disappearance.

If experts prove the voice really is Guram, then the timeline would need serious explanation.

As of the time I am writing this, I have not found a publicly released final result of the voice examination.

17. Police questioned people again in 2026

The Ministry of Internal Affairs says the case is still active.

In August 2026, police said more than 20 people had been questioned again during the previous month.

Police say they have not found evidence of a revenge motive.

They also say they found no confirmed signs of violence where witnesses say Guram was last seen.

Police have asked people not to spread false or unconfirmed information.

18. Fake messages started appearing online

The digital part of the case became very strange in August 2026.

Before Guram’s real old Facebook account made its strange post, fake accounts were already spreading messages connected to Guram.

On August 18, lawyer Tariel Kakabadze said fake accounts were posting things such as:

“Mom, I am alive.”

He said he believed the purpose was to mislead the family and move attention toward false directions.

This timing is important because it means some fake account activity was already happening before the biggest Facebook event later that evening.

19. Guram’s real Facebook account became active

On August 18, 2026 at 21:54, Guram’s old Facebook account suddenly published a post.

The text was:

“Арцыд рæстæг”

Georgian media described this as Ossetian and translated it approximately as:

“The time has come.”

Media reports say the previous visible post on Guram’s account was from 2013.

Guram disappeared in 2014.

At this point there is no public proof that Guram himself made the new post.

Someone else may have gained access to his account.

20. A message sent to the account was read

After the post appeared, Guram’s cousin sent a private message to the account.

Later the cousin posted a screenshot showing that the message had been marked as read.

The cousin asked who was using the account and what was happening.

This suggests someone had access to the account.

It does not prove that person was Guram.

21. Guram’s mother’s reaction

Guram’s mother publicly reacted to the post.

She asked what “the time has come” meant.

She later said several strange messages had appeared around the case.

These included messages similar to “Mom, I am alive”, Russian language messages and then the Ossetian post.

She said she believed somebody was playing with the case.

Her point was simple.

If Guram was really alive and wanted to contact her, he knew how to reach his own mother directly.

She said the Facebook situation had been reported to investigators.

22. The suspicious account using the name “Kaxa Gelashvili”

Around the same time, another Facebook account appeared using the name “Kaxa Gelashvili”.

This is very important:

There is no public proof that the real Kakha Gelashvili created or controlled this account.

Someone may have used his name.

According to Georgian media, the suspicious account reportedly had only one Facebook friend.

That friend was Gurika Dadianidze.

The account also used information connected to Guram.

The name “guriko96” appeared in its contact information.

A public post on the account was written in Russian:

“Если я приду”

which means:

“If I come.”

The account also appeared under posts connected to Guram.

Under one video posted by Guram’s mother, the account reportedly wrote:

“Mom, I am alive.”

The account later stopped appearing in Facebook search.

Again, none of this proves that the real Kakha Gelashvili controlled it.

It could even mean somebody was deliberately using his name to point attention toward him.

23. The heart reaction

One screenshot I am attaching appears to show the suspicious “Kaxa Gelashvili” account giving a heart reaction to the new post on Guram’s real Facebook account.

The post is the one containing:

“Арцыд рæстæг”

I have the screenshot.

I do not have a public police statement confirming who controlled the account.

So I am showing the screenshot as part of the timeline, not as proof against the real Kakha Gelashvili.

24. Another strange Ossetian message

Another screenshot appears to show the same suspicious account posting:

“ма йæ кæн”

I do not want to guess what this means.

I would really like someone who speaks Ossetian to explain the exact translation and how a native speaker would understand it.

Again, this screenshot should not be treated as officially authenticated evidence unless investigators confirm it.

25. The Viber account

Another screenshot shown in a circulating video appears to show a Viber profile with wording similar to:

“Арцыд растаг”

The screen also appears to say:

“Last seen yesterday at 21:54.”

That time is interesting because Guram’s real Facebook post appeared at 21:54.

However, a screenshot by itself does not prove that the Viber account was controlled by the same person who used the suspicious Facebook account or Guram’s real account.

