In 1995 Rector, Arkansas a family of four is reported missing. When 17 year old Aaron Flick is found to be alive and well police are confused about where the rest of his family could be. According to Aaron they are in Florida visiting friends, according to their friends in Florida they never showed leaving the Rector Police Force wondering, where is the Flick family? Within the following week of them be reported missing 17 year old Aaron is driving around in his Stepdad’s truck, using his credit cards and throwing party after party in the family’s garage that was converted into an apartment. The only stipulation is no one can go into the main house; it was closed off and locked according to Aaron. Repeated calls to law enforcement concerning the Flicks whereabouts caused police to put pressure on Aaron to give answers where needed. Pressure Aaron couldn’t take and eventually the truth about his family was revealed and surprisingly this whole time the Flick family had been closer than anyone could have imagined.

References:

City of Rector, Arkansas. (n.d.). https://rectorarkansas.gov

Crickett, A. (2022). 26 years later, convicted murderer’s life sentence gets reduced; could be free soon. ABC7. https://katv.com

Gonzales, M. (2023). Justice for the Flicks. Cgange.org. https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-the-flicks

Supreme Court of Arkansas. Hodge v. State (1998). FindLaw. https://caselaw.findlaw.com

Tester, J. (2025). Man convicted of 1996 triple murder released from prison, sparking community concerns. MSN. https://www.msn.com

Tester, J. (2025). Rector man convicted of murdering his family as a teenager set for release. K8News. https://www.kait8.com

In April of 2024, Gateshead, England 15-year-old Kriesha Stroud would enlist her boyfriend Jordan Tams (17) and their friend Leandro Lopez (17) to retrieve a dog from her ½ sister’s ex-boyfriend, 40-year-old Gary Balfield. At the time Gary’s son, 21-year-old Luke Williams was living with his dad. As the two were reconnecting, Kriesha was plotting and scheming a way to get into the house and do whatever it took to get the dog, which whom she believed her ½ sister was the rightful owner of. Shortly after the teens enter the home a violent attack ensues with one of the victims managing to escape in a desperate attempt to search for help. Meanwhile back at the house, the vicious attack continues with both assailants attacking the man left behind and eventually leaving him for dead.

References:

Court Documents. (2025). REX -v- KRIESHA STROUD, LEANDRO LOPEZ, JORDAN TAMS. Judiciary of England and Wales. https://www.judiciary.uk

Doughty, S. (2025). How Kriesha Stroud went from schoolgirl in Walker to orchestrating Gary Belfield’s brutal murder. MSN. https://www.msn.com

Kelly, K. (2024). Schoolgirl ‘organised dad’s horror stabbing then watched attack unfold from behind window. The Mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk

Kennedy, R. & Beever. S. (2025). Gary Belfield: Teens who murdered man in his own home unmasked as they’re jailed for 72 years. The Mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk

Kennedy, R. & Doughty, S. (2025). Gateshead murder victim Gary Belfield’s son brands teen killers ‘vile’ as they are jailed for life. Chronicle Live. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk

Kennedy, R. & Goodwin, N. (2025). Gary Belfield murder sentencing: Live updates as teen killers jailed total of 72 years. Chronicle Live. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk

McGhie, T. & Younger, O. (2025). Teenage murderer dies in prison 10 months after being jailed for horror crime. The Daily Star. https://www.dailystar.co.uk

Northumbria Police. (2025). Three teenagers jailed for murder of man in Gateshead. Northumbria Police. https://www.northumbria.police.uk

Raemason, S. (2025). Killer schoolgirl girl, 15, who ‘recruited’ teens to help murder man in his own home is unmasked-as CCTV shows gang fleeing scene. The Irish Sun. https://www.thesun.ie

Unknown. (2025). Three teenagers jailed for life for murder of Gateshead’s Gary Belfield after conflict over dog. ITV News. https://www.itv.com

Visit North East England. Gateshead. Visit North East England. https://www.visitnortheastengland.com

Younger, O. & Nunes, E. (2025). Convicted teen murderer Jordan Tams dies at young offender institution. The Mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk

Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1971 13-year-old Charlie Brandt shocks the community when he tries to kill his family, successfully killing his pregnant mother with several gunshots as she relaxed in the bath. His father and 3 sisters would survive the attack. Due to Charlie’s age there was nothing the courts could do so Charlie was never charged, and the family relocated and went on living their lives as if nothing ever happened. Then in 2004 in Orlando, Florida Charlie Brandt would strike again only this time would his crimes reveal a sick and twisted perversion leading investigators to look into cold cases with shocking similarities and finally being able to close at least one from 1989.

