Bodies believed to belong to a mother and daughter not seen since August 2000 were found in a backyard in West Virginia hours after their suspected killer died Monday. Susan Carter was 41 then, and daughter Natasha “Alex” Carter was 10. At the time of the disappearances, the mother was in a custody dispute with Alex’s father, Rick Lafferty, who was not a suspect, the FBI Pittsburgh field office said in a 2021 release. The pair were staying in the house of a friend, Larry Webb, who was the suspect,...

DUCHESNE — The Duchesne County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying the remains of a woman whose skull was found on a fence post 21 years ago. The sheriff's office said deputies conducted a search warrant on a property in the northwest area of the county on March 13, 2001. Deputies located a human skull, held on by wire, on top of a fence post that surrounded the property. "At the time the remains were suspected to possibly be of Native American origin, due to a...

A West Virginia man recently admitted to the cold case killing of a 10-year-old girl and her mother in 2000 — and died the same day that their bodies were found. Larry Webb, who was in his 80s, died at Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County on Monday, just six hours before the remains of victims Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter were discovered. The two victims had not been seen since Aug. 8 2000, when Susan was 41 years old and Natasha was 10. When the Carters went missing,...

After 24 years, deathbed confession leads to bodies of missing girl, mother in West Virginia When a West Virginia mother and her daughter were reported missing in 2000, no one noticed the shallow grave in their backyard. After 24 years, the victim's husband confessed to murder. A deathbed confession has closed a nearly quarter century-old double missing persons case involving the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old West Virginia girl and her mother, state authorities announced Tuesday. Natasha Alexander Carter was 10 when she disappeared from her home in Beckley, along...