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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hello again, true crime fans, We've got another mysterious case
to explore. The case of Linda Slayton. Linda Slayton was
born on March eighth, nineteen fifty. By the time she
was sixteen, she was pregnant with her first son, Jeff Slaton.
Three years later, she gave birth to a second son,

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Tim Slaton. Soon after, she managed to convince the father
of her two sons, Frank Slayton, to get married so
they could start a proper family. However, a happy family
was far from what she thought. Frank turned out to
be an abusive husband who would routinely abuse her and
the two kids. Plagued by his alcoholism and addiction, he

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would turn violent whenever he got drunk. Jeff and Tim
recalled that their father would often turn into a monster.
He was a violent alcoholic and would be the three
of them without any conscience. The thought of filing for
divorce soon ran through Linda's mind, and in nineteen seventy four,
Linda Slayton finally became free. She divorced Frank Slaton after

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nine vollevile years of their marriage. Linda started her new
life as a single mom with two teenage sons. She
tried her best to provide for her family and be
there for her sons as a caring mother. Juggling work
and chores, it was obvious that she had limited financial capabilities.

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They didn't have a car, so her sons would often
go to school, either by walking or by sharing rides
if they were offered one. Apart from school, Jeff and
Tim loved playing football, but since they didn't have a
ride to football practice, their coach, Coach Joseph, would often
pick them up and drop them off at or nearby
their home. A week before the fourth of September, Linda

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was preparing her home to welcome her mind. She wanted
her mother to move in, since she thought her presence
in the house would help get it in order and
make it more homely. Her sister Judy would also often
come by to visit her. During her visits, the sisters
would spend their time together over a hot cup of coffee.

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On the third of September nineteen eighty one, Jeff Slayton
came home from football practice, but when he found nothing
to eat at home, he headed over to his grandparents place. Later,
at about nine thirty pm, Jeff returned home only to
find the house empty. Around eleven thirty PM, Linda and Tim,

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her younger son, came home. She mentioned going to a
neighbor's place to play a game of cards, but before that,
Jeff saw his mom doing the dishes. Tim, on the
other hand, went to sleep. Around this time, her son,
Jeff came up to her and apologized since the two
had fought earlier that day. As they made up, Linda

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said good night to her boys. Jeff remembers saying these words,
I love you, Mom, I'll see you tomorrow. Little did
he know those would be the last words he would
say to her. On September fourth, nineteen eighty one, around
eight thirty a m. Judy arrived at Linda's apartment. She

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went up to Linda's room and knocked on the door twice.
There was no answer. She thought Linda might still be
in bed, but it was unusual as Linda usually woke
up before the boys left for school. As she made
her way out of the house, she noticed something strange.
The window in Linda's room had a missing something, and

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on top of that, the window was wide open. Judy
returned to Linda's room, knocked again, and this time opened
the door to find Linda's lifeless body. She screamed, which
caught the attention of a neighbor near the house, and
he immediately called nine one one. Linda was found dead
with a wire clothes hangar around her neck. Her body

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was partially naked and she lay right across the bed
with her head down on the floor. There were no
signs of struggle. Her cupboard was wide open, and apart
from that, all the other things in the room were
in their usual places. Within a matter of minutes, the
Lakeland Police, news reporters, and medical services all arrived. The

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yellow sign was plastered all over Linda's home. Tim and
Jeff were both awakened by police officers and were asked
to leave their home, which was now a crime scene.
While Jeff was able to get past his mother's room
without seeing her lifeless body, Tim saw his mother one
last time, but this time she wasn't alive. The two

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were then sent to live with their grandparents pending further investigation.
After her sons were sent to stay with their grandparents,
Sergeant Edgar Pickett from the Lakeland Police to Apartment arrived
at the crime scene. He led the investigation and discovered
important evidence. Initially, Sergeant Edgar found several fingerprints in Linda's bedroom.

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While most of the prints matched Linda, one palm print
was different. This palm print was located on the window
sill of Linda's bedroom, which was missing a window sheet.
To uncover the truth about Linda's death, an autopsy was performed.
The examination revealed multiple bruises and marks on her arms, shoulders,

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and neck. Additionally, her body was found partially naked, suggesting
a possible sexual assault. The autopsy concluded that she had
first been brutally beaten, then sexually assaulted, and ultimately strangled
with a metal close hangar from her own home. Among
the evidence collected, a palm print was the most important

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as it could directly identify the perpetrator if matched. However,
at the time, forensic DNA analysis was not available. As
a result, the police had to thoroughly investigate her entire
family tree to identify potential suspects. The first suspect was
Frank Slayton, Linda's ex husband. When Linda divorced Frank in

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nineteen seventy five, she described him as aggressive and abusive,
neglecting his family. This made him a key person of
interest in the case. He was questioned by police, but
they discovered that he was at home in Alabama on
the night Linda was killed. Despite this alibi, they continued
to have suspicions about him. The second suspect was Linda's son, Jeff.

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Authorities considered him a suspect because he had a heated
argument with his mother shortly before her death. Jeff had
a complex relationship with Linda. As the eldest son, he
felt the weight of growing up in a household with
an abusive father and later with a single Although they
sometimes clashed, Jeff always tried to reconcile. On the night

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of the murder, he and Linda had made up before
he went to bed. The police interrogated him about the
incident and asked him to take two polygraph tests. After
he passed both tests, the police cleared him as a suspect.
The third suspect was Linda's boyfriend. At the time of
her murder. Linda, a single mother, had recently started dating

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a white male whose name has not been disclosed. He
had a good relationship with Linda and her children. However,
after the police conducted a background check. In polygraph tests,
he was cleared as a suspect. By this point, the
investigation was running low on leeds. In September two thousand one,

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nearly a year after Linda's murder, they received a tip
about a twenty four year old man named Jimmy Omer,
who was rumoured to have committed a similar crime. At
that time, he was connected to an incident in which
he pulled a ten year old girl through her bedroom
window and nearly killed her. The similarities between his crimes
and Linda's case led the police to consider him the

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main suspect. Unfortunately, Jimmy died before the investigation could take place,
which meant they couldn't get a DNA match without exhuming
his body. Fortunately, his mother agreed to a DNA test
and provided a sample. However, the results showed no match,
if not for Jimmy's family or the convict next door

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who could have killed Linda. As time passed, days turned
into weeks and then months, in Lakeland, detectives explored other suspects,
but no one was charged, and the lack of new
leads caused the case to go cold. The Slayton brothers
faced a difficult new reality. Their mother was gone, leaving

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only their grandparents, Clarence and Margaret Harris, to care for
them while the investigation proceeded. Linda's parents and sons held
her funeral, after which they gradually began to resume their
normal lives. The brothers returned to school, and as time
went on, they started to heal from the events. At
three to three North Brunell Parkway. Tim resumed playing football

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and fondly remembers how supportive his teammates and coach were,
especially when he didn't have a ride home, Coach Joseph
consistently drove him to and from practice. A month later,
Tim hung a photograph of his team on his bedroom wall,
and that picture became a source of motivation for him
to move forward. In the years after their mother's death,

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the young brothers matured into men who cherished their own families.
Jeff married and had two children, while Tim also started
a family. Over time, both brothers regularly contacted the investigators
to inquire about the progress of their mother's lif case.
Although Jeff and Tim had built successful lives for themselves,

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they remained committed to ensuring the investigation progressed. Seventeen years
after Linda's death, the police continued their investigation. By nineteen
ninety eight, Sergeant Edgar Pickett had retired and Linda Slayton
case was handed over to a new team, with Detective
Brad Grace taking on the case. While reviewing the evidence,

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he discovered unidentified DNA from the Linda case that had
been collected in nineteen eighty one. He sent this DNA
to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Major Crime Lab,
known as the FDLE. By nineteen ninety nine, the FDLE
Crime Lab successfully developed a complete DNA profile of Linda

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Slayton's unknown killer. After obtaining the DNA profile, he revisited
the list of suspects determined to collect DNA samples from
each of them. It was now two thousand one and
Detective Brad was confident that the DNA match would identify
the murderer. He made it a priority to speak with

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the Slaton brothers first and soon arranged a meeting with them.
When the brothers arrived, Detective Brad collected their DNA samples
and sent them for testing. The results showed no match,
which completely cleared Jeff's name from the case. Next, the
investigation focused on Frank Slayton. By this time, Frank had

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stopped drinking and seemed to have lost some of his
aggressive and abusive behavior following Linda's death. During this period,
Tim and Jeff were also able to reconnect with their
father and heal some past wounds. Frank agreed to provide
his DNA for testing, but it did not match the
unidentified DNA profile that Detective Brad believe belonged to the murderer.

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In two thousand and five, Detective Brad submitted the unidentified
DNA profile from Linda Keisse to the FBI's national DNA database,
where it was regularly compared with new DNA samples. Throughout
his investigation, he eliminated dozens of suspects using DNA evidence. However,

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he retired in twenty fifteen after dedicating seventeen years to
the lindas leyden. After Detective Grace, Linda case was handed
over to new detectives Tommy Hathcock and Russell Hurley. Three
years into the investigation, Detective Tommy discovered that the FDLE
had developed an innovative technology to identify previously unidentifiable DNA.

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Seizing this opportunity, he sent the unidentified DNA from Linda
case to CC a genetic genealogist with the FDLE, CC
uploaded the DNA to a public genealogy website she manages,
which generated a list of individuals related to the unidentified killer.
She then gathered information from birth and name, marriage certificates, obituaries,

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and social media to construct a genetic family tree. As
the investigation progressed, CECI developed three branches of the family
tree for the suspect, ultimately pinpointing the individual most likely
responsible for Linda's murder. The DNA profile strongly indicated that
he was indeed the murderer. The situation took a surprising

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turn that even shocked Tim and Jeff. The photo hanging
on Tim's bedroom wall featured Joseph, commonly known as Coach Joseph,
standing just above his shoulder. After learning the killer's identity,
Detective Tommy and Russell investigated Joseph's background. They found a
history of crimes, including grand theft through forgery of a will.

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Although he was never formally charged, the police had collected
his palm and fingerprints. You may remember that Sergeant Edgar
Pickett found a palm print on the windowsill at the
crime scene. This discovery brought Hope that the family of
the deceased could finally find closure in a cold case
that had remained unsolved for over forty years. Investigators compared

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the palm prints taken from Linda's windowsill in nineteen eighty
one with Joseph's palm print and found a match. However,
they still needed to compare a recent DNA sample from
Joseph with the DNA from Linda case, they decided to
obtain his DNA for testing. Without his knowledge, the investigators

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took garbage bags from Joseph's house and examined them at
the police station for potential DNA evidence. Among the items,
they discovered a piece of medical adhesive tape, which they
sent to the crime lab for analysis. While waiting for
the DNA results, the detectives further explored Joseph's personal life.

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He had lived in Kathleen, Florida for most of his
fifty eight years, just thirty minutes from the crime scene.
Joseph had children and grandchildren, and they also got married.
After nearly two weeks, the crime lab results confirmed that
the unknown DNA found match Joseph's DNA on the medical
adhesive tape. Consequently, in December twenty nineteen, detectives arrested Joseph

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and brought him in for questioning in nineteen eighty one.
Joseph was around twenty years old when he committed a crime.
The day after the murder, the police spoke to him
over the phone. During this brief call, Joseph claimed he
had dropped him off after football practice on September third,
nineteen eighty one, the night before the murder. Despite this,

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the police did not consider him a suspect at the time.
Joseph also told investigators that Linda had invited him over
for consensual sex, but the detectives knew this was not true.
They suspected that Joseph had been targeting Linda prior to
the murder because he frequently picked up Tim for football
practice and dropped him off at his home afterward. Additionally,

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Joseph lived nearby, which raised further suspicion. On the night
of September third, nineteen eighty one, Joseph dropped Tim off
at his house after football practice. Later that evening, when
no one was home, he returned to the house and
broke in through Linda's bedroom window. He hid in her
closet and waited for her to go to bed. Once

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she was asleep, he attacked her, sexually assaulted her, and
ultimately strangled her with a wire hanger from the closet.
Joseph pleaded guilty to first degree murder and sexual battery.
During his sentencing, Linda Slayton's family confronted him, asking why
he killed her. One family member expressed their pain, saying,

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I just want to know why, why did you take
my mom away? Dot Joseph only replied I am a
good person and did not appalyogize or explain his actions.
The judge sentenced Joseph to life in prison without the
possibility of parole. Although the Slaton brothers find some comfort

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in knowing that Joseph will never be released from prison,
they are furious that he enjoyed years of freedom while
they grew up without their mother. For Tim, this realization
was shocking, especially since coach Joseph was a role model
for him. He recalls that Joseph would often inquire about
the case, asking if there had been any updates on

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finding the culprit. To stay under the radar, Joseph offered
his assistance making things easier for the boys. During football practice,
he'd ask us how the case was going. He wasn't
probing for details, just wanting to know if there was
any new information or leads, and I would say no, nothing.

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Even now, Tim struggles to accept that the person he
trusted most could be his mother's killer. He reflects, I've
had the killer's picture on my table at home all
this time and never realized it. Jeff, who is still grieving,
often wonders what life would have been like if Linda
were still alive. Tim and Jeff have stayed very close

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after the incident. They often visit their mother's grave, and
on the anniversary of her death, Jeff always lights a candle.
Despite everything they've been through, they continue to live life
to the fullest in her memory. Hello crime enthusiasts, are
you ready for another chilling investigation? The case of William

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Lewis Reese. On May sixteenth, nineteen ninety seven, nineteen year
old Sandrasapout stopped at a gas station in Webster, Texas
to make a phone call from a payphone. After making
the call, she got back in her car and started driving,
but soon discovered that her tire was flat. Sandra was

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forced to stop and was considering her options when a
man in a white truck who had been following her
stopped to offer help. The man appeared to be a
kind stranger, and Sandra accepted his offer and got into
his truck. The man restrained Sandra inside the truck and
bound her wrists, then continued driving along Interstate forty five.

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Sandra was terrified at this point and discovered that the
truck doors were unlocked. Despite being pregnant, she was forced
to jump out of the truck to escape her attacker. Unfortunately,
he grabbed her, causing her to be dragged for several
miles on the sidewalk. She eventually escaped, but was seriously injured.

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Sandra was taken to a nearby hospital where the police
were contacted. She described her attacker, but due to her trauma,
she was unable to recall important details that was not
enough to arrest the attacker. With no other clue use
to the attacker's identity, the police decided to hypnotize Sandra.

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A few months later. While under hypnosis, she recalled important details,
including the truck's license plate. The license plate led to
a man named William Reese. William Lewis Reese was born
on July first, nineteen fifty nine in Oklahoma. He was
one of thirteen siblings. As a child, he lived in

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the cities of Yukon and Anadarko. Due to his parents
difficult financial situation, he was forced to drop out of
school in the ninth grade and work as a farm labor.
William married Judy Flaming in nineteen seventy nine. After she
became pregnant, William joined the Oklahoma National Guard, but his

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time in the Guard was short lived. His marriage to
Judy was also troubled, and the couple divorced just a
year after their marriage. Despite this, William convinced Judy to
give their marriage another chance. They remarried and had a
second child, but their reunion did not last long. William

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began drinking heavily and abusing Judy. The situation worsened in
nineteen eighty two when Judy reported to the police that
William had beaten her and threatened to kill her with
a knife and a shotgun. As a result, Judy filed
for divorce from William for the second time. William later remarried,
but the marriage did not last long, as his second

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wife divorced him after only a few months. After the divorce,
William continued his life of crime. In April nineteen eighty six,
he kidnapped a nineteen year old woman, the daughter of
a Texas sheriff's deputy. The woman was driving to a
local gym when her car got stuck. William, who was

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working as a truck driver at the time, lured her
into his truck, promising to take her to the nearest payphone.
Once he was in the truck, he tied her up
and sexually assaulted her. William drove the victim to a
nearby motel where he rented a room. When he allowed
her to use the bathroom, she took the opportunity to

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escape and call the police. William was arrested and charged,
but released on bail, but a month later he attacked
another woman and was arrested again. He was then tried
for both crimes, convicted and sentenced to twenty five years
in prison. However, William appealed the conviction and had his
sentence reviewed. The review found flaws in his case, leading

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to a reduction in his sentence. As a result, he
was paroled in October nineteen ninety six, after serving only
nine and a half years of his original sentence. William
moved to his mother's house in Anadarko, Oklahoma after his
release from prison. He then regained his driver's license in
early nineteen ninety seven and moved to Houston in Texas. There,

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William attempted to kidnap and sexually assault sandras At Powell.
This eventually led to his conviction for aggravated kidnapping in
nineteen ninety eight and his sentence of sixty years in prison.
But while William was serving his sentence, police suspected him
of being involved in many other crimes. It took years

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to unravel the secrets William had taken with him to prison,
while many families waited for answers. On the drizzly morning
of April third, nineteen ninety seven, around nine am, twelve
year old Laura Smither asked her mother for permission to
go jogging alone be around nine am. It was a
decision that would prove to be one her mother would

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regret for the rest of her life. Laura, the daughter
of Bob and Gay Smither, grew up in a house
in Friendswood with her younger brother. She was known for
her kind and gentle nature. Laura was not only an
excellent student, but also a talented ballet dan answer from
a very young age. Her dream of becoming a professional

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ballerina began to take shape after recently being accepted into
the prestigious Houston Ballet Academy. When she asked to go
for a run that fateful day, her mother was surprised
because Laura never went out much. In fact, she didn't
even go to school and was homeschooled by her parents. However,

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Laura had recently been inspired to do cardio to improve
her dancing skills and wanted to go for a run
while her mother was cooking breakfast. Her mother allowed her
to go for a short run because she never thought
anything bad would happen to her. Laura's parents began to
panic when she didn't return after a few hours. She

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was always closely supervised and had never been out alone
for so long, so they knew something was wrong. Laura's
father searched the neighborhood but found no sign of her. Initially,
they thought she would return soon, but as the hours
passed they realized something was wrong. The parents then contacted

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Laura's relatives and friends to see if anyone had any
information about her whereabouts, but no one had any After
an unsuccessful search, they contacted the police to file a
missing person report. Laura's father explained the situation to the police.
My daughter went jogging this morning, but she was gone
much longer than I expected. The investigation into Laura's disappearance

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began and her family immediately received support from the community. Volunteers,
holding Laura's photo in their hands, went door to door
asking residents if they had any information about the missing
twelve year old. However, their efforts stopped when night fell.
The next morning, the police began an active search for Laura.

