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Heather Elvis was just 20-years old when she disappeared on a Tuesday night just one week before Christmas.  Heather was kind and clever.  She knew what it was like to work hard and she liked to have fun. She never would have disappeared from her family without explanation. When Heather’s father, Terry, was notified that […]

Faith Hedgepeth was just 19-years old when she was violently murdered in her off-campus apartment. Faith was popular and outgoing, with plans to become a pediatrician and serve the Haliwa-Saponi Native American tribe. She was studying at the University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina and living with her best friend. Then, on September 7, […]

Good friends 13-year old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German had a day off from school on Monday, February 13, 2017.  At around noon, they decided to visit a local hiking trail.  But when Libby’s father showed up at 3pm to pick up the girls, they weren’t there. By 5:30pm, the police were called and […]

Thirty-one years after Betty Broderick killed her ex-husband Dan and his new wife, Linda, her story still fascinates us.  We covered this case back in June 2016.  Since then, we continue to get feedback on Betty every week.  So, of course we had to watch the new mini-series on USA network.  And it is such […]

Susan Reinert was an English teacher at Upper Merion Area High School in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, when she began dating fellow English teacher William Bradfield.  Bradfield was charismatic.  In fact, Susan left her husband to carry on a secret relationship with him. On June 25, 1989, Susan’s naked body was found in her car […]

Oxnard, California is a town like many towns across the United States.  Oxnard has its share of institutional racism and gender hate, but no one would have expected one junior high student to murder another in cold blood. Growing up transgender, biracial, and in an abusive home, Leticia King had many challenges in life.  At […]

When former state trooper and serial philanderer David Camm’s family was shot to death in their garage, he was the most likely suspect.  Evidence at the scene and opinions of family and friends prompted detectives to perform lengthy interrogations.  Prosecutors were convinced of his guilt based on forensic evidence, including bloodstain pattern analysis. Camm was […]

The story of Tina Fontaine’s life belongs to her and her family, but it parallels many others in Indigenous communities.  Her struggle for stability, the promises not kept, and the sexual exploitation she endured meant that Tina experienced more trauma and pain than most people could imagine. Because of situations beyond her control, Tina needed […]

The family portrayed on social media by Jennifer Hart seemed perfect.  She and her wife, Sarah, were a progressive and loving couple with six adopted black children.  Pictures on Facebook showed two moms giving their disadvantaged children a better life.  Never mind that the pictures looked posed and the children were rail thin. Real life […]

On December 2, 2010, 24-year-old Phoebe Handsjuk was found dead on the floor of her apartment building’s garbage compactor room.  Her death was slow and painful as she bled to death, alone and in pain, on the dirty floor.  Now, nearly 10 years have passed, and her family is still searching for answers. This was […]