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Appalachian Unsolved: 6-year-old Avery 'Peaches' Shorts

Appalachian Unsolved: 6-year-old Avery 'Peaches' Shorts

Appalachian Unsolved: 6-year-old Avery 'Peaches' Shorts

Investigators worry one of Knox County’s most infamous cold cases may never be solved.

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Appalachian Unsolved: 6-year-old Avery 'Peaches' Shorts

Investigators worry one of Knox County's most infamous cold cases may never be solved.

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Investigators hope NamUs can help crack hometown unsolved case

Matthews has seen thousands of missing persons cases, but he won't let one unsolved case go.

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Appalachian Unsolved: John Thrasher, missing 15 years

John Thrasher was 21 years old when he disappeared from Livingston in August 2004.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Man believes his missing brother was murdered

21-year-old John Thrasher disappeared from Livingston in 2004. Now his family is hoping someone will hear their message.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Murder in Sequoyah Hills

It's been 50 years since someone stabbed, beat and shot Rose Busch in her Mid-century modern home in Sequoyah Hills. No one ever was charged. It's doubtful anyone ever will be.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Gina Thacker's murder approaches 10 years with no tips, leads

In 2009, the 23-year-old was gunned down in a parking lot. Almost a decade has passed with no information to propel her case forward. Her mother isn't giving up hope, though, that one day her killer will face justice.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Shooter still unknown in 2006 Old City brawl

"They don't have to come to anybody but God and give an account of what they've done."

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Appalachian Unsolved: Murder in the Park

It was April 1984, when a little girl playing in a city park, found the body of a young woman, beaten and stabbed.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Murder in the Park ' Terry Lynn Kirkland

It was April 1984, when a little girl playing in a city park, found the body of a young woman, beaten and stabbed.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Maryville shopkeeper's death still a mystery

With a police department just one block away, someone killed a local shopkeeper and got away with it, so far.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Mother seeks answer in son's 2000 disappearance

For 17 years, Charlie Toliver has been missing. For 17 years, his mother has searched for answers and won't stop now.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Investigators still looking for answers in vet school dean's murder

Dr. Hyram Kitchen pushed the boundaries in veterinary medicine, but did his intense demeanor get the former dean killed?

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Appalachian Unsolved: Kentucky Jane Doe found in refrigerator still nameless after 32 years

It's a town's biggest mystery. Thirty-two years later, they won't give up hope of reuniting a Jane Doe with her family and finding her killer.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Digging for details about Cumberland County John Does

As time ticks by, investigators are trying to gather up clues on missing persons cases before they disappear.

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Appalachian Unsolved: Dennis Martin, Missing in the Smokies

Nearly 50 years later, the disappearance of young Dennis Martin in the Great Smoky Mountains still haunts those who helped in the massive search.

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