List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)
List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)
This list of unsolved murders includes notable cases where victims have been murdered under unknown circumstances.
1900–1924
• William Goebel (44), an American politician who was shot and mortally wounded on the morning of 30 January 1900 in Frankfort, Kentucky, one day before being sworn in as governor of Kentucky. The next day, the dying Goebel was sworn in and, despite the best efforts of eighteen physicians attending him, died on the afternoon of 3 February 1900. Goebel remains the only state governor in the United States to die by assassination while in office. • Ernst Winter (19) was a German man who went missing from Konitz on 11 March 1900 after he had left the house where he was boarding. Parts of a body were found on 15 March 1900 and 15 April 1900. His murderer is unknown. • Bertha Schippan (aged 12 to 14), who resided in the South Australian town of Towitta, was violently attacked and then murdered in her own house. Bertha was last seen alive at her house on 1 January 1902. The body of a girl was discovered in Bertha's house on 2 January. The body was subsequently identified after Bertha's parents quickly recognised the face as that of their daughter. Because she was the only person in the house at the time Bertha was last seen alive, her elder sister Mary was charged with the murder, but due to a lack of evidence she was released and the charges were subsequently dropped. The case remains unsolved.
1900–1924
!Rose Harsent, victim of the [Peasenhall murder](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/RoseHarsent%28Peasenhall%29.jpg/250px-RoseHarsent%28Peasenhall%29.jpg)
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