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Nadja Medley, 44, lived for her teenage daughter Payton and only wanted the best for her child. Nadja was doing everything she could to make ends meet and provide for her daughter after her husband, Todd Medley, died of a heart attack on Aug. 30, 2014. Nadja Medley and her former husband had worked together in a pet store in Ogden before he died. Nadja was a massage therapist and also into healing things. She sold kombucha teas; on the side to promote a more healthy lifestyle. One day in 2015, Nadja's life would change forever when Gerald Michael Bullinger, a striking man, walked in for a massage. He had a presence, a great personality, and he was someone Nadja was attracted to instantly.

Gerald seemed to have his life together. He was working as a private pilot for clients and flying all around the country for work. Gerald claimed to be a divorcée of 10 years and a Mormon from Montana. The attraction between the two was undeniable, and not only did the chemistry grow between them, but so did the relationship. As time marched on, Gerald went out of his way to take Nadja and her daughter to dinner, on hikes, and any other events they could share together and make new memories. Payten became so close with mike that she had even started calling him dad. During one of their hiking trips, Gerald taught Payton how to shoot, and they would play around on ground leg wrestling. 

Nadja had told friends that no matter how close they were during these outings, it was never the same in bed. Even though they lived very close to each other, they never slept over in each other’s houses. At one point, Nadja asked Gerald for help with her mortgage. He ignored her the first two times, and the third time she asked, he said that their relationship was moving too fast and that he could not do it anymore. Nadja had also told friends that she once checked his paycheck, which was 10 thousand dollars a month. The argument over money later led to a brief separation, and two weeks later, Nadja shared Mike’s texts to friends, telling her that separating was not the best for him and that he could not stay apart from her any longer.

Due to work, Gerald was frequently out of town, but when he was home, the founding was unmatched. After almost two years. Gerald and Nadja decided it was time to move in together. Gerald had recently moved from Utah to a house at 216 S in Caldwell on May 3, 2017. Gerald wanted to make their life permanent, and she was on board for the open fields, horses, dogs, rabbits, and much more.

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Kendrick Johnson was born on October 10, 1995, he lived with his family in Valdosta, Georgia, and attended Lowndes High School. His family and friends described him as a sweet and quiet boy. He was a three-sport athlete and dreamed of playing professional football.

But those dreams were cut short when his body was found by students entering the gymnasium rolled up on a standing gym mat. His sneakers were shoved behind his knees. But investigators quickly closed their case on the theory that Johnson had fallen into the mat while reaching for one of his sneakers.

On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson was discovered in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, headfirst in the center of a vertical rolled-up wrestling mat. The body was discovered by fellow students who had climbed up to the top of a cluster of mats, each of which stood nearly six feet tall and three feet wide. An autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) stated that Johnson had died from positional asphyxia, and the case was ruled an accidental death by the Lowndes County investigators.

Authorities hypothesized that Johnson had fallen into the mat while looking for a shoe and died after being unable to get out. Three students at Lowndes High School told investigators that it was common for some students to store their shoes behind or under the rolled-up mats; Johnson was not wearing shoes when he was found. A student at the school said that he shared a pair of Adidas shoes with Johnson and that after gym class, Johnson would always "go to the mats, jump up and toss the shoes inside the middle of the hole." The mat in which Johnson was found was around six feet tall. The mat left a 14-inch hole in diameter in the center when rolled up. Johnson’s shoulders measured 19 across and were five feet, ten inches tall. It seemed possible that if Kendrick was trying to squeeze into the center of the mat, he could have scrunched his shoulders together to make himself narrower. But his parents would later maintain that his size versus the size of the mat alone was enough to debunk the investigators’ case. Almost a full day had passed until Johnson had been discovered. As he was upside down, blood would have rushed to Johnson’s head, and he eventually would have begun to bleed from his facial orifices. One of the most baffling mysteries of this case: the black and white gym shoe that lay on the ground below Kendrick Johnson, the one he was presumed to be reaching for, was lying on top of a pool of blood, but there was no blood on the shoe itself. A hoodie and a pair of orange and black gym shoes were also found lying on the gym floor, as well as traces of blood on the wall nearby. Investigators tested the blood, revealing that it did not belong to Kendrick Johnson they stated that a girl had an incident in the gym due to the blood that was found and that the blood had likely been there for a long time. Even with the clothes found in the gym and the crime scene, they decided not to take the items into evidence.

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Since 2001, at least 50 women between the ages of 18 and 58 have been murdered in a similar fashion within the city of Chicago. The victims were mostly African Americans, typically employed as sex workers, and often had previous experiences with the justice system. Nearly all were strangled, partially or fully stripped, and then left in abandoned buildings, alleys, garbage bins, parks, or snowdrifts. Twenty-five of the cases were closed by police, resulting in the arrest of 13 men.