That connection would need technical confirmation.

26. The accounts later disappeared

The suspicious Kakha named Facebook account later stopped appearing in Facebook search.

People following the case have also reported that other pages later became unavailable.

It is important not to jump to conclusions here.

A missing profile can mean several different things.

The owner may have deleted it.

It may have been deactivated.

Facebook may have removed or locked it.

The username may have changed.

Without information from Meta, we cannot know which happened.

27. The lawyer says he knows the IP information behind one message

On August 19, Tariel Kakabadze said he had information about the IP address and the country connected to the person behind the message:

“Mom, I am alive.”

He did not publicly name the country.

He said revealing it could interfere with the investigation.

There is a very important difference here.

This does not automatically mean that investigators have identified the person who entered Guram’s real old Facebook account at 21:54.

The lawyer was speaking about the “Mom, I am alive” message.

Whether that account and Guram’s real Facebook account were controlled by the same person has not been publicly proven.

28. Why the digital evidence matters

There are several separate questions now.

Who accessed Guram’s real Facebook account?

Who created the suspicious account using Kakha Gelashvili’s name?

Who wrote “Mom, I am alive”?

Who controlled the Viber account shown in the screenshot?

Were any of those accounts connected through the same phone, computer, IP address, email address, phone number or recovery information?

If investigators find a technical link between them, that could be very important.

If they do not, some of this activity may simply be trolling or an attempt to confuse the family and the public.

29. The biggest questions I still have

Why did the first reports in 2014 describe different places where Guram was last seen?

Why did one early report say six people reached the main road together?

Who exactly were the three people who police now say saw Guram sitting on the rock?

Is Tini the relative mentioned in the official police version?

Exactly how much time passed between Tini leaving Guram and Kakha going back to search?

How long was Kakha away from the group?

Why does Ani say the group stayed in Mleta while Guram’s mother says she was told they returned to Tbilisi?

Did somebody really admit that their first statement was false?

If so, what exactly changed?

Why did Guram not have his phone?

Whose phone appears in the photograph where Guram seems to be holding one?

Why did he reportedly say his SIM card was damaged?

How did Guram apparently know about the trip one day earlier if the rest of the group supposedly planned it on the same day?

Why are so few photographs from the trip known?

Are there more photographs or videos that have never been made public?

What exactly happened in the investigation between 2014 and 2017?

Who was officially assigned to the case during those years?

Whose voice is heard in the old video?

If it is Guram’s voice, how can the 3 PM recording fit a disappearance that witnesses place at 4 AM?

Who entered Guram’s real Facebook account in 2026?

Who created the suspicious Kakha named account?

Why did that account use “guriko96”?

Why did it react to Guram’s post?

What exactly does “ма йæ кæн” mean?

Is the Viber screenshot authentic?

If it is authentic, why does its 21:54 time match the time of Guram’s Facebook post?

What country was connected to the IP mentioned by the lawyer?

Were the fake account and Guram’s real account operated by the same person?

And most importantly:

Are these new online events actually connected to what happened to Guram in 2014, or is somebody using a 12 year old missing person case to confuse and hurt the family?

30. What I am asking Reddit

I am not asking anyone to find private phone numbers, home addresses, IP addresses or personal information.

Please do not contact, threaten or harass Guram’s family, witnesses, Kakha Gelashvili, Ani Gelashvili or anyone else mentioned here.

I am not asking Reddit to decide who is guilty.

I am interested in the timeline and in public information that may help people understand the case.

I would especially like to hear from people who understand missing person cases, digital forensics, Facebook security, OSINT and the Ossetian language.

Can an Ossetian speaker explain the exact meaning and normal use of:

“Арцыд рæстæг”

and

“ма йæ кæн”

What information could Meta still have about a Facebook login made in August 2026?

Can investigators determine whether two accounts were used from the same device even if one account has been deleted or deactivated?

Can Meta still preserve useful login information after an account disappears?

Does anyone see a contradiction in the public timeline that I have missed?

This is still an active missing person case.

Nobody mentioned in this post should be treated as guilty unless there is real evidence.

