Doc Waterman and his daughter Rachelle returned to their home in tiny Craig, Alaska on a cold night in November, 2004. They had been away for a Girl Scout Council meeting for Doc and a volleyball tournament for Rachelle. When they arrived at their home, Lauri Waterman, wife and mother, was nowhere to be found. […]

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Robert Reldan had everything going for him in life—intelligence, good looks, and a supportive family, including his wealthy aunt, who idolized him and generously shared her fortune with him. But something drew him toward darkness early on. Beginning in his teen years, he committed crimes unimaginable to his classmates and family members. The Reldan family […]

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Serial killer Sheila LaBarre regularly enticed young men to her farm, where she would torture and control them. At her trial she claimed she was an angel, sent by God to punish pedophiles. But there was never any evidence that the men she killed were pedophiles. Her victims were actually quite innocent, developmentally delayed, with […]

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Cherica Adams was joyful and magnetic. She was a beautiful 24-year-old who had worked as an exotic dancer and was establishing a career in real estate. She had done some acting, too, and appeared briefly in the movie House Party 3. Cherica became pregnant and appeared to have accepted that she would be a single […]

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The White House Farm murders took place in a small village near Essex, England, in August 1985. Nevill and June Bamber were shot and killed inside their farmhouse, along with their adult daughter, Sheila Caffell, and Sheila’s six-year-old twin sons, Daniel and Nicholas. The only surviving member of June and Nevill’s immediate family was their […]

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In February 2008, Shannon Louise Matthews, a nine-year-old girl, was reported missing in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. The search for her became a major missing person police investigation which was compared to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The women in Shannon’s neighborhood put their lives on hold in order to search for Shannon. Unlike Madeleine […]

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After reading about the disappearance of 7-year old Samantha Zaldivar, I found a page dedicated to her by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. There wasn’t much written about her life because she died at such a young age. There was one paragraph: “Samantha was a beautiful child, full of life, and full […]

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Regina (Jeannie) Butkowski lived a life of fear after befriending football player Pernell Jefferson. He began calling her at work and showing up unannounced at her home, begging her to date him and eventually threatening to kill her. Jeannie’s co-workers began screening her calls and escorting her to her car at night. She moved in […]

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Just over two months ago, Clara Harris, the Texas dentist who made headlines in 2002 after she ran over and killed her cheating husband, was released from prison. This gruesome killing became sensationalized by the media, with her Houston trial generating true-crime books and a made-for-tv movie. Clara, who is originally from Colombia, and her […]

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