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CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bullhe
ad City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:46 pm
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The victim's remains were found by construction workers in a
shallow grave in a vacant lot near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in Bullhead City, Arizona. She is believed to
have died 2-10 years before she was discovered. The victim was
nicknamed "Castleberry Kate" by investigators.
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:47 pm
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Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP11087 Female, White / Caucasian
Date Found
May 15, 1989
Location Found
Bullhead City, Arizona
Estimated Age Range
17-19 Years
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number
--
ME/C Case Number
ML89-0539
Demographics
Sex
Female
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group
Adult - Pre 20
Estimated Age Range (Years)
17-19
Estimated Year of Death
1979-1987
Estimated PMI
Years
Height
5' 7"(67 inches) , Estimated
Weight
Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Found
May 15, 1989
NamUs Case Created
March 15, 2013
ME/C QA Reviewed
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Location Found Map
Street Address
1943 Castleberry Lane
vacant lot
Bullhead City, Arizona
County
Mohave County
GPS Coordinates
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Circumstances of Recovery
A construction crew digging a trench for a gas line located
these skeletal remains buried in a vacant lot.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
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Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton
Circumstance Notes
A construction crew digging a trench for a gas line located
these skeletal remains buried in a vacant lot.
Physical Description
Hair Color
Brown
Head Hair Description
Up to 12 inches in length, some bleached
Body Hair Description
--
Facial Hair Description
--
Left Eye Color
Unknown or Missing
Right Eye Color
Unknown or Missing
Eye Description
--
Distinctive Physical Features
Item
Description
Artificial body part/aid Dental partial plate
Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
Accessories Per Bullhead City PD report, a purse and woman's
clothing were also found.Near the Body
Jewelry one earring for pierced ear On the Body
Investigating Agencies
Bullhead City Police Department
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Agency Case Number
89-2584
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Case Contributors
Bruce Anderson, Forensic Anthropologist
Pima County Medical Examiner's Office
(520) 724-8600
Meredith Archer, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Mohave County Medical Examiner
(928) 505-5888
Elizabeth Ross, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Coconino County Medical Examiner
(928) 679-8775
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:48 pm
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1329UFAZ - Unidentified Female
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Reconstruction of the victim by NCMEC
Date of Discovery: May 15, 1989
Location of Discovery: Bullhead City, Mohave County, Arizona
Estimated Date of Death: 1979-1987
State of Remains: Skeletal
Cause of Death: Homicide
Physical Description
Estimated Age: 17-19 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5" to 5'9"
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Dark to medium brown, 12" in length. Some strands
appeared to have been bleached at one point.
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Identifiers
Dentals: Available. Extensive dental work. The victim had two
upper teeth missing before her death and a partial denture plate
was in place.
Fingerprints: Not available.
DNA: Not available. Insufficient DNA for profiling.
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Women's clothing (description unavailable).
Jewelry: One owl-shaped, multicolored earring.
Additional Personal Items: A purse (description unavailable).
Circumstances of Discovery
The victim's remains were found by construction workers in a
shallow grave in a vacant lot near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in Bullhead City, Arizona. She is believed to
have died 2-10 years before she was discovered. The victim was
nicknamed "Castleberry Kate" by investigators.
Investigating Agency(s)
Agency Name: Mohave County Medical Examiner
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 928-505-5888
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: ML89-0539
NCIC Case Number: U364869190
NamUs Case Number: 11087
NCMEC Case Number: 1184576
Information Source(s)
NamUs
NCMEC
Mohave Valley News
Admin Notes
Added: 6/24/17; Last Updated: 6/24/17
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:49 pm
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Castleberry Kate
"Castleberry Kate" was a female discovered deceased in Arizona
in 1989. She may have died up to ten years before.
Castleberry Kate
HTML https://i.imgur.com/ycwCYN4.jpg
Sex Female
Race White
Location Bullhead City, Arizona
Found May 15, 1989
Unidentified for 29 years
Postmortem interval 2-10 years
Body condition Skeletal
Age approximation 17-19
Height approximation 5'5-5'9
Weight approximation N/A
Cause of death Homicide
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:50 pm
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More than a dozen Mohave County homicides remain unsolved
Jun 11, 2014
By JIM SECKLER
The Daily News
KINGMAN — While one of the oldest cold cases in Mohave County
may have been solved, several others remain foundering with
authorities in need of clues to rekindle their investigations.