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A foot search party was deployed to the forest, while
helicopters were also used to search for potential clues. Unfortunately,
no clues were found during this time. Despite the lack
of progress, community morale remained high, with hundreds of volunteers
joining the search effort. The search continued for a week,

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with six thousand volunteers involved. The National Coast Guard, along
with the FBI, also joined the local police department to
assist in the search. Although the possibility that Laura had
become lost in the woods was initially considered, by this
point in the investigation, police suspected foul play. Hoping to

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continue the search, the community held candlelight vigils and prayers
in Laura's name, keeping alive the hope of finding her. However,
another week passed without any leads in the case. On Sunday,
April twentieth, nineteen ninety seven, a meeting was held at
Friends Would High School to discuss the next steps in
the search. During the meeting, the sheriff received a phone call,

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cauteing his expression to become anxious, causing concern among those
present who wondered what had happened. Around ten pm, Laura's
parents received heartbreaking news Laura's body had been found near
a Pasadena reservoir, twelve miles from where Laura had disappeared.
A man walking his dog discovered Laura's badly decomposed body

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in a muddy area. She was wearing only a pair
of socks. Seventeen days after Laura went missing, her body
was finally found, but in a brutal and tragic state.
She had been brutally beaten and strangled to death. The
news sent shockwaves through the Friends With community, leaving residence

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heartbroken and fearful, fearful that a predator was on the
loose and could target others. Determined to catch the perpetrator,
the police acted quickly. However, they had no information about
the person responsible for this heinous crime. In an effort
to gather leads, they began interviewing local sex offenders. Soon

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William Lewis Reese came to their attention. William, thirty eight,
was working at Windsor Estate in Friendswood as an equipment operator. Curiously,
on the day of Laura's disappearance, he left work around
the time Laura went missing and returned thirty minutes later. However,
even after an extensive investigation, police found no solid evidence

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linking him to the crime. As a result, the case
remained unsolved for many years. Kelly Cox was a twenty
year old student who went on a field trip to
the local dent In prison on July fifteenth, nineteen ninety
seven with her classmates for a criminology class. Before entering
the prison, she parked her car in the parking lot

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across from the police station and hid the spare key
in a magnetic box under the car. Following the professor's instructions,
she locked her other belongings, including her cell phone, in
the car. After completing the prison tour at noon, Kelly
quickly left because she had to take a test that
day at the University of North Texas, where she was

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a student. Kelly tried to leave by unlocking the car
door with the spare key, but it did not work.
She had checked the key the night before and it
was fine. Kelly was unable to use her cell phone,
so she went to a nearby gas station to use
a public phone to call her boyfriend, Laurence Harris three

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for help. After the call, she went inside the gas station,
bought a drink, and disappeared. Laurence arrived about forty five
minutes later, but Kelly's car was still in the parking
lot and she was nowhere to be found. Her keys
and key fob were also missing. Laurence searched for Kelly

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but could not find her. He then called Kelly's mother
to check if she had returned home, but she had not.
At the time, the situation seemed suspicious, but Kelly's family
decided to wait a little longer to see if she returned. However,
their concerns grew as time went on. By five thirty pm,

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they believed something was wrong. This was the time Kelly
was supposed to pick up her nineteen month old daughter,
Alexis from her babysitter. Knowing Kelly was a responsible mother,
they realized that it was unusual for her to miss
this appointment or not arrange for someone else to pick
up Alexis. After the missing person's report was filed, police

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immediately began searching for Kelly. As his standard procedure in
missing persons cases, they began questioning those closest to her.
The first person they looked at was her boyfriend, Lawrence,
but he was cleared as a suspect after passing four
polygraph tests. A subsequent tip led them to another suspect,

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William Lewis Reese, who was also a suspect in the
Laura smithercase. Although William did not live in Denton at
the time of Kelly's disappearance, a gas station receipt placed
him in the area on the same day Kelly went missing.
Given William's history as a sex offender, he became a
priority suspect, prompting police to search his car for any

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sign of Kelly, specifically her fingerprints. However, no fingerprints were found,
leaving police with no further evidence linking William to Kelly's disappearance.
With no leads, no witnesses, and no surveillance footage, the
case quickly went cold and remained so for years to come.
Kelly's disappearance was difficult for her mother and stepfather, as

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they had to raise Alexis on their own. As the
years passed, Kelly never returned to her daughter, but following
in her mother's footsteps, Alexis continued to attend the same
college as Kelly, holding out hope that her mother would
one day return. Over the years, Kelly's loved ones continued
to share her story and circulate her photo, never giving

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up hope that she would return home. Unfortunately, their wishes
have yet to come true. Jessica Kane, a seventeen year
old high school student, was reported missing by her mother
on August seventeenth, nineteen ninety seven, at approximately one thirty
a m. That morning, Jessica had left a cast party

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at Bennegan's on Bay Avenue Boulevard after a concert in Dickinson, Texas.
The party was attended by her friends from the show.
When her mother found out that Jessica had not returned home,
she began calling the friends who had been with her
that night, they confirmed that Jessica had left the party
but had not returned home. Born on August twenty eighth,

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nineteen seventy nine, Jessica was known for her cheerful personality,
love of sports, and passion for drama, and was captain
of the drill team at O'Connell High School in Galveston, Techie.
Jessica's parents immediately became concerned that something had happened to her.
When her father went to look for her, he discovered

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her car parked near the Lomark exit off the highway
with her valuables still inside. He immediately contacted the police, who,
along with hundreds of volunteers, were involved in the search
for Jessica. During this difficult time, Jessica's parents met Bob
and Gay Smither, who were also searching for their missing daughter, Laura.

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Laura Smither's family, who were also going through their own
horrific nightmare, remained steadfast in their support of Jessica's parents
and joined the search. Despite the efforts of the police
and community to find Jessica, no sign or evidence of
her turned up. The police began to suspect foul play
and thought the chances of finding Jessica alive were extremely low.

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After weeks of searching, the case was dropped, but Jessica's
family never gave up on finding answers. We are being
forced to learn patience, an extremely difficult lesson, to wait
to become and to trust in God. Tiffany Johnson was
a nineteen year old woman who went missing on July

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twenty sixth, nineteen ninety seven. Her car was found abandoned
at a car wash in Bethany, Oklahoma, but there was
no sign of her. Born on April sixth, nineteen seventy eight,
to Michael and Cathy Dobe, Tiffany is the youngest daughter
in her family. She is very close to her family,

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especially her mother. Tiffany grew up as a cheerful and
active girl in a small town. She enjoyed spending time outdoors,
often helping her grandfather with his gardening and taking care
of plans. After graduating from high school in nineteen ninety six,
Tiffany married Ryan Johnson in nineteen ninety seven and moved

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to Bethany, Oklahoma with him to save money for college.
She took on two jobs while planning to enroll in
Oklahoma State University. And study Botany. However, her plans never
came to fruition. On July twenty sixth, nineteen ninety seven,
Tiffany finished her part time shift at a restaurant around

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two pm. She was excited to celebrate her three month
wedding anniversary with her husband, Ryan and had planned to
meet him at eleven pm. Before leaving, Tiffany returned home,
showered and drove off in her white dodged neon. Tiffany
went to the Sunshine car wash to have her car washed.

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She was never seen again. Her husband began searching for
her that night, checking her home in other possible locations,
but she was nowhere to be found. Around midnight, a
Bethany police officer stumbled upon Tiffany's abandoned car at the
car wash. Police found the car door open, the keys
still in the ignition, and found Tiffany's wallet inside. In

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the glove box, police found Tiffany's mother's phone number. However,
when police contacted Tiffany's mother, Cathy, who lived sixty miles
away in Anadarko, she had no information about her daughter's disappearance.
Tiffany's husband, Ryan was the next person police contacted, but
he also had no information about his wife's whereabouts. At

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this point, it was clear that something was wrong. Before
police could begin searching for Tiffany, a disturbing discovery was
made on July twenty seventh, nineteen ninety seven, near the
intersection of a forty in Gregory Street, a search party
looking for another missing girl stumbled upon the body of
a young white woman. Police suspected that the body might

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be Tiffany's as soon as they arrived on the scene.
After being shown a photo of the victim, Ryan quickly
confirmed that it was indeed his wife. An autopsy could
not determine the exact time of her death, but it
indicated that she had been the victim of sexual assault
and strangulation. Police collected and preserved an unidentified DNA sample

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found on her body as evidence. With no leads on
a suspect, police initially focused on the husband, Ryan, as
a potential suspect in his wife's death. However, an alibi
soon came to light, revealing that Ryan had been at
work from three pm to eleven PM on the day
Tiffany was last seen. Tiffany's last known whereabouts were at

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the car wash at six pm, just when the investigation
seemed to be stalling, a crucial clue emerged. It was
revealed that Tiffany's cause of death involved sexual assault, as
well as severe head and shoulder trauma. The car wash
owner soon contacted the police, reporting that a suspicious person

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matching the description of a man wanted for kidnapping in
Texas a few months earlier, had been seen at the
car wash on the same day Tiffany went missing. That
man was none other than William Lewis Reese. His mother
was a close friend of Tiffany's mother, and William even
called Tiffany's mother, Cathy, after her daughter's death to offer

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his condolences. However, William was able to evade justice for
a while, as the police investigation into Tiffany's murder failed
to produce any evidence implicating him. Years later, in twenty fifteen,
police made a significant breakthrough in the case thanks to
advances in DNA technology. A DNA sample collected during Tiffany's

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autopsy was retested and matched a profile in a national
database known as Cody's, linking William to the crime. William
was then charged in Oklahoma City with Tiffany's nineteen ninety
seven kidnapping and murder. Just as his trial was about
to begin, William suddenly confessed to other crimes in an

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attempt to negotiate a deal with the prosecution. William had
eluded police for nearly nineteen years despite having a serious
criminal history, including armed kidnapping. Police suspected him of murdering
Laura Smither and of being involved in the disappearances of
Jessica Kin and Kelly Cox. To confirm their suspicions, they

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showed him photos of the three victims. William quickly admitted responsibility,
but denied any sexual motive behind the crimes. William agreed
to reveal the location of Kelly and Jessica's remains in
order to avoid facing the death penalty. In April twenty sixteen,
he led police to a site in a Houston pasture

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where human remains were discovered. After several days of excavation,
the Harris County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that the remains
belonged to Jessica Kin. The search then shifted to a
separate burial site in Brazoria County, where another set of
remains were found. Using dental records, police identified the remains

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as those of Kelly Cox. The trial for the murder
of Tiffany Johnston took place in May twenty twenty one
in Oklahoma County District Court. A jury found William Lewis
Reese guilty on May twenty eighth, twenty twenty one. The
judge then sentenced William to death on August nineteen, twenty
twenty one, for the kidnapping and murder of Tiffany. After

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his conviction, William was extradited to Texas in March twenty
twenty two to stand trial for the murders of Laura Smither,
Kelly Cox, and Jessica Kine. William pleaded guilty to all
three murders and was sentenced to life in prison in
June twenty twenty two. Welcome back, mystery lovers. Today's case

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is going to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The case of Heather Maples. Heather Maples, just twenty two
years old, has just started college, settled into a job,
and feels life is full of promise. She radiates warmth
and energy and is always helpful to those around her.
On the morning of August seventh, twenty fifteen, Heather's coworker,

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Kelsey Price, arrived at her real estate brokerage firm in Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
and began her daily routine. Heather had not yet arrived
at work, which did not surprise Kelsey, as Heather was
notorious for being late. Kelsey began calling Heather to wake
her up, but received no response. The night before, Heather

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had planned to go to a bar with some friends
and had asked Kelsey to pick her up if she
overslept or did not answer the phone. Kelsey was not
concerned and went to Heather's apartment to wake her up.
The girl's apartments were in the same complex where they worked.
When Kelsey arrived, she found the front door unlocked. When

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she entered, she found her friend Heather lying on the bed,
sleeping on her stomach, wearing only a crop top and
no underwear. Thinking that Heather had been partying the night before,
Kelsey tried to wake her but received no response. She
gently tapped Heather's leg to wake her up, but when
she touched it, she was shocked to find it was

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ice cold. Terrified, Kelsey walked out of the apartment and
called nine one one. Emergency Services arrived quickly with police
officer Tommy Massey. Being one of the first to arrive
on the scene, followed by a forensic team who thoroughly
examined the apartment. They found that Heather was partially undressed

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and had bruises on her face. The poor girl's hair
was bloody and blood was also splattered on the walls.
It was clear that she had been brutally beaten, tortured,
and sexually assaulted. Heather Maples was born on August twenty third,
nineteen ninety two, in a way Calla, Florida. Her mother

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affectionately called Heather her storm baby, a nickname that perfectly
reflected her energy and courage. In two thousand four, Heather's mother,
Jennifer Hunter, welcomed her second child, a son named Ryan.
Heather happily embraced her new role as a big sister. However,
Ryan was later diagnosed with developmental delays. Heather devoted all

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of her free time to her brother, teaching him to talk, walk,
and feed himself. Heather was in seventh grade at the
time and spent the following years until Ryan's graduation with
her showing her endless love and devotion to her younger brother.
At twenty two, Heather Maples decided to leave her hometown
in Texas and start a new chapter in Tennessee to

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pursue her dream of becoming a psychologist. Her journey began
when her old classmate Chaz called her and invited her
to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he was a student. He described
it as the perfect small town for Heather, offering her
a great opportunity to prepare for college. Heather agreed and

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moved to Murfreesboro in January two thousand fifteen. Soon after arriving,
her friendship with Chaz blossomed into a romantic relationship, launching
her into a new phase of her life. With the
help of her best friend, Kelsey, Heather got a job
at the office of the housing complex where they lived.

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Heather was trying to balance her work and preparing for college.
She had the support of her friends and family, and
things seemed to be going well. However, her relationship with
Chaz began to deteriorate, eventually leading to their breakup and
Chas moving out. In early August, she called her mother
excitedly to share the great news she had been accepted

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to college. Her mother was extremely proud of Heather's achievements. However,
A week later, Heather did not show up for work,
causing concern among those around her. The police realized that
given the nature of the crime, it could be related
to Heather's personal life at the time. Most of her

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friends were considered potential suspects, and there was good reason
for this suspicion. After searching the apartment, the police found
no signs of forced entry. This suggested that Heather may
have known the attackers and may have let them in.
During the investigation, several key pieces of evidence were discovered,
including unidentified DNA and a hare that did not belong

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to Heather. These samples were sent for analysis to help
identify the suspect. The most important evidence was a bloody
fingerprint that was clearly found on the right side of
Heather's bed. Police Tommy noted that if someone had intentionally
left the stain, it would not have been so clear
and precise. This fingerprint was also sent for analysis. In addition,

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Heather's cell phone was found in the apartment, but there
was no password, so the contents could not be accessed. However,
Kelsey returned the phone password to the police and she
informed Heather's mother about her death. Police Tommy hoped to
gather more information about Heather from Kelsey, especially about Heather's

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personal life and her relationship with Chaz. Kelsey told the
police that Heather's relationship with Chaz was very tense due
to his lack of anger control, which often made him
aggressive and unkind to Heather. Therefore, Heather chose to end
the relationship. This prompted the police to start investigating Chaz. However,

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things took an unexpected turn when a young man named
Michael tried to enter the crime scene, ignoring the warning tape.
He had a key to Heather's apartment. According to Michael,
the night before Heather died, she called him and invited
him to dinner, and he agreed. After dinner, he went
home while Heather went to a local bar with friends.

