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After a months-long trial in New South Wales, Australia, 74-year-old Chris Dawson was found guilty today of his wife’s murder. Dawson had been charged in 2018, but the prevalence of only circumstantial evidence and the fact that Lynette Dawson’s body was never found impeded investigation.
In 1932, America was electrified by the kidnapping of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son. The legendary trial to come would launch the true crime genre into the media titan we know it as today.
True crime information should be spread responsibly, truthfully, and fairly. We must give attention to the cases that don’t get as much media attention. The cases where the victims are Black. The cases where the victims are Indigenous. The cases where the victims are LGBTQIA+. The cases where the victims were sex workers. The unsolved cases. If you’re a true crime enthusiast, utilize your inner moral compass when deciding what to pay attention to or write about.
The body of Lily Peters, 10, was found near a walking trail in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on Monday. Now, authorities say they know how she died and who killed her.
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.
Serving as an informational database of over 1,000 true crime cases (and counting), CrimeDoor is the must-have app for true crime fans and cyber sleuths everywhere. To learn more about the ins and the outs of the app and the company as a whole, I spoke with Zig Gauthier, CrimeDoor’s Executive Vice President of Operations, Strategy and Development; Evan Fisk, the company’s Senior Vice President of Marketing; and Erika Glass, CrimeDoor’s Content Coordinator (and social media extraordinaire).
