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It was April 20th 2012 and the Celis family were going to bed in Tucson, Arizona. When Sergio Celis woke up that Saturday morning about 8am, he went to wake up his daughter Isabel Celis for the day but Isabel was nowhere to be seen. Her mother Becky was already at work that morning and Sergio immediately called 911 to report her missing. He stated he believed she was abducted from the home. One of Isabel's brother noticed that her window was open and the screen as lying outside. She remained missing. Her father Sergio was under scrutiny for the strange behavior and lack of interviews. Many began to believe he had something to do with his daughter's disappearance.

By June 3rd 2014, in the same area, 13 year old Maribel Gonzales went to a friends home however she never made it. Investigators immediately classified her as a runaway and not much was done to search for her. 3 days later, the family would hear on the news that a body had been found 35 miles from her home. This was in a desert area and they announced it had a little tattoo. As soon as they showed it, her mother fell to the floor screaming. That was her daughter. Her death was ruled as a homicide. 

But in 2017 investigators had received a huge tip. A woman called the FBI and claimed that her boyfriend likely killed the missing girl Isabel Celis. He had told her that he knew her location. A letter was sent to her from the Pima County Jail where he was being held for burglary charges at this time. That same month, FBI agents met with Christopher Clements to interview him. He would admit he knew where Isabel was buried. He led agents to a remote desert area near Avra Valley road and Trico. Skeletal remains were then found and DNA identified her as Isabel Celis. Her death was ruled a homicide. But in that same area was where murdered Maribel had been found years prior.

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On July 17th 1974, 15 year old Norma Countryman was hitchhiking in Ridgefield, WA. She would get into a blue van with a young man who would kidnap her and hog tie her in the woods. Norma would chew herself free from the ropes of captivity and survive. While police ignored her story, she had been the first to warn Washington of the Woodsman Serial Killer. Warren Forrest would be arrested, not for her kidnapping but the abduction of another girl. Murder charges would come soon after for Krista Kay Blake and Martha Morrison. However, he is believed to have many more victims, some who remain missing, others who were found but whose murders are unsolved.

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On April 14th 1989, the Salcido family would be torn apart by one of their own. 28 year old father Ramon would walk into the family home and grab his 3 young daughters. They were 4,3 and 1 at this time. Throughout the night, Ramon would go on a killing spree, unstoppable until 7 people were dead. The next day, 3 young girls were found in a garbage dump lying motionless and covered in blood. One however was still breathing. Carmina Salcido had a cut from ear to ear but she was alive. She was rushed to the hospital where she regained consciousness telling the nurses, “Daddy cut me.” 36 hours alone, she survived, next to her deceased sisters. 

Ramon Salcido became a wanted man on the run from authorities and was believed to have fled to Mexico. When he was apprehended, he gave two motives: that he witnessed his wife cheating on him and that his wife had told him their first child together wasn't his. Both stories were vastly different.

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On December 19th 2022, Natalie McNally was found dead inside of her home. Her boyfriend Stephen McCullagh had arrived that evening to check on her and would call 999 screaming and crying that his girlfriend was dead and there was blood everywhere.

Investigators found that Stephen had an alibi. He had a YouTube following of about 37,000 under his username VoteSaxon07 and had been gone live on a 6 hour livestream called The Violent Night Christmas Live Games Stream the night of the murder. So how was he convicted of her murder? This is coverage of the YouTuber on trial: Stephen McCullagh in 2026.

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A deep dive into the 2013 Alabama bunker hostage crisis of Ethan Gilman, the boy in the bunker kidnapped off of his school bus where his bus driver Chuck Poland Jr was killed. Ethan was then taken to an underground bunker by Jimmy Lee Dykes and held for the next 7 days until the FBI rescue team were able to get him out alive.

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What Hulu didn't tell you in their new Docuseries 'The Nightmare Upstairs: What happened to Ty and Bryn Larson?' Their father Brent BJ Larson had been fighting for custody of the 15 and 12 year olds after the divorce from their mother Jessica Zhart. However, the kids have allegations against their father and claimed they feared him. DCFS found these claims supported. Knowing this, the Utah Courts still ordered the children to have visitations with their father who claimed it was parental alienation from their mother and then the judge pushed for reunification camp. Afraid for their lives, Ty and Bryn Larson began posting and live-streaming on TikTok in order to fight back.