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Heather then contacted Michael for help. She called me at
eleven forty and said I needed to come to the
bar because she really needed my help. Michael recalled there
were people hitting on her and she was upset. Okay,
I'll be there, he replied. Michael explained that Heather was
in trouble. A young man named Otavio had been bothering

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her and was aggressive. After the incident, he offered to
drive Heather home. She ordered biscuit gravy, two eggs in sausage,
then I drove her home, he recalled. According to Michael,
he last saw Heather at about two thirty am on
August seventh. During questioning, he noted that Heather's front door

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should have been unlocked because he had her keys. She
was wearing a dress that didn't have pockets for them,
and he forgot to return them after unlocked sucking the door.
Michael appeared frustrated and seemingly honest, but the police still
needed to get his fingerprints and DNA. The police contacted
the bar to request surveillance footage, which confirmed Michael's statement

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during questioning. Further analysis showed that the fingerprints and DNA
collected at the crime scene did not match Michael. After
he was cleared as a suspect, the focus shifted to Otavio,
the man who had been with Heather that night. With
Kelsey's help in accessing Heather's cell phone, the police's interest

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in Otavio increased significantly. They found text messages from Heather
to Otavio inviting him to her apartment just hours before
her death. The police asked Kelsey if she knew anything
about Otavio. Kelsey didn't know much about him, but he
seemed like a really nice guy with a good sense
of humor. The police were puzzled as to why Heather

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would invite Otavio to her house after Michael had just
saved her from him at the bar. The police then
questioned Otavio, asking him what he had been doing yesterday afternoon.
Otavio said that he had been spending time with Heather.
They had some tequila and then went to the gym.
The police then asked about Heather's late night text messages.

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Otavio replied that she had sent him a text message
around two thirty. When asked if he had seen the
text message, he admitted that he had, but said that
he had been asleep at the time and had only
seen it this morning. He reiterated that he had discovered
it this morning because he had been asleep. The police
pressed Otavio harder, using a rigorous interrogation technique that not

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all suspects could handle. Witnesses saw you enter the apartment,
Phone records confirm you were there. You were with her yesterday,
Otavio claimed she texted him to come back, and that
he did not return. Afterwards, Oktavio asks the police what
happened to her and is shocked to hear them say

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that she was raped and died at her home. In disbelief,
he exclaims that it cannot be true. The police inform
him that there is DNA all over her. Otavio is
shocked by this revelation, seemingly unaware of what happened to Heather.
After questioning, he readily agrees to a DNA test, believing

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that it will exonerate him. The results confirm his innocence,
as the DNA found at the crime scene does not
match his leading to his being eliminated as a suspect.
With no leads, the police work almost around the clock,
reviewing surveillance footage and scrutinizing every detail provided by witnesses.

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On the ninth day of the investigation, as Officer Tommy
prepares to leave the office late at night, he receives
an important call from the director of the forensics lab.
Tommy finally gets the answer regarding the bloody fingerprints taken
from Heather's bed. They belonged to a young man named
Brandon Bowling. The police then ask Brandon how he met Heather,

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and he says they met at the gym. Tommy starts
the questioning gently, giving Brandon a chance to explain what
happened that night. He asks if Brandon has ever been
to her apartment, and Brandon confirms that he has. Brandon
recalls that every time he has been there, she has
left the door unlocked. Tommy then asks him if he

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has ever had sex with her. Brandon confirms that he
has and that they have had sex twice. Tommy continues
to ask when was the last time he was at
her apartment, and Brandon says that it was probably in July.
Tommy continues to ask him why his fingerprints were on
the bed, and Brandon insists that he did nothing to her.

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She had just been accepted to college and he was
happy for her. He continues to deny any involvement in
Heather's death. After questioning, the police asked Brandon to take
a DNA test, arguing that if he was innocent, the
test would prove it. Brandon agreed, presumably hoping to be
released from police custody, but that did not happen. The

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police decided not to wait for the test results. They
had found substantial grounds for the next step. Based on
the fingerprint match, the police immediately filed a request with
the court for permission to access Brandon's phone, which could
help confirm his actions and monitor calls and texts on
the night of the incident. After receiving court approval, the

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video from Brandon's phone was one of the most shocking discoveries,
even for the most experienced police officers. In the video,
Brandon recorded everything from intimate acts to beatings. Heather was
still alive at the time of the recording. In February
twenty eighteen, Brandon Bowling pleaded guilty to a s assaulting

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Heather Maples. He was sentenced to forty years in prison
without the possibility of parole. When the trial ended, Heather's mother, Jennifer,
approached Bowling's mother in the hallway. Jennifer simply hugged the woman,
saying that they had both lost children that day. Unfortunately,
Brandon Bowling never explained his motives. Welcome back Detectives. Let's

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dive into another horrible case, the case of Bobby and MacLeod.
Bobby and lived with her parents Donna and Adrian, and
her brother Lee in Plymouth, a lively coastal town in
southwest England. On November twentieth, twenty twenty one, Bobby And
left her home around five forty five pm, heading to

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the bus stop on sheep Store Road. She had told
her father that she was going downtown to meet her
boyfriend and friends, something she had done many times before.
The bus stop was familiar to her, and she reached
it within a few minutes. An hour and a half passed,
and Bobby AND's mother, Donna, sent her a text to

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check if she had arrived safely. When Bobby And didn't reply,
Donna tried calling her, but her daughter also didn't answer.
This was unusual and Donna became worried. About an hour later,
bobby AND's boyfriend called her parents, asking if she was
at home. He was concerned because Bobby And hadn't shown

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up for their scheduled meeting and he hadn't been able
to reach her by phone. Bobby N's parents called all
her friends, but none of them knew her whereabouts. With
growing concern, they reported her missing to the police. It
was already past nine pm. The next morning, November twenty first, police,

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along with Mcloud's family and volunteers began a thorough search
of the area. Flyers with Bobby EN's picture were distributed
across the city, and her disappearance was shared on social
media and local news outlets. Bobby AND's brother Lee made
a desperate plea on social media, verging everyone in Plymouth

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to help search for her. He asked people to report
any information or sightings to him. The police investigation revealed
that Bobby And had planned to take a bus downtown,
but she never boarded it. However, a local resident came
forward stating that he had seen Bobby And at the
bus stop the previous evening. This new information confirms that

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Bobby And did indeed arrive at the bus stop, but
did not get on the bus for unknown reasons. Further
evidence was found when police discovered bobby 's wireless headphones
in the walkway behind the bus stop. The area was
sealed off and police officers conducted a meticulous search of
the surrounding area, scouring every inch for ptent clues. Evidence

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was collected along the girl's usual route from her home
to the bus stop, as well as on surrounding streets.
Since Bobby And was last seen at the bus stop
but never boarded the bus and her headphones were found nearby.
Authorities suspected she might have been kidnapped. Investigators attempted to
locate her cell phone, which was detected within the city limits,

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but they couldn't pinpoint its exact location. All calls to
her number went straight to voicemail. The police eventually found
bobby EN's phone on November twenty second, Police, family members
and volunteers conducted a thorough search of the area surrounding
bobby EN's home, but unfortunately, no leads were found. The

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following evening, November twenty third, the police announced the discovery
of a woman's body at Baba Zan Beach, approximately eight
miles from the bus stop where bobby En was last seen.
The body was found in a wooded area near the shore,
about half a mile inland. The body found was indeed
Bobby Anne's. Her death was a devastating blow to her

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loved ones. A vigil was held in her memory near
the bus stop where she was last seen, and the
family expressed their gratitude to everyone who attended during the vigil.
Bobby AND's mother, Donna, sent heartfelt love to her daughter
on behalf of her family. She expressed gratitude to everyone
for coming together during this difficult time. She admits that

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although their beautiful Bobby N's life was taken, she will
always be remembered. Bobby and McLeod's brother, Lee McLeod, paid
a heartfelt tribute to his sister by sharing a childhood
photo of the two of them. The picture showed the
siblings smiling and wearing their primary school uniforms. In a
message accompanying the photo, Lee expressed his grief and love

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for his sister. He wrote, you didn't deserve this. You
were a beautiful and talented girl, and I'm grateful to
have had you as my little sister. I'll always treasure
the adventures and journeys we had. Rest easy now. The
police investigation revealed that Bobby AND's body was found naked,

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but the medical examiner found no evidence of rape. However,
she had suffered severe head and facial injuries, including fourteen lacerations.
The investigation has made progress. A man who walked into
the police station on November twenty third, the same day
the body was found, at one seventeen p m. He

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approached the police and offered to provide information about the
missing girl stating that he wanted to help the police
and her family. That man was Cody Ackland, twenty four,
admitted to the crime. He confessed to kidnapping and killing
Bobby Ann, providing details of the offense. Cody lived fairly
close to the bus stop where Bobby And was last seen,

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and he was taken into custody as the prime suspect.
Cody confirmed that he had abducted Bobby And from the
bus stop, despite never having met her before the evening
of the incident. Cody Ackland was a talented musician guitarist
in a local indie rock band, but he had a
dark secret behind his charming facade. Cody was fascinated with

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serial killers and had a list of idols that included
notorious murderers such as Joseph DiAngelo Junior, Andre Chicattillo, Ivan Milat,
Fred West, and Tommy Sells. However, he worshiped a criminal
he considered a hero, Ted Bundy, who confessed to killing
at least thirty people. Cody's obsession with Ted was evident

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in the content he consumed. Investigators found three two hundred
and sixteen images on his phone, many of which were
disturbing and reminiscent of horror movies. In the lead up
to a young girl named Bobby Ann's death, Cody's internet
searches became increasingly focused on serial killers and crimes. He

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also researched remote locations on Dartmoor, potential weapons, and browsed
online stores for items such as baseball bats, ski masks,
and waterproof clothing. However, his clandestine activities eventually led him
to commit a serious crime. In a tragic twist of fate,
Bobby and unknowingly crossed paths with Cody on the evening

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of the incident. Bobby and arrived at the bus stop
around six fifteen pm. Cody, who was driving his Ford
Fiesta in the area, spotted Hern, decided to target her.
According to Cody's own confession, Bobby Ann's resemblance to his
ex girlfriend was merely a coincidence and not the reason
for the attack. In reality, Cody had been planning to

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carry out a violent act for some time and was
simply looking for a victim. The police investigation concluded that
Cody would have carried out his plan regardless of who
he encount hum Lane. Despite a thorough search, the hammer
was never found on November twenty first, Cody spent the
day socializing with friends, attending a pizza gathering, a band rehearsal,

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and a night out at the pub. Those who saw
him that day noticed he was in an unusually good mood, happy,
joking and affectionate with his friends. The following day, November
twenty second, Cody continued to enjoy himself, buying popcorn and
watching a movie at the theater. Meanwhile, police, family and

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volunteers were searching for Bobby Ann and Cody was keeping
up with the latest news on his phone. On November
twenty third, Cody went to work at a car service company.
During his lunch break, he sent a message to a
chat room for his music group, expressing his love for them,
and also texted his mother to tell her how much

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he loved her. Shortly after, he went to the police
station and confessed to the crime. Shortly after, Cody's band
members have issued a statement on Facebook announcing that they
are disbanding the group with immediate effect as a mark
of respect for the late Bobby and MacLeod. They expressed
their shock and disbelief at the tragic events, saying their

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thoughts and prayers are with bobby 's family and friends,
who must be devastated by their loss. The band members
explain that they cannot continue as a group and have
decided to go their separate ways. They will not be
making any further comments at this time. In a separate development,
police revealed that they had found physical evidence linking Cody

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to the crime scene. This included Bobby N's DNA in
his car and on his sneakers. The trial of Cody
Acklin took place in May twenty twenty two. Cody's attorney,
Ray Tully, stated that psy psychiatrists had evaluated Cody and
found that he did not have a mental illness. However,

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Cody had experienced a difficult childhood and had been diagnosed
with ADHD, dyslexia, depression, and anxiety. By the age of nineteen,
Cody had a seven year history of depression. Ray explained
that Cody had not received much support or comfort from
his family or school life. Specifically, Cody's father had not

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provided him with the guidance and support he needed. During sentencing,
Judge Robert Lindford told Cody that his actions were premeditated
and brutal. The judge stated that the evidence showed Cody
had intended to kill his victim and that the crime
was a prolonged and horrific ordeal for the victim. The
judge emphasized that Cody had planned and carried out the

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murder and that the victim's life had been brutally cut
short as a result. Cody Ackland, twenty four, was sentenced
to life in god In prison, he will serve a
minimum of thirty one years before being eligible to apply
for parole. Welcome back, detectives. Let's dive into another horrible case.

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The case of Victoria Nesirova Oga Tsbyk, a thirty five
year old Ukrainian immigrant eyelash artist, reported a robbery at
her home. The incident occurred on September Tewod twenty sixteen.
Oga Tsbyk called the police after discovering that several valuables

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had been stolen from her bedroom. When the police arrived
at the scene, Oga Tsbyk explained that she had gone
to the hospital earlier due to severe dizziness and nausea.
To investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, the police conducted
a detailed interview with Olga Tsbyk. During the interview, she

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recalled a recent unpleasant encounter with us a client named
Victoria Narova, who had come to her home to request
urgent eyelash extensions. When Victoria came to Olga Tsbyk's home
to request urgent eyelash extensions, Olga Tsbyk told Victoria that
she only did eyelash extensions in the salon and did
not take clients at home. However, explaining to Victoria was

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useless and Olga Tsbyk had to agree to take her in.
During the investigation, it was discovered that Victoria had come
to Olga Tsbyk's apartment bringing three slices of cheesecake from
a famous local bakery. Victoria enjoyed two slices and insisted
that Olga Tsbyk eat the third slice. After drinking tea

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and eating the cheesecake, Olga Tsbyk began to feel unwell.
After Victoria left, Olga Tsbyk suffered from severe nausea, eventually
passing out for about thirty minutes. After regaining consciousness, Olga
Tsbyk called an ambulance and was taken to the hospital
by ambulance. However, medical tests found nothing unusual in her blood.

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When Oga Tsbyk returned home, she discovered that several valuables
were missing and reported the theft to the police. The
police found Olga Tsbyk listless and looking unwell. The police
suspected that Olga Tsbyk was under the influence of drugs
and had made up the story. Despite the police's suspicions,

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Olga Tsbyk maintained that she had not taken any medication,
and Olga Tsbyk believed that the cheesecake she had eaten
was the cause of her condition, possibly poisoning. When searching
the scene, police discovered a box of cookies from a
local store in the trash, which Olga Tsbyk identified as

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the packaging for the cheesecake Victoria had brought. Police collected
the remaining baking residue from the cheesecake, which was taken
for in room analysis to determine whether the cheesecake was
the cause of Olga Tsbyk's health problems, but the forensic
examination revealed nothing suspicious. Despite this, Olga Tsbyk insisted that

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the cheesecake was the cause of her condition. Olga Tsbyk
mentioned that she had been to the hospital and that
doctors had examined her body when she was admitted, and
the police had contacted the medical facility to ask about
Olga Tsbyk's condition and the test results. However, the doctors
refused to provide information, citing patient confidentiality. The police considered

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this a reason not to believe Olga Tsbyk. The customer
that Olga Tsbyk had told them about could not be found,
so the case was adjourned. These details were told by
a neighbor who the very next day noticed a suspicious
woman at Olga's apartment. This woman came and went several
times hanging around the beauty master's apartment until she came

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face to face with her neighbor. The strange woman said
that her friend Olga was sick and hurriedly left the house.
The neighbor saw that the door to Olga's apartment was
open and looked in to check on her. It was
unbearably stuffy in the victim's apartment. The heating was on
full blast despite the thirty degree summer heat. Olga was alive,

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but she was unconscious. She was lying on her bed,
but she was wearing an unusual combination of clothes, revealing
underwear and warm sports pants. When the detectives heard about this,
they had the feeling that someone was deliberately trying to
change the victim's clothes. Scattered around Olga were pills containing

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a powerful drug. It looked as if Olga had taken
the pills with the intention of taking her own life.
A neighbor immediately notified nine to one one, describing the
strange woman as dark, attractive looking, and very similar to Olga.
After learning new details, investigators became convinced that the doppelganger

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woman was not a figment of Olga's imagination. Then the
detectives took up the case more actively. Everything they saw
in the apartment seemed to be a description of a
crime scene they wanted to frame as a voluntary demise.
Detectives believed that the persistent cheesecake customer named Victoria Narova
was involved. The police began searching for Victoria, but they

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had no leads, no information about who she was or
her photograph. Later, however, the department was approached by a
private detective, a former police officer who had long been
following the con artist's violent activities. He had already tracked
Victoria online, where she advertised escort services on a dating

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site and through social media. The private investigator believed that
the woman used online promotion to find victims for her crimes,
and the scheme worked perfectly. Victoria would arrive at the
home of the next client. Then she would drug the
person with psychoactive substances so that they would lose consciousness.
After that, she would take everything of value and then

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go into hiding. This activity could have been concealed indefinitely
if not for this tragic circumstance. Meanwhile, Alsvick finally recovered
from the unpleasant events. Then, having discharged from the hospital,
she shared on her page in social networks the story
of poisoning. After that, one of her clients unexpectedly told

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that she knew a man named Reuben Behikov who was
in a similar story. Ruben was the owner of a
dry cleaner, and the man met Victoria and Asyrova on
a Russian dating site about a couple of months before
Olga's cheesecake poisoning. The new acquaintance invited Ruben to her
home and boast it that she was a very good cook.

