This case takes us to Peartree Apartments in Arlington, Texas. It was September 17 1996 and Thang Khuu remembers the morning well. His long-time girlfriend, Christine Vu, age 25, got ready that mourning for her teaching position at a local elementary school. He listened to her moving around their apartment, cooing at their dog, Caramel, making a bagel, and then she came into the bedroom and whispered goodbye to him. He smiled but didn’t open his eyes.

Thang left after Christine and came home around 5:30 PM but found the front door bolted. He thought that she might be in the bathroom so he smoked a cigarette and then went back and tried again. The door was still locked. He banged on the door and still no answer. He walked to a payphone and called two times. Nothing. He walked back to the apartment and tried the door again. This time it was unlocked. He didn’t see Christine so walked to the bathroom and found her nude beaten and bruised body submerged in a partially filled bathtub. Her lips were covered with duct tape and her hands and feet tied with it. She had been raped and strangled. In shock, he picked her up and carried her to the living room. It hit him along with the guilt at the sudden realization that his beautiful girlfriend was murdered while he was outside the apartment!

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A young widow with two daughters moves in across the street from Darrell and Debbie. They take her and her daughters under their wing. Their two daughters shared the same first name and become close almost like sisters. Over time, Darrell and the young window start an affair and the young widow becomes pregnant. Darrell moves in with her and her two daughters. The two Ariels are excited about it because NOW they will be REAL sisters. But things are not a “happily ever after.” Darrell has a criminal history and spends time in prison more than at home. He also has a drug problem. The young widow had enough and breaks up with Darrell but this decision would shatter her life and the two Ariel’s lives in ways no one saw. But that’s not all there is to this story. Listen to the end for the twist!

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A happily married man with a beautiful, loving wife and three beautiful children with a fourth on the way. A great career. A large home. Friends and family. Everything seemed perfect on the outside.

A young single mother working a waitressing job to fund her way through school. Not a native to Clovis, NM, she was deciding whether to make the move back home to San Diego but a divorce and child custody made that complicated until she was found dead. Did the husband do it? Did the canceled date that night do it? There were many red herrings but the elite major crimes unit put in the work and solved the case quick to get a potential serial killer off the streets.

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While cleaning out her grandparent’s home, Sherri came across an 1990 newspaper clipping in her grandma’s stuff about a missing NY teenager, Kari Lynn Nixon written by Lane Willard. This sparked her curiosity on this case that uncovered a deeply disturbing and sad abduction and murder of a beautiful 19 year old, a New Kids on the Block connection, two Unsolved Mysteries episodes, and once again proof that evil lives everywhere even small, close-knit communities where doors are not locked and kids play after dark.

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The Murdaugh case is one of the most twisted, complex, and crazier than any Hollywood script murder mystery we’ve ever covered. You have all the elements of a Holly movie—powerful and rich family, people dropping dead all around them, drug use, greed, laundering, and murder. From the moment this case broke, Sherri has been keeping an eye on developments. With Murdaugh on trial now for killing his wife and son, we will know soon whether Sherri’s deductions are accurate. Until then, listen to this part 1 and 2 on the Murdaugh Murder Mysteries!

BBC News Report

Inside the Toxic Murdaugh Family

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Alex Murdaugh: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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From the Courtroom: Alex Murdaugh on Trial

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Fight erupts over ‘million-dollar’ evidence in attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder case

The Murdaugh Cases

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Murdaugh Murders Timeline: Everything that has led up to Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial

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Murdaugh murders case: SC says Alex Murdaugh should not be a 'special defendant'

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The Murdaugh case is one of the most twisted, complex, and crazier than any Hollywood script murder mystery we’ve ever covered. You have all the elements of a Holly movie—powerful and rich family, people dropping dead all around them, drug use, greed, laundering, and murder. From the moment this case broke, Sherri has been keeping an eye on developments. With Murdaugh on trial now for killing his wife and son, we will know soon whether Sherri’s deductions are accurate. Until then, listen to this part 1 and 2 on the Murdaugh Murder Mysteries!