After driving from North Carolina to Arizona, Matthew Gibson
turned himself in to the Winslow Police Department on Thursday
and was charged with the 1997 murder of Barbara Leone Brown, 38.
Her husband reported her missing June 26, 1997, from their
Kingman home. Her beaten body was found in Bullhead City five
days later in the bushes near the Colorado River.
The August 2013 arrest of Chase Robert Salveson for the August
2011 murder of Raymond Arthur Sanchez, 36, in Bullhead City came
after two years of investigation. Salveson’s case is pending in
Superior Court.
Zane Mason was captured in October 2012 in California and is
charged with the Aug. 22, 2011, murder of Gregory Stephen
Zeller, 51, of Fort Mohave.
There are still more than a dozen other unsolved homicides,
including the slaying of a Kingman man, Robert Egar Buss, 85,
who was found in November 2009. Buss was stabbed to death at his
home in the 4500 block of Vernetti Lane.
Another unsolved homicide in Kingman is that of Annette
Rounseville, 46, who was riding a bicycle Dec. 12, 2007, at
Melody and John L avenues in north
Kingman when she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver
in a turquoise-colored car.
Another Kingman woman, 80-year-old Anna Hammonds, was believed
killed during a 2007 Christmas Day burglary of her home in the
4200 block of Irving Road.
Sheriff’s detectives are also investigating the death of Letha
James, a 63-year-old Kingman woman who was found shot to death
the morning of Oct. 16, 2004. She was found in her bed at her
home in the 3200 block of Snavely Avenue in Kingman.
The body of Millie Harvey was found Dec. 29, 2003, just west of
Katherine Mine Road and north of Highway 68. Harvey, 44, of Las
Vegas, is believed to have been strangled to death in
mid-December of 2003. Harvey’s birth name was Millie Rae Ruth
Dauster and was also known as Millie Swift.
Stanley John Alecksynas’ body was discovered near Oatman on
April 2, 2002, near the entrance to the Iowa Mine several miles
south of Oatman Road. Search and rescuers discovered 56-year-old
Alecksynas’ body, the victim of an apparent gunshot.
On the night of Dec. 21, 2001, Lee Livesay, 83, of Valle Vista,
was struck and killed by an unknown driver while walking along
state Route 66 near Valle Vista.
Keith Ardell Benefield, 16, was walking along Pierce Ferry Road
April 11, 2001, about a mile from where he lived in Dolan
Springs when he was beaten to death, possibly with a baseball
bat. He died from head injuries at a Kingman hospital. He had
lived in California with his mother before he moved to Dolan
Springs several months before his death.
William Lee Schanz, 57, was shot once in the back of the head
while Ronald Hilbert, 68, was severely beaten May 22, 1998, at
their jewelry store on West Beale Street in Kingman. Hilbert
remained in a coma until his death in 2002. Police detectives
believed the murders were a hate crime. There were no signs of
robbery, no cash or merchandise were taken, nor were Schanz’s or
Hilbert’s wallets stolen.
Marie Evans, 24, of Chloride, was discovered beaten and left
alongside a road in Golden Valley Nov. 7, 1997. It is believed
she had left with a man in a borrowed car late that night never
to return to her parents’ Chloride home.
The body of 19-year-old Rhonda Jeannette Wright was found locked
in a Bullhead City shed that had been set on fire in March 1993.
Workers were digging a trench near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in Bullhead City in 1989 when they dug up the
corpse of an unidentified woman believed to be in her early 20s.
Nicknamed Castleberry Kate, the body was found in a shallow
grave, which may have been there for five to 10 years before
1989.
In one of the oldest unsolved cases, Bullhead City police
detectives are looking for suspects in the beating death of
Pamela Simmons, 35, whose body was found Oct. 28, 1986, dumped
off the side of Highway 68 about five miles from Bullhead City.
If anyone has information to any of these crimes, they can
contact their local law enforcement or Mohave Silent Witness at
928-753-1234.
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:51 pm
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Unsolved murders
Police still seeking leads in 14 area homicide cases
By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News Jun 25, 2010
KINGMAN — More than a dozen cold murder cases still baffle
Mohave County law enforcement officers.
Police and sheriff detectives still are searching for the
killers in 14 unsolved murders throughout the county.
In 2009, sheriff detectives solved the previously unsolved
murder of Thereasa Ann Davis, 45, of Mohave Valley. She was
found stabbed to death Feb. 10, 2003, on a dirt road off Indian
Lane about a mile from a cemetery. Robert James Dyer was
arrested in August 2009 and charged with her murder.