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He agreed and came to her place, but as soon
as he tasted the dishes, the man lost consciousness. The
friend emptied his pockets, took expensive watches, money, and cards.
The man was under the influence of a very strong
psychoactive substance and sincerely believes that it almost killed him. Later,

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when he began to regain consciousness, Victoria took him to
the dry cleaners, gave him to his colleagues and told
them that he was drunk, and then left from there.
Only then did Reuben realize that he had been robbed.
The private investigator assumed the situation was much more serious
and the two victims of the poisoner were very lucky.

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In twenty seventeen, he worked with a client from Russia
to help track down an elusive criminal. Nadia Ford turned
to the private detective after the disappearance of her own mother,
Ala Alexanko. The girl herself lived in New York, USA,
but was born in Russia. Nadia was originally from Koder.

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Her mother, ala Anko, single handedly brought up her daughter
and son, and she had a hard time. She worked
five jobs to provide for her children. Nadia dreamed of
living in the USA since childhood, and her dream came
true when the girl came to study in America in
two thousand and seven. There she met a guy whom

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she married and took his surname Ford, but the marriage
did not work out and the spouse is divorced. Nadia
stayed to live in the United States and successfully settled there.
She maintained close relations with her mother, who at that
time was left alone. Years later, Ala Alexenko went missing

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in Russia, and Nadia hired a private investigator to find
her mother. Ala Alexenko. In twenty seventeen, in an effort
to find her, Nadiya hired a private investigator who discovered
that Victoria had rented a car on the day her
mother went missing. The investigator looked into the car's information
and found surveillance footage from October fifth, twenty fourteen. The

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footage showed the car driving on the highway with two
people inside, the driver, Victoria, and a motionless woman in
the front passenger seat who looked like the missing fifty
four year old Ala Alexanko. Nadia believed that the woman
in the footage was her mother. Nadia went to the police,
who verified that Victoria had indeed rented the car. As

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a result, the police summoned Victoria for questioning. During an
interview with Victoria, she revealed that she had indeed driven
the rental car involved on October fifth, but said she
was alone. Victoria agreed to take a lie detector test.
Victoria was released pending the results, but later it turned

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out that Victoria failed a lie detect test and became
the prime suspect in the case. Before the police could
arrest her, Victoria took advantage of the opportunity, quickly fleeing
the country on the first available flight. Meanwhile, the police
expanded the search for the missing Alla Alexenko. Nadia actively

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participated in the investigation for six months, holding out hope
that her mother was still alive. During the investigation, the
police followed the route of the rented car, which led
them to a forest near Victoria's hometown of Armavir. Upon
reaching the forest, the police discovered a body about three
hours away from Alla Alexenko's residence. The body was so

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badly burned that it was unrecognizable. Nadia identified her mother's
body by her teeth. Despite a thorough investigation, the cause
of Alla Alexenko's death has not been found. The police
issued an arrest warrant for Victoria Nasyrova and si Interpol. However,
Victoria escaped for a long time, Nadia returned to the

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United States after attending her mother's funeral in Kodar. For
a long time, Nadia struggled to overcome the pain of
losing her loved one. Finally, Nadia regained her health and
vowed to her mother that she would pursue justice and
hold the killer responsible for her mother's death accountable. One day,

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while surfing the internet, Nadia came across a post on
social media. Victoria Nasirova, the prime suspect in her mother's death,
was living a lavish life in Mexico, seemingly unconcerned about
her wanted status. Nadia informed the US police about Victoria's whereabouts,
and the police began an investigation. Nadia then hired a

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top US private investigator to speed up the investigation. A
wealthy friend of Nadia's paid for the detective services, as
Nadia could not afford them at the time. Nadia had
been unemployed for months due to her search for her mother.
The private investigator analyzed Victoria's social media photos, including recent

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posts by Victoria. The investigator discovered that Victoria was in
the United States, In one selfie, the sunglasses reflected the
dashboard of a car. After examining several models, the investigator
identified the car as a Chrysler three hundred. Detectives successfully

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tracked recent photos of Victoria to the Russian neighborhood of
Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. By checking a database of similar
cars in the area, police were able to narrow down
the search and identify the culprit. Despite the challenges, police
located Victoria and discovered that she lived with her boyfriend
in a complex where the Chrysler was registered in his name.

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Unaware that Interpol was searching for her worldwide, Victoria posted
the photos online without hesitation. Detectives identified Victoria's boyfriend and
contacted him. It turned out that the boyfriend had been
poisoned by Victoria and was seeking help. Furthermore, Victoria had
poisoned her boyfriend's beagle, causing the dog to die. On

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March twentieth, twenty seventeen, forty one year old Victoria Naserrova
was finally found and arrested. Nadia, the private investigator, and
the police were able to breathe a sigh of relief,
leaving Victoria at large. Posed a significant threat, as she
had the potential to harm many more people. When searching

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Victoria's apartment, the police discovered Olga Tsbyk's identity card. Victoria's
main motive for targeting Olga Tsbyk was not only her
desire for money and valuables, but Victoria also wanted a passport.
Victoria's temporary visa was about to expire and she needed
a new ID card to stay in the country and

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avoid being tried in Russia. The face on Olga Tsbyk's
passport bore a strong resemblance to Victorias. The police suspected
that Victoria intended to kill Olga Tsbyk and take her identity. Fortunately,
Olga tsby case neighbor intervened, saving her life. When they

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further examined the poisoned cheesecake in a laboratory, they discovered
a banned sedative which Victoria had added to the cake.
The investigation revealed that Victoria had used this sedative to
carry out her plot. Victoria would increase the dosage to
make the victim unconscious. Olga Tsbyk was lucky to survive

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the incident. The unusually high temperature in her apartment was
not accidental. Victoria deliberately increased the temperature to increase the
effect of the sedative, which could have been fatal. Victoria
clearly knew the situation in advance. To avoid suspicion, Victoria
tried to cover her tracks by increasing the temperature in

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the house and dressing Olga Tsbyk in warm clothes. After
her arrest, Victoria denied all charges, including her involvement in
the disappearance and murder of Nadia's mother, as well as
the intentional murder of Olga Tsbyk and the other victims.
Police said Victoria was a suspect in the theft of

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two fur coats in May twenty sixteen, but the case
was never solved. After several other incidents, it emerged that
Victoria had been involved in the thefts, meeting men online,
going to their homes, giving them drugs, and stealing from them.
Most of the men did not go to the police
for fear of publicity, and Victoria escaped conviction. The trial

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was postponed for about six years due to the pandemic
and the lengthy preparation of the case file. The case
case finally went to trial in January twenty twenty three.
Attracting media and public attention. Throughout the trial, Victoria remained silent.
The court was forbidden from going into details about Ala

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Alexanko's death because the crime was committed in another country.
Victoria's defense attorney said that there was no direct evidence
or testimony linking Victoria to the crime, specifically the poisoning
of the cheesecake and forcing Olga Tsbyk to eat it.
According to Olga tsbyks testimony, Victoria brought three pieces of

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cheesecake to Olga tsby Case Apartment eight two in front
of Olga Tsbyk, and then Olga Tsbyk ate the third
piece without hesitation. The prosecution argued that it was not
an accident and that Victoria had deliberately added the drug
to only one slice of the cake, knowing which one
it was, and tricked Olga Tsbyk by eating the other

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two slices. A thorough review of the case, the jury
found Victorian Nsova guilty of second degree intentional homicide. Although
the maximum sentence for this crime was twenty five years
in prison, the judge reduced the sentence to twenty one years. However,
by law, Victoria would be eligible for parole after fifteen

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years in prison. Victorian Nasirova had been a sophisticated and
stylish woman, but her life changed completely when she was
sentenced to prison. The harsh realities of prison life took
their toll on Victoria, with inadequate and poor nutrition, A
fight in prison left Victoria severely injured, almost losing her sight.

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Victoria took the prison to court, filing a lawsuit against
the prison for negligence on the part of the guards
who failed to assist during the violent incident. The case
was eventually settled out of court, with Victoria receiving three
hundred and twenty five thousand dollars in damn images. In
an interview from prison, Victoria maintained her innocence, denying the

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charges related to the crimes she committed. Victoria will serve
the remainder of her sentence in a US prison before
being deported to Russia, where she will stand trial for
her alleged involvement in the murder of Ala Alexanko. Ala
Alexanko's daughter, Nadia, has expressed relief that Victoria is facing
justice for her actions and will no longer be able

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to escape punishment. Hello Friends, welcome to our channel. Today,
we're going to take a look at another horrible case
with you, the case of Amanda Plas. Amanda Plas was
born on December eleventh, nineteen ninety. She grew up in Choppee, Massachusetts,

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with her sister Emily and brother Nicholas. Amanda's mother, Michelle Mays,
described her daughter as a hippie and often joked that
she was born in the wrong era. In twenty eleven,
Amanda worked as a waitress at a friendly's in choppy
and was dating a twenty seven year old carpenter named
Seth Green. On August twenty sixth, twenty eleven, Seth called

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nine to one one to report that he had found
Amanda unconscious in the kitchen of her third floor apartment.
During the call, Seth tearfully told the operator that when
he arrived, Amanda was lying on the floor unresponsive with
multiple stab wounds to her body. He did not know
how to help and requested the police and an ambulance.

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When paramedics arrived, they confirmed that Amanda had died from
multiple stab wounds, including to her chest, throat, and abdomen.
Police cordoned off the home where the crime took place.
When they arrived, they found Seth on the porch, crying
and unable to calm down. Detectives carefully searched Amanda's apartment.

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Whoever the perpetrator was, they had escaped, but left behind
some evidence. The first thing that caught the detective's attention
was the large amount of blood in the kitchen, indicating
that the attack had been carried out with a knife.
Police also found Nike shoe prints on the floor and
hand prints on the broken glass window. The motive for

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this brutal murder remains a mystery. Based on the condition
and number of Amanda's injuries, detectives suspect that she may
have known her attacker and that the motive was a
personal vendetta. Therefore, the first suspect was Amanda's boyfriend, Seth Green.
Police took Seth Green in for questioning. It was no

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surprise that he was the first suspect, given his close
relationship with the victim, his blood stained clothing, and his
role in calling nine one one. The fact that he
and Amanda had been dating for less than two weeks
before her death, and that her family barely knew him
raised suspicions Seth was seven years older than Amanda and

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likely had different views on some issues, but did that
lead to an argument that resulted in the brutal crime.
This led investigators to suspect that Seth could be the killer,
even though he claimed Amanda was dead before he arrived
at her apartment. They determined that about two hours had
passed between Amanda's death and Seth calling nine one one.

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That was enough time to cover up evidence and remove
the weapon. So the first question detectives had to answer
was whether Seth Green had anything to do with Amanda's death.
When Seth showed up at the police station, he looked
like he had just been through something terrible. He was
mourning the death of his girlfriend. Investigators wanted to know

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if his feelings were genuine or if he was just
trying to deflect suspicion from himself. During questioning, Seth said
he had been working all day. He had planned to
take Amanda to the restaurant where she worked, but couldn't
because of his busy schedule. Seth said he didn't know
Amanda well because they weren't in a long term relationship,

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but he loved her and had no reason to hurt her.
Seth worked as a carpenter at a construction site. Investigators
began asking him about his tools, implying that he may
have used one of them to commit the crime. Seth
often used a tool belt at work which contained a
variety of carpentry tools, including a knife. However, he claimed

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that he always put the tool belt back after work,
and that day was no exception. Seth finished the job,
changed his clothes and tools, and then went to see Amanda.
He understood why he was the most suspected, but he
still insisted that he had nothing to do with his
girlfriend's death. The police eventually confirmed Seth's alibi. He even

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passed a lie detector test. When he arrived at the scene.
He was wearing construction shoes, which clearly did not match
the Nike shoe prints at the scene. In addition, his
shoe size was much larger and the fingerprints on the
glasses did not belong to him. With these facts, the

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police eliminated him as a suspect. Because Amanda tried to resist,
she inflicted injuries on the perpetrator. The perpetrator likely suffered
scratches on his body in the first weeks after the crime.
As a piece of skin belonging to the perpetrator was
found under Amanda's fingernails, an important piece of evidence that

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the police had hoped for. However, when they tested the
DNA sample, they found no match in the database. The
motive for the crime remains unclear, as many of the
items in Amanda's room were still intact with no signs
of forced entry. The police have two theories as to
how the criminals entered the house. Amanda may have known

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them and let them in, or she may have forgotten
to lock the door. Investigators interviewed Amanda's coworkers and friends
and discovered that the case may have involved a love triangle.
Before dating Seth, Amanda had been in a relationship with
someone else and the breakup was not smooth because Amanda
initiated it. After a while, she started dating Seth, and

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Amanda's ex boyfriend did not seem to be happy with this.
Jealousy sometimes leads people to act rashly with serious consequences.
Investigators checked the information but found this theory to be unlikely.
Amanda's ex boyfriend provided his DNA and fingerprints, neither of
which matched the traces found on her body or at

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the scene. Furthermore, he had a convincing alibi. Police investigated
other leads, but failed to find a solution to Amanda's death,
leaving the investigation at a standstill. Amanda's family was determined
to find justice, so they just tributed flyers and held
community events in the hope that someone would come forward

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with vital information. Amanda's mother, Michelle, said her daughter was
not perfect, but she did not understand why Amanda died
and why no one had reported any useful information to
the police. Amanda's family faced another emotional challenge. They discovered
that several police officers had taken photos of Amanda's body

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on their phones and shared them with others, including civilians.
According to an internal report, Sergeant Keith Lame, a senior
officer who was in charge of monitoring the scene at
seventy three School Street where Amanda was stabbed to death
on August twenty sixth, twenty eleven, was one of the photographers.

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He sent the photos from his cell phone to another sergeant,
who then forwarded them to a patrol officer. One officer
shared the photo with civilians, including a coach at a
youth soccer game. Records showed that Keith used his cell
phone to take the photo. Keith then forwarded the photo
to Sergeant Jeffrey Godare. Sergeant Jeffrey emailed the photo to

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Patrolman Chadlevesque. Patrolman Chad shared the photo of Amanda lying
on the kitchen floor with other soccer coaches. As he
did so, Chad said, this is something I have to
deal with at work. The photo was shown to at
least three coaches at a youth soccer game in Agawam
the day after the murder, according to Captain William Jebb,

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the Internal affairs officer who wrote the report. At that time,
Patrolman Terry Deck, who was assigned to record all traffic
in the apartment for state police, took a photo of
Amanda's body and emailed it separately to six Chickapee police officers.
The investigation found that all six officers deleted the emails.

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None of them were punished for wrongdoing, and their names
were not listed on criminal records. The others were punished
for incompetence and failure to meet work standards. Terry and Keith,
who took the photos, received letters of reprimand Jeffrey and
Chad were docked wages. Nearly two years after the murder,

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there was no sign that the investigation was any closer
to finding the culprit, so investigators decided to review all
the relevant evidence, hoping to find some missing information. After
reviewing the evidence and items in Amanda's bedroom, they discovered
a dry erase board with a suspicious message. The message

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read Dennis was here on November eighth. Interestingly, November eighth
was only about two weeks before Amanda's body was discovered.
Investigators began to wonder about the man named Denis and
his role in the case. They began to investigate the
relationship between Dennis and Amanda by examining phone records and

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social media posts. While investigating Amanda's apartment, police discovered that
her ex boyfriend had given them a crucial clue. He
said that Amanda's apartment had been broken into several times
during her absence. In particular, Amanda told him that she
suspected a young Porto Rican man whose name began with

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the letter D. However, she did not want to report
the incident to the police and wanted to resolve the
situation herself By talking to the man. Amanda tried to
talk to the man about the break in, but he
would not listen. Amanda then informed him that a neighbor
had witnessed him at her apartment. She also begged him

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to return items that were missing from her home. However,
the man became angry and left. The main goal of
the investigators was to identify Denis and determine whether he
was involved in Amanda's death. They discovered that a man
named Denis rosa Roman lived near where Amanda died. A
search of Denis's reas revealed that he had been convicted

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of burglary and breaking and entering. However, no fingerprints were
found that matched the ones found at Amanda's home. Police
tracked Denis to Westfield, Massachusetts, and asked him to come
to the police station to talk, but he refused. During
the brief encounter, Denis appeared very nervous. Surprisingly, Dennis turned

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himself into the police station in November twenty thirteen, at
the age of twenty two. Police questioned Denis about his
connection to Amanda. Although Denis admitted to knowing Amanda from Choppy,
he said he had not seen her in several years.
This made sense since Amanda had been dead for some time.

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Investigators then asked him if he had ever been to
Amanda's apartment. He replied that he had never been there
and did not really know her well. He only admitted
that he sometimes sold Amanda marijuana and had had a
few brief interactions with her. During questioning, Dennis agreed to
provide an oral DNA sample and provided his shoe size.

