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The tiny town of Texarkana, which straddles the state line separating Texas from Arkansas, was tormented by a string of violent attacks in the 1940s. A mysterious assailant dubbed 'The Phantom Slayer' preyed upon young couples parked on lovers' lanes, leaving an indelible mark on Texarkana as one of the earliest unsolved serial killer cases in America.
After she was found brutally murdered in December of 1995, the community of Mansfield, Texas mourned the loss of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones. The details of her vicious attack came to light during a trial that wrapped up twenty-five years ago this week, as Adrianne's killers were finally brought to justice.
Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead grew up in a family that their counsellor says "thrives in chaos." The twins bounced back and forth between their mother and great-grandmother's houses while a generational power struggle simmered. By the time Jas and Tas were teenagers, they were sick of it. On January 13, 2014. Nikki Whitehead was murdered, and police began to investigate her own daughters as suspects.
Kelsey Turner, former Playboy model, was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for the murder of Thomas Kirk Burchard, a child psychiatrist she had a relationship with, according to People.
Since the early 1970s, the area surrounding Canada's Highway of Tears has seen a number of mysterious disappearances and discoveries of human remains. RCMP officers doubt they will ever be able to solve all the cases connected with the highway, but there have been some convictions over the years -- including Cody Legebokoff, who was apprehended 12 years ago this week, and ultimately convicted of four counts of first degree homicide.
One year after buying their first home together, Keith and Elaine Dardeen decided it was time to move from Ina, IL. With a population of under 500, Ina had a surprisingly violent history, and they dreamed of moving their growing family to a community that felt safer. Unfortunately the family wouldn't make it out of Ina alive. 35 years ago today, were the victims of a gruesome multiple murder.
Today marks the 24th anniversary of one of the most notorious anti-gay hate crimes in American history. Beaten, tortured, and left for dead, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence in a remote field near Laramie, Wyoming. Shepard's case sparked a national and international conversation about sexual orientation as a motive for murder, and inspired hate crime legislation.
When the mummified remains of Reyna Angélica Marroquín were discovered inside of a 55-gallon drum stashed in the crawlspace of a Long Island home, Nassau County investigators had to work backwards to solve a mysterious murder case three decades in the making.
The suspect’s charges are one count of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of sexual assault, and he is being held on $1 million bond in a juvenile detention center for the murder of 10-year-old Iliana ‘Lily’ Peters in April.
It’s not just a menacing movie tradition or a practice of the past — exorcisms of supposed demons are still actively performed by clergy across the world. When they go wrong, they can go violently, deadly wrong.
70-year-old Anthony Sokolich, the caretaker of 63-year-old Katherine Sokolich, called 911 on Saturday after his sister became unresponsive. He had beaten her to the point of inflicting a brain bleed, which killed her the next day.
In June of 1960, a scenic campsite overlooking Finland's Lake Bodom was the scene of a vicious multiple murder. Maila Bjorklund, Seppo Boisman, and Anja Maki were murdered as they slept in their tent. Their friend Nils Gustafsson survived, but with head injuries so severe that he lost all memory of the attack.
A 16-year-old student of Eldorado High School in Las Vegas, Nevada is facing multiple charges after strangling his teacher unconscious.
Last week I discussed the case of the Storyville Slayer, a serial killer that operated in New Orleans between 1992 and 1995. Appearing on an episode of ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ in 1992, the elusive killer has still not been caught. However, there have been suspects.
Joyce Watkins, and her boyfriend at the time, Charlie Dunn, picked up 4-year-old Brandi from a home in Kentucky on June 26, 1987, according to a report filed with the Davidson County Criminal Court. The following morning, the girl was unresponsive and Watkins rushed her to Nashville Memorial Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Ashling Murphy, 23, from Tullamore, central Ireland, was found beaten to death at around 4 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET) on the Grand Canal Way at Cappincur in Tullamore, police said.
A man and woman arrested in the death of an Oklahoma woman engaged in sex in the victim’s bed while she struggled for life just steps away in the living room after suffering a brutal crowbar beating, according to police.
The mystery of the murder of graduate student Jane Britton cast a dark shadow over Harvard University for half a century. Rumors murmured around campus explored the possible suspects that the Cambridge Police Department allegedly never looked into.
On Christmas day 1929, the Lawson family was getting ready for Christmas in Stokes County, North Carolina. They were a family of 9 with the father, Charlie, age 43, Fannie, the mom, age 37, 17 year old Marie, 16 year old Arthur, 12 year old Carrie, 7 year old Maybell, 4 year old James, 2 year old Raymond, and a baby, Mary Lou.
His body was found just a few kilometres from the ramshackle white farmhouse of long-time biker Wayne (Weiner) Kellestine, who’s now in prison for murder in the deaths of eight members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.