Many strangulations were committed in just three police districts on Chicago's South and West sides. Areas with histories of violent crime and drug use, such as Washington Park and Garfield Park, have been common locations for these murders to occur. This pattern was recognized in 2018 through the Murder Accountability Project (MAP), which reviewed over 50 unsolved strangulation and asphyxiation cases dating back to 2001. The algorithm used by MAP sorts unsolved homicides by location, victim, and killing method to identify clusters associated with low homicide clearance rates. According to MAP, these factors could indicate an active serial killer. The Chicago police deny that any one person is behind the slayings. Others point to parallels across the murders, including location, method, and victimology, to suggest a Chicago serial killer has been terrorizing the streets for over two decades.

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References:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Coop_murders
• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/wineville-chicken-coop-murders/
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Introduction

You won’t find Wineville, California, anywhere on a map. The southern California town certainly existed, although it abruptly “vanished” in 1930 and was replaced suddenly by Mira Loma. What had happened in the small town that rattle them to the core was the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders. Crimes so heinous that the townspeople couldn’t bear to be associated with “Wineville” any longer.

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• https://www.dailynews.com/2010/03/28/redlands-murder-case-featured-on-solved/
• https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-tristan-jensen
• https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2018/05/01/killer-of-redlands-boy-is-denied-parole/
• https://krazykillers.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/a-tale-of-two-boys/
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• https://www.dailybulletin.com/2010/03/28/redlands-murder-case-featured-on-solved/
• https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2010/08/12/murder-revisited/

Tristan Jensen was a 13-year-old boy from Redlands, CA, who had a rough life growing up. His mom died from cancer when he was four years old, and his dad was in county jail in Chino, CA. Tristan would eventually move in with his grandmother Betty Simon. Tristan’s grandma's mother would raise him until he was 13 years old. At 13 years old Tristan moved with his aunt Shelly, and two cousins, Matthew and Brandon, lived next door. The family blended great, the cousins were raised as brothers, and the family was whole. Friends and students described Tristan as very popular, friendly, and someone who had the ability to become friends with anyone he met, and everyone wanted to be around him. He was known as a popular kid among the teachers and staff at Redlands High School. 

In August 1998,  Tristan went missing. Always reliable, his family and friends had no idea where Tristan could be, and they contacted the police the following day. The family told police that Tristan had gone out to ride his skateboard, and they didn’t hear from him or did he come home. They said they didn't initially panic as Tristan was responsible and always rode around the town. In spite of an intensive search, six weeks would pass before the family would hear anything about the missing teenager.

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• Redditt
• Wiki
• https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34361413/american-murder-documentary-chris-watts-details-left-out/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bombshell-information-girlfriend-chris-watts-helped-investigators-n1013121
• https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/shanann-watts-rzucek-family-home-colorado-murders-conspiracy-theories-youtube-chris-frederick/
• Murder with My husband podcast
• American Murder the family next door Netflix documentary
• https://www.biography.com/news/chris-watts-wife-daughters-murder-mistress-confession-timeline
• Rolling Stones

Police continue to interview and talk with Chris to get any information that he may have about the disappearance; the police do not immediately think of Chris as a suspect. They state that his behavior is strange, but he also is trying to figure out how to process what is happening. 

The police ask Chris what he thinks happened to his family, and he says at first he really thought that she left at a friend's house but now, with the police, the interviews, and the K9s, he's starting to think that someone took her but that if someone did take her, it was someone that she knew because there was no sign of anything being broken, or stolen in the house. The police asked him what else do you think we could do to help him find them, and he said he felt like he had exhausted his options and that he was thinking of what friends she could be with and who had car seats because she left hers at the house. He says she could even be with people he doesn't know, male or female, because of her job. 

Police ask Chris to rethink his conversation with Shanann that morning about the separation. He tells the police that he feels like he caused this and made him feel like she needed to leave. 

The police ask him what happened that morning. He said he wakes up at 4 AM, gets ready for work in the morning, and gets ready for work that morning. At around 4:15 am he wakes up Shanann to talk about some things on his mind. They talked about how he felt about what was going on for the last 6 weeks and how he felt like he wasn't in love with her anymore. He said there was a disconnection in the marriage, and he felt it while they were on vacation. 

He said that this was when they both started to cry, which was emotional. He said that Shanann said she understood and did want to work on the relationship, but she understood what he was saying. He said they discussed selling the house and would contact the relator to get an update on their conversation with her last week. He said the conversation ended, and she told him she would take the kids to her friend's house. 