Sources

Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs statement reported by Publika

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty report on the police timeline and search

InterPressNews report from June 13, 2014

InterPressNews report from June 14, 2014

Netgazeti report on the Facebook post

TV Pirveli interview with Ani Gelashvili

TV Pirveli report about the family’s claim that a statement changed

Netgazeti report from the early search in 2014

Tabula report on the suspicious Facebook account

Tabula report on the renewed search

Primetime report on the read Facebook message

Primetime report on the lawyer’s IP statement

Palitra Video report about fake “Mom, I am alive” messages

Palitra Video report on the old video and voice examination

TV Pirveli report about the person who recorded the old video

Fortuna report on the Turkey rumor

Ambebi report on Guram’s aunt and the lawyer’s questions

On August 17, 1978, Bette Wolf reported her 21-year-old son William “Billy” Wolf Jr. missing from the Fargo area.

Billy had reportedly last been seen two days earlier, on August 15.

Three days after the missing-person report, on August 20, a man canoeing on the Red River approximately three miles north of Kragnes, Minnesota, noticed a green garbage bag floating in the water.

Inside was part of a human body.

Another garbage bag was located roughly 200 yards downstream, caught near the opposite side of the river.

Together, the bags contained the remains of Billy Wolf.

The North Dakota Attorney General's cold-case listing confirms that Wolf's body had been cut in half, placed into garbage bags and dumped into the Red River.

The condition of the remains

Information about Billy's case is surprisingly sparse considering the violence involved.

Secondary accounts based on earlier local reporting state that Billy was still dressed in a tan work shirt, green pants and work boots when he was found.

Those accounts also report that investigators believed his body had been cut through the waist with a powered saw and that he had suffered injuries to his face and throat. His remains were identified through dental records.

Investigators apparently believed Billy had been dead for approximately three days, placing his death very close to the time he was last seen.

That raises an obvious question:

Where was he killed?

The river may only have been the disposal site.

Who was Billy?

One of the more frustrating things about this case is how little information about Billy's final day appears to be publicly known.

Later reporting described investigators as believing his death may have been connected in some way to Fargo's low level drug scene, although no one has ever been successfully prosecuted for killing him. Secondary accounts also state that investigators considered the possibility that more than one person was involved.

The case also has apparently produced an unusual problem over the years: people have reportedly confessed to Billy's murder, but investigators did not believe those people were responsible.

Why dismember him?

If Billy was killed during a spontaneous argument, robbery, or drug-related confrontation, the offender then went considerably further.

That suggests the killer either had access to somewhere they could dismember a body without immediately being noticed, or was willing to take an extraordinary risk doing it.

Personally, I find the dismemberment to be far too passionate for a low level drug transaction gone awry theory to seem plausible.

But it also makes me wonder whether dismemberment was done simply to make the body easier to transport rather than to prevent identification.

Almost five decades later

Billy's murder remains officially unsolved.

The North Dakota Attorney General continues to list William Wolf Jr. among the state's cold homicide cases and directs anyone with information to the Fargo Police Department.

There has also been renewed media attention over the years, including an investigative podcast series devoted specifically to reconstructing Billy's final days and examining the old investigation.

But there has never been an arrest that resolved the case.

Considering how much forensic technology has changed since 1978, I wonder what physical evidence - if any- still exists that could be retested today.

Sources:

Dakota Spotlight — Billy Wolf Murder Case / Chasing Billy: https://dakotaspotlight.com/billy-wolf-murder-case/

https://dakotaspotlight.com/billy-wolf-murder-case/North Dakota Attorney General

https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/public-safety/cold-cases/

Schttps://dakotaspotlight.com/billy-wolf-murder-case

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension — official unsolved homicide poster:

https://portal.dps.mn.gov/BCA/unsolved-cases/cases/Files/00000086/Poster/WolfWilliam.pdf

Meet Gurika Dadianidze. His mother has been searching for him for 12 years.

