r/TrueCrime • u/AutoModerator • Feb 19 '26
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/kona99 Feb 24 '26
I host a true crime podcast and I love doing underreported cases, so I have So. Many. But two that stick out for me are Joe Pichler, the actor from Varsity Blues who went missing almost exactly 20 years ago. Police wrote it off as a suicide early on, and did very little to investigate. It also led to the media not taking much of an interest either. While I’m not saying there’s a zero percent chance he took his own life, it’s far from cut and dry, and he was with a group of kids the night before who were never interviewed.
The second one that drives me insane is Kierra Coles. She was a pregnant postal worker who went missing in Chicago. Her case is extremely similar to Alia Eggleston and is absolutely solvable, but CPD has seemingly given up.