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• Redditt
• Wiki
• https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34361413/american-murder-documentary-chris-watts-details-left-out/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bombshell-information-girlfriend-chris-watts-helped-investigators-n1013121
• https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/shanann-watts-rzucek-family-home-colorado-murders-conspiracy-theories-youtube-chris-frederick/
• Murder with My husband podcast
• American Murder the family next door Netflix documentary
• https://www.biography.com/news/chris-watts-wife-daughters-murder-mistress-confession-timeline
• Rolling Stones

Shanann Rzucek was born on Jan 10, 1984 in Passaic county New Jersey to Frank and Sandra Rzucek. Shanann was an older sister to her brother Frankie, and her family was extremely close. Shanann was trying to make a name for herself in this world. Her family did not come from money, and she knew she would have to fight tooth and nail to give herself the life she dreamed of. Shanann purchased land in CO and built her first home alone until she met Leonard King. The two were married and attempted to build a life with each other, but from Shanann’s side, she wasn't happy. Her confidence dropped, and she was left in a mess. Shanann and Leonard divorced in 2009. 

In 2010 Shanann was on Facebook when she got a friend request from Christopher Watts. She recalls, “What the heck? I’m never going to meet him. I have a ton of FB friends,” Chris continued to pursue Shanann to the point where she gave in. Chris and Shanann were married in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Nov 3rd, 2012, and by the following year, the couple was expecting their first child Bella. This was something that she had dreamed of for years. When Shanann was younger, she was diagnosed with Lupus and struggled hard with her illness. She stated that when she met Chris, she was at her lowest of lows, and he stuck by her accepting her for who she was. She couldn't imagine 3 short years later; they would welcome their first child into the world. Two years later, the couple welcomed their second daughter Celeste, {CeCe, on July 17, 2015. 

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The Gee Family

Our story begins in 2009 but let's jump back a few to get a good idea of who the Gee family was. Raymond “Rick” Gee was born in Decatur, GA, on Feb 27th, 1963. Ruth Ann Constant was born Sept. 11, 1970, in Lincoln to Dean Edward and Frances Everhart Constant. The family would become a large, blended family with Rick’s three children from a previous relationship and Ruth Ann’s children, Justina and Dillen Constant. Friends would say the Gee family was the real-life Brady brunch. In 1997 Rick and Ruth Ann got married in Beason, IL.  Together, they welcomed a son Austin in 1998 and a daughter named Jessica, and they would complete their family in 2006 with the birth of their daughter Tabitha. Unfortunately, Jessica suffered from a severe brain injury resulting in profound disabilities. She was eventually put into DCFS custody and admitted to a long-term care facility as a state ward. As the years passed, Nicole Rick’s eldest daughter would marry a man named Christopher Harris, and they would welcome a daughter in 1990. The couple would develop a toxic relationship on and off marriage, but the pair would work through it and welcome their son in 2009. The now grandparents were excited to welcome their grandchildren into the family and continue to grow. 

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• Detroit Free Press
• Fox17 News
• Reddit
• Cold Case Files. season 1 episode 7, ‘Circle of Friends
• Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193669362/mary-christine-siders
• https://books.google.com/books?id=svQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=shannon+siders&source=bl&ots=BaaWNn96Jn&sig=ACfU3U287kQ5WsmgB5xMmobk6A0zXnor3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9p8yfu-r4AhUcDkQIHasPD8o4FBDoAXoECBgQAw#v=onepage&q=shannon%20siders&f=false
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Shannon Marie Siders was born on March 31, 1975, to Robert and Mary Siders.  Shannon was raised in Newaygo, Michigan, and after her parents divorced her mother left the family. Robert raised Shannon alone and did an amazing job at it. Robert has a job at the Pepsi-cola Plant and as Shannon got older he would often work the third shift which meant that he was working overnight. 

Shannon was described as sweet, kind, and the person you could tell anything to without being judged. Shannon was a part of many different friend groups. Everyone that met her knew that if they needed anything Shannon would be there. 

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• Oxygen Unspeakable Crimes the killing of Jessica Chambers
• Investigation Discovery 
• Reddit
• Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
• Dreshare.com
• People Magazine

Jessica Chamber was born on Feb 2, 1995, an American blonde, blue-eyed girl from Clarksdale, Mississippi to Lisa and Ben Chambers. She has four brothers and three sisters, Christopher, Ben, Brandon, Amanda, Ashley, Anabelle, and Steve. Jessica Chambers was a typical 19-year-old. She was an ex-cheerleader, worked in a clothing store, and had plenty of attention from the boys. She was known to have sold drugs from time to time and had an arrest on her record, but it was hard to find anyone in Courtland or Batesville who seemed to have a major issue with her. Jessica was well-liked by almost everyone. Jessica had volatile relationships with boyfriends who had trouble with the law and was known by her family to sometimes react violently during fights. Jessica’s sister Amanda "AJ" Prince, and stepmother Debbie Chambers said that Jessica's behavior changed when she was 17 after her older brother Allen died in a car crash. 

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