References:

Delong, W. (2018). Charlie Brandt killed his mom at 13 – Then walked free to butcher his wife as and adult. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com

Martinez, E. (2009). Police interrogation: Bloodbath reveals shocking family secret. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com

Taylor, G., Perez, R. & Pedicini, S. (2004). Killer’s secret shocks friends. Orlando Sentinel. https://www.orlandosentinel.com

Townsend, J. (2022). The case of Charlie Brandt. Medium. https://medium.com

Schorn, D. (n.d.). Deadly obsession. Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org

Unknown. (2006). Killer tied to 89’death- Wife suspected him all along. Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org

Unknown. (2006). Fort Wayne killer focus of ’48 Hours’. Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada in 2006 12-year-old Jasmine Richardson’s family is murdered, and she goes missing. After finding evidence, Jasmine quickly goes from potential fourth victim to main suspect. Evidence also point investigators in the direction of a 23-year-old man and self-proclaimed werewolf named Jeremy Steinke, who just happens to be Jasmine’s boyfriend that her parents forbade her to see. Investigators begin to uncover a twisted forbidden romance turned deadly and discover that Jasmine and Jeremy would do anything to be together including taking care of those who were trying to keep them apart.

In 2010, Aberkenfig, Wales, UK a community is rocked when 15 year old Rebecca “Becca” Aylward goes missing only to be found the following morning dead from what appears to be a vicious attack. Police are quickly pointed in the direction of Becca’s ex-boyfriend 15 year old Josh Davies and one of his friends. Although Josh denies any involvement it is very obvious to authorities, loved ones and most importantly the jury that Josh in fact murdered his former girlfriend by bludgeoning her to death.

References:

Gavaghan, B. (2024). The Village Where You Feel Like a Local and There’s a Surprise Around Every Corner. Wales Online. https://www.walesonline.co.uk

Lewis, A. (2018). Schoolboy Killer Joshua Davies Finally Confesses to Murder of Ex-Girlfriend Rebecca Aylward. Wales Online. https://www.walesonline.co.uk

Lewis, A. (2018). The Savage Killing of a Teenage Girl Bludgeoned to Death with a Rock So Her Schoolboy Killer Could Win a Free Breakfast. Wales Online. https://www.walesonline.co.uk

Morris, S. (2011). Rebecca Aylward: A Shocking Teenage Murder with no Apparent Motive. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk

Rogers, J. (2023). Mum’s Agony My Daughter, 15, Was Battered to Death with a Rock in Sick Bet for Fry Up By Her Coward Ex- He Must Never Be Released. https://www.the-sun.com

Stone, A. (2011). Boy, 16, Jail for Killing Ex-Girlfriend. Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk

Unknown. (2010). Boys Held as Girl, 15, Found Murdered in Bridgend Woods. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com

Unknown. (2011). Rebecca Aylward Mum: Jail Killer Joshua Davies Forever. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com

Unknown. (2011). Murder Accused ‘giggled’ about Rebecca Aylward. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com

Unknown. (2011). Murder Accused Schoolboy ‘Hated’ Rebecca Aylward, 15. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com

Watts, D. (n.d.). Detention at His Majesty’s Pleasure. Ministry of Injustice. https://ministryofinjustice.co.uk

When 98 year old Margaret Douglas is found murdered in her home police are left with more questions than answers. With little to go on they turn to investigating those involved in smaller crimes around the area, leading them to 17 year old Gavon Ramsay. What they uncover is a crime so disturbing it completely shocked the community of Wadsworth, Ohio and left two families devastated.