In June 2014, during the Lomisa/Lomisoba religious festival in Georgia, 16 teenagers and one adult went on an excursion. According to testimony, they hired a minibus/taxi and arrived in Kvemo Mleta at around 10 PM.

They went up to the shrine, but according to the accounts, they did not stay for the religious ceremony and turned back about 20 minutes later.

On the way down, Gurika reportedly sat down on a rock. When the others went to check on him shortly afterward, he was gone.

Over the past 12 years, numerous theories have emerged. One of the main theories was that Gurika had been caught in a landslide. However, according to information that later emerged, there was no landslide in that area in 2014.

Some witnesses have also claimed that Gurika may still be alive — with theories that he could be in a monastery or that he may have crossed into an occupied territory. However, the testimonies do not appear to be consistent with one another.

We also found a video uploaded in 2014 in which a voice that is allegedly Gurika’s can be heard. The video appears to have been recorded during the festival. However, according to witness testimony, the group went up to the shrine at night, which raises further questions about the timeline.

Only two photographs from the excursion appear to have survived. The testimonies refer to the existence of other photographs, but none of them have been found.

From 2014 to 2017, the case was reportedly subject to search efforts and investigative work, while a formal investigation was opened in 2017.

There is also another disturbing detail: the investigator who was involved in the case between 2014 and 2017 reportedly denies having been involved, and former colleagues also say they have no recollection of this person working there.

All witnesses have denied that any conflict or disagreement occurred at the location.

For 12 years, Gurika’s mother has been told — or has been led to believe — that her son may still be alive and that one day he will come home.

What actually happened to Gurika Dadianidze?
📍The information presented here has been obtained and cross-checked with family members and other individuals with direct knowledge of the case.
Georgian ministry of internal affairs statement- August 10, 2026

In the 1950s Bell Aerosystems began making the Bell Rocketbelt jetpack for the US military, showing it off to JFK in 1962. The military was unimpressed with the results. The Jetpack could only fly for half a minute, so development was cancelled. Instead, the Bell Rocketbelt got used for stunt shows and movies.

Fast forward to the 1980s, Texas insurance salesman Bradley Barker begins working for jetpack stuntman Bill Suitors' crew who perform stunts with the Rocketbelt for audiences. In the early 1990s, Bradley went solo to create his own jetpack. In 1992, he founded the American Rocketbelt Corporation with Doug Malewicki, Joe Wright, and Thomas "Larry" Stanley. Doug deserves credit for helping build the Rocketbelt, but he won't be relevant in the crimes that follow. Joe provided the workspace to build the jetpack, and Larry funded the project. The Rocketbelt 2000 was a success and could fly for a record 40 seconds. Still mostly useless, but Bradley is only interested in the money from stunt shows and movie appearances.

Shortly after its completion, the trio of Joe, Larry and Bradley fell out over money and the rights to the jetpack. It's hard to objectively research this story because these people hate each other and they may be all fabricating the story to some degree. Larry and his lawyer Michael Von Blon claim Bradley was falsifying prices of the jetpack material and pocketing the extra cash. When Larry confronted Bradley a fight broke out and Bradley beat Larry over the head with a hammer and both were charged with assault. Larry took Bradley to court over the fake prices, believing he was entitled to the Rocketbelt. Joe didn't care about the jetpack and just wanted to collect his cut of the money and leave. Unfortunately, he never got it. On July 16th, 1998, Joe Wright was found murdered in his Houston home, beaten to death with a hammer, 11 days before the trial over rights to the Rocketbelt. Police questioned both Bradley and Larry about his death. Bradley was released after a 3-day investigation found no evidence. Joe Wright's murder remains unsolved to this day.

Later that summer, the judge ruled in favor of Larry, demanding Bradley give him the Rocketbelt and pay more than 10 million dollars. Bradley instead took the Rocketbelt and went on the run. Larry was determined to recover that jetpack through any means necessary. Larry Stanley recruits the help of stuntman Christopher James Wentzel, who worked with Bradley in the past, to lure him into a trap. Christopher offers Bradley a fake job in Hollywood he had to drive to. When Bradley arrived at Christopher's house, he was attacked by 3 men with guns, gagged, and stuffed into a wooden scuba diving box. Larry is among the attackers, demanding Bradley tell them where the Rocketbelt is and sign a contract giving up the rights. Bradley refuses to, believing that if he tells them where it is, they would kill him right afterwards. For 8 days, Bradley is kept hostage until finally the group leaves him alone in the house. Bradley escaped and ran to the nearest police station.

