Crime Raven

The serpent planned her satanic, drug-fueled date night, and a Green Bay family will never be the same.

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If you betray all those to blame for your problems, who is left in the end? 

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The Cascades provide the endless backdrop for this Oregon serial killer. Back and forth on US Highway 20, the Watcher spends decades looking for trouble. He finds it over and over again until the search for a young girl brings it to a halt.

Sources:

https://youtu.be/ilj8fZroRw0

https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/melissasheila/ 

https://projects.oregonlive.com/ghostsofhighway20/ackroyd/ 

https://www.madraspioneer.com/news/infamous-murderer-dies-in-prison/article_18d7e1b1-531f-5fab-a96c-02e56334a453.html

https://www.smith.edu/news/noelle-crombie-92-highway-20 

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When a taillight leads to a hostage recovery, and mom notices the DIY graveyard, it all starts to come apart for the urban creeper. 

Sources:

https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/3-bodies-found-at-stewart-weldons-page-blvd-home-identified/?ipid=promo-link-block2

https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/stewart-weldon-accused-serial-killer-expected-to-plead-guilty/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/09/springfield-serial-killer-stewart-weldon-will-serve-3-consecutive-life-sentences-for-the-murders-of-a-trio-of-local-women.html

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-just-want-to-close-this-case-serial-killer-admits-he-murdered-3-women-and-left-their-bodies-to-decompose-around-his-home/

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/stewart-weldon-pleads-guilty-springfield/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/06/police_records_detail_searches.html

https://www.masslive.com/news/2021/09/for-3-months-i-wondered-where-my-mom-was-relatives-decry-cruel-ends-for-women-murdered-by-stewart-weldon-in-springfield.html

https://www.nj.com/essex/2018/06/stewart_weldon_springfield_multiple_bodies_montcla.html

https://www.boston25news.com/news/springfield-mayor-demands-answers-after-bodies-found-in-suspect-s-home/762254584/

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The Wizard travels the world and ends up in West St. Louis. But it took too long to expose the seemingly powerful as a murderous fraud.

Sources:
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/earl-cox-plea-angie-housman-case/63-eaab6669-ec18-4af4-945c-312eba311d3e

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/earl-cox-angie-housman-killer-sentenced-molesting-girl/63-ff14ff70-f2ff-4190-a0f3-da4034974569

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/what-one-man-learned-walking-45-miles-through-st-louis-south-city-39809935

https://www.foxnews.com/us/convicted-pedophile-accused-of-killing-9-year-old-girl-to-appear-before-missouri-judge

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cold-case-missouri-solved-dna-ex-air-force-member-charged-n1014216

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2002/jul/02/internetnews.childprotection

https://apnews.com/article/d4ad86487f5b4d3d840165a7662ee0ca

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When your failures are never your fault, time and distance can’t cool the need for revenge. When your mind continues to tally Shakespearian wounds, naturally, murder follows. 

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fired-doctor-anthony-garcia-found-guilty-four-revenge-murders-n673386

https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ne-state-wire-us-news-ap-top-news-medical-schools-fbef916336c04b2589b745886f347b86

https://apnews.com/04e245949c1d4b3492298c25fe5ab0b7

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/17/doctor-suspected-serial-killer-nebraska/2523873/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-doctor-nebraska-killings-death-sentence-20180914-story.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-omaha/doctor-accused-of-nebraska-revenge-killings-to-be-extradited-idUSBRE96H00920130718

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-garcia-case-was-revenge-motive-behind-omaha-double-murders/

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How does catfishing lead to murder? How much is a friendship worth? A line of depravities leads to brutality and betrayal for $9 million.

Thunderbird Falls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JTSgku_qY
Sources
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/catfished-killer-takes-plea-deal-in-2019-death-of-best-friend-murdered-in-exchange-for-9m-from-fake-millionaire/

 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-woman-pleads-guilty-killing-best-friend-man-catfished-offered-p-rcna71330

 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-alaska-teen-s-murder-cybersecurity-experts-warn-catfishing-predators-n1019536

 https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Who-is-accused-killer-Darin-Schilmiller-Cynthia-Hoffman-murder-suspect-511444111.html

 https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/02/16/anchorage-woman-pleads-guilty-to-2019-murder-of-teen-near-thunderbird-falls/

 https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=802fdb4c-d573-4c84-bafd-f31b6fb923af

 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/11/photos-on-alaska-murder-suspects-phone-leads-to-ne/

 https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/truly-horrific-alaska-teens-charged-in-brutal-murder-of-friend-for-9m

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An adventurous, self-reliant girl moves to Anchorage to start the next stage of her life. Less than a week later, she's gone. It took years and a brother's betrayal for the killer to receive his due.

Sources:
Klinkhart, G. (2014) Finding Bethany (https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Bethany-Glen-Klinkhart/dp/0985351136/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FM84542VSFVI&keywords=finding+bethany&qid=1678999306&sprefix=finding+bethany%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1) 
https://www.adn.com/books/article/finding-bethany-details-detectives-quest-solve-horrific-murder/2014/07/20/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24831943
https://www.alaskastar.com/2017-01-13/former-detective-shares-thoughts-crime-personal-safety
https://www.frontiersman.com/news/lawson-draws-99-years/article_d21b98e0-cace-5983-aeea-f5eea9a06570.html

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When murder becomes a family business and girls go missing, always look under the concrete slab.

Sources

https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/ward_weaver_iii_like_his_fathe.html

https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-city/2014/02/francis_weavers_father_grandfa.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/step-by-step-in-oregon-killer-case/

http://www.argusobserver.com/articles/2007/05/07/news/news03.txt

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-town-mourns-slain-girls/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2216310.stm

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125821&page=1

https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/potential-news-for-convicted-murderers-in-weaver-family/article_13dbe18f-ee36-5ac7-bf47-be96c675c8b3.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ward-weaver-iii

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11065622

https://theworldlink.com/handcuffs-hair-found-in-suspects-storage-unit/article_0641936e-6fc7-51d9-b13a-9477bcbb77e4.html

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Scorpions of the Memphis Police Department pulled over a vehicle driven by Tyre Nichols. Three days later, Tyre was dead. 

Sources
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-03/sixth-memphis-officer-fired-after-death-of-tyre-nichols#:~:text=In%20body%2Dcamera%20video%20from,police%20said%20in%20a%20statement.

 https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/us/tyre-nichols-timeline-investigation/index.html#:~:text=Tyre%20Nichols%2C%20a%2029%2Dyear,fired%20and%20face%20criminal%20charges.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/us/memphis-emt-suspended-preston-hemphill-fired.html

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