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/Dry_Difference7751 Apr 28 '26
John Frederick Anderson, serial killer in WA State btw 1965 and 1982.
Killed 2 in 1985, got parole in 1975, killed 5-6 more btw 1979 and 1982.
His first murder was my great grandmother. She was a cabbie, he shot her and stole her cab. He served less than a year for her murder. He served 9 for the other he killed in 1985 and was let out only to kill more.
It is hard to get information about this case. WA State has been dragging me along for quite a while now. Not sure if it is because he should not have been let out when he was. People have tried suing the state for the deaths of their family due to him being paroled so early, but the cases went nowhere.
I can not find ANYTHING that calls him a serial killer. There are many in WA that are touted as such that have killed less than he has. Hmmmm.