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He claimed to be an 18-year-old Marine heading off to war, and she alleged to be an attractive young woman sending him off with provocative pictures. Or so they thought. However, they were actually two middle-aged people carrying out a fantasy internet relationship that seemed like a harmless lie.

Sources:

When Catfishing Turns Into a Deadly Love Triangle - Life (livingmgz.com)

Also, the 2009 documentary film Talhotblond. 

Awe, young love can drive us to do crazy things, like steal a car, rob a bank, or murder someone we thought was trying to steal our significant other. But most people would fortunately not do any of things and either end the relationship or figure out some more mature way of handling the situation.

That would not be the case for Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp.

Sources:

Christa Pike: The Youngest American Woman Ever Sentenced To Death (allthatsinteresting.com)

Christa Pike | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Colleen Slemmer's Mom Wants Christa Pike, Only Woman On Tennessee's Death Row, Executed (newsweek.com)

State v. Shipp, C.C.A. No. 03C01-9711-CR-00492 | Casetext Search + Citator

Should it matter why people choose an Alford plea, listen and find out?

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Alford plea | Wex | U.S. Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)

North Carolina v. Alford - Wikipedia

Alford plea - Wikipedia

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/alford-plea-what-is-it-and-which-states-use-it-49755

The disappearance of Molly Bish and Familial DNA or Bill 1595

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Molly Bish Case: Heather Bish Provides Update on DNA – NBC Boston

Home | The Molly Bish Foundation

Person of interest named in 2000 murder of Molly Bish (wcvb.com)

Molly Bish: Inside The Unsolved Murder Of A 16-Year-Old Lifeguard (allthatsinteresting.com)

Killing of Molly Bish - Wikipedia

Familial DNA Bill Aims to Find Answers to Unsolved Cases (thisweekinworcester.com)

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Ada Blackjack - Wikipedia

Ada Blackjack, the Forgotten Sole Survivor of an Odd Arctic Expedition - Atlas Obscura

Ada Blackjack: Forgotten Queen of Arctic Expeditions (oceanwide-expeditions.com)

The Inuit Woman Who Survived Alone on an Arctic Island After a Disastrous Expedition - HISTORY

Short documentary: Ada Blackjack Rising by Brice Habeger

Misidentification locked up Kevin Strickland for 43 years. Please find out how and why this case took so long to make its way through the court system. 

Sources:

Kevin Strickland - National Registry of Exonerations (umich.edu)

Kevin Strickland rebuilds his life after wrongful conviction | The Kansas City Star BY LUKE NOZICKA

Kevin Strickland - Wikipedia

Mike Parson - Wikipedia

She was the youngest child in an unusual family; her father, Thomas, was 65 years old at the time of her birth, while her mother, Ann, was, at 16, still a minor. The family was below the poverty line, and Christine did not receive the necessary early childhood support. Because of this, she was considered mentally challenged; she also had epilepsy and was also obese. To make matters worse, her parents also physically and sexually abused her. She required a regular dose of medication to control her epileptic seizures.

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Christine Falling - Wikipedia

Sudden infant death syndrome - Wikipedia

https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/falling-christine.htm

Who Makes Decisions for Incapacitated Patients Who Have No Surrogate or Advance Directive? | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org)

Christine Falling | Deadly Women Wiki | Fandom

The insurance money was a factor for Teresa, but by walking away from the church, Randy took her farther away from David.

She no longer would work in the church kitchen, attend choir rehearsals, or other David’s sermons stir the congregation on Sunday mornings.

Randy also knew, or suspected, enough to possibly crash David Love’s future. His financial questions could get David fired from New Hope. And if he acted on suspicions of his wife’s affair, Randy could wreck any hope that David Love would work again as a Baptist pastor.

Whether or not he realized it, Randy Stone had become the greatest threat to David Love’s happiness and livelihood.

Sources: 

Teresa Stone | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Former Marine's Murder Exposes Wife's Affair with Pastor - ABC News (go.com)

https://thecinemaholic.com/randy-stone-murder-where-are-teresa-stone-and-david-love-now/

Minutes later, David Love stepped off an elevator, flanked by two detectives. Teresa Stone emerged from a hallway with her detective escort, looking as if she had stumbled into a chance meeting. The two stopped and looked at each other.

In their final encounter, neither spoke the truth.

“I told them everything,” a distraught Teresa said.

David appeared stoic and did not speak for 20 seconds.

“Don’t worry,” he said. “I will take care of everything.”

Sources: 

Teresa Stone | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Former Marine's Murder Exposes Wife's Affair with Pastor - ABC News (go.com)

https://thecinemaholic.com/randy-stone-murder-where-are-teresa-stone-and-david-love-now/

Women came to Ishikawa's ward, gave birth, and abandoned their children. One woman had a terrifying and horrible solution in her own right. That solution was infanticide, or the crime of killing a child within a year of birth.

Sources:

Miyuki Ishikawa - Wikipedia

Miyuki Ishikawa, The 'Demon Midwife' Who Killed 100 Babies (allthatsinteresting.com)

Miyuki Ishikawa | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Miyuki Ishikawa - Absolute Crime

Details You Should Know About Serial Killer Miyuki Ishikawa (grunge.com)