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Brian Nelson, 60, was stabbed to death in his Hibbing home sometime between July 8-10, 2017. Learn more.
 
 
 
Terrell Mayes, 3, was shot and killed around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, December 26, 2011 in his home in Minneapolis. Learn more.
 
 
Harold Schroetter, 57, was last seen at his Falcon Heights home early on the morning of Feb. 26, 2009. Learn more.
 
 
​Investigators believe these children were unintended victims of gun violence among gangs in Minneapolis: Ladavionne Garrett Jr., 10, Trinity Ottoson-Smith, 9, and Aniya Allen, 6. Learn more.
 
 
Rachel Anthony, 50, disappeared around 10 p.m. Feb. 27, 2001, at the end of her shift at Ultimate Liquors in Pine River. Learn more.
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Frank Kastelic, 52, was found outside his car in St. Paul on April 18, 1989, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Learn more.
 
​Barbara Paciotti, 20, was last seen with her boyfriend, Jeff Dolinich, in the early morning hours of June 14, 1969 in Hibbing. Learn more.
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Helen Mary Dahl, 79, was found murdered in the basement of her Minneapolis apartment building on February 11, 1994. Learn more.
 
Cindy Elias, 19, was found murdered on the morning of March 24 off a logging road approximately eight miles north of Aurora. Learn more.
 
Mary and Susan Reker, sisters, Mary (15) and Susan (12) were last seen September 2, 1974. Their bodies were recovered three miles outside of St. Cloud. Learn more.
​Sheri Thielen, 40, was shot by two unidentified black males through a window on the back side of her Minneapolis home on February 9, 1999. Learn more.
​​​Laurie Ann Feiner, 29, was last seen on May 9, 1992 outside of Chuck's Bar in St. Paul. Learn more. Joseph "Scriver" Olson, 75, was found murdered in his rural Kandiyohi County home on February 18, 1983. Learn more.
Susan Swedell, 19, was last seen January 19, 1988 at a gas station about a mile from her home in Lake Elmo. Learn more.
Anita Carlson, 22, was murdered on or around June 30, 1987, near Bemidji. Learn more.​ 
Kevin Brewer, 11, was murdered on August 3rd, 2000 near Cottage Park in Minneapolis. Learn more.
 


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Wesley Morrison, 78, was murdered in St. Paul on August 6, 2000. Learn more.

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Donations to the Spotlight on Crime fund are welcome. To make a donation, contact the Minneapolis Foundation at 612-672-3878.

Spotlight on Crime is a fund that provides cash rewards for information that helps solve violent crimes. It is a collaboration between members of the Minnesota Business Partnership and public safety officials.