Just last year the New York Post reported that authorities were able to identify the body of outlaw Joseph Loveless, who was killed around 1916 but wasn't found until 1979.
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How can you solve a murder without a body? Is it possible to find hidden treasure without a good map? It's very difficult to find someone who "disappeared" in the 19th century, seeing as today's standard identification, the driver's license or state identification, did not include photographs until 1958, according to Automobile. Ridgway strangled and dumped the bodies of mostly sex workers and vulnerable women in Washington and Oregon while he worked as a commercial truck painter. Some are historical accounts from Montana's early Wild West history, but most are contemporary cases that. 18, 1949, has been proven to be responsible for the deaths of 49 people but is suspected of killing at least 90. 43-year-old barber Nels Anderson and his wife, 39-year-old Annie, were slain in their barber shop on. Award-winning Montana author Brian D'Ambrosio examines the most notorious murders in the state's history. There are plenty of unsolved mysteries out there yet. On the night of December 7, 1924, one of Billings oldest unsolved murders took place. Forensic Colleges credits the first female police captain in the United States, Frances Glessner Lee, as being evolutionary in the advances of forensic science, using medical professionals over coroners. Why are mysteries that happened a century or more ago so intriguing? Because there is always a chance that modern technology, new information, or just plain luck might help solve the case, and wouldn't that be glorious? IFL Science rightfully credits "scientific understanding," which includes tracing people through DNA and "21st century medicine" to solving some of the most intriguing mysteries of the past. These stories continue to intrigue history lovers of the Old West.