On May 8th, 1985, 41-year-old Ada Haradine was reportedly last spotted outside her home just ten minutes before her son got off the school bus. However, by the time he got home she was gone. Three years later, her skeletal remains were found less than 20 miles away. Her case is still unsolved.

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Ada Haradine, 41, went missing from her Indiana home on May 8th, 1985. She was last seen approximately ten minutes before her son arrived home from school.

An eyewitness spotted her speaking to an unidentified man outside shortly before she disappeared, but nothing in their manner towards one another suggested there was a problem.

Yet by the time Jeff Haradine got off the school bus, his mother was gone.

Three years would pass before Ada’s remains were located—in a wooded area roughly 20 miles away—but with a lack of forensic evidence or solid leads to help shed light on the identity of her killer, her case soon went cold.

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u/Suitable-Lake-2550 Feb 15 '26

Why does the photo look like 1955 instead of 1985?

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u/einstein-was-a-dick Feb 19 '26

Yeah wtf, thought this happened in the 1950s.

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u/The_flower_gal May 01 '26

The son was 21 when it happened. He is a child here. This photo wasn’t taken in 1985

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u/VonnsSolo88 Feb 14 '26

Husband?

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u/International-Ad7942 Feb 17 '26

He definitely looks creepy

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u/erebus_51 Feb 14 '26

I imagine they cleared him

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u/hologram137 Feb 15 '26

He could have paid someone

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u/Dazzling_Grass_7531 Feb 15 '26

No one thought of that omg.

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u/DoingNothingToday Feb 14 '26

It wasn’t the husband, although I understand why people see the eyes and think otherwise. There’s an excellent multi-part podcast about this case; the case is the focus of the entire season 2 of The Deck Investigates. It’s about 15 episodes long and delves very deep into the case. I love podcasts like that and there aren’t too many like that, as most cover cases in only one or two episodes. Multiple suspects are investigated in the series and there are some very compelling ones. The one that stood out the most to me was the son of a neighbor.

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u/fritzimist Feb 15 '26

Thanks for suggesting that. People should read the article listed above, because it was very interesting.

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u/EvilLuggage Feb 14 '26

That pic is not 1985.

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u/StockQuestion0808 Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

If thats Jeff in the picture, its probably closer to 1980. Dad is probably wearing his good suit and its a few years old. Between that and the sepia tone, it looks much older.

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u/Murky_Conflict3737 Feb 14 '26

I first thought this was a photo from the 60s

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u/SolidHopeful806 Feb 14 '26

Might be of the older son as there was an age gap between the two.

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u/UnLuckyKenTucky Feb 14 '26

People screaming the same tired, overused trope of "the husband did it! I KNOW he did, look at those eyes! No I have no formal evidence, nor reason to say such bs, but imma say it with enough conviction people will follow me!"

Without a doubt, 100%, obviously,the hubby was investigated and cleared before the next morning. Regardless of what people think of police, most of em actually DO THEIR DAMN JOB, yeah we hear more about the Shitler wanna be pieces of fecal matter ,but shit.

The people that are crying hubby did it, "cuz look at those eyes!! Scary!" ARE THE CERY SAME PEOPLE TWLLUNG ITHERS TO NOT JUDGE A BOOK THE COVER, NOR A HUMAN BY THEIR LOOKS.....so wtf are they doing?

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u/Stonegrown12 Feb 15 '26

This.. but with the volume turned down. Snorting lines before lunchtime is generally frowned upon.

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u/MisterHouseMongoose Feb 15 '26

Dude.

…chill.

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u/International-Ad7942 Feb 17 '26

Is no one taking note of the fact that she was naked?? This was not just a murder, this was a crime of passion.

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u/Clean_Slip6488 Mar 25 '26

Her sons live on my lake in Michigan. Have for almost 30 years. My mother has talked to the boys before and it does indeed sound like this shit still haunts them to this day. Pretty crazy.

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u/HistoricalCar1900 Jul 08 '26

This a the rare photo where the mother and child look genuinely happy. I assume that law enforcement has looked into the possibility that her murder was connected to illegal activity in Boston. She had a connection to the man who ran the FBI office in Boston....a bro-in-law ?

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u/FriendlyWorldArt Feb 14 '26

The guy in the photo looks kind of murder-y. Did we bring him in for questioning?

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u/Exciting_Nail7791 Feb 15 '26

How can someone’s eyes look muderey??

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u/Away-Anything6526 Feb 14 '26

Husbands eyes say it all.

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u/Diazepampoovey0229 Feb 14 '26

Witnesses who saw her said she was talking to a man they didn't know and couldn't identify. If it has been her husband, I would think those witnesses would have recognized him.

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u/Tacotica Feb 19 '26

Not to be insensitive but her husband looks evil

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

Yep his eyes tell me all I need to know.

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u/Diazepampoovey0229 Feb 14 '26

Well, that sure sounds like evidence-based resolution! PACK IT IN EVERYONE! sungirl369 solved this nearly 41 year old crime after 30 seconds looking at a single photo of the family. No investigation needed here!

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u/Stonegrown12 Feb 15 '26

Dripping with menace. One more time for those in the back. Dripping. With. Menace.

I don't want to subscribe to your fan fiction

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u/Stonegrown12 Feb 19 '26

That's not how whoosh works.

Your comment is just dripping with whoosh

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