Just before 7 AM on August 9, 2003, the Kleberg County Sheriff's office in Texas received a 9-1-1 from a man saying he had been shot. When police arrived at the scene of the man's home, they realized the victim was one of their own, Albert Benitez, a former police officer and border patrol officer who now spent his time training young police officers. He had been shot six times and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Reynolds had been kidnapped and taken away in Al's stolen car by the perpetrator. As details of the case came to light and another crime almost took Al's life once again, it began to become clear who really wanted to Al Benitez dead. Sources Murder Calls- Season 1 Episode 5- Death at the Door (info and audio source) Justia-ELIZABETH REYNOLDS v. THE STATE OF TEXAS--Appeal from 105th District Court of Kleberg County Snapped- Season 6 Episode 5-Elizabeth Reynolds

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15-month-old Evelyn Boswell was reported missing by her maternal grandfather, Tommy Boswell, Sr. in February of 2020. He stated he had not seen Evelyn since November of 2019. An Amber alert was issued on February 19, 2020. Other accounts say she had been missing since December 10-11 of 2019 which is the last time her babysitter had seen her. Her mother, 18-year-old, Megan Boswell had made a series of contradictory statements to police and the media regarding the whereabouts of her daughter. Megan was later arrested for false reporting, and while in custody, police located the remains of missing Evelyn Boswell on the Boswell property on March 6, 2020. The investigation was far from over as detectives had to sift through the tangled web of lies spun by Megan to determine what really happened to little Evelyn.
Sources: USA Today (2020) WVLTV 8 (2020) Knox News (2022)Tennessee Lookout (2022)Oxygen (2022)People (2022)WJHL 11 (2022)WJHL 11 (2022)
Audio WATE 6 On Your Side (YouTube) | Press Conference: Sullivan Co. Sheriff, TBI hold media briefing re. Evelyn Boswell case March 6, 2020.

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On the morning of May 26, 1990, 40-year-old Marlene Warren was preparing breakfast for her son and his friends when she heard the door bell ring. Upon answering the door, she was greeted by a person dressed in a clown costume holding two foil balloons and a basket of carnations for her. When she reached for the gifts, the clown shot Marlene in the face and fled in their white Chrysler LeBaron. For 27 years, Marlene's case remained unsolved, despite having obvious suspects. With the advancements in DNA technology, Marlene's killer finally faced justice in 2017.
Sources CBS News (2023) CBS News (2023)Chilling Crimes (2021)WPTV (2017)The US Sun (2023)Killer Queens Podcast

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During 1989, three unrelated African American baby boys went missing under mysterious circumstances from New York. Andre Bryant, a one month old baby boy disappeared from Brooklyn, and his mother, Monique Rivera was found murdered the next day. He has never been located. Christopher Dansby, a 2-year-old baby boy went missing from a park located near the Martin Luther King, Jr. apartment complex in May 1989. Three months after Christopher went missing, 18-month-old Shane Walker went missing from this same park under eerily similar circumstances. Sources International Missing Persons Wiki The Charley Project Uncovered Unsolved Mysteries WikiUncovered Unsolved Mysteries WikiUncovered



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In 2016, John Coltharp and his best friend founded a doomsday cult loosely based on the teachings of the FLDS. It is important to note that the FLDS had no idea about this cult nor did it condone their behavior. In September of 2017, John’s estranged wife, Micha Coltharp went to the Utah police department to report that John had taken their children and she could not locate him nor contact him. Thinking this would be a routine domestic dispute that could easily be resolved, police started to investigate but what they discovered was far worse than they initially imagined as the children along with John Coltharp, his parents Catherine and Keith Coltharp, and his second-in-command in the cult, Samuel Shaffer had packed up and left to create a commune in the deserts of Lund, Utah.