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The results showed that his shoe size matched the shoes
found at the crime scene. Officers also noted that Denis
was wearing a pair of Nike air Max shoes, the
same type as the shoes found at the scene, but
with a different sole pattern. After providing his DNA, Dennis
refused to answer further questions and promised to return to

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the police station in a few days to continue the conversation.
Because there was insufficient evidence to arrest him, officers were
forced to release him. This raised concerns that he might
be attempting to flee, causing the investigation to stall. Further
investigation revealed that Amanda had been in telephone contact with Dennis.

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On July twenty eight, twenty eleven. She made four calls
and received five calls from him. At the same time,
Dennis changed his initial statement to police, admitting that he
had spoken to Amanda at times. According to Denis, Amanda
told him that people frequently broke into her apartment when

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she was away, but she did not report it to
the police because nothing of value was missing. However, investigators
had heard this story many times before and now suspected
Denis was behind the break ins. They believed he was
hiding something as his statement changed and lacked a clear explanation.
When shown a photo of the dry erase board that

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read Denis was here on November eighth, eleven, Dennis suddenly
remembered writing it, contradicting his previous statement that he had
never been in Amanda's apartment. Additionally, DNA testing revealed that
his DNA matched DNA found under Amanda's fingernails, and that
his fingerprints were on a glass pane at the crime scene.

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This evidence confirmed Denis's connection to the crime. After realizing
that too much evidence was directly against him him, Denis
changed his story again. He now claimed to have been
present at the crime scene and tried to save Amanda
from the attacker, implying that someone else was involved. When
asked about the man's identity, Denis refused, citing fear for

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his safety and that of his family. Instead, he provided
a detailed description of the alleged perpetrator atall one hundred
and seventy to two hundred pound white male with light skin,
blue eyes, wearing old pants and dirty boots, along with
a T shirt that read why drink and drive when
you can smoke and fly. Detectives did not believe Denis's testimony,

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as all the evidence pointed to only one person being
present at the crime scene when Amanda was stabbed. They
arrested Denis and charged him with the murder of Amanda place.
The trial began in twenty sixteen, nearly three years later.
Denis's lawyers defended their client, arguing that although he was

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present at the crime scene, he was not responsible for
Amanda's death. They accused the police of mishandling the investigation
in framing Denis after they failed to investigate thoroughly. Dennis
claimed that on the day of Amanda's death, the drug
dealer forced him to come to her apartment because Amanda
owed the dealer five hundred dollars or six hundred dollars.

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He claimed that the dealer started stabbing Amanda with a knife.
When things got bad, Dennis claimed that he wanted to intervene,
but was unable to stop the dealer. Denis also claimed
that Amanda had grabbed his hand, which is why his
DNA was found under her fingernails. Prosecutors presented a different
version of events. According to them, Dennis broke into Amanda's

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apartment while she was away and left a note with
his name on her whiteboard. Amanda discovered this, suspected Denis
was the culprit, and called him to ask him to
return her stolen belongings, which led to nine phone calls
between Amanda and Denis. Prosecutors claimed that on the day
of the murder, Denis returned to Amanda's apartment thinking she

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was at work. However, Amanda had come home and a
fight broke out, leading to Denis killing her. A twelve
person jury found Denis guilty of causing the death of
Amanda Place in July twenty sixteen. After hearing eight days
of testimony and deliberating for five hours, the court sentenced

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Denis to life in prison without parole. The police department's
internal investigation into the scandal surrounding the release of Amanda's
photo was delayed for years. However, in twenty eighteen, Officer
Jeffrey Gaudier was finally fired in connection with the case.
Although he appealed the decision, he returned to work. In

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twenty twenty. Due to his misconduct and previous disciplinary actions,
a commission demoted him to patrol officer. Amanda's law went
into effect in Massachusetts on August fourth, twenty twenty two.
The law makes it a misdemeanor for first responders to
illegally take photos of a crime scene, punishable by up

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to a year in jail or a two thousand dollars fine.
Amanda's family also filed a lawsuit against the City of Choppee,
which was eventually settled out of court for one hundred
thousand dollars. Hello friends, welcome to our channel. Today. We're
going to take a look at another horrible case with you,

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the case of Sherri Peppinie Keith and Sherry Peppini first
met in middle school, when Keith was in seventh grade
and Sherry was in eighth. They shared their first kiss
with each other. Their friendship flourished quickly, and they remained
close throughout their teenage years. However, as they grew older,
they drifted apart and went their separate ways. Years later,

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Shery married an another man in two thousand and six,
but the marriage was short lived, lasting only two years.
After her divorce, Sherry found herself single again. Then, by chance,
she ran into Keith, and the spark between them was
immediately rekindled. The time they had spent a part had
given them both personal growth and maturity, and they realized

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how much they had missed each other. Keith and Sherry
decided to give their love a second chance, and they
started dating. As they spent more time together, their connection
grew stronger every day. Within a year of reuniting, they
knew they were meant to be together. They got married
in two thousand and nine and had two children, settling
down in Reading, California. Sherry used to work in telecommunications,

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but after having children, she became a stay at home mom.
Keith continued to work at Best Buy as a member
of the geek Squad. The Peppini family seemed to have
a perfect life from the outside. However, on November two,
twenty sixteen, Keith's world was turned upside down when he
came home to find his wife, Sherry missing, it was

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unusual for her not to be there, as she was
always home when he returned from work. At first, Keith
thought she might have gone for a walk, but as
time passed and she didn't come back, he grew increasingly worried.
Keith called the daycare center their children attended to see
if Sherry had picked them up, but the school secretary

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told him she hadn't. This heightened Keith's concern, and he
decided to use the Find My iPhone app on his
phone to track her location. The app showed that her
phone was at the end of their driveway. Alarmed, Keith
rushed outside to search the area and found Sherry's phone
lying on the ground with her headphones near by. When

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Keith found Sherry's phone and headphones at the end of
the driveway, he made a disturbing discovery there were strands
of hair entangled in the headphones. He immediately contacted the
authorities at the Shasta County Sheriff's office, who took Sherry's
disappearance seriously and brought in the FBI. Right from the start,

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Keith was desperate to find Sherry and get her back safely.
To do this, he knew it was crucial to get
her name and face out to the public, so he
spoke to the media, hoping to generate support and assistance
in finding her. The media played a huge role in
spreading the story of Sherry's disappearance, and her beauty blonde

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hair and blue eyes made her case especially captivating to
the public. As a result, news channels eagerly covered every
detail of the story. After Shery went missing and it
became public, the police received many tips, but none of
them led to finding her. As they continued to investigate,
they looked at Sherry's phone for clues. They found a

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heated text conversation between Sherry and her husband, Keith, from
a few months earlier, which made the police suspicious of
Keith's possible involvement. Despite this, Keith was cooperative and offered
to take a lie detector test to clear his name.
He passed the test. In addition to the argument with Keith,
the police found texts on Sherry's phone from men using

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fake female names. It seemed like Sherry was planning to
leave Keith. On November tenth, twenty sixteen, the police tracked
down one of these men and questioned him about Sherry's disappearance.
The man claimed to have met Sherry five years prior
at a restaurant during a work conference she was attending.

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Although he said he didn't know her current whereabouts, he
shared some information about her relationship with her husband, Keith.
According to the man, Sherry did not respect Keith and
was even fearful of him. He alleged that Keith was
violent and abusive, often locking Sherry up in their home.
After a tip from a man who knew Sherry claiming

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that her husband, Keith was abusive, the police launched an investigation. However,
after speaking with friends and neighbors, they found no evidence
to support the claims of Keith's violence. Several days into
Sherry's disappearance, on November twenty fourth, twenty sixteen, the police
received a call at four thirty two a m. On

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Thanksgiving morning. The caller reported a woman in distress on
the side of I five. The police rushed to the
scene and found a woman bound with chains and zip ties.
It took a moment for the officers to realize Shery Peppini,
who had been missing for days. Relieved to find her alive,
they carefully freed her from the restraints and took her

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to the hospital for medical attention. When Sherry arrived at
the hospital, it was clear that she had been through
a traumatic experience. Her body was covered in bruises, her
hair was noticeably shorter, and she had a burn mark
on her arm as well as a bad rash. She
had also lost a significant amount of weight, weighing in

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only eighty seven pounds. While Sherry was recovering at Woodland
Memorial Hospital, the police tried to interview her, but she
was too emotional to provide any information. The only condition
under which she would cooperate was if her husband, Keith
was present in the room. With Keith by her side,
Sherry recounted the terrifying incident. She said she was out

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jogging when a dark colored suv driven by two women
approached her. She got out of the vehicle pointed a
gun at her while Sherry Peppini stayed in the car.
Sherry was forced into the back of the suv against
her will. Before getting into the vehicle, Sherry had the
presence of mind to leave behind her phone and headphones

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on the driveway, along with some strands of her hair.
She did this intentionally, hoping that Keith would find them
and realized something was wrong. Sherry shared the details of
her abduction with the police and her husband Keith. During
the journey, she kept dozing off in the back of
the suv, making it difficult for her to keep track

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of time. The two women had wrapped something around her face,
preventing her from seeing her surroundings. They told her that
she was being kidnapped because a man wanted to buy
her and she was being taken to meet him. However,
they refused to reveal the man's identity or location. Sherry
was terrified and worried about her fate, unsure of where

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she was being taken or what would happen to her
during her captivity. She also claimed to have been physically
abused by one of the women, who frequently hit her,
leaving her with multiple injuries. Sherry claimed that her captors
branded her right shoulder with the word exodus to attract
a buyer, who was allegedly a police officer. She also

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said that her captors constantly played mariachi music, which she
found disorienting and unsettling. This music added to the oppressive
atmosphere of her captivity, making her feel more isolated. Sherry
was held in a single room with a boardered up window.
She was chained in a closet that served as a

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bathroom with a bucket for sanitation purposes. About three weeks
into her captivity, Sherry heard a gunshot. After that she
had been with her disappeared, leaving Sherry to wonder if
she had been killed. Sherry Peppini, who had been quiet
until now, took control of the situation. She instructed Sherry
to get into a car, and they drove along I five.

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Without warning, the car stopped, leaving Sherry startled and disoriented.
She looked around, trying to understand what was happening. The
younger woman then told Sherry to get out of the car.
Confused and unsure, Sherry cautiously did as she was told.
As Sherry exited the car, she felt a mix of
fear and excitement. Was this her chance to escape or

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was she being led into an even more dangerous situation.
She was left with more questions than answers, feeling uncertain
and scared. After being found safe on the side of
I five, the Shasta County Sheriff's office held a press
conference to announce Sherry's return. During the conference, the police
reported that Sherry had been abducted by two Hispanic women,

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which sparked widespread concern among the public. However, this news
brought unintended consequences. Following the press conference, a wave of
racism erupted, targeting individuals of Spanish descent. The reporting of
Sherry's abduction had fueled public fear and anxiety, leading some
to unfairly blame individuals associated with the Hispanic community. After

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being abducted, Sherry returned home and began attending therapy sessions
to cope with her trauma. As a California resident, she
was eligible for the Victim's Compensation Fund, which uses public
funds to help pay for victim's therapy. In the aftermath,
she became withdrawn, spending more time at home and avoiding
social outings. One year into the investigation, police released a

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composite sketch of two Hispanic women believed to be involved
in the crime. Despite this development, no new leads emerged.
The police also revealed that they had found male DNA
on Sherry's underwear, which did not match her husband Keith's DNA.
Two years passed with no matches on the male DNA,
and the case remained unsolved. However, in twenty twenty, a

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long awaited breakthrough finally occurred. The police working on Sherry's
case decided to try a new approach to find the
owner of the unknown DNA. They used a technique called
familial DNA, which compares the DNA profile to pay potential
relatives of the donor. This method is commonly used in
criminal investigations to analyze DNA evidence and identify possible family

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members of a suspect. By looking at specific genetic traits
shared among family members, investigators can create a shorter list
of potential suspects and explore possible family connections. In the
Sherry Peppini case, the police was surprised to discover that
the DNA found in her underwear matched a close relative

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of James Ray's, her ex boyfriend. This new information raised
many questions and became a crucial moment in the investigation.
The police suspected Sherry's ex boyfriend, James Rays, of being
involved in her abduction. To investigate, they collected a soda
bottle from his trash in June twenty twenty and sent

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it to a forensic lab for DNA testing. A month later,
the lab results showed a match between James's DNA and
the DNA found on Sherry's underwear the day she was discovered.
With this new evidence, the police went to James's home
in Costa Mesa, California, where he worked at a sports shop,
to ask him about Sherry's case. James told the police

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that he had dated Sherry about ten years prior, and
the last time he saw her was a year after
they broke up. He claimed to have only heard about
her disappearance and safe return through rumours. During the police interview,
James initially denied any involvement in Sherry's kidnapping. However, as
the conversation progressed, he revealed that he was still close

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friends with Sherry despite their break up ten years prior.
Although James admitted to playing a role in her disappearance,
he claimed he didn't nap her. Instead, he insisted he
was merely assisting a friend in need. James reported to
the police that Sherry reached out to him for help,

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claiming she needed to escape her abusive husband, Keith. On
November two, twenty sixteen, James told police that a friend
had lent him a car, which he used the next
day to pick up Sherry. According to James, Sherry hid
in the back seat of the car, lying down during
the drive to Costa Mesa. During her stay at James's house,

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Sherry mostly stayed in her room, only coming out to
help with chores like cleaning and cooking. She even boarded
up the bedroom window as she wanted to feel secure
with the door closed. James noticed that Sherry was intentionally
trying to lose weight by barely eating. Sherry asked James
to help her harm herself, including hitting herself to create bruises.

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James was uncomfortable this request, but he still agreed to
help her, even going so far as to shoot a
hockey puck off her knee at her request. Despite his reservations,
James participated in these harmful activities with Sherry. James confessed
to branding Sherry with the word Exodus on her right
shoulder using a wood burning tool they had bought from

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Hobby Lobby. Before Sherry left his house, she asked James
to get chains and zip ties, which he used to
bind her securely before driving her to Reading, California. During
the drive, Sherry told James to stop the car, which
he did, and she escaped when questioned by the police,

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James denied knowing anything about the two Hispanic women Sherry
claimed had abducted her. However, when the police searched James's house,
they were shocked to find that several rooms matched the
descriptions Sherry had given of the place where she was
held captive. Specifically, James's bedroom and closet exactly matched a

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drawing Sherry had made for the police, detailing the layout
of the rooms she had been confined to. The police
discovered a striking similarity between a table at James's house
and the one Sherry described in her initial interviews. They
decided to bring Sherry and Keith in for another interview
at the police station. The police had accumulated substantial evidence

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that led them to believe Sherry had faked her own abduction.
They intended to confront her with their findings during the interview.
Before revealing the truth, they asked Sherry if she wanted
Keith to leave the room. Sherry remained silent. The police
then decided to leave the couple alone for a few minutes.

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During this time, Sherry approached Keith and confessed that she
didn't want the police to find the Hispanic woman who
had supposedly abducted her. She felt indebted to this woman
for sparing her life. Sherry refused to press charges against
the woman who attacked her. Keith listened to her reasons,
but he was skeptical and worried. Sherry's explanation didn't make

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sense to him, and he was starting to get scared.
He pointed out that even if Sherry didn't want to
press charges, the attacker would still face consequences for her actions.
The police re entered the interview room with an update.
They had found a familial DNA match for the male
DNA on Sherry's clothing, and it led them to James Ray's,

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Sherry's ex boyfriend. When Keith heard the name, he had
a visceral reaction. He knew James as Sherry's ex. The
police told Sherry and Keith that James Ray's, Sherry's ex boyfriend,
had passed a lie detect to test. They suspected that
Sherry had faked her own kidnapping and claimed to have
evidence to support James's version of events. The police told

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Sherry that they believed her significant weight loss during her
disappearance was intentional, as she had chosen to eat very little.
They also suggested that the rash on her arm was
caused by the cleaning products she had used at James's house. Furthermore,
the police alleged that James had used a wooden tool
from hobby Lobby to brand Sherry. They also claimed that

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Sherry's broken nose was self inflicted, caused by hitting herself
with a hockey stick. Despite the mounting evidence against her,
Sherry remained calm and pretended not to understand what the
police were talking about. Sherry Peppini claimed to have not
seen her ex boyfriend James in years, stating she last

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saw him at his brother's funeral in southern California. However,
the police knew she was lying because James had provided
them with information about her disappearance that only someone close
to her would know. On March third, twenty twenty two,
the FBI arrested Sherry on charges of lying to federal
agents and faking her own abduction. Six weeks later, she

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agreed to a plea deal, admitting to orchestrating her kidnapping.
Sherry's lawyers requested a sentence of one month in prison,
followed by seven months of house arrest. However, the prosecution
recommended an eighteen month sentence. In September twenty twenty two,
the judge sentenced Sherry to eighteen months in prison and

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ordered her to pay a three hundred thousand dollar fine.
The judge doubted that Sherry would ever be able to
pay the fine, saying it would take winning the lottery.
During the sentencing, the judge called Sherry a manipulator and
habitual liar, stating that he had no doubt she would
have continued lying if she hadn't been caught. The judge

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told Sherry that she needed to be punished to stop
others from committing similar crimes. Sherry had taken advantage of
many resources, including money meant for victims, social Security disability payments,
and a GoFundMe account set up after her fake kidnapping.
The judge wanted to deter others from committing similar crimes

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by punishing Sherry. She spoke at her sentencing hearing, expressing
regret and apologising to those who had suffered because of
her actions. Sherry acknowledged her guilt, saying she was responsible
for lying and bringing shame to herself and those around her.
In August twenty twenty three, Sherry was released from prison

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and moved to a halfway house. Sherry and her husband, Keith,
separated on the day of her arrest in March twenty
twenty two. After Sherry pleaded guilty, Keith filed for divorce
the next month and sought full custody of their children. Hello, friends,
welcome to our channel. Today. We're going to take a

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look at another horrible case with you, the case of
Timothy Jones Junior. Timothy Jones Junior and Amber Kaiser divorced.
Couple had five children together, all under the age of nine,
Mara Grace, Elias Xavier, Nathalie, Gabrielle Asher, and Elaine Marie.
The family lived in Lexington, South Carolina. When they first

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met as teenagers, Amber was attracted to Timothy's work world
and felt a strong connection to him and his way
of life. They got married young, and while Timothy pursued
his education in Mississippi, Amber dedicated herself to being a homemaker.
Timothy grew up with a mother who struggled with schizophrenia,
which gradually worsened over time. She eventually needed constant care.