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Breaking with Brooke is a series on Overkillers Podcast where we keep you up to date on everything true crime. Updates have occurred in May 2026 in a case of missing 6 year old Noel Rodrigez-Alvarez. Back on March 20th 2023 in Everman, Texas, Everyman police were contacted by the CPS investigative team about Noel. They told police that family members had begun to contact them stating that they hadn’t seen the 6 year old since November 2022.

By March 25th, a warrant was issued for his mother Cindy Rodrigez Singh’s arrest. An Amber alert was issued for her son. The entire family, including Noel, his 7 siblings and his mother and stepfather Arshdeep Singh were now missing. By 9pm, 5 days after the welfare check, police would learn that the family had boarded a flight to Turkey, then they believed they headed to India based on internet searches. However, the entire family wasn’t on the flight, Noel wasn’t with them. He was then given an endangered missing persons alert.

For the next 3 years, the case went cold. Cindy was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, found in India and arrested. Then, in May 2026, during a search of the family home, human remains were found under the patio in the backyard of the family home. These remains were identified as Noel. More updates covered on this episode of Breaking with Brooke.

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In 1974, Mark Burns called his girlfriend Dianne to tell her that he was in prison. He had been arrested on assault and r*pe charges. He told Dianne that he didn’t do it and was being framed. Mike Douglas Burns was then convicted of 1st degree and sentenced to death in a gas chamber. However, he would then be released after serving 16 years. He would move in with his wife Diane and his strange behavior began. While out all night long, he began to abuse his wife. She escaped and divorced him in 1990.

After the escape and divorce, a series of attacks would occur in the Wyoming/Utah area, starting in 1991. For the next 20 years, this perpetrator was unknown. After a joint task force to uncover The Clearfield R*pist, DNA would lead them to a family member. Then on September 25th 2019, Mark Burns was arrested at his home. He was 69 years old. He was then connected to 11 attacks and later claimed there were 3 more prior. However, he then confessed to 3 murders. He was also a serial killer who had never been caught.

Diane would learn that her ex-husband was a serial killer from a YouTube video that popped up on her recommendations.

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 It was 2am on the 1st of January 2021 when Cherokee Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call in Canton, Georgia. They had received a call from a man stating that someone had broken into the home of his ex-wife and he found her face down on her deck with a pillowcase over her head. She was bound with zip ties and the back door was wide open. When they arrived, Rodney Metzer was on the front porch, holding onto a bruised woman. Morgan Metzer was found to have been brutally attacked.

A search of Rodney's phone showed an obsession with his ex. He was arrested at her residence after Morgan claimed that she had suspicions that he was her attacker. In his apartment, they found a book called "7 ways to be her hero." Investigators theorized that Rodney had created this scheme to attack his ex, make her a victim and then become her savior to win her back. No one had believed Morgan when she stated that their decade long marriage was full of abuse and gaslighting. They had finalized their divorce, the month prior.
The DA stated, “This defendant planned a violent attack on his ex-wife that included breaking into her home, disguising himself, and pistol-whipping her. He left her outside on a cold winter night, face down, tied up with a pillowcase over her head. I cannot imagine how terrifying this must have been for her. This is a classic example of how the most dangerous time for a domestic violence victim is when she decides to leave an abusive relationship.”

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What if the monster everyone feared was your father? What if like Lucy Studey, no one believed you? Lucy began telling anyone she could that her father Donald Dean Studey was a serial killer. He would force his young children to help him dispose of the bodies in the well. She believed that he had killed anywhere from 50 to 70 women over 3 decades. Most of the women had dark or darkish hair, all were white and in their 20s to 30s. Donald would invite them into their home to watch over the kids.

When her father died in 2013, Lucy would go to the media to tell her story, while her sister Susan claimed that Lucy was a liar. However, Lucy's stepsisters believed that Donald had killed their mother Charlotte Studey as well as his previous wife Lucy. Donald's sister Marilyn Kepler, who was arrested for attempted murder would write a book about her life, accusing Donald of killing many, including two that she watched.

While the FBI got involved and excavations ensued at the property they grew up on, no bodies have been found. This is the true story and 2026 updates of the Paramount + docuseries, My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders. Is Lucy telling the truth?

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