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In late October of 1997, in New South Wales, Fifteen year old Jessica Small and her best friend Vanessa took a ride with a man they didn't know. Shortly before arriving at the destination, the man attacked and while Vanessa managed to escape, Jessica disappeared.

Rather than believing her story, Bathurst police accused her of lying to cover for Jessica running away. It would take ten years before her case was fully investigated and when it was authorities found a lot of evidence and witnesses that had been previously ignored.

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Four year old Jeremy Grice was last seen standing by his mailbox on the morning of November 22nd, 1985. According to the witness, the child was standing beside his dog, in the cold rain, without shoes or socks on. Within an hour, Jeremy would vanish.

For thirty-five years investigators and Jeremy's family have tried to discover what became of him. Did he fall victim to a notorious killer, was he abducted by a stranger, did he get lost in the wilderness or does someone closer to home hold all of the answers?

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Thirteen year old Russell Evans was heading home from a friends house. An hour later a passerby found him lying in the street, badly injured and crying out for help. Eight hours later he died from what was ultimately ruled to be a hit and run accident.

However, the more his parents dug into the case the more inconsistencies they found. The crime scene told a very different story and injuries to his body suggested the possibility that he had been in a fight the night he died.

Was Russell Evans killed in a random hit and run, was it a targeted attack or was he severely beaten before being run over those who had attacked him?

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Early in the morning on August 9th, 1976, a truck driver passing through Sumter County, South Carolina, stopped to rest. To his shock and horror he discovered the remains of two murder victims shot and left along the edge of an isolated, dirt road.

When investigators arrived they presumed they would have their biggest challenge tracking down the killer. They never imagined that the identity of the victims would be the more enduring mystery.

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Nineteen year old Kimberly McAndrew was excited for the night. After a shift at work she'd be going to a local festival with her sister, her sister's boyfriend and her own boyfriend to celebrate his birthday. Much to her excitement, her boss let her off work forty minutes early but moments after exiting the store Kim vanished.

For thirty years her family and investigators have tried to determine what might have happened to her. The investigation led towards a terrifying set of suspects including an obsessed older man and an alleged serial killer.

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In July of 1979 a group of brazen and sophisticated thieves orchestrated one of New York’s largest, unsolved heists by hitting the most secure room in the state: The New York Transit Authority’s Money Room.

The room contained millions of dollars in cash exchanged for subway tokens, picked up by special money trains throughout the city. All told, the thieves walked away with $600,000 utilizing a flaw in the impenetrable room’s security which had been ignored by those charged with protecting that money.

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In the late summer of 1979 Houston was struck by a series of horrifying murders. Within a two month span, five people were killed in brutal fashion. The city was terrorized by an unknown killer, or possibly, more than one.

For forty-one years the mystery of the Houston Decapitator has haunted Houston police, and those who remember that summer of horror. For Alys Rankin, Mary Calcutta, Doris Threadgill, Joann Huffman and Robert Spangenberger, their lives were stolen from them and justice has remained as illusive as their killers.

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On a warm Friday morning in 2008, an unknown gunman walked into the Sun Drop bottling company in Concord, NC. Minutes later he opened fire and fled the building leaving behind two victims.

Donna Barnhardt had worked at Sun Drop for nearly nineteen years. She was a mother, grandmother and sister. Darrell Noles had walked in moments earlier to drop off an application, his wife was in the parking lot waiting for him.

Twelve years later and police continues to search for the unknown killer while two shattered families try to put the pieces back together in their hunt for justice.

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Twenty year old Kelly Bergh Dove switched shifts with her sister, working overnight at the Imperial Gas Station in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Hours later Kelly called police to report a man harassing her. Shortly after, she called again. She was panicked during a third call. Then the line went dead.

Police arrived just minutes later and found the gas station vacant. Kelly’s purse, cigarettes and a magazine she was reading had been left behind but Kelly was gone.

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Merrian Carver needed a break from life, so she flew across the country and hopped on an Alaskan Cruise. This wasn’t the first time Merrian went on a trip without telling anyone, but this time, she never made it home.

Merrian was last seen in her cabin on the second night of the cruise. Despite her absence being noted multiple times, cruise staff failed to report her missing. A month passed before an investigation was initiated and when it was a startling number of inconsistencies and outright lies raised even more disturbing questions.

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