In 2002, Larry Stanley and Christopher James Wentzel were found guilty of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and extortion. Christopher takes a plea deal and is sentenced to 7 years in prison. Larry Stanley is serving a life sentence. So what happened to the Rocketbelt 2000, the jetpack that people kidnapped and potentially murdered each other for. Bradley is the last person to ever see it and he's said in interviews he's never telling anyone.

sources:

Missing Rocket Belt Inspired Greed, Envy--Possibly Even Murder - Los Angeles Times

Man Gets Life Term in Kidnapping - Los Angeles Times

Rocketbelt 2000 Drama Part 1

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/blasted-6567513/

https://www.deseret.com/1999/7/28/19457763/rocket-belt-still-missing-but-feud-lives-on/

On the morning of August 24, 2002, Shirley McKeown left her home in Kansas City, Missouri to drive to her daughter's house and supervise what was supposed to be an ordinary job by a team of painters. She would never arrive.

Ten days later, her white 1990 Cadillac DeVille would be found in an abandoned lot (or behind a vacant house, sources differ) in Kansas City. It had been covered with a tarp and brush in a rough attempt to conceal the car; the personalized license plates (MCQ-N) had been removed and the backseat of the car was found covered in a large amount of blood later proven by DNA to be Shirley's. A medical examiner stated the amount of blood lost meant it was extremely unlikely she survived.

Decades later, her body and killer have yet to be found.

Shirley A. McKeown

Born January, 1931, she was a Missouri native and 71 years old when she disappeared. She wore glasses and had a pacemaker but was otherwise reportedly in excellent health. She was not known to have Alzheimer's disease or another condition that would explain becoming disoriented and wandering away.

At the time of her disappearance, Shirley was a retired nurse that had worked at North Kansas City hospital throughout the 60s and 70s. According to family, she enjoyed antiques, refinishing old woodwork, flea markets and yard sales. She was a widow and the mother of two children.

Timeline

Friday, August 23, 2002: Shirley's daughter, Bridget, was away for the weekend and asked her mom to supervise a team of painters who were helping renovate her house at the 3400 Block of Charlotte Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Shirley was apparently with the painters on Friday and told them she would return the next morning.

Saturday, August 24, 2002: At approximately 9:30 AM, Shirley left her home near East 44th Street/Laurel Avenue in Kansas City to head to her daughter's house (8 miles away, approximately 15-20 minute drive in traffic). She never arrived and no documented sightings of her exist after leaving her home that morning.

Sunday, August 25, 2002: Around 2PM, her daughter attempted to call her multiple times before finally contacting Shirley's neighbors. They reported that her dog had apparently been left out all night, her Sunday newspaper was still laying in the yard, and that her back door was unlocked. All of this was unusual according to her daughter, who reported her missing immediately after.

September 3, 2002: Ten days after her disappearance, Shirley's white 1990 Cadillac DeVille would be discovered in an abandoned area around 33rd Street and Highland Avenue in Kansas City. It was reportedly hidden behind trees and covered in a tarp (some sources also report brush or branches on top as well) and her personalized license plates (MCQ-N) were missing.

One of the most notable things about this is that the car discovery location is roughly a mile away from the daughter's house (a 5 minute drive) while Shirley's house is around 8-9 miles away from both.

2014: Kansas City police Sgt. Everett Babcock was working Shirley's case while also investigating the disappearance of another Kansas City woman, Tabitha Brewer. According to local news, Babcock indicated that he had spoken with people whom he believed possessed enough knowledge to lead investigators to the missing women's bodies.

2023: During an interview with KCTV, Shirley's daughter told them that she felt dismissed when originally reporting her mom's case back in 2002.

