Jane Velez-Mitchell

Sophia Ulloa, a 20-year-old single mother was stabbed to death right outside of her apartment and her killer is still on the loose. Ulloa, went to do some last minute Christmas shopping on December 23, 2000 for her then four-year-old daughter. She returned home around 1:00 AM and was unloading the gifts from her car when her mother says she heard a blood curdling scream. Her mother, Tina Montoya, says she raced outside and saw her daughter pointing down the street. She heard Sophia yelling to call 911. She hurried to do that but by the time she got back outside Tina says her daughter had died from her stab wounds.

Her killer was never caught and now we are asking for your help to provide new leads or any information you may have.

We are hunting down a vicious killer or killers who brutally murdered a loving couple in their California home. It happened the night of October 1, 2006. The couple, 91-year-old Bill Chapman and his 81-year-old wife, Lena, were home alone when they were assaulted and murdered.

The Chapmans lived in Merced, California, an artsy community in rural central California. It is not the kind of town known for this kind of brutal violence. The Chapman’s son Bill says police belive the killers are probably somewhere in the town of 78,000- right where they committed this heinous crime.

On September 27, 2004 a sexual predator brutally raped and murdered Brittany Phillips, a 19-year-old college student.  Phillips was raped and suffocated in her 2^nd floor apartment in Tulsa Oklahoma. Police believe the killer either broke in through the French doors, or somehow had access to her apartment.

The killer has never been captured and the police have no suspects.

All victims deserve justice.  Some prefer to speak out publicly.  Some prefer to stay in the shadows – letting police work the case.  Some are lucky enough to get front page and national media attention. That kind of heightened awareness hopefully leads to a quick resolution of their case.   But the sad reality is this:  when the cameras and reporters leave – the victims are still left to grieve.  While the police work the case in relative anonymity – the victims wait.  And wait.  And wait. 

Brittany Stathers has been waiting for nearly 4 years.  I first spoke to Brittany a few months after a vicious rapist took her innocence and nearly her life.  From that first conversation, Brittany stressed to me she didn’t want this to happen to anyone else.  She had the courage to tell her mother what happened.  She had the courage to tell the police what happened.  Now, she’s had the courage to speak out to JVM Most Wanted for the entire world to hear.  Brittany refuses to be a victim.  Instead, she’s a fighter.  She is determined to not let this monster win.  What has struck me most about Brittany is her determination to do whatever it takes to get this person behind bars.   Just think if Brittany were your daughter, or sister, or friend.  Crime can strike at anytime, in any town.  Someone knows who did this to Brittany.  This predator told someone; bragged about it to someone.  Please do the right thing and if you know something – let us know.  Let the police know.  Police have DNA and they wouldn’t need to identify the source of their tip.  Do it for Brittany.  And, for the thousands of other victims who are waiting.  Waiting… and hoping.  

We are launching a brand new segment and we need your help to bring fugitives to justice!

JVM Most Wanted: Jane Velez-Mitchell picks up the investigations where the cops left off as we go inside the hunt for the most dangerous fugitives in America. Jane and our team of investigators lead by Investigative Journalist Jon Leiberman are working to get new leads on stalled cases and we want your help.