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When Timothy's father was just twenty years old, he took
Timothy to live with his grandmother. There, Timothy was exposed
to a troubled environment marked by domestic violence, substance abuse,
and alcoholism. Despite a tough upbringing, Timothy displayed a natural
aptitude for numbers, effortlessly solving math problems, and disassembling and

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reassembling computers with ease. However, his life took a dramatic
turn when he entered adolescence and began experiencing auditory hallucinations.
At the age of ten, Timothy started using drugs and
drinking excessively, and at fifteen, he suffered a traumatic brain
injury in a car accident. This injury affected his frontal lobe,

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the area of the brain responsible for regulating impulses, which
is also linked to psychopathic tendencies. Following the accident, Timothy's
behavior became increasingly erratic and stubborn. He grew intensely jealous
of his father, feeling threatened by anyone who had a
relationship with him, believing they were taking away his father's attention.

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Over time, Timothy became convinced that his father didn't love him,
and harbored a deep seated fear of abandonment. After completing
high school, Timothy aspired to join the elite U S.
Navy Seals, but he lacked the required athletic talent and discipline,
leading to his eventual expulsion from the training program due

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to substance abuse. In two thousand one, Timothy Jones Junior
was sentenced to a year in a labour camp at
an Illinois state prison. When he was really he appeared
to have undergone a significant transformation, with religion becoming a
central guiding force in his life. At an amusement park
in Chicago, he met Amber, the woman who would become

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the mother of his children, and they quickly decided to
get married in accordance with the rigid expectations of Timothy's
Pentecostal church. At the time of their marriage, Amber was
nineteen years old and Timothy was twenty two. Soon after,
Amber became aware of the church's strict rules, which prohibited

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women from cutting their hair, wearing pants, makeup, or jewelry.
Timothy believed in the principle that women should submit to
their husbands and have many children. Timothy was a devout
individual who dedicated his life to the church. Despite many
people warning him against taking the Bible too literally, He
remained committed to his faith. He and his spouse had

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three children in quick succession, Maral Bias and Natton, each
born a year apart. As their family grew, they relocated
to Mississippi, where Timothy earned a degree in computer science
and engineering from the State University with highest honors. Throughout
this period, Timothy Jones Junior successfully balanced his marital life, parenthood,

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and various jobs. His family was incredibly proud of him,
recognizing Timothy as a remarkable genius with a bright future.
Timothy's life seemed to be progressing smoothly. He secured a
job at Intel as a computer chip manufacturer, which his
wife Amber saw as a means to a better life.
Having lived in student housing in Mississippi, they aspired to

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raise their three children in a larger house and even
considered hiring a nanny. Timothy's dream of living on a
farm led him to buy a run down trailer on
a dirt road in Redbank. He purchased animals to raise,
and Amber stayed at home to care for the kids
and the animals. The problem was that Amber was isolated,

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with no car and no driving skills in this rural area.
By twenty twelve, they had two more children, and problems
started to surface. Timothy questioned whether he was the father
of their youngest daughter, Elaine. He also wanted Amber to
home school the kids, despite her limited education. She only
finished high school. Amber, who already felt lonely with no

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nearby family and her husband's family living far away in Mississippi,
felt even more inferior to her intelligent and educated husband.
Tensions rose when Timothy accused Amber of having an affair
with their neighbor. Their marriage began to fall apart and
they considered getting a divorce. Timothy wanted sole custody of

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the children, so he visited a therapist and asked for
a statement to give to his divorce lawyer, claiming he
was capable of raising the children on his own. Amber,
who didn't have a lawyer and was unsure of what
to do, eventually decided it would be best for the
children to stay with their father, as she was unemployed
and lacked education. As the primary bread winner, Timothy was

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granted full custody and Amber was allowed to visit the
children regularly. She left her husband and children behind. However,
Timothy's mental state began to deteriorate. Haunted by his failed marriage,
he started using drugs and drinking again. Struggling with the
voices in his head, he became easily provoked over minor issues,

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and Amber reported that he had once beaten her in
front of their children until she lost consciousness. As Timothy
struggled to balance work and taking care of the children,
he hired a nanny service despite his own instability. The
first two nannies observed that his home was spotless and
he was dedicated and attentive to his children. Later, he

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switched services and hired seventeen year year old Cristel, who
had a young daughter of her own. Timothy soon began
an affair with the nanny and attempted to convert her
to his religion, insisting she adopted the church's customs, such
as wearing long dresses, growing her hair out, and submitting
to his authority. When Cristel refused, their relationship began to

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fall apart. Cristel later stated that Timothy was extremely harsh
towards his children, making them stand on their toes for
hours because he believed punishment was necessary to purify their
sick bodies. She left after catching him trying to hit
her young daughter. After Cristel's departure, Timothy hired another nanny

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who noticed a significant change in him. His previously clean
home was now filthy, filled with trash, dirty clothes, and
infested with cockroaches. Over time, Timothy Jones Junior became increasingly violent,
punishing his children daily. He started feeding them only oatmeal
through the day, limiting them to one meal. In August

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twenty fourteen, the nanny contacted South Carolina's Social Services to
report the neglect and abuse in Timothy's home. She described
the lack of food and the physical abuse the children suffered.
The abuse was so severe that the teachers at the
elementary school attended by the older children had previously reported

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it to the agency months earlier. The agency had required
Jones to sign a written promise never to mistreat or
hit his children again, as they often arrived at school
with bruises. On the afternoon of Thursday, August twenty eighth,
twenty fourteen, Timothy picked up his three older children from
elementary school and his two younger ones from the nanny.

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Around seven p m. Timothy became enraged about some broken
outlets in their mobile home. He questioned his six year
old son, Nathan about the damage, and when Natan denied
any involvement, Timothy he forced Nathan to do push ups, squats,
and other exercises repeatedly, while whipping him with a belt
whenever he slowed down. Amber, Timothy's ex wife, called to

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talk to her kids. During the call, Naton told his
mom about the punishment he got for breaking some outlets,
saying it was an accident. Timothy got angry, ended the
call and told Amber to stop protecting Naton. After hours
of being punished, Natan was extremely tired, dehydrated, and begging
for it to stop. He passed out, and Timothy carried

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him to bed, leaving him alone without water or any help.
Phone records show that Amber tried to call back eight
more times, but Timothy didn't answer. Around one am, Timothy
searched for a specific scene from the movie American History
on YouTube, even though he knew Natton was already unconscious.
At around one am, Timothy took his eight year old

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daughter Mia to a local store to buy ten packs
of Sein cigarettes. When they got back home, Timothy grabbed
Mia and started choking her. Then he went to his
seven year old son, Elias and did the same thing.
After that, He took off his belt and went to
his two year old son Gabriel and one year old

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daughter Elaine, putting the belt around their necks and pulling
until they stopped breathing. Seeing that the kids weren't moving,
Timothy took their sheets and blankets, wrapped each of them separately,
and put them in the back seat of his car.
On Friday, August twenty ninth, Jones's father called him at
seven forty three a m. But got no response. Later,

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at nine thirty six a m. The nanny tried calling
Jones and finally got through to him on her second attempt.
She asked if he would be taking the younger kids
to day care, and he told her not to worry,
saying he would take them the following week, explaining that
they were currently out of town and would return by Tuesday.
Between noon and two p M that day, Jones drove

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around searching online for out of state drugs. At one
twenty seven p M, he was near Alabama, but he
ignored his grandmother's multiple calls, totaling twenty three attempts between
three and five p M. During this time, Jones also
searched online for tobacco shops. In Alabama and Mississippi, as
well as camp sites in South Carolina. His location was

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recorded in Georgia at eight two four p m. The
next day, August thirtieth, his grandmother continued sending messages asking
why he wasn't responding to her calls. Then, on August
thirty first, his phone's location was recorded in Red Bank,
New Jersey at ten o eight a m. Jones spent
the day searching the internet for camping stores, r V parks,

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and landfills in South Carolina, as well as animal services.
He also looked up two songs. At four fifty four
p m. Timothy Jones Junior received a reminder from the
ne Nannie to bring diapers when he dropped off Gabriel.
An hour later, he responded informing her that he had
left South Carolina with the children to start anew and

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asking her to clean the mobile home, giving her permission
to take whatever she wanted from the belongings he left behind.
On September first, Timothy was driving from one place to another.
The next morning, at ten thirty five, he searched online
for information on disposing of bodies in landfills, making mriatic acid,

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and camping near countries with no extradition laws as he
was facing legal issues and considering his escape options. Throughout
the day, he received updates from the nanny who had
cleaned the mobile home. His boss at Intel also messaged
him inquiring about his work attendants. Around six p m.
On the morning of September third, a coworker called him twice,

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but Timothy did not respond. Later, surveillance video captured Timothy
at a well known store purchasing a saw muriatic acid,
garbage bags, a five gallon bucket, and goggles at three
thirty seven am. He also searched online for information about
his missing children. On September fourth, at six thirty three am,

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Timothy Jones Junior's location was tracked to Charleston, South Carolina,
where he deposited a check for three thousand, five hundred
eight dollars at a bank. The next day, on September five,
his phone was briefly turned on in Louisville, Georgia, but
his exact location was not recorded. On the morning of
September six, Jones placed the decomposing bodies of his children

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in black plastic garbage bags and abandoned them in a
clearing along a rural forest Road in Alabama, which was
recorded at nine fourteen am. The bodies had been in
the back seat of his vehicle since August twenty nine.
Later that day, at around seven p m. Jones was
stopped at a traffic checkpoint in Smith County, Mississippi. A

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police officer approached his vehicle and noticed a strong, unpleasant
smell coming from inside, as well as a parent bleach
stains on the carpet that suggested a recent cleaning attempt.
When questioned about the whereabouts of his children, Jones initially
denied having any children, then claimed he had three children
who were in South Carolina. The officers asked for the

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phone numbers of his father, grandmother, and ex wife to
verify the children's safety, and after making the calls, they
promptly arrested Jones. Jones felt overwhelmed with sorrow and anger
when he caught one of his sons playing with an
electrical outlet. In a fit of rage, he grabbed the
boy by the neck and choked him until he lost consciousness. Later,

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he used a belt to discipline his other son, as
his hands were too large to fit around the boy's neck.
When his eldest daughter walked into the room and saw
what was happening. Jones grabbed her and choked her with
his hands until her face turned purple. After the incident,
Jones put his son Natan to bed, only to discover

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him dead when he checked on him later. During the investigation,
Jones explained that he killed his children because he heard voices
in his head leading him to believe they were plotting
against him. He also thought that they would be better
off in heaven. During his attempted escape, Jones drove through

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the Southeast with the bodies of his five children hidden
under blankets in his car. He eventually dumped their bodies
in a remote Alabama forest before being arrested by chance
during a routine traffic stop in Mississippi. Timothy claimed it
was an accident and said the punishment he imposed on
Naton went too far, leading to the boy's death from

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exhaustion caused by the strenuous exercises. When he found Naton
lifeless in his room, Timothy was overcome with panic and
decided to kill all his children. The pathologist found it
difficult to determine the exact cause of Natan's death, but
suggested that the excessive exercise had weakened him so much

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that it would have taken minimal force to end his life.
The investigators were puzzled as to why Timothy didn't call
for emergency services if he genuinely believed it was an accident. Instead,
he attempted to hide and dispose of the children's bodies.
On the same day, Timothy eventually agreed to take the

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investigators to the location where he had hidden the bodies.
On September eleventh, authorities recovered the remains of Timothy Jones's
five children. The evidence collected from his car was handed
over to South Carolina authorities and included personal items such
as family photos, children's clothing, drawings by the children, letters

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written by their mother to the children, Timothy Jones's university
diploma and DAS, and his passport. Additionally, handwritten notes by
Jones were found detailing to due lists that included instructions
on how to dispose of bodies, including grinding bones into
powder or small pieces and burning them. The lists also

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mentioned supplies needed such as camping gear, gasoline, and muriatic acid.
Upon his arrest on September thirteen, twenty fourteen, Jones was
placed in a special isolation cell away from the general
prison population. Since then, he has undergone evaluation by various
mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and forensic experts.

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Although the expert's opinions differ, some have diagnosed Jones with schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, schizoeffective disorder, or personality disorder. These experts suggest
that Jones's mental state at the time of the crime
might have been exacerbated by his drug use and a
traumatic brain injury he suffered at the u s age
of fifteen, which could have contributed to an underlying psychotic condition.

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In late May twenty nineteen, Timothy Jones Junior was tried
for a crime considered one of the worst murders in
South Carolina's history. The trial featured weeks of intense testimonies
and evidence presented against him. After only two hours of deliberation,
the jury delivered a verdict on June thirteenth, twenty nineteen,

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sentencing Jones Junior to death. Currently, he is being held
in solitary confinement at a correctional institution, where he wears
a green jumpsuit that distinguishes him as a death row inmate.
Hello Friends, welcome to our channel. Today we're going to
take a look at another horrible case with you, the

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case of Els van Doren. Els van Doren, a thirty
eight year old woman from Belgium, was married to a
jewelry craftsman named Jan de Wilde. They had two children,
Vincent de Wilde and Carol de Wilde. Although she worked
in the family's jewelry store, Van Doren's real passion was skydiving.
She started skydiving with her husband in nineteen ninety four

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and her enthusiasm for the sport grew over time. With
twenty three hundred jumps to her name, she became an
experienced skydiver. Every weekend and on holidays she dedicated her
time to skydiving. In nineteen ninety eight, Van Doren started
formation jumping and joined an all female skydiving team, the
Divas in two thousand one. They even competed in the

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World Skydiving Championships in two thousand three. Unfortunately, Van Doren
had to leave the group in two thousand four because
of health problems related to a hernia. After she got better,
she decided to skydive for fun instead of competition. She
became a member of the Schwarzburg Parachute Club, and by
two thousand six she had completed over twenty three hundred

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successful jumps. It was in this club where she became
close friends with another skydiver, a twenty six year old
school teacher named Van Doren Klotterman's because they both had
the same first name. Van Doren later came up with
the nickname Babs for her younger friend to avoid any confusion.

