Can You Help Solve These 8 Rockford Cold Cases?

On February 23, 2002 Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to 730 Newport for a medical assist call.

Upon arrival they found the victim, Lottie Flowers, 71 years old in the living room of the home with multiple stab wounds. Mrs. Flowers was transported to the hospital where she later died.

Mrs. Flowers was very active in her church and also delivered newspapers at Rockford Memorial Hospital. She had been at the hospital earlier that morning.

Mrs. Flowers lived in the house with her husband, son and grandson. She was very well known and loved by all who knew her.

Everett Hawley, 75, and Clarence Owens, 65, were last seen at a farm auction near Winnebago-Ogle County line on February 19, 1976.

An intense multi-agency investigation involved Stephenson County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police and The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department.

Bodies have not been found.

On Sunday,February 9, 2003 Gary Young, a well-known member of the homeless community, was walking in a parking lot near Cedar St. and Court St. when he was approached by an unknown suspect vehicle. An unknown occupant fired rounds at him from the vehicle. Gary was struck and died as a result.

On Tuesday, January 29, 2008 the body of James Roberson was discovered inside his apartment in the 1900 block of Auburn St. Roberson had been shot multiple times. Evidence at the scene leads investigators to believe that Roberson's death was the result of a home invasion/robbery.

On the morning of January 12, 2002, the 19-year-old Rochelle resident was found stabbed to death in a drainage ditch at Rockford's Summerdale Park.

"We feel very strongly the person who killed Josh, Josh knew," says Rockford Police Deputy Chief Greg Lindmark.

Range's car was found four hours later about three miles from the murder scene.

"We were able to determine he was killed in the park. His car was taken, from what we believe, from the suspect and taken to the 1100 block of Winnebago," says Lindmark.

El-Amin says he'd just celebrated his 33rd birthday. The father to four was working two jobs to take care of his children. He'd just picked up a third at Spee-Dee Taxi Cab to pay for his upcoming Christmas wedding.

Rockford Police say someone called for a cab in the early hours on Halloween. They say Johnson drove up to Avon and Blaisdell Streets when someone robbed him and then shot him. It was just his second day on the job.

On Monday, December 31, 2007 the body of Eddie Anderson Jr. was found inside his residence in the 900 block of West St. Eddie had been stabbed multiple times. The residence had been ransacked and it appeared that Eddie was the victim of a robbery.

Twenty-three-year old Rosemary Peterson was tied to her bed, cut and stabbed repeatedly, and left to die in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Willard Colwell, Jr. It was Dec. 5, 1979. Neighbors heard noises in their Edelweiss Road duplex.

Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro with the Rockford Police Department says, "Actually, the neighbors had called out to them as they heard an argument, said what's going on in there? A male voice said Rose and I are just having an argument. The neighbors called the police. By the time the police got there the suspect had fled and they found Rosemary Peterson who was severely injured."

Police even believe they might have spoken to the killer while they surveyed the crime scene.