That still leaves 14 unsolved murders, including the most recent
murder of an elderly Kingman man, Robert Egar Buss, 85, who was
found stabbed to death at his home in the 4500 block of Vernetti
Lane.
Another unsolved murder in Kingman was that of Annette
Rounseville, 46, who was riding a bicycle Dec. 12, 2007, at
Melody and John L. avenues in north Kingman when she was struck
and killed by a hit and run driver.
Another woman, Anna Hammonds, 80, was believed killed around
Dec. 25, 2007, in her home in the 4200 block of Irving Road,
also in northern Kingman.
Sheriff’s detectives also are investigating the death of Letha
James, a 63-year-old Kingman woman who was found shot to death
the morning of Oct. 16, 2004. She was found in bed at her home
in the 3200 block of Snavely Avenue in Kingman.
On Dec. 29, 2003, the body of Millie Harvey was found just west
of Katherine Mine Road and north of Highway 68. Harvey, 44, of
Las Vegas, is believed to have been strangled to death in
mid-December of 2003. Harvey’s birth name was Millie Rae Ruth
Dauster. She also was known as Millie Swift.
Stanley John Alecksynas’ body was discovered near Oatman on
April 2, 2002, near the entrance to the Iowa mine several miles
south of Oatman Road. Alecksynas, 56, reportedly left his home
around 9 a.m. to check on his property. His wife called police
later that morning when he failed to return. MCSO search and
rescuers discovered his body early the next morning, the victim
of an apparent gunshot.
In December 2001, a Valle Vista man was struck and killed by an
unknown driver while walking along state Route 66. Lee Livesay,
83, was killed sometime on the night of Dec. 21, 2001, while
walking along the highway near the entrance into Valle Vista.
On April 11, 2001, Keith Ardell Benefield, 16, of Dolan Springs,
was beaten to death, possibly with a baseball bat, while he
walked along Pierce Ferry Road about a mile from where he lived.
Benefield was treated by local paramedics and later died from
head injuries at a Kingman hospital. Benefield had lived in
California with his mother before he moved to Dolan Springs
several months before his death.
A 12-year-old double homicide still haunts Kingman police
detectives. William Lee Schanz, 57, was shot once in the back of
the head while Ronald Hilbert, 68, was severely beaten May 22,
1998, at their jewelry store on West Beale Street. Hilbert
remained in a coma until his death in 2002. Police detectives
believed the murders were a hate crime since Schanz or Hilbert
were reportedly homosexuals. There were no signs of robbery, no
cash or merchandise were taken, nor were Schanz’s or Hilbert’s
wallets stolen.
The beaten body of Marie Evans, 24, of Chloride, was discovered
alongside a road in Golden Valley Nov. 7, 1997. It is believed
she had left with a man in a borrowed car late that night, never
to return to her parent’s Chloride home.
The body of Rhonda Jeannette Wright, who was about 19, was found
locked in a Bullhead City shed that had been set on fire in
March 1993.
In 1989, utility workers were digging a trench near Riverside
Drive and Castleberry Lane when they dug up the corpse of an
unidentified woman believed to be in her early 20s. Nicknamed
Castleberry Kate, the body was found in a shallow grave, which
may have been there for five to 10 years before 1989.
In one of the oldest unsolved cases, Bullhead City police
detectives are looking for suspects in the beating death of
Pamela Simmons, 35, whose body was found Oct. 28, 1986, dumped
off the side of Highway 68 about five miles from Bullhead City.
If anyone has information to any of these crimes, they can
contact their local law enforcement or Mohave Silent Witness at
928-753-1234.
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:53 pm
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Unsolved murders continue to plague law enforcement
By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News May 26, 2009
KINGMAN - Several cold cases, some even decades old, still haunt
Mohave County law enforcement officers.
Police and sheriff detectives still are searching for the
killers of about a dozen unsolved murders throughout the county.
The previous unsolved murder of Jaime Ramos Banuelos, 32, of
Bullhead City, who was found Feb. 7, 2008, off Silver Creek
Road, may have been solved with the arrest Santiago Fidel
Sanchez and Jorge Guerrero for his murder. Their cases currently
are progressing in Superior Court.
Another unsolved murder may have a suspect but Mohave Count
Attorney Matt Smith does not have the evidence to prosecute.