Other Developments

After this point, the case begins to get extremely bizarre. An 18 year old has been identified in multiple reports as being questioned after having been seen driving Shirley's Cadillac and having some of her things on him. Despite this, I've been unable to find any further information regarding his name, the date of this, or why he wasn't considered a suspect despite being in possession of her car and belongings.

A few days after the car was discovered, another unidentified man that lived in the neighborhood came forward voluntarily and told police he had information about the vehicle. He was interviewed and his house and yard were searched. Investigators did not publicly label the man a suspect, however they reportedly believed he may have been in contact with the people involved in Shirley's disappearance.

What Happened?

Shirley's daughter has stated her death was probably a carjacking, however to this day her body or license plates have never been recovered. The blood in the backseat indicates she was either forced in the back and killed there OR attacked and then forced into the back afterwards, however it is unknown where she was intercepted along the way.

According to the painters, she never arrived to the house at all the day of her disappearance. The odd thing about this is that the location of the car is a little more than a mile from the daughter's house which could possibly mean she was attacked there or nearby. It's very possible that she was the victim of a carjacking that turned into a murder of opportunity or an accidental killing during the robbery itself; the car concealment itself seemed to be a rushed job as they attempted to use a tarp and branches to cover it and reports didn't indicate any attempts to clean up the blood.

From a personal standpoint, I find it extremely odd that the 18 year old found with her car and belongings was questioned but never named or interrogated further as well the fact that nothing further came out of the man who came forward with voluntary information. Her daughter has expressed to the news that police did not take her case seriously as well.

Unfortunately, many of the abandoned buildings around the area have been demolished and rebuilt now which may make finding concrete evidence difficult, but I do hope someone will come forward especially since the 18 year old driving her car would only be 42 now if he's alive.

Edit

An interesting update while digging through newspapers from the time: the 18 year old and the neighborhood man may in fact be the same person. He apparently lived in the neighborhood with his mom and somehow obtained Shirley’s car with belongings inside from somebody else and voluntarily contacted the police with a lawyer.

Another detail is the police were looking for a specific chair Shirley bought and even out out a piece in the newspaper with a photo asking for more leads on where she bought it as apparently she frequented flea markets and garage sales. She may have possibly stopped somewhere on the way to her daughter’s house to acquire it. Police apparently recovered the antique chair and other belongings from the 18 year old’s house.

Detectives apparently said they suspected the 18 year old was not telling the truth but they were lacking enough evidence to pursue him further; he claimed he bought the Cadillac for 50$ and knew nothing about the missing woman. Witnesses reported seeing 4 young men riding around her car after she vanished and credit card records show her car was filled with gas in Olathe.

Google Map of the 3 Locations in the Case

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1jpGBYFUPOXxoVJJjLrsQiMNIsIQwL8g&usp=sharing

Sources

https://kcpolice.org/crime/missing-persons/unsolved-missing-persons-cases/shirley-mckeown/ https://kccrimestoppers.com/sitemenu.aspx?ID=452&P=unsolved&PageNum=7 https://charleyproject.org/case/shirley-a-mckeownhttps://ncmissingpersons.org/shirley-mckeown/ https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3747dfmo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140313081033/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/police-new-leads-in-cases-of-missing-kc-women https://web.archive.org/web/20080901201724/http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2008/08/the-elusive-pur.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150909185144/http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2007/08/five-years-late.htmlhttps://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/mpphotos/A1001001A12J10A95324B962871.pdf https://www.kctv5.com/2023/04/12/community-advocates-react-kcpd-bringing-back-missing-persons-unit/https://www.kmbc.com/article/families-ask-for-help-finding-bodies-of-mckeown-brewer/3681255https://websleuths.com/threads/mo-shirley-mckeown-71-kansas-city-24-aug-2002.27708/ https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article341584.html

On August 12th, 2026 the Philadelphia police issued an update in the disappearances of 22 year old Gabriella Amarando and 27 year old Maribel Fresses both of whom went missing in September 2012 and February 2018 from Philadelphia. Authorities announced their disappearances are now be treated as a death investigation following 95 different search warrant carried out on a home since June 19th.