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Drama is a normal part of the teenage years, but sometimes, this drama is taken too far. On July 5, 2012, 16-year-old Skylar Neese snuck out of her Morgantown, West Virginia home to go joyriding with her two "best friends", Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, but these two girls had other plans for how the night would unfold. After six long months of searching for Skylar ever since she snuck out in July, her remains were located in a wooded area in Greene County, Pennsylvania after Rachel Shoaf had a breakdown and confessed to the gruesome crime her and Shelia had committed.
Sources Tuko (2022)Sportskeeda (2023)Unilad (2022)Ranker (2021)All That's Interesting (2023) Dateline NBC: Season 22 Episode 25: Something Wicked (2014) Audio WBOY 12 News-One of Skylar Neese's killers denied parole (May 9, 2023)
Blue Light Diaries-Betrayed: The Tragic Fate of Skylar Neese

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On February 23, 2022 dispatchers in Green Bay Wisconsin received a 911 call at 3:28 AM from a woman and her boyfriend who had just discovered her 24-year-old son, Shad Thyrion’s severed head in a bucket at the bottom of their basement stairs. The woman was awakened by noises of her front door slamming and what she thought was a running car in her driveway. Upon waking, she noticed the basement light on and went to investigate. This is when she made the gruesome discovery. The last person known to have contact with Shad was 24-year-old, Taylor Schabusiness (Coronado).
Sources CourtTV (2023) AP News (2023) New York Post (2023)News Week (2023)Document Cloud- Taylor Denise Schabusiness Criminal Complaint (2022)Law&Crime Network: 'Is This Blood?' Bodycam shows Arrest of Taylor Schabusiness After Lover's Murder-Video (2023)
Audio Law&Crime Network-'Fake Head or Something?': Mother Dials 911 After Finding Son's Severed Head- Video (2023)

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In November of 2016, the Guy parents had announced they sold their home in Knoxville, Tennessee to retire and move to Joel Sr.'s late mother's home in Surgoinsville, TN. They were holding their last family dinner at their home on Thanksgiving where the entire family would be attending before they all looked forward to having Christmas dinner in Joel and Lisa's new home. Their son, Joel Guy, Jr. had attended this dinner. He had been financially reliant on his parents, never having a job but living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 600 miles from his parents' home for the past decade. When he found out he was to be financially cut-off by his parents after their retirement, rage ensued and the most gruesome crime scene was left in his parents' home that the officers on the case had ever seen.
Sources Medium (2021)The Crime Wire (2023)Criminal (2021)Knoxville News Sentinel (2023) All That's Interesting (2022) Audio: YouTube- Law and Crime Network (2020): Joel Guy Jr Trial- Proffer of Victims' Family Members-Family Members Testify, 911 Call is Played

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On August 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington set out alone to walk to the Trinity Christian Reformed Church for vacation bible school which was only 3/4 of a mile from her home in the suburb of Broomall in Pennsylvania when she was kidnapped. 2 months later, her body was found in Ridley Creek State Park 2 1/2 miles from where she was last seen. She had been the victim of a homicide with her cause of death being blunt force injuries to her head. Her murderer eluded police for almost 50 years, until 2023 when he was finally caught.
Sources: Websleuths (2023)Newsweek (2023)The Philadelphia Inquirer (2023)Philly Magazine (2023)11 Alive (2023) Books Marple's Gretchen Harrington Tragedy: Kindapping, Murder, and Innocence Lost in Suburban Philadelphia by Joanne Falcone Sullivan and Mike Mathis (2022) Audio 11Alive- Marietta man accused in 1975 Pennsylvania child murder| Police news conference (YouTube, 2023)

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On June 22, 1979, English teacher, Susan Reinert and her two children, 11-year-old Karen and 10-year-old Michael set out to brave a hailstorm to take a trip for the weekend to Allentown, Pennsylvania where she would be holding a presentation for a group she was a member of. Her battered and naked body was found three days later in the trunk of her orange hatchback in a parking lot in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania which was 90 miles from her home. William Bradfield and Jay C. Smith, fellow employees of Susan were suspects due to a tangled web of stories created by Bradfield to his circle of friends. Bradfield had been a lover of Susan's and Jay C. Smith was the principal of the school they all worked at, who somehow got roped into the murder story by Bradfield. The trials set out to untangle the chaotic web created by Bradfield and find the real murder (s) and locate the children, but the bodies of Susan's children, Karen and Michael have never been found. Sources


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