Carolyn Dubois, 50, has not been seen since Jan. 1, 2005, and
remains missing. She was last known to live in a Kingman
apartment. Smith believes Matthew McCalman is the prime suspect
in Dubois' murder. McCalman was sentenced last year to 16 years
in prison for another murder in Bullhead City in 2007.
Sheriff detectives are still looking for Gerardo Mendoza, 25, of
California. Mendoza is charged with allegedly shooting and
killing Joseph Alan Gravett, of Bullhead City, Jan. 22, 2005, at
a residence in the 1500 block of Terral Lane in Fort Mohave.
The Bullhead City Police Department also still is looking for
Adalberto Lua Jr., 22, in connection with the alleged stabbing
death of Anthony Diaz, 20. Diaz's body was found Dec. 28, 2007,
near Gold Rush and Ramar roads. Lua is now featured on the
television show “America's Most Wanted.” The show's Web site
states that Lua may be in Phoenix or Mexico and may be dressed
as a woman.
Several murders, however, have gone unsolved including Annette
Rounseville, 46, who was riding a bicycle Dec. 12, 2007, at
Melody and John L. avenues in north Kingman when she was struck
and killed by a car.
Another woman, Anna Hammonds, 80, was believed killed around
Dec. 25, 2007, in her home in the 4200 block of Irving Road,
also in northern Kingman.
Sheriff's detectives are also investigating the death of Letha
James, a 63-year-old Kingman woman who was found shot to death
the morning of Oct. 16, 2004. She was found in her bed at her
home in the 3200 block of Snavely Avenue in Kingman.
A hiker found the body of Millie Harvey Dec. 29, 2003, just west
of Katherine Mine Road and a mile and a half north of Highway
68. Harvey, 44, of Las Vegas, is believed to have been strangled
to death in mid-December of 2003. Harvey's birth name was Millie
Rae Ruth Dauster and was also known as Millie Swift.
The body of Thereasa Ann Davis, 45, was found earlier in 2003.
Davis, a longtime resident of Mohave Valley, was found Feb. 10,
2003, on a dirt road off Indian Lane about a mile from the
Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Davis, who is believed to have
been involved in drugs, had been stabbed to death. Not having a
car, she either walked or hitched rides. Sheriff's detectives
believe she was killed about 12 hours before a Fort Mojave
tribal officer found her body. She reportedly was in Needles,
Laughlin and Mohave Valley the day before her death.
Stanley John Alecksynas' body was discovered near Oatman April
2, 2002, near the entrance to the Iowa mine several miles south
of Oatman Road. Alecksynas, 56, reportedly left his home around
9 a.m. to check on property he and his wife leased. His wife
called police later that morning when he failed to return. MCSO
search and rescuers discovered his body early the next morning,
the victim of an apparent gunshot.
About four months earlier, a Valle Vista man was struck and
killed by an unknown driver while walking along Route 66. Lee
Livesay, 83, was killed sometime the night of Dec. 21, 2001,
while walking along the highway near the entrance into Valle
Vista.
On April 11, 2001, a 16-year-old Dolan Springs boy was beaten to
death, possibly with a baseball bat while he walked along Pierce
Ferry Road. Keith Ardell Benefield was killed about a mile from
where he lived. Benefield was treated by local paramedics and
later died from head injuries at a Kingman hospital. Benefield
had lived in California with his mother before he moved to Dolan
Springs several months before his death.
The suspect in a double homicide that occurred 11 years ago
still eludes Kingman police detectives today. William Lee
Schanz, 57, was shot once in the back of the head while Ronald
Hilbert, 68, was severely beaten May 22, 1998 at their jewelry
store on West Beale Street. Hilbert remained in a coma until his
death in 2002. There were no signs of robbery, no cash or
merchandise were taken, nor were Schanz or Hilbert's wallets
stolen. Police detectives believed the Schanz's killing and
Hilbert's beating was a hate crime since Schanz and Hilbert were
reportedly homosexuals.
The body of Marie Evans was discovered alongside a road in
Golden Valley Nov. 7, 1997. The 24-year-old Chloride woman was
found with severe head injuries. It is believed she had left
with a man in a borrowed car late that night never to return to
her parent's Chloride home. Drugs may have played a role in the
killing.
Another mysterious death surrounding a woman remains unsolved.
Rhonda Jeannette Wright, who was about 19 years old in March
1993, was locked in a Bullhead City shed that was set on fire.
Utility workers digging a trench near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in 1989 also dug up the corpse of an
unidentified woman believed to be in her early 20s. Nicknamed
Castleberry Kate, the body was found in a shallow grave, which
may have been there for five to 10 years before 1989. Bullhead
City police detectives now have more resources to track down
people who may have known her.