On June 19th near 6th and Market street the investigation began after a US Park Ranker overheard an argument between a man and a woman after the woman screamed that the man was going to hurt her. The ranger pulled over a black BMW driven by a 44 year old man named Eugene Horsch. Horsch was with a woman and he was found to have two illegal handguns with filed off serial numbers, knives, a cattle prod, handcuffs, and drugs in his vehicle.

When interviewed the woman’s ID belonged to a 3rd missing woman, 35 year old Blair Tonzelli who went missing in August of 2022 from Philadelphia. At the time of her disappearance she was associating with a man named “Raymond" who lived in the neighborhood of Olney and sold marijuana.

The house where Horsch lived is located in Philadelphia on West Chew Avenue and has ties to fourth missing woman Amy McHale the ex-wife of Horsch’s late father, Raymond a convicted drug dealer and violent film/book producer who used woman from Kensington in his films. Raymond passed away in 2025 but his wife McHale was last seen at the home in June 2016 before she was reported missing to authorities.

During the search investigators found evidence describe as "real dark" which were images and videos of both Amarando and Fresses alive in the home before later videos showed them deceased according to investigators. Horsch is currently being held in jail and was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, another count of possession of an unlawfully produced document and authentication feature.

Federal agents have begun searching pipes under the home to try and find the bodies of any of the missing women while Horsch is being held in jail on no bail as the investigation continues. In addition to the videos authorities which ranges from 600,000 images, 70,000 videos, and over 10,000 pages of writings. As of now authorities have confirmed they are only 5-7% of the way through the images, videos, and manuscripts as of Wednesday’s press conference.

In addition to they announced they had also found 20 containers of unknown substances in the home/pipes which were sent to Chicago for analysis. They also discovered more evidence including a suspicious stockpile of chemicals in bottles, a 55 gallon drum attached to waterlines, five urns believed to be cremated remains, hidden compartments, illegal guns, several fake ID’s including federal agent badges, 120 pieces of ballistic evidence, a marijuana growing operation worth thousands of dollars, and a handwritten letter with references to Ted Bundy. This was discovered over the course of as of now 95 different search warrants executed on the home.

Investigators notified both families and are continuing to investigate for further remains or evidence at the home. They have also announced that the FBI, DEA, New Jersey State Police, and Philadelphia Police are using sniffer dogs in a joint investigation of the property to try and find further evidence and have already dug up the front yard. They have also asked those with information on/or who knew Eugene Horsch and his father or the house itself to contact police with their information.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/olney-chew-avenue-eugene-horsch-house/

https://www.phillyvoice.com/police-two-dead-women-olney-home-under-federal-investigation/

https://www.fox29.com/news/eugene-horsch-police-provide-update-ongoing-drugs-weapons-case.amp

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/olney-mystery-house-philadelphia-wednesday-update/4447027/?amp=1

https://nypost.com/2026/08/13/us-news/dark-and-graphic-videos-found-at-philly-house-of-horrors-shows-2-missing-women-dead-cops/

https://www.fox29.com/news/eugene-horsch-police-provide-update-ongoing-drugs-weapons-case.amp

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/missing-person-namus-mp100937

https://charleyproject.org/case/amy-teresa-mchale

https://charleyproject.org/case/blair-tonzelli

On August 12th, 2026 Niagara Falls Police announced they had identified skeletal human remains found in a house in November of 2023 as Brenda Marie Leblanc who had been missing since sometime in the mid 1990’s according to investigators. The property since the late 1970s until 2018 was used as a multi-unit rental residence.

The case dates back to November 8th, 2023 when human remains were discovered during a demolition of a home at 7081 Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls, Canada. Investigators reported that the woman was dead from a homicide and that they had possibly been buried as early as the mid 1990’s. According to investigators the remains underwent a forensic and anthropological examination both of which were unsuccessful.

In 2025 authorities submitted DNA from the remains to Othram in Woodlands Texas. The scientists at Othram were able to pull DNA from the human remains which led to a forensic genetic genealogy search took on by the Toronto Police Service, which generated new leads.

