Unsolved: Murderer Of Idaho Hitchhiker, 4 Others Never Caught

There are dozens of cold cases stemming from fatal crimes in Idaho that are still being investigated by detectives. A killing spree that is said to have begun in the early 1980s in the states of Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Utah remains only partially solved after more than 40 years of questions going unanswered and families suffering.

 If you have any information regarding the victims of the Great Basin Murders, contact authorities immediately.

Just like any other state in the country, there are evidence rooms in Idaho that contain boxes of dirty clothing, blood-stained weapons, rape kits, victim's hair, tubes of DNA, and other crime scene materials for cases that have never resulted in a prosecution. The "Great Basin Murders" have resulted in a few convictions, but there are reported to be at least five victims whose killer has never been caught.

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Around 1983, dead bodies began showing up in the Great Basin region of the United States. The murders included victims in southern Idaho, northern Utah, northern Nevada, Wyoming, and Montana, according to thisisreno.com. Female prostitutes and hitchhikers made up the majority of those killed. The spree ended in 1997, according to sources such as Reddit.

At least nine victims were included in the killing spree. Police were able to get confessions in some of the cases, but a handful remain unsolved.

It's likely that if the killer is still living somewhere in the Great Basin region or the Pacific Northwest, he/she would be in their seventies. If you have any information regarding the victims of the Great Basin Murders, contact authorities immediately.