CELEBS DEATHS THAT ARE STILL UNSOLVED
Added on: 6th Jul 2016
CHRIS TRICKLE
On March 25th, 1998, twenty-four-year-old NASCAR driver
Chris Trickle died of injuries sustained in a Las Vegas
drive-by shooting on February 9, 1997. A quirk in Nevada law
at the time meant that the gunmen could not be
prosecuted for his murder, since his death had occurred
more than a year and a day after the attack. The law
was subsequently changed. No suspects have ever
been identified, and the case is considered cold.
BRIAN SPENCER
Brian Spencer was a popular hockey player who played for
many NHL teams during a ten-year career that ended in
1979. He was shot during a robbery after allegedly buying
cocaine in Riviera Beach, Florida, on June 2nd, 1988. The
year before, Spencer had been acquitted of a 1982 murder
and kidnapping. Despite not entirely believing the story
told them by Spencer’s companion that night, police said
he was not a suspect, but many believe Spencer’s
murder was a face-off and an act of payback.
OLOF PALME
Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden and the leader of the
Swedish Social Democratic Party, was extremely popular
and loved by his people, but despite this he was shot in the
back while walking home from a movie theatre with his wife
shortly after 11 p.m. on February 28, 1986, in Stockholm.
His murder remains unsolved to this day.
MARY ROGERS
Mary Rogers, also known as the “Beautiful Cigar Girl,” was
found in the Hudson River on July 28th, 1841. The story became
a national sensation and inspired Edgar Allan Poe to write
“The Mystery of Marie Roget” in 1842. Her death
remains a mystery to this day.
GEORGE REEVES
Hard-core superhero fans might know Reeves for his role as
Superman in the 1950’s TV series Adventures of Superman.
However, he’s best remembered for his mysterious death
at age forty-five from a gunshot. The official findings stated
it was a suicide, but there was a lot of evidence to make
many people believe he was either murdered or the
victim of an accidental shooting.
TUPAC SHAKUR
On September 7th, 1996, hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was
fatally shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shakur, who was shot
five times by an unknown man who remains on the
streets, died from his injuries six days later.
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
The murder of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.,
happened a few months after Tupac’s murder, on the night
of March 9th, 1997, when the rapper was shot multiple times in
a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California, which led to his
death an hour later. His murder remains unsolved as well.
BOB CRANE
Bob Crane, an American actor best known for his role in
Hogan’s Heroes, was discovered bludgeoned to death with
a weapon that was never found but which police believed to
be a camera tripod, at the Winfield Place Apartments in
Scottsdale, Arizona, on June 29th, 1978. Crane was involved
in the underground sex scene and filmed his numerous
escapades with the help of John Henry Carpenter, who was
an audio-visual expert and main suspect in the murder.
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