In one of the oldest unsolved cases, Bullhead City police
detectives are looking for suspects in the beating death of
Pamela Simmons, 35, whose body was found Oct. 28, 1986, dumped
off the side of Highway 68 about five miles from Bullhead City.
If anyone has information to any of these crimes, they can
contact their local law enforcement or Mohave Silent Witness at
928-753-1234.
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:54 pm
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Unsolved murders still on county books
By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News Jul 4, 2013
KINGMAN — More than a dozen cold cases still haunt detectives
throughout Mohave County.
One cold case was solved last year when Zane Mason, a suspect
featured on the television show “America’s Most Wanted,” was
captured in October 2012 in California. Mason is charged with
the murder of Gregory Stephen Zeller, 51, of Fort Mohave. Zeller
was stabbed Aug. 22, 2011, at a home on East Joy Lane.
Bullhead City police are still actively investigating the murder
of Raymond Arthur Sanchez, 36, of Bullhead City, which they do
not consider as an unsolved murder. Detectives have suspects in
mind who are in custody for other crimes and are asking the
public with any information to come forward. There is a $2,000
reward for information leading to the arrest of Sanchez’s
murderer. Sanchez’s body was found Aug. 21, 2011, wrapped in
plastic in the Colorado River Nature Center. He had been stabbed
numerous times.
There are still 14 other unsolved murders that baffle police,
including the murder of an elderly Kingman man, Robert Egar
Buss, 85, whose body was found in November 2009 stabbed to death
at his home in the 4500 block of Vernetti Lane.
Another unsolved homicide in Kingman was that of Annette
Rounseville, 46, who was riding a bicycle Dec. 12, 2007, at
Melody and John L avenues in north Kingman when she was struck
and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
Another woman, 80-year-old Anna Hammonds, was believed killed
around Dec. 25, 2007, in her home in the 4200 block of Irving
Road, also in northern Kingman.
Sheriff’s detectives are also investigating the death of Letha
James, a 63-year-old Kingman woman who was found shot to death
the morning of Oct. 16, 2004. She was found in her bed at her
home in the 3200 block of Snavely Avenue in Kingman.
Millie Harvey’s body was found Dec. 29, 2003, just west of
Katherine Mine Road and north of Highway 68. Harvey, 44, of Las
Vegas, is believed to have been strangled to death in
mid-December of 2003. Harvey’s birth name was Millie Rae Ruth
Dauster and she was also known as Millie Swift.
The body of Stanley John Alecksynas, 56, was discovered near
Oatman on April 2, 2002, near the entrance to the Iowa mine
several miles south of Oatman Road. Alecksynas reportedly left
his home that morning to check on his property. MCSO search and
rescuers discovered his body early the next morning, the victim
of an apparent gunshot.
In December 2001, a Valle Vista man was struck and killed by an
unknown driver while walking along state Route 66. Lee Livesay,
83, was killed sometime on the night of Dec. 21, 2001, while
walking near Valle Vista.
Keith Ardell Benefield, 16, was walking along Pierce Ferry Road
April 11, 2001, about a mile from where he lived in Dolan
Springs when he was attacked, possibly with a baseball bat, and
beaten to death. He died from head injuries at a Kingman
hospital. He had lived in California with his mother before he
moved to Dolan Springs several months before his death.
William Lee Schanz, 57, was shot once in the back of the head
while Ronald Hilbert, 68, was severely beaten May 22, 1998, at
their jewelry store on West Beale Street in Kingman. Hilbert
remained in a coma until his death in 2002. Police detectives
believed the murders were a hate crime. There were no signs of
robbery, no cash or merchandise were taken, nor were Schanz or
Hilbert’s wallets stolen.
Marie Evans, 24, of Chloride, was discovered beaten and left
alongside a road in Golden Valley on Nov. 7, 1997. It is
believed she had left with a man in a borrowed car late that
night, never to return to her parents’ Chloride home.
The body of 19-year-old Rhonda Jeannette Wright was found locked
in a Bullhead City shed that had been set on fire in March 1993.
Workers were digging a trench near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in Bullhead City in 1989 when they dug up the
corpse of an unidentified woman believed to be in her early 20s.
Nicknamed Castleberry Kate, the body was found in a shallow
grave, which may have been there for five to 10 years before
1989.