When kids start showing up beaten and tortured in the Chelsea area of Boston police are shocked to discover that 12 year old Jesse Pomeroy is responsible. After almost a year and a half in a reform school Jesse is released and shortly after 10-year-old Katie Curren goes missing and 4-year-old Horace Millen turns up dead.

References:

Kuta, S. (2022). Jesse Pomeroy: What drove the 14-year-old serial killer to torture and murder?. A&E. https://www.aetv.com

Montillo, R. (2015). The story of Jesse Pomeroy, 14 year-old serial killer. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com

Readman, K. (2021). The teenage fiend: Jesse Pomeroy, America’s youngest serial killer and rapist. Historic Mysteries. https://www.historicmysteries.com

Unknown. (n.d.). Jesse Pomeroy. Biographs. https://biographs.org

Unknown. (n.d.) Jesse Harding Pomeroy materials in the city archives. City of Boston Archives. https://cityofbostonarchives.omeka.net

When 14 year old Lucas Markham starts dating Kim Edwards, also 14, the two fall hard for one another. As the intensity of their relationship grows their family’s concerns do so as well. Growing tired of others in their lives trying to keep them apart Kim and Lucas devise a plan to permanently put an end to the interference.

References:

Banim, J. (2025). Horror moment ‘Twilight killer’ teens decided to slaughter family before cosy film night. Mirror. https://www.mirror.co.uk

Jacobs, T. (2021). Twilight killers: My twisted sister got her boyfriend to stab our mum and sister to death before having sex with him downstairs. The U.S. Sun. https://www.the-sun.com

Nelson, S. C. (2017). Spalding Murders: How Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham became Britain’s youngest double murderers. Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Royal Courts of Justice. (2017). Court of Appeal. Court Documents. https://www.judiciary.uk

Whitmore. (n.d). Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham: The Twilight killers. Crime & Investigation. https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk

In 2018 on the Isle of Bute in Scotland 16 year old Aaron Campbell kidnapped 6 year old Alesha MacPhail and committed the most unthinkable acts the island had ever seen. A callous and cocky Aaron would deny these allegations and continuously point the finger at other people being responsible for the crimes he committed.

References:

Bazaraa, D. (2019). Alesha MacPhail: The catastrophic injuries that caused six-year-old girl’s death. https//www.mirror.co.uk

BBC. (2019). Aaron Campbell appeals sentence for Alesha MacPhail murder. BBC. https://www.bbc.com

BBC. (2019). Alesha MacPhail murder: Boy, 16, found guilty. BBC. https://bbc.com

Gaddi, B. (2024). Alesha MacPhail’s murderer Aaron Campbell moved to adult prison. Daily Record. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Hicks, A. (2019). Alesha MacPhail: ‘Warning signs’ of killing Aaron Campbell’s descent into evil. https://www.mirror.co.uk

McBride, L. (2019). Alesha MacPhail’s killer Aaron Campbell appeals against like sentence for murder. https://www.mirror.co.uk

Nelson, S. (2019). Aaron Campbell wins right to appeal life sentence for murder of Alesha MacPhail. Huffpost. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

1950’s Omaha, Nebraska Bill and Opal Arnold are murdered by their 15 year old son Leslie. After his arrest Leslie was sentenced and sent to prison only to escape 8 years later and was never seen again. That is until 2022 when advancements in DNA help uncover the secret life of an Australian family man known only to those close as John Damon.

References:

Cordes, H.J. (2017). He killed his parents in Omaha at age 16 and escaped from prison nearly a decade later. Then he simply vanished. Omaha-World Herald. https://omaha.com

Farga, K. (2023). DNA evidence reveals that ‘great father’ from Australia was actually an escaped killer from the U.S. All That’s Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com

Rosenberg, R. (2023). How DNA identified Australian family man as escaped US fugitive who murdered his parents. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com

Whiteman, H. (2023). Loving father exposed as a convicted killer who lived life on the run. WLKY. https://www.wlky.com