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On January 20, 2014, Police brought 65-year-old pig farmer Susan Monica from Wimer, Oregon in for questioning after 56-year-old Robert Haney's family reported him missing. Police had discovered that Susan used Robert's EBT card in December at a local Walmart. Robert's family had not heard from him for several months before going to visit Susan's farm to see where there father was, as he had been working for her since the summer of 2013. He was nowhere to be found but his items and dog were left on the property.

When police conducted a search of Susan's property, a human leg severed at the femur was located near Susan's home. Robert Haney had not been the only man to go missing on her property after answering a Craigslist ad for help around the farm, but another man, Stephen Delicino had vanished, as well. He had begun working for Susan in 2012. It was discovered that Susan had used the aid of her beloved pigs to help complete and conceal her crimes.

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⁠All That's Interesting (2023)⁠

⁠Daily Mail (2024)⁠

⁠ID Crimefeed⁠

⁠Explore With Us (YouTube, 2023)⁠

Snapped (Season 29, Episode 2: Susan Monica)

Audio (Interrogation)

⁠Explore With Us (YouTube, 2023)⁠

On the night of October 3, 2002, Gwen Amber Rose Araujo, a transgender teen from California attended a party at a home rented by Jose and Paul Merel. Michael Magidson, Jason Nabors, Jason Cazares, Emmanuel Merel, and Nicole Brown were all present at the party. Upon learning that Gwen was biologically born a male, the men became irate that they had engaged in sexual acts with her previously. This led to a brutal attack on Gwen which ultimately caused her death. Gwen's case paved the way for important legislation being passed in California which aims to eradicate the use of the gay/trans panic defense in court cases.

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The San Francisco Standard (2022)

Wikipedia

Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (2003)

SF Gate (2003)

SF Gate (2005)

SF Gate (2005)

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.

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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.

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.

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CBS News (2023)

CBS News (2023)

Chilling Crimes (2021)

WPTV (2017)

The US Sun (2023)

Killer Queens Podcast

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.

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International Missing Persons Wiki

The Charley Project

Uncovered

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Uncovered

Unsolved Mysteries Wiki

Uncovered

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

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).

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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)

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