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In October 2017, two little girls woke up for school and found blood stains on their living room sofa. Their dad was missing, so they called his girlfriend for help. When police arrived, they found a crime scene in the home’s living room, but where was Aaron Friar?

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https://kobi5.com/news/prosecutors-alleged-murderers-conspired-to-kill-another-62408/

https://www.mailtribune.com/crime-courts-and-emergencies/2021/08/11/man-sentenced-in-connection-with-beating-death/

https://mailtribune.com/news/crime-courts-emergencies/police-say-daughter-conspired-with-boyfriend-in-killing/

https://mailtribune.com/crime-courts-and-emergencies/2018/10/05/man-admits-to-beating-girlfriends-father-to-death/ 

https://apnews.com/article/bd72c2526f6842a597bc0dd236699b31 

https://ktvl.com/news/local/friends-remember-aaron-friar-after-his-death 

https://kpic.com/news/local/oregon-teen-gets-25-years-for-her-role-in-fathers-murder 

https://ktvl.com/news/local/all-three-suspects-in-medford-homicide-indicted 

https://kobi5.com/news/final-co-conspirator-sentenced-in-death-of-aaron-friar-164086/ 

https://kobi5.com/news/local-news/nothing-will-bring-him-back-murder-victims-sister-pleads-for-trial-to-begin-4-years-after-his-violent-death-151795/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2WVEla34Tk 

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In February 2014, a night of hanging out with friends turned into a gruesome murder. Corriann Cervantes disappeared on February 4, 2014. A few days later, a friend found her bloody, brutalized body in a vacant apartment. The crime scene–with its bloody markings on the walls–told a dark story about her final night.

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https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/crime-courts/article/Brutal-killing-of-teenage-girl-tied-to-suspects-5226366.php#photo-5867167 

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutor-texas-teens-killed-girl-15-in-occult-ritual/

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https://abc13.com/trial-begins-for-teen-accused-in-satanic-killing/426724/ 

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In January 2015, Joann Hakes disappeared into a dark Wyoming night near the Salt River mountains. For over four years, her family and friends had no idea what happened to her. Then, a bad storm revealed a shallow grave. 

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https://www.eastidahonews.com/2019/06/remains-of-woman-missing-for-5-years-found-in-wyoming-eastern-idaho-man-arrested/

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https://charleyproject.org/case/joann-hakes 

“Joann Hakes.” Thin Air Podcast. Episode 37.

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In July 2017, Lucy McHugh disappeared. When a dog walker found her body the next morning, the police started to unravel a horrible story and a totally preventable murder.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/18/lucy-mchugh-stephen-nicholson-care-worker-guilty-of-murdering-lucy-mchugh 

https://www.pumpcourtchambers.com/2019/11/14/the-murder-of-lucy-mchugh-legal-challenges-in-r-v-stephen-nicholson/ 

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-48828241 

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https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/01/schoolgirl-lucy-mchugh-died-catastrophic-bleeding-killer-stabbed-27-times-10099049/ 

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lucy-mchugh-murder-trial-stepfather-richard-elmes-stacey-white-a9018256.html 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17781250.redbridge-community-school-create-garden-memory-lucy-mchugh/ 

https://www.theweek.co.uk/95427/lucy-mchugh-what-do-we-know-about-13-year-old-s-murder 

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In January 2018, 19-year-old Caitlin Marie Denison took a flight from her home in Reno, Nevada, to Midland, Texas. She’d met a man from Midland online, but meeting him in real life turned out to be a mistake. Caitlin disappeared.

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In 2008, 19-year-old Brianna Denison disappeared from her friend’s couch. Nearly a month later, a passerby found her body in a field under a discarded Christmas tree. DNA from Brianna’s case connected her attack to two prior sexual assaults in the University of Nevada-Reno community. Who was attacking college students?

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“Vanished in Reno.” Unusual Suspects. Season 6, Episode 1. 13 January 2014.

“The Night Brianna Vanished.” Dateline. Season 19, Episode 9.

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In 2019, a man came to police to report that his two ex-girlfriends–who are sisters–had killed their father, and he had it on tape. But Anthony Tomaselli died four years prior of natural causes, right? Did two sisters get away with murder…

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In July 2017, 21-year-old Cheyanne Willis threw herself a gender reveal party and invited her family and friends, including her cousin 22-year-old Autum Garrett. Late that night, two gunmen burst into the home and opened fire on the remaining guests. As investigators unraveled the case, the details got very bizarre. 

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https://www.wlwt.com/article/woman-s-hair-cut-face-written-on-during-attack-photos-posted-online/3550221# 

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2022/01/20/day-5-man-accused-plotting-2017-colerain-mass-shooting-testify/6585446001/ 

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https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/011723zor_5426.pdf 

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Between 1998 and 2000, Belizean police recovered the brutalized remains of five teenage girls who all died at the hands of the same killer. Because of how he killed his victims, authorities dubbed this man the Belize Ripper after Jack the Ripper.

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On June 10, 2019, 26-year-old Carolyn Byington went home on her lunch break and never returned to work. She had no idea that she was at the center of a despicable man’s world, and the two were about to collide. 

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https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/23/south-jersey-man-gets-55-years-in-murder-of-plainsboro-co-worker/69826425007/ 

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https://apnews.com/article/homicide-new-jersey-crime-f1d67309677b454d7793298f56b4cadd 

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