BBC News Report

Inside the Toxic Murdaugh Family

The ‘Murdaugh Murders’: What to Know About the Trial in South Carolina

Alex Murdaugh: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Prosecutors begin sharing evidence with Alex Murdaugh's defense team after court order

From the Courtroom: Alex Murdaugh on Trial

Inside the 'Mountain of Evidence' that Police Say Proves Alex Murdaugh Killed His Wife & Son

Inside Buster Murdaugh's Life Now After Murders of Mother, Brother — and Father's Arrest

Fight erupts over ‘million-dollar’ evidence in attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder case

The Murdaugh Cases

Everything to Know About the Murdaugh Family Murders, Including Details of Allegations Against Alex

‘Murdaugh Murders’ Saga: Alex Murdaugh’s Defense Attorneys Seek Subpoena Powers

Murdaugh Murders Timeline: Everything that has led up to Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial

‘Murdaugh Murders’ Saga: Latest Civil Lawsuit Names New Defendants

Murdaugh murders case: SC says Alex Murdaugh should not be a 'special defendant'

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Tommy Sells was a serial killer that I had no interest ever outlining until a mother false accused and convicted on junk science for murdering her 10-year-old little boy captured my attention. Was she actually innocent? If so, who exactly killed her son? A true crime author and a serial killer helped exonerate this mother—one who cared deeply for her and the other who hated everyone.

Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Julie Rea - National Registry of ExonerationsJoel Kirkpatrick Death: How Did He Die? Who Killed Joel Kirkpatrick? Update

She Was Exonerated of the Murder of Her Son. Her Life Is Still Shattered. - The New York Times

Untangling a Murder Mystery - ABC News

A twisted tale | Illinois Times

Daughter Wakes Up To Serial Killer Sitting at The End Of Her Bed | LifeDaily

Daughter Wakes Up To Serial Killer Sitting at The End Of Her Bed | LifeDaily

The Coast to Coast Killer. This killer admitted to 70 murders… | by Lisa Marie Fuqua | True Crime Addiction | Medium

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Tommy Sells was a serial killer that I had no interest ever outlining until a mother false accused and convicted on junk science for murdering her 10-year-old little boy captured my attention. Was she actually innocent? If so, who exactly killed her son? A true crime author and a serial killer helped exonerate this mother—one who cared deeply for her and the other who hated everyone.

Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Julie Rea - National Registry of ExonerationsJoel Kirkpatrick Death: How Did He Die? Who Killed Joel Kirkpatrick? Update

She Was Exonerated of the Murder of Her Son. Her Life Is Still Shattered. - The New York Times

Untangling a Murder Mystery - ABC News

A twisted tale | Illinois Times

Daughter Wakes Up To Serial Killer Sitting at The End Of Her Bed | LifeDaily

Daughter Wakes Up To Serial Killer Sitting at The End Of Her Bed | LifeDaily

The Coast to Coast Killer. This killer admitted to 70 murders… | by Lisa Marie Fuqua | True Crime Addiction | Medium

Tommy Lynn Sells Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements

Details of Crimes/ Victims - Serial Killer Project- Tommy Lynn Sells

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Tommy Lynn Sells | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom

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This case is one of the most disturbing, sad, and infuriating of the season so far. A man with a known history of violence toward women brutally murdered a mother of three and her daughter. The two boys survived thanks to the youngest. And to this day, Gary Green blames the victim. It is one of the best examples of this podcast’s purpose—educated others so they are smart, rude, and not a victim.

Gary Green | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Lovetta Armstead Murder: Where is Gary Green Now? Update

13-year-old says murder defendant made him view the dead bodies of his mother and baby sister

Man sentenced to death for killing his wife, her 6-year-old daughter

Green v. Davis, 414 F. Supp. 3d 892 | Casetext Search + Citator

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Traci McBride was at a military base in Texas for two short weeks. One night talking to her friend on a payphone she is snatched off a military base, brutally raped, and murdered. Misplaced anger made her a stranger-on-stranger victim. Did the killer do it from Gulf War Syndrome or just the usual poopbird monster?

Murder of Tracie McBride - Wikipedia

Last federal execution was for San Angelo murder of Tracie McBride

About murder of Tracie McBride: Murder victim (1975 - 1995) | Biography, Facts, Career, Life

Louis Jones | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

UNITED STATES v. JONES | FindLaw

Murder of US soldier Tracie McBride by Gulf War vet Louise Jones Jr. spotlighted on The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade

Death Row Inmate Blames Gulf War - ABC News

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