An eventual identification was made to Brenda Marie Leblanc a woman in her 30’s who lived in both Niagara Falls and St. Catharines during the 1990s, and was originally from New Brunswick. Investigators have been unable to connect Leblanc to the property she was found on in 2023. Authorities have asked those with information about Leblanc’s murder to contact them.

Sources:

https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/who-killed-brenda-human-remains-found-during-home-demolition-launching-murder-probe-niagara-falls-brenda-marie-leblanc-investigative-genetic-genealogy-forensic-evidence-dna-analysis-vacant-house-true-crime

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/brenda-marie-leblanc-9.7304971

https://people.com/missing-woman-s-remains-found-in-demolished-home-id-d-12058559

https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/who-killed-brenda-human-remains-found-during-home-demolition-launching-murder-probe-niagara-falls-brenda-marie-leblanc-investigative-genetic-genealogy-forensic-evidence-dna-analysis-vacant-house-true-crime

https://dnasolves.com/articles/niagara-falls-brenda-marie-leblanc-homicide/

24-year-old Christy Davey was last seen alive in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.  She reported to a family member that she was headed to a McDonalds with a friend named Bianca Pervis and a man who went by the name “Homeboy George.”  She was never heard from again.

On March 9, her body was found on a conveyor belt in a City of Phoenix recycling facility located at 27th avenue and Lower Buckeye Rd. 

Phoenix PD questioned Pervis, a Phoenix based online radio host. She was not named as a suspect in the case for reasons that were never publicly released. The identity of “Homeboy George” was also never publicly disclosed.  

Detectives concluded she was murdered in a different location and dumped into a recycling container where her body was transported to the facility. 

The case grew cold, despite being profiled on Silent Witness and receiving media coverage.

Christy left behind 4 young children. She battled addiction and was involved in sex work. At the time of her death, she had plans to enter a rehab facility and turn her life around. 

 

Sources

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/woman-found-dead-at-recycling-facility-identified-case-treated-as-homicide/75-76732957

 

https://silentwitness.org/cases/christy-davey-3060-south-27th-avenue-phoenix/

 

 

 

I am someone who has struggled with addiction in my past. One of the victims recently discovered was a childhood friend of my ex wife. She reached out last night in shambles coming to terms with the recent news.
Not only does it hit close to home, but this is close to where I reside now. Making this more surreal than I could’ve imagined. It’s no secret, Philadelphia has one of the highest drug usage in the nation, as Kensington is the epicenter and from first hand knowledge, bad things happen there. Bad things happen when drugs are involved, and worse things happen when the drugs run out.
It appears that a father and son were able to go undetected for decades as they picked and preyed on vulnerable women. Mothers, daughters, sisters. At an alarming rate. The father Raymond Horsch? Google his book he wrote. And then google the films he “directed”.
His son, someone who also suffers from substance abuse, seemingly using his crutch as a lure of sorts. Reeling in the most vulnerable of women. Now I can’t say for certain how long this has been occurring, but what I can say is it seems as though it’s been decades. Why would a man posing as a DEA agent give a woman an ID if a missing persons knowingly? There are so many questions it’s hard to tell where to start.
Please, if you have any information about concerns, past history, encounters, friendships, anything.. please reach out. You can do it anonymously. I have spoken to some NBC Philadelphia investigators and hope to lend as much as a hand as I possibly can.

There will always be evil in this world, but there would be far less if we decided to fight back as a community. Please, if you see this share it. Someone knows something or someone. The thing about substance abuse, is often times at that level, they stick together. Don’t be afraid. I think it’s time Philadelphia became the great city it once was.

Please reach out for more information. I can provide further contact information. I will not stop until we get the answers we need. And may the souls of those women rest in peace.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/olney-mystery-house-philadelphia-wednesday-update/4447027/?amp=1[Robert and Eugene Horsch](https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/4-missing-women-linked-to-olney-home-as-case-draws-comparison-to-gary-heidnik/4447732/?amp=1)