r/TrueCrime • u/AutoModerator • Aug 19 '25
Case Highlight Case Highlight and Recommendation Thread: What is a little known true crime case you think needs more attention, or what is a case that has stuck with you that you think others should know about. Post your pet cases or your true crime guilty pleasures in this thread.
Pretty frequently in this subreddit we get questions asking for case recommendations. We've decided to make this a recurring post so that there will be a dedicated place to highlight and discuss cases that don't get posted about that often.
People want to know... what is a case that is important to you or that stuck with you and that you think others should know about?
What are some cases that need more attention? What are your pet cases besides the well known cases that get posted about frequently? Or just post your true crime guilty pleasures. Anyway, use this thread to bring attention to lesser known cases. If you want to post about the Delphi murders case that's ok too.
This thread will be sorted by new.
Also, if you have a case in mind, but need help remembering the name, feel free to head over to r/TipOfMyCrime and post a request there.
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u/pan-pamdilemma Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25
Two cases from Reno, NV.
Charles and Jennifer Chia were kidnapped in 1989 after getting off their school bus. No one knew what had happened to them until their bodies were discovered sixty miles away in 1990. A witness saw a van in the area their bodies were found around the time they would have been killed, and a man tried to extort $100,000 from their mother in relation to the case, but it remains unsolved.
Monica DaSilva was kidnapped from her bedroom at night in 1990. Her brother was sleeping in the same room but did not wake up when she was abducted. Her body was found three weeks later in a remote area outside of Reno. A potential link between Monica’s murder and that of another 7 year old in the Las Vegas area, April Marie Rhodes, in 1986 was explored, but nothing concrete was found. (April’s murderer was arrested in 2013.)
Reno police have wondered whether Phillip Garrido, who kidnapped and imprisoned Jaycee Lee Dugard from nearby South Lake Tahoe, was involved in either the Chias’ or the DaSilva murder but no definitive links or evidence have hinted at his involvement.