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Another member of the club, a man named Marcel Somers,
was also friends with both women. The three of them
became good friends and started diving together during their skydiving tricks.
Over time, Van Doren grew closer to Marcel despite being married.
Their friendship turned into a romantic involvement. Van doren family

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was accustomed to her spending weekends at the skydiving club,
which unknowingly helped her conceal her relationship with Marcel from
her husband. They would often visit Marcel's apartment, spending their
weekends together without any worry. Van Doren was unaware that
she and Klotman's not only shared a first name, but
also the same man. Without either woman knowing, Marcel had

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been secretly involved with both of them intimately. To juggle
both relationships, he created a schedule assigning specific days for
each woman. Fridays were Forklotterman's while Saturdays were for Van Doren.
This setup worked well for Marcel for a while, but
it wouldn't last long, as an unexpected turn of events

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was on the horizon. On a particular weekend, on the
evening of Friday, November tenth, two thousand and six, Clotmans
went to Marcel's place as they usually did every week.
Little did she know, Elsvan Doran had decided to surprise
Marcel by showing up unexpectedly. That same night, Clottermans and
Marcel were having dinner together when they returned to Marcel's

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apartment and found Van Dorn waiting outside his door. The
details of their subsequent conversation are unknown, but what is
certain is that on that night, Clottermans did not share
Marcel's bed. Instead, she ended up sleeping in a sleeping
bag on the living room floor while Van Doren and
Marcel went to the bedroom. There in the living room,

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Klotttermans noticed Van Doren's parachute and other skydiving gear in
close proximity. Feeling wounded and betrayed. After being deceived and
replaced by her friend, Clottermans resorted to an unthinkable action
which led to a tragic outcome. Later on, on November eighteen,
two thousand six, twelve members of the skydiving club, including

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Van Doren, Klotterman's and Marcel, embarked on a flight over Flanders.
The plan involved Van Doren, Klotman's, Marcel, and another skydiver
named Tom executing a four person formation jump at thirteen
thousand feet. During this formation, they would interlock hands before
releasing and deploying their parachutes. As they prepared for the jump,

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Marcel and Tom leaped from the plane as intended. However,
it seemed that Klottmans, perhaps due to a delay or intentionally,
jumped slightly later than the others. During the free fall,
Clottmans was not able to catch up with the group,
and at nine thousand feet, Marcel, van Doren, and Tom
broke the formation, preparing to safely open their parachutes. At

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this point, it became clear that a serious problem had arisen.
As Van Doren tried to activate her parachute by pulling
the cords, it failed to open. Striving to stay calm,
she recalled the emergency procedures from her training and having
dealt with a malfunctioning parachute before, she had successfully deployed
the reserve parachute on that previous occasion. However, in this situation,

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plummeting through the air at around two hundred kilometers per hour,
she had only twenty seconds or less to perform a
life saving maneuver for a successful landing. Despite her efforts,
pulling the reserve cord proved futile, while as the parachute
remained unresponsive. With her desperation escalating, she persisted in tugging

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at both the main parachute and reserve cords, yet no
response ensued. Marcel, who was eight hundred meters above, observed
Van Doren, who was a mere five hundred meters from
the ground, and sensed that something was wrong as her
parachute had still not been deployed, but he could do
nothing but witness the unfolding horror. In the second desperate attempt,

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Van Doren tried to undo the cords of the parachute,
hoping to activate it, but her fate had already been sealed.
At the same time, in the town of upabbik As
these events were unfolding. A woman was outside doing laundry
in her garden. A loud noise alerted her to what
had happened, and looking up, she saw a person descending

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from the sky with a parachute towards her garden. This
spectacle wasn't unfamiliar, given that her residence was merely a
few u kilometers from the skydiving club and its landing field.
While turning to resume her laundry task, the woman spotted
a white fabric entangled on top of her shrubs. Drawing closer,

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she saw a person lying amidst the bushes. Swiftly, she
called her husband, who was also in the garden attending
to maintenance duties, and they promptly contacted emergency services. That
person was l Van Doren. They assumed she was one
of the skydivers, but unfortunately, she showed no signs of life. Meanwhile,

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Marcel found a safe landing spot and ran through the streets,
desperately calling out for Van Doren and trying to locate her.
Marcell spotted an ambulance and followed it to the nearby
site where Van Doren had landed. He rushed towards her,
but had to be restrained to allow the emergency crew
to approach. Upon the arrival of emergency services, resuscitation efforts

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were initiated, but proved futile. Els van Doren had succumb.
Marcelle vehemently insisted on preserving Van Doren's parachute untouched, asserting
the abnormality of both the main and reserved parachutes failing
to open. He then contacted her husband Yan and delivered
the devastating news. Jan hurried to his wife's side, while

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Tom and Klotterman's returned to the parachute club to relay
the tragic news of Van Doren's demise to the other members.
The club members were deeply affected by the news. Klottterman's,
feeling overwhelmed, knelt down and let out a sorrowful cry.
Else's husband, Yan, came to the club to collect her
things and found Clotterman's there. She offered to get the items,

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and he noticed her standing still with a strange smile.
Klotmans then went towards the changing rooms, with Yan following behind,
but when they reached there, she suddenly closed the door,
locking Yan outside. Yan later mentioned that Klotmans took quite
a while before finally coming out with Van Doren's belongings. Meanwhile,

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at the accident site, the police had gathered Van Doren's
parachute and helmet, the latter equipped with a video camera
capturing her ill fated jump. An autopsy conducted to ascertain
her state revealed no traces of alcohol or drugs that
might have impaired her. Her death was classified as either
a murder or a suicide, attributed to multiple fractures and

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internal bleeding resulting from the impact of the fall. Suspicions
arose within Van Doren's family, pointing toward the possibility of
her being murdered by someone within her skydiving club, an
individual knowledgeable about how parachutes work. Subsequently, the club members
were advised not to attend her funeral, a request that

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some members, including Van Doren Klotman's ignored. Jan in particular,
felt deeply hurt learning that fellow club members were aware
of the affair, some of her whom he considered friends
from his own club membership. To make things worse, van
Doren had falsely told her club friends that she was

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separated from her husband. Her funeral took place just a
day before her daughter, Carol's fifteenth birthday. During this sad occasion,
Carol talked to her mother with a heartfelt statement. She
mentioned how the family had asked her mother many times
to stop skydiving and expressed how much they wanted her
to stay with them. After the concerns about Van Doren's

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reserve parachute failing, the police started investigating shortly after the funeral.
They brought in a parachuting specialist who knew a lot
about parachutes to examine Van Doren's parachute and look for
any problems. The expert quickly noticed a major issue. A
crucial part of her parachute, the pilot chute, was missing.

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This small extra parachute is important for deploying either the
main or reserve parachute. Its intentional removal seemed to be
on purpose. Also, there were clear signs of tampering, such
as the cut drawing to the pilot chute that activates
the main parachute and one of the straps connected to
the emergency parachute. After reviewing the latest body camera footage

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from Van Doren's failed jump, investigators noticed a unidentified red
fabric in front of her face that did not belong
to her skydiving equipment. They are still trying to determine
where this fabric came from and have asked the residence
of to search their gardens in surrounding areas for the
red item. If found. They stressed the importance of handling

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it carefully as it could contain DNA from the person
who tampered with Van Doren's parachute. Sadly, no one has
been able to find this key piece of evidence. On
the Monday following Ls van Doren's tragic demise, a remarkable
discovery came to light as the pilot chute was miss
mysteriously found by Klotman's She claimed that on her way

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back from Marcel's apartment, she spotted the chute hanging from
a tree during her journey between oak Lab and Gank.
Instead of contacting the police directly, Clotmans decided to inform
Marcel of her find Upon learning of the discovery, Marcel
called the police, who promptly went to the site of
the tree. Upon their arrival, the police encountered a nervous,

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troubled and visibly emotional Clotmans. However, their suspicions were aroused
regarding Klottman's miraculous discovery of the pilot's chute, she claimed
that it was purely coincidental, attributing it to her decision
to take a different route home that day compared to
her usual journey, being stuck behind a slow moving tractor

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that led her to glance upward, where she spotted the
chute dangling around twenty meters above. The police, however, remained skeptical,
as the fact that the pilot was missing was known
only to the investigators at that point. At this point,
the primary suspects implicated in the presumed murder of Van

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Doren were her husband Yan, her lover Marcel, and her friend.
Klotman's police conducted searches at Marcel's residence and later cleared
him as a suspect. Van Doren's husband, Yan was also
later cleared as a suspect by the authorities. The investigative
efforts extended to Klotman's home, where the police confiscated items

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such as her phone, laptop, and a diary documenting her
emotions as per her psychiatrist's recommendation. Colotttermans was later called
in for questioning at the police station in an attempt
to gather more information about her relationships with Marcel van
Doren and the circumstances surrounding Van Doren's death. Throughout the interrogation,

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Clottmans firmly denied any involvement in tampering with Van Doren's parachute,
and instead had tried to shift the blame either onto Marcelles,
suggesting he had kept Van Doren's equipment during her weekend visits,
or on too her husband Yan, with whom she allegedly
stored her own equipment during the week days. After initial questioning,

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Klotmans was released and went home. However, she failed to
appear for a second interview scheduled for December twentieth, two
thousand and six. It was later discovered that she had
tried to take her own life that morning by overdosing
on sleeping pills and antidepressants. Her mother, Klottterman's, found her

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unresponsive and rushed her to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Clottmans wrote to her loved ones about her struggles with
grief after losing her close friend and the immense stress
of being a murder suspect. After her recovery, she spent
fifteen days in a psychiatric facility, where she was closely monitored.

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She had previously been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and depression.
This was not Klopman's first attempt to harm herself. Marcel,
who had distanced himself from her, believed her actions were
a ploy to get attention and not a genuine attempt
to end her life. Marcel thought she had deliberately taken

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the pills just before her mother was due to return,
suggesting that her main aim was to shift the focus
away from her possible involvement in Van Doren's death. Marcell
assumed the police were closing in on her and catching
her in her own lies. After receiving psychiatric care, Klopman's

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was arrested on January eleventh, two thousand and seven, on
suspicion of murdering Els van Doren. During her court appearance
on January nineteenth, two thousand and seven, the judge decided
to keep her in custody while the investigation continued. Although
asked to take a polygraph test, Klopmans refused and the
test was never administered. Further investigation into Els van Doren's

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skydiving equipment revealed that someone had deliberately cut the parachute
cords using scissors, likely with their right hand. By March
two thousand seven, Klottmans had spent three months in prison
undergoing intense questioning without confessing. However, she did admit to
sending an anonymous letter to Van Doren criticizing her for

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neglecting her family due to her frequent skydiving. Van Doren's
partner Yan had found the letter but dismissed it as
a criticism of Van Doren's absence from her family. It
later became clear that Clotttermans intended the letter as a
warning to Van Doren to end her involvement with Marcel. Additionally,
Klottman's confessed to making anonymous calls to Marcel, timing them

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when she knew he was with Van Doren, in an
attempt to intimidate them. Upon examining Klotman's automatic activation device,
investigators found that she had umped later than the rest
of the team and opened her parachute earlier. They speculated
that this gave her a better view of the events
unfolding from above. In September two thousand eight, Claude's lawyer

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managed to get her released on bail, and despite the
ongoing investigation, she went back to working at a school.
The trial for murder started on September twenty fourth, twenty ten,
with the prosecution being very confident that they had enough
evidence to convict Klotman's of murder. The reason for the murder,

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according to the prosecution, was that Klotmans was jealous because
she found out her lover Marcel, was in a relationship
with her close friend Van Doren. Earlier, Klotmans had told
investigators that she knew she came second to Van Doren
in marcell eyes. She admitted that Marcell clearly preferred Van

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Doren over her. The prosecution argued that this led to
a strong motive for the alleged murder, as Clottman's desperately
wanted to get rid of her romantic rival Van Doren.
Clottman's defense attorney argued that the prosecution's case relied entirely
on circumstantial evidence and unproven accusations. During her testimony, Clottmans

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claimed she had no long term plans with Marcel and
only got intimately involved with him because of her low
self esteem. At one point, she even tried to shift
the blame to Carol van Doren's daughter, suggesting that she
might have wanted revenge against her mother for being away
most weekends. Despite her attempts to sway the jury and

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deflect blame, they ultimately found her guilty of murdering her
friend Els van Dorn on October twentieth, twenty ten, and
she was sentenced to thirty years in prison. During her trial,
Klotmans consistently maintained her claim of innocence. To prevent her
from harming herself again, she was closely monitored. Later, she

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filed an appeal arguing that the police had questioned her
without her lawyer present. In May twenty eleven. However, her
appeal was denied. Nevertheless, after serving twelve and a half
years in prison, Klopmans was granted conditional release in June
twenty twenty two following a third appeal, and is now

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a free woman. We feel deeply sorry for what happened
to Els van Doren and her family, who had to
endure so much after the truth was revealed. Our heartfelt
condolences go to her loved ones who are grieving the
loss of her life. The death of Diane and Alan
Johnson sharped the peaceful community to its corps on September second,

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two thousand three, the Blaine County Sheriff's Office received a
distressing nine one one call from King Richard's. According to Kim,
her neighbour's sixteen year old daughter, Sarah Johnson, had come
running to her doors screaming that her parents, fifty two
year old Diane and forty six year old Alan Scott Johnson,
had been murdered. Officers and first responders were dispatched to

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the scene immediately. When law enforcement officials arrived, they entered
the house and found a gruesome scene before them. In
the bed, they found Diane with a gunshot to her head.
She appeared to have been killed while she slept. The
walls and the ceiling near the headboard were splattered with blood,
and a fragment of skull was on the floor. On

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the floor next to Diane's side of the bed was
the body of her husband, Allan. He was clad only
in a towel and blood was pooling beneath them. At
first glance, investigators believed it was an opening shutcase. It
appeared to have been a case of murder suicide, but
as they looked closer at the crime scene, their opinion
quickly changed. Investigators could hear the sound of water running

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and followed the blood trail back to the on sweet bathroom.
The shower was left on. When officers turned the water
faucet off, they saw blood splatter and a distinct bullet
hole on the shower wall. Investigators began searching the house
for more clues. On the bedroom floor was what investigators
believed was the murder weapon, a two sixty four caliber

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Winston rifle. At the foot of the bed in which
Diane lay dead were two kitchen knives. Another knife was
found on their son, Matt's bed. The clues at the
scene puzzled investigators. There was no sign of forced entry,
as it was noted that the Johnsons didn't lock the doors,
a fact that only those close to the family would know.

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The house hadn't been ransacked, as one would expect from
a possible robbery gone wrong. Officers at the scene questioned
Sarah as to what she remembered before she ran to
her neighbor's house for help. She explained to investigators that
she'd been asleep when she heard a gun shot. She
ran to her parents' bedroom and called out for her mother,
and that was when she heard a second gun shot

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without hesitation, Sarah ran to a neighbor's house for help.
She didn't see the intruder. The statement was corroborated by
the neighbor, who called nine one Kim richards On. The
property was a guest house which had been rented out
to a close friend of Allan's, forty five year old
Mel Spiegel. Investigators entered the house and found a rather
incriminating piece of evidence on the bed, the scope belonging

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to the same rifle found at the crime scene. However,
Mel was nowhere to be found. His convenient disappearance had
made him a possible person of interest for investigators. The
entire property was sealed off on the orders of lead
investigator Sergeant Walt Femling. He also told officers to stump
the waste disposal truck from removing any trash cans from

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the property. The theory was that Mel may have had
an altercation with Allan and Diane and killed them in
the heat of the moment. As they worked through this theory,
Freendschick's cheams searched through the trash cans and discovered even
more evidence. Inside, they found a pink bathrobe that had
been bundled up. Once crime scene technicians opened the bathrobe,
they found a latex glove, a single brown leather glove

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that matched the found in the Johnson's bedroom, and ammunition
for a twenty five caliber gun. All the evidence was
tied and sent off for DNA testing while investigators developed
their own scenario. It was now becoming clear to investigators
that whomever killed the couple knew about the unlocked doors,
and the day the trash was removed. It was possible
the killer threw the evidence in the trash before fleeing

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the scene. It was time to call in Mel Spiegel.
Hours after the double homicide, Sheriff's deputies received news that
Mel Spiegel had been found in Boise, Idaho. Mill agreed
to speak with investigators and met them at the polaystation
in Boise. Investigators asked Mel about his whereabouts that morning.
Mil said he spent the weekend with his family and

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was planning to return to Bellevue in a week. Investigators
contacted Mel's family members, who confirmed his alibi. Mil was
asked about his relationship with Alan and Diane. He told
officers that he'd been renting the guest house from the
couple for years, and he showed a very good and
close relationship with them. When asked about the rifle used
to the murders, Mel admitted that it did belong to him. However,

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he said it had been locked away in his closet
before he left for Boise over the weekend. Investigators then
asked Mel about anyone he believed that may have made
enemies with the couple. Mel revealed that Alan and Diane
were starting to grow worried about their daughter Sarah. She'd
started dating and thanking old boy named Bruno Santos. From
what Mel had heard, Bruno was living in the country

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illegally and selling drugs to make a living. It was
a bit of a stretch for investigators, but now urged
them to speak to other family members. Investigators did just
that and started to put together a picture of the
Johnson family. Alan and Diane met in the early nineteen eightes.
Diane had been in a relationship before meeting Alan and

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had a toddler's son named Matt. The pair married in
nineteen eighty three, and Allan adopted Mad as his own son.
They moved into a beautiful home the quiet city of Bellevue, Idaho,
and in making eighty seven, welcomed their daughters Sarah Marie Johnson,
then too the world on January twenty fifth, nineteen eighty seven.
Allan was the co owner of a landscaping firm in Bellevue,

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and Diane worked as a tax collector. Together, they made
a beautiful home for their two children and were but
all accounts, a loving family. The couple were also well
known in their community, as Allan was an avid trapshooter,
a come and pastime for many in the community. In
two thousand and three, their family life had seemed harmonious
to outsiders. Matt, who was twenty two years old at

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the time, was a waste studying at the University of
Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Sarah had also been doing well
at school and was part of her school's volleyball team.
She was also the apple of Alan's eye, but investigators
were about to uncover the family tensions that had started
arising in the previous few months. Having cleared Mail was

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a possible suspect, investigators now took his advice and returned
to Bellevue to speak with family members. As expected, everyone
knew the Johnson's to be a happy and loving family.
Investigators interviewed their son, Matt, who had returned from the university,
as well as Diane's sister and brother in law, Linda
and Jim Faveled. All three said that the family life

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appeared to be happy and normal. That was until Sarah
met Bruno Santos. Matt, Linda, and Jim all agreed that
Sarah dating Bruno had become a major point of contention
in the family. Over the few months leading up to
the murder, tensions had gotten worse within the household, but
being a teenager, Sarah naturally rebelled against her parents' rules.

