Iraan, TX Area Cold Cases
Name
Melissa RomeroAge
22Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Agency
Roswell Police Department
Name
Crystal NitcherAge
3Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
First, it was 2-1/2-month-old tammy in january 1972. Two months later in march, 2-year-old sarah. Fast forward four years — and to another state — to 3-month-old crystal. And finally, almost a year to the day after crystal’s death, the youngest of them all — misti, just 5 weeks old.One by one, helen nitcher’s daughters all died under mysterious circumstances.Patterns got missed. Medical examiners struggled with inconclusive autopsy reports. But helen c. (née tenery) nitcher, later known as crystal price, had two dead daughters within 2-1/2 months — in iowa, that is — until nitcher relocated and the pattern repeated in abilene, texas.Two more dead infant daughters followed.News reports on the four girls’ successive deaths also had a strikingly familiar ring; officials reported all three infants, as well as the 2-year-old, dead on arrival.The mother’s explanations for the short-lived lives were conflicting at best; the stories varied depending on the city and state where the obituaries appeared, leaving astute readers as mystified as iowa and texas medical examiners, who never could quite pinpoint exact causes or manners of death.Iowa coroners had no way of knowing nitcher left iowa after her first two daughters’ deaths, only to have two more infants die in texas. And texas officials apparently were unaware of the two previous iowa deaths.Agency
Iowa
Name
Misti NitcherAge
5Cause of Death
HomicideInfo
First, it was 2-1/2-month-old tammy in january 1972. Two months later in march, 2-year-old sarah. Fast forward four years — and to another state — to 3-month-old crystal. And finally, almost a year to the day after crystal’s death, the youngest of them all — misti, just 5 weeks old.One by one, helen nitcher’s daughters all died under mysterious circumstances.Patterns got missed. Medical examiners struggled with inconclusive autopsy reports. But helen c. (née tenery) nitcher, later known as crystal price, had two dead daughters within 2-1/2 months — in iowa, that is — until nitcher relocated and the pattern repeated in abilene, texas.Two more dead infant daughters followed.News reports on the four girls’ successive deaths also had a strikingly familiar ring; officials reported all three infants, as well as the 2-year-old, dead on arrival.The mother’s explanations for the short-lived lives were conflicting at best; the stories varied depending on the city and state where the obituaries appeared, leaving astute readers as mystified as iowa and texas medical examiners, who never could quite pinpoint exact causes or manners of death.Iowa coroners had no way of knowing nitcher left iowa after her first two daughters’ deaths, only to have two more infants die in texas. And texas officials apparently were unaware of the two previous iowa deaths.Agency
Iowa
Name
Dolly BellAge
56Cause of Death
Gun/FirearmInfo
Agency
Colorado City Police Department
Name
William PerezAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Ishmael HaywoodAge
20Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Marcus CummingsAge
20Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Richard RamosAge
20Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Winfrey BrownAge
37Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Garry TorresAge
45Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Antonio AvinaAge
46Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Nikalas ClayAge
20Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Jesus TorresAge
58Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Lester MayberryAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Evaristo Lopez-IbarraAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Shaquille BartholomewAge
20Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Veronica GutierrezAge
42Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Raul Llana-ArriagaAge
23Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Ganiyu OdonsiAge
26Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Benjamin TalamantezAge
51Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Abdin IsmaelAge
69Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Miguel SilvaAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Maryam AlmarazAge
37Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Angel SalazarAge
28Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Robert LewisAge
37Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Raul HerreraAge
29Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Julio GuitierrezAge
34Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Raymond FlowersAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Davis PhillipsAge
36Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Corina LasoyaAge
95Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Cesar FraustoAge
31Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Jose FernandezAge
71Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Glenn JacksonAge
19Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Armando ZunigaAge
42Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Kolin WormsleyAge
21Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Brigido Marmolejo-GomezAge
69Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Steven CernaAge
21Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Carmen HerreraAge
33Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department
Name
Kenneth AndersonAge
47Cause of Death
MurderInfo
Agency
San Antonio Police Department