Truly Criminal

On 1st August 2010, a 000 call was made from Mount Druitt in Western Sydney. A little girl had been tucked into bed by her mother the night before, but as morning broke, she had vanished. The call to police that morning would be the beginning of an investigation into one of the most shocking and appalling crimes Australia had seen.

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In December 2019, a family in a home in Kalamazoo were settling in for the evening. It had been a totally typical and average day for them. Without warning, they heard several loud bangs at the door. Little did they know, someone was already inside.

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Just before Christmas, in 2003, 13 year old Daniel Morcombe set off to the shopping centre to buy presents for his family. 

As the day got later and darker, and Daniel still wasn’t home, his family called the police. 

This turned into one of the biggest investigations in Queensland’s history. 

https://danielmorcombe.com.au/day-for-daniel/

Further Resources ⬇️ 

https://www.childhelp.org/educator-resources/child-abuse-education-prevention-resources/

https://danielmorcombe.com.au

https://www.stopitnow.org/ohc-content/resources-for-parents-of-children-who-have-been-sexually-abused

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/child-sexual-abuse/

https://www.childwelfare.gov/organizations/?CWIGFunctionsaction=rols:main.dspList&rolType=Custom&RS_ID=77

https://napac.org.uk

https://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/child-abuse-survivors/

https://www.enoughabuse.org/get-help/survivors.html

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/videos/sexual-abuse-how-we-can-help/

https://www.parentsprotect.co.uk/useful-links.htm

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26 year old Loretta Saunders was in an exciting place in her life. She was studying criminology at Saint Marys University in Halifax, Canada and hoping to attend law school after this. She was pregnant with her first child and in a great relationship. When she suddenly disappeared one morning everyone knew something was deeply wrong.

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In June 2013, a married father of three was working on a friends car in his driveway, when he was shot dead in cold blood. 

It was a 10am in the morning, in the middle of a residential street. There were no suspects and no witnesses, and police were at a loss as to who would want to kill Richard Arenas…

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July 26th, 2015.

6:08pm

A panicked 911 call comes in from an apartment complex in Santa Cruz, California. A young girl is missing and her mum is beside herself. She had last been riding her scooter around the complex and she had not been seen since just after 5pm.

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28 July 1986. Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh left her Fulham office to show a ‘Mr Kipper’ around a house. She would never be seen again. A case with many twists and turns, the story of Suzy Lamplugh is one of the United Kingdom’s most baffling and sadly enduring disappearances. 

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March 2021. What began as a missing persons case would soon become one of the most infamous criminal cases in recent memory. It would lead to widespread outrage, protests and criticism of the police. This is the story of Sarah Everard. 

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When Erica Crippen Crosby's young daughter wasn't picked up from school one January afternoon everyone knew something was wrong. Her family and friends were adamant something bad had happened. After a two month search, the awful truth, finally came to light.

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Today's case takes us to Punta Gorda in Florida. In 2015, 18 year old Kyle Farishian had just started his first job working in a 7-Eleven store. 

But, at 3:17am on November 1st, when a coworker turned up to start her shift, she found the building on fire, and couldn't see Kyle anywhere...

It really is one of the saddest, most senseless and most angering cases we've come across.

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