In one of the oldest unsolved cases, Bullhead City police
detectives are looking for suspects in the beating death of
Pamela Simmons, 35, whose body was found Oct. 28, 1986, dumped
off the side of Highway 68 about five miles from Bullhead City.
If anyone has information to any of these crimes, they can
contact their local law enforcement or Mohave Silent Witness at
928-753-1234.
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:55 pm
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Re: CASTLEBERRY KATE: WF, 17-19, found in a shallow grave in Bu
llhead City, AZ - 15 May 1989
By: Akoya Date: February 9, 2020, 2:56 pm
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Cold cases haunt area law enforcement
Jun 21, 2012
KINGMAN — More than a dozen cold cases still haunt detectives
throughout the Mohave County.
There are 16 unsolved murders including the murder of Raymond
Arthur Sanchez, 36, of Bullhead City whose body was found Aug.
21, 2011, wrapped in plastic at the Colorado River Nature
Center.
Another murder victim, Gregory Stephen Zeller, 51, of Fort
Mohave, was also stabbed Aug. 22, 2011 at a home on East Joy
Lane. Two men were seen leaving the residence in a car.
Another murder was that of an elderly Kingman man, Robert Egar
Buss, 85, whose body was found in November 2009 stabbed to death
at his home in the 4500 block of Vernetti Lane.
Another unsolved murder in Kingman was that of Annette
Rounseville, 46, who was riding a bicycle Dec. 12, 2007 at
Melody and John L. avenues in north Kingman when she was struck
and killed by a hit and run driver.
Another woman, 80-year-old Anna Hammonds was believed killed
around Dec. 25, 2007 in her home in the 4200 block of Irving
Road also in northern Kingman.
Sheriff’s detectives are also investigating the death of Letha
James, a 63-year-old Kingman woman who was found shot to death
the morning of Oct. 16, 2004. She was found in her bed at her
home in the 3200 block of Snavely Avenue in Kingman.
Millie Harvey’s body was found Dec. 29, 2003 just west of
Katherine Mine Road and north of Highway 68. Harvey, 44, of Las
Vegas is believed to have been strangled to death in
mid-December of 2003. Harvey’s birth name was Millie Rae Ruth
Dauster and was also known as Millie Swift.
The body of Stanley John Alecksynas, 56, was discovered near
Oatman April 2, 2002 near the entrance to the Iowa mine several
miles south of Oatman Road. Alecksynas reportedly left his home
that morning to check on his property. MCSO search and rescuers
discovered his body early the next morning, the victim of an
apparent gunshot.
In December 2001, a Valle Vista man was struck and killed by an
unknown driver while walking along state Route 66. Lee Livesay,
83, was killed sometime on the night of Dec. 21, 2001 while
walking near Valle Vista.
Keith Ardell Benefield, 16, was walking along Pierce Ferry Road
April 11, 2001 about a mile from where he lived in of Dolan
Springs when he was attacked, possibly with a baseball bat and
beaten to death. He died from head injuries at a Kingman
hospital. He had lived in California with his mother before he
moved to Dolan Springs several months before his death.
William Lee Schanz, 57, was shot once in the back of the head
while Ronald Hilbert, 68, was severely beaten May 22, 1998 at
their jewelry store on West Beale Street in Kingman. Hilbert
remained in a coma until his death in 2002. Police detectives
believed the murders were a hate crime. There were no signs of
robbery, no cash or merchandise were taken, nor were Schanz or
Hilbert’s wallets stolen.
Marie Evans, 24, of Chloride was discovered beaten and left
alongside a road in Golden Valley Nov. 7, 1997. It is believed
she had left with a man in a borrowed car late that night never
to return to her parent’s Chloride home.
The body of 19-year-old Rhonda Jeannette Wright was found locked
in a Bullhead City shed that had been set on fire in March 1993.
Workers were digging a trench near Riverside Drive and
Castleberry Lane in Bullhead City in 1989 when they dug up the
corpse of an unidentified woman believed to be in her early 20s.
Nicknamed Castleberry Kate, the body was found in a shallow
grave, which may have been there for five to 10 years before
1989.
In one of the oldest unsolved cases, Bullhead City police
detectives are looking for suspects in the beating death of
Pamela Simmons, 35, whose body was found Oct. 28, 1986, dumped
off the side of Highway 68 about five miles from Bullhead City.
If anyone has information to any of these crimes, they can
contact their local law enforcement or Mohave Silent Witness at
928-753-1234.
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