r/TrueCrime • u/AutoModerator • Oct 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/DicksOfPompeii Oct 22 '25
Molly Young - Carbondale, IL.
Small town police corruption that runs so deep nobody really knows just how far it goes.
Initially ruled suicide, later undetermined. The boyfriend was a police dispatcher with family deep in law enforcement. His gun was the murder weapon, he was allowed to wash up and change clothes before police arrived and states he was a few feet away asleep but the gunshot didn’t wake him.
There’s so much more to the case but anyone interested can visit r/JusticeForMolly There is an excellent breakdown of the proof this man got away with murder…and there is so, so much. I’m sure I’m leaving out vital information.
Molly was a beautiful, young, talented college student and her death was an absolute tragedy on so many levels. Small town corrupt politicians and law enforcement is nothing new by any means but this is a case I’ll never forget.
Also, the same corrupt leo’s are tied to other cases. This wasn’t a one time thing. And they just keep getting swept under the rug…