Jamestown Deaths Apparent Murder-Suicide - KVRR Local News This reflects the 95 murders within the state, up from 82 murders in 2019. This article is an opinion based on facts and is meant as infotainment. He never actually made it home that day, or the next, or any day after that. On April 22, 1920, Jacob Wolf and family were nowhere in sight as neighbor John Kraft noticed their clothes were still hanging on the line during bad weather. These kinds of mysteries can freak us out, especially since some of the people responsible were never caught. Schafer Jail, a Mass Murderer, and a Vigilante Lynch Mob We looked at the FBI's latest crime report for violent crime and property crime statistics for every place with over 2,000 residents. In 1994, a man's body was found frozen in an icy ditch near Dunseith. Office of the Attorney General These gruesome, sad, and creepy stories are all true, but you probably didnt learn about them in history class. Authorities said the other three men Justin Bracken, 34; Richard Bracken, 64; and Robert Bracken, 59 had all been working the harvest with Dulmage. Keeping the total population of the capital city in mind, the 2018 violent crime rate in Bismarck, North Dakota, was around 298.75 out of every 100,000 inhabitants. Some examples of the most gruesome murders which you can find on their list of unsolved murders include the 1998 abduction and murder of Brittany Locklear, the 2000 murder of Keke Jefferson-Moore, the 2001 murder of Michelle Howard, the 1992 murder of Tammy Zywicki, the 1994 murder of Melissa Witt, the 2017 murder of Brandi Seals, and the 1985 . The Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as both local and state law enforcement agencies maintain annual reports which explain the crimes that have occurred each year per jurisdiction, specifically the number of murders in North Dakota by year. Compared to other big cities, the violent crime rate in Fargo ranks 158th highest in America -- 16.18% better than US average violent crime rate. In April of 1920, one of North Dakota's most brutal and sad murder stories ever occurred. Tell us about them in the comments! We use data, analytics, and a sense of humor to determine the dirt on places across the country. We still don't know who did it and they could still be at large. Other cold cases in North Dakota involve missing persons, like the case of Barbara Louise Cotton, who was 15 years old when she disappeared from Williston, North Dakota. A 14-year-old North Dakota girl who was skateboarding at a strip mall was killed in a random attack lasting about 20 minutes in which she was choked, beaten and stabbed more than 20 times. Most of the murders that have occurred in North Dakota in the last 40 years have been solved, as shown on Project: Cold Cases unsolved homicide statistics webpage, and authorities continue their investigations into the remaining cold cases. If an agency has exhausted its resources, it may consider submitting a case for review by the state's Cold Case Unit. Silent night, deadly night: 75 years ago, a girl survived Glyndon's