Killer Instinct

Brent Jr. left the family Thanksgiving celebrations early. Why, then, was he convicted of murdering his parents on the holiday that's about family?

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For many, Thanksgiving can be a joyous occasion for families to reunite, reconnect, catch up, and feast on traditional favorites. For one family in Jupiter, Florida, it’s a dark anniversary.

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Lisa and Joel Guy Sr. were ready to retire, but were still providing for their grown son Joel Guy Jr. They had plans to tell him that he was going to need to start supporting himself around Christmas. Unfortunately they would not be able to celebrate their next Christmas.

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Ronald O'Brien, infamously known as the "Candyman" became notorious as "the man who killed Halloween."

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21 year old Nicole Hutchings went out on Halloween night to party with her friends. The next morning when Nicole was still not home, her parents thought she had stayed with a friend. That all changed as the day turned to night and no one had heard from Nicole. 

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While Steven Avery and his 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey were sentenced to life in prison for Teresa Halbach's murder, many wonder if her true killer went free

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On Halloween night, 1957, Los Angeles hairstylist Peter Fabiano walked down the stairs of his Valley home to greet a belated trick-or-treater. It was late, around 11 pm, and Peter had already got into bed with his wife, Betty. It was too late for children to be knocking.

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Only three months had passed since the seemingly happy couple Donnah and Mark Winger, adopted their first child when Mark Winger told the 911 operator that he'd shot a man who was killing his wife with a hammer. More than three years after Donnah's murder, her best friend DeAnn Schultz came forward to say that she'd had an affair with Winger before her friend's killing that police began to look deeper into the case.

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A former Los Angeles police detective for years hid the truth about how they killed their ex's new spouse.

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Carly Gregg invited her friend over to her home where she lived with her mom and stepdad. When Carly answered the door, she asked the friend, “Are you squeamish around dead bodies?” before leading the friend to her bedroom, where Carly's mother was dead on the floor from three gunshots.

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