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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.
The opening statements have finished for the long-awaited trial for the murder of Jeanne Ann Childs in 1993, a cold case in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After 25 years of waiting, a suspect has been arrested and is facing a trial to determine if he is guilty of the killing.
Joel Rifkin murdered up to 17 women over the course of a four-year killing spree that came to an end during this week in true crime history. The most prolific serial killer in New York State preyed on sex workers, knowing their disappearances were less likely to be investigated. On June 28th 1993, Rifkin was caught red-handed with the body of his last victim in the back of his truck.
It has been 29 years since the notorious New York City located serial killer Joel Rifkin was captured by police and sentenced for the murders of 17 women over the span of five years. Rifkin is serving a 203-year prison sentence in Attica Correctional Facility.
In 2019, after confessing to murdering 93 people, the FBI announced that serial killer Samuel Little was America’s most prolific serial killer. For over four decades, Samuel Little terrorized women across the country until his capture in 2012.
Laxami Manochat entered a Bangkok hotel with Shane Kenneth Looker on November 1st, 2014. Five days later, her corpse was recovered from a suitcase in the Mae Klong River.
Angelina Barini will spend the next 30 years of her life in prison for fatally drugging four men in 2019.
Corinna Slusser was last seen in the early morning hours of September 20, 2017 at the Haven Motel in Rego Park, Queens, NY.
Authorities in Suffolk County, New York released new video evidence on Tuesday showing the last known surveillance footage of Megan Waterman, one of the victims in the unsolved Gilgo Beach murders. These murders are thought to have been committed by an elusive serial killer nicknamed the Long Island Serial Killer.
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.
Missouri killer Maury Travis is better known as the Videotape Killer. His disturbing VHS collection was uncovered in a search of his home, along with plans to build a basement torture chamber…
When a segment that originally aired on ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ in 1992 about a serial killer that may have claimed 27 victims is not followed up with an ‘update,’ the next logical step for the viewer is to pause the episode and Google the case to find out more information. But what happens when there really isn’t any more information? This is Part I of the Storyville Slayer case.
On November 22nd 2016, 20-year old Sarah Butler was murdered by Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, now known as the Dating App Killer. The serial killer had already claimed the lives of two prior victims that year and attempted to murder a third, Tiffany Taylor.
The man who became known as the 'raincoat killer is Yoo Young-chul. He was a 33 year old jobless man when he was caught by police in 2004.
Victoria Roland opened up to MMN about her experience as a trafficking survivor, how she managed to escape, and how she turned this terrible situation into motivation to help other survivors on their journey. As well, she clears up some misconceptions about trafficking, and what a trafficking situation really looks like.