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Even when her parents forbid Sarah from st Bruno again,
she continued to defy them. However, Jim revealed information to
the investigators that could possibly have given Bruno a reason
to murder Diane and Allen. Days before the murders, Allen
and Diane had discovered that Sarah had been lying about
spending the night at a female friend's house. Sarah had

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spent the night with Bruno instead. Allan called Jim and
told them what happened. Alan then asked Jim to come
with them to confront Bruno. Jim told investigators that Alan
was furious and threatened to report Bruno to police for
assaulting Sarah as she was under age. The two men
then left with Sarah. A charge of such a serious

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nature could spill deportation for Bruno. After listening to what
Jim had revealed, investigators believed that this was mode of
enough for Bruno to eliminate the Johnson's it was time
to speak to Bruno. Santos County police were familiar with
Bruno Santos. He was a high school jobout and had
been involved in a few minor druguily the crimes. When

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he was taken in for questioning, he became confrontational with investigators.
During his interview, he was arrogant and her to deal with,
according to investigators. He then told investigators that he proposed
to Sarah and that she'd accepted. Investigators believe you that
he'd said thus to prove that he loved Sarah and
wouldn't have done anything to jeopardize their relationship. When investigators

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asked him about his whereabouts on the morning of the murders,
Bruno said that he was asleep on the couch at
his home. He told officers to contact his mother, who
confirmed that she'd been at home with them. For investigators,
this was still not a strong alibi. When investigators asked
Bruno about Alan and Diane, his attitude towards the Johnsons
was obvious. He wasn't a fan of the couple. Back

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of the Johnson's house, forensic teams were collecting evidence from
the entire home. They'd used a UV like to comb
through every part of the house for possible blood evidence
that could indicate an escape route taken by the killer.
While searching Saua's room, they found blood splatter and bone
fragments on a wall in Sarah's room. This discovery only
added to the mystery of the shooting. The blood and

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bone were sent to the lab for testing. This discovery
had investigators questioning if Sarah was being honest about what
she really saw that morning. The search of the room
led investigators to even more evidence. A single brown leather glove,
the same one that was found bundled up in the trash,
a key to the guesthouse, and unspent two sixty four

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caliber shells were also found in Sarah's room. On one
of the unspent shells was tissue matter, possibly transferred from
the glove when the killer trying to hunt evidence. This
too was sent to forensics for testing. Investigators now believed
that Bruno may have killed Sarah's parents and went to
her to help them get rid of the evidence. Investigators

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served Bruno and his mother with a search warrant to
collect evidence from the house. All the clothes he worn
that day, including his shoes, were taken in for testing.
His frangerprints were also taken to test against any found
of the crime scene. Bruno was taken to the hospital
where deane sample was taken for testing. Hair clippings and
hand scrapings were also collected for evidence. Bruno was announced

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as the pine suspect in the murders of Alan and
Diane Johnson. However, investigators were about to receive information that
was going to take the investigation in a completely unexpected direction.
Having thoroughly tested the clothes and shoes taken from Bruno,
forensic experts couldn't find any trace of blood belonging to
either Diane or Alan at the actual crime scene. There

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were no traces of DNA, hares or fingerprints found anywhere
near the bodies of Allan or Diane, nor was there
any physical evidence that place Bruno in the couple's room.
The test done on the gloves and bathrobe also came
back with a negative result. Investigators were stumped. They were
sure that Bruno had the most reason to kill both
Allan and Diane. However, the complete lack of physical evidence

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that should have placed Bruno at the scene suggested he
was telling them the truth. Bruno was eventually eliminated as
a suspect in the case. As they looked at the
case closely, their minds started to shift to someone else.
Investigators began questioning saris family and friends more intentionally about
her home in personal life. They come to discover that

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Sarah had then prescribe antidepressants and that her relationship with
her parents was rocky at best. Family members said that
they brushed off her behaviors being normal for teenager Sarah,
they believed was at the age when most children start
to become rebellious and push against their parents' authority. But Linda,
Sarah's aunt, started to grow suspicious with her niece's behavior.

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She told investigators that Sarah was not going through the
normal grieving process. Menda said that Sarah showed more interest
in returning to school and her friends than taking home
to deal with the loss of both of her parents.
Investigators then turned to some of Sarah's friends and asked
them about her behavior since the death of her parents.
They all agreed that Sarah was acting indifferent to the murders.

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They also told investigators that she seemed more interested in
getting a nails painted. The one thing that stood out
for them, though, was Sarah being more concerned for Bruno
since his arrest. It was odd to them that Sarah
was concerned rather than angry, with their parents' alleged killer.
Investigators didn't want to believe where their thoughts were taking them,

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as it was too horrible to imagine, but they had
no choice except to look into Sarah as a possible suspect.
The Johnson's home was still an active crime scene, and
now investigators were treating Sarah's room as a second area
of interest. Investigators of the scene were now questioning how
the blood splatter had reached that far. A gun expert

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was called to the house to take a closer look
at the spatter pattern. After analyzing the direction from Alan
and Diane's room to Sarah's, the gun expert concluded that
both bedroom doors were open at the time. The shooting.
Investigators had also called plumbers to the scene after clogging
was reported in one of the bathroom toilets. The source
of the club appeared to be a shower cap. Investigators

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decided to interview Linda, Matt, and Meusebiego regarding some of
the evidence they discovered. Matt and Linda both identified the
pink bathroobe as belonging to Sarah. Mil confirmed that Sarah
had a key to the guesthouse and often helped him
clean up the place. He also told investigators that Sarah
was aware of the gun that was kept in the closet.
Investigators now needed to be able to link Sarah to

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all the evidence, but that was going to prove difficult,
as eyewitnesses on the morning of the murders said that
Sarah didn't have any traces of blood on her when
she ran to a neighbor's house begging for help. This
was also confirmed by forensics experts who used at luminol
to test for any blood splatter on Sarah's clothes and
found nothing at all. Investigators issued a warrant to confiscate

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and test the cloth as Sarah had been wearing in
the morning. Meanwhile, investigators wanted to speak to Sarah again
and see if her story had changed since they last
spoke to her. Investigators once again called Sarah in for
an interview. She'd been staying with her aunt and uncle.
Small inconsistencies were noted in Sarah's story. Overall, investigators found

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that her story had changed at least five different times.
In some explanations, she said she was asleep and woke
up to the sound of a gunshot. In another, she
said she'd been awake when she heard the first gunshot.
Another time, she told investigators that she was still in
a room when she heard the second gunshot, but once
again changed her story and said she was outside her

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parents bedroom when the second shot was fired. Sarah also
had a hard time to remember if her parents' room
door was open or closed at the time of the shooting.
Investigators remained calm when questioning Sarah to avoid her picking
up on their suspicions. They'd already been made aware that
both bedroom doors were open, and that was the only
explanation for the blood splatter on Sarah's bedroom hall. Sarah

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was asked to submit a DNA sample, hair samples, and
hand scrapings as part of the investigation to clear her name.
These were all sent for testing to the lab. Pajamatp
and bottom that Sarah was using on the morning of
the murders were sent to the lab to be tested
by forensic specialist Rod Englert under a high powered microscope
and glute. Found no traces of blood on the front

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of the robe. However, on the back of the garment
he found patterns of high velocity bloods flatter. He also
found blue cotton fibers and green specks of paint on
the inside of the robe that matched the shirt worn
by Sarah that morning, but the smoking gun moment was
yet to come. Lab results had also confirmed that Sarah's
DNA was found on the inner lining of the latex

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glove and gun residue on both pairs of the brown
leather glove. The blood found on the gloves and robe
belonged to both Alan and Diane. This was more than
enough for investigators to arrest and charge Sarah with the
double homicide of Allan and Diane Johnson. On October twenty ninth,
two thousand and three, Sarah Johnson was arrested for the
murders of her parents, Pellin and Diane Johnson. She was

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held without bail at the Blaine County Jail awaiting trial.
The story of a teenage girl murdering her parents made
headlines nationally and became a media sensation. Investigators and prosecutors
had to develop applot us argument that showed Sarah was
motivated and capable of committing such a heinous crime. Relying
on statements from family members and friends of both Sarah

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and her parents, they started to put together a twisted
tale of a teenager in the throes of passion. Since
Sarah had started dating Bruno, her parents had disapproved of
the relationship. As a result, Sarah started to sneak around
behind her parents bags and acted out as any normal
teenager would. However, the trigger for Sarah happened a few

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days before the murders. She'd lie to her parents about
staying with a friend, when in fact she was staying
with Bruno. Her father's threats that have Bruno charged with
assault and to pourt it to Mexico pushed Sarah over
the edge. Investigators and prosecutors believed that this was the
moment Sarah had concocted the plane to get rid of
her parents and live a happy life with Bruno. Being

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a fan of true crime and murder mysteries, Sarah believed
that she had the perfect plot in place. On the
morning of the murders, she got up and went into
the guest house to retreat the rifle. She then put
on latex gloves, leather gloves, a shower cap to avoid
blood splutter on her hair, and her bath throw backwards
to avoid any blood touching her clothes. Sarah then went

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to her parents room. When she heard her father get
into the shower, she shut Diane in the head while
she slept. Sarah then heard her father allan call out
and opened the bathroom door and shut him in the chest.
After committing the murders, she placed knives in the bedrooms
to stage the scene as if an intruder killed her pants.
She then bundled up the evidence and threw it away

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in the trash, knowing the waste disposal company would pick
up the evidence before investigators could find it. However, that
didn't go to plan. Added to Vad, she didn't take
into account the evidence that would be found in her
room and the shower cap that had gotten launched in
the plumbing system. The evidence against Sarah was glaring, and
it was time to go to trial. In February two

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thousand and five, two years after her parents murders, her
defense team argued that Sarah was innocent and that her
parents were murdered by an intruder. The prosecution, though, were
ready with their argument. They presented the court with a
physical evidence found at the crime scene and testimonies from
family and friends that showed Sarah's behavior was strange since

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her parents were both killed. Most damning of all was
the testimony of Bruno Santos, who not only wanted to
clear himself of the murder at the trial, but provided
the jury with evidence of Sara's state of mind before
the murders. Bruno testified that he and Sarah had agreed
to get married, and Sarah had even told them that
they could live in a big, beautiful house and be

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happy with just each other. Bruno also told the court
that Sarah always spoke about how much she hated her
dad and talked about shooting him. After five weeks of testimonies,
proof of evidence, and crime scene explanations, the jury had
come to a decision. On March sixteenth, two thousand and five, Sarah,
aged eighteen, was found guilty of two counts of first

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degree murder. He was sentenced the life in prison without
parole to the Pocatello Woman's Correctional Center in Idaho. Sarah
has since made several appeals to have her life sentence reduced. However,
all her appeals have been denied and she still remains
in custody. Following Sarah's sentencing, the remaining family members have

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spoken of publicly about their feelings towards Sarah and her actions.
The deaths of Alan and Diane have devastated their family entirely.
The majority feel that Sarah was at fault and desert
the punishment she received. Sarah's brother, Matt, believed that Sarah
showed no remorse for murdering their parents. He said that
if she were ever given a second chance, she'd do

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a better job with the murders to avoid being called
pet dishman. Diane's mother spoke to Sarah during her sentencing hearing.
She told her granddaughter that they still loved her, but
that her actions had devastated their entire family. Alan's sister,
Lynn Murrell, said that Sarah was spoiled and rotten and
was capable of during another person if she was ever released,

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she asked the judge to consider never releasing her from prison.
Today's case was one of a truly twisted and disturbing
nature to be capable of murdering one's own parents proved
that Sarah Johnson only thought about herself and none of
the devastation she caused for her brother and family while
there left behind to pick up the pieces. Several remains

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behind bars for her senseless crime. In the summer of
two thousand and three, the body of thirty six year
old Sabrina Pain was found in a field near Tremont, Illinois.
Soprina was a black female who was known to support
a drug habit with prostitution. Soprina had last been seen
at her home two days before her body was found.

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The original autopsy failed to determine a cause of death,
leaving some of the detectives to believe she had overdosed.
One detective, however, felt uneasy about that assumption. His suspicions
were confirmed as more bus bodies were found in Peoria
and taste While Counties over the next year. On February fifth,
two thousand and four, the body of thirty six year

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old Barbara Williams was found in a dates near Edward's, Illinois.
She was found partially clothed and lying face down in
the snow. She had been seen alive between nine and
ten TM the night before, and autopsy showed that she
had multiple contusions and oprasions on her body. Toxicology showed
that she had fatal levels of cocaine in her blood.

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At this point, police were not ready to call this
a murder or entertain the idea of a serial killer
preying known black drug addicted prostitutes, and I told her.
Of two thousand and four, thirty two year old Chakanda
Thomas was reported missing. She had last been seen by
her family in August. Shakanda was known to disappear at times,
but when she didn't come back after several weeks, her

(02:57:50):
family reported her missing. Shirley in Trapp was also reported
missing in the late summer of two thousand and four.
She was seen three days before she was reported missing Tomorrow.
Walls was reported missing in September of two thousand and
four after not being seen for three weeks. All three
missing women were also black females known to support a

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crack cocaine habit with prostitution. Thirty six year old mother
of eight Laura Lawlor disappeared from her home after leaving
with a man and woman. Her longtime partner searched for her,
but only was able to determine she had been with
a man named Larry. Her boyfriend and father to her
seven daughters and one son, describes Laura as the love
of his life and a beautiful soul. The two had

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experimented with crack cocaine, and Laura seemed to struggle with
addiction before her disappearance. On September twenty fifth, two thousand
and four, Linda Neil was found on King Road in
Taswell County. She was found noodle on the side of
the road. Linda, like the other women, was known to
be part of the drug scene in Peoria. At this point,

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police had determined there was likely a serial killer stocking
black females in the Peory area. A task force was formed,
which one detective states would have occurred much quicker if
the victims had been white females. While police desperately searched
for the killer, they kept a close eye on women
in the community at risk. Despite their efforts. On October fifteenth,

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two thousand four, Brenda Irving's body was found in a
ditch near Farmington. Brenda was found nude, and an autopsy
determined that she had been strangled and suffered blunt force
trauma to her head. She also had fatal levels of
cocaine in her system at the time of her death.
Her children had feared for their mother's safety, as she
had known many of the women who had been killed

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or disappeared from Central Illinois. Brenda struggled with drug addiction.
Despite detective's best efforts, the case proved difficult to solve.
They followed thousands of leads, but finally got the leave
they were waiting for. In December of two thousand four,
thirty five year old Thicky Bohmer was arrested for theft
from jail. She told authorities that she thought she could

(02:59:58):
help them find the serial killer preying on her fellow
sex workers. She believed that a man who had picked
her up in July two thousand and four was responsible.
Boehmer explained that in July, a man named Larry Bright
lured her to his mother's home why they share alcohol
and drugs. Once she was intoxicated, she said, Bride attacked her,
attempted to rape her and pulled a knife on her.

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Somehow Boehmer was able to escape. Police were at first
skeptical as Boehmer asked for a plea deal in exchange
for her testimony. Why hadn't she reported this back in July?
Why wait until she was under arrest? Thicky Boehmer claimed
she was scared of being arrested for outstanding warrants, which
is why she did not come forward. In July two

(03:00:41):
thousand and four. A search of her criminal history confirmed
the warrants, so detectives decided to take a look at
the man named Larry Bright. Larry Dean Bright was born
in Peoria, Illinois, on July eighth, nineteen sixty six. He
served a two year stint in prison at age nineteen
for berkelary and carjacking. According to Larry's family, the time

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Larry spent in prison changed him for the worse. Larry
became more angry and violent and became using drugs. Larry
had an injury which started an addiction to prescription opioids
and later cracked cocaine. He also developed an addiction to pornography,
preferring videos with black linen. Larry lived with his mother
in a tiny guesthouse behind her home. Larry enjoyed gardening,

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creating a beautiful garden bed of flowers for his mother.
When the police arrived at Larry's home following the tip,
they noticed the beautiful flowers in the garden. Larry was
placed under arrest for the unlawful restraint of vi key.
They questioned Larry about the murders, but he denied having
any information about the murdered and missing women. Throughout the interview,

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Larry smoked several cigarettes. Detectives planned to take one of
the cigarette butts and tested for DNA, but Larry ate
them before leaving the interrogation womb. Larry declined to give
DNA vavoluntarily. Police searched Larry Bright's home on January twentieth,
two thousand and five. The investigators dug up the garden,

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finding several small bone fragments and ashes that were later
determined to be human. When a police questioned Larry again,
they told him they were digging up his mother's flowers.
At this point, Larry broke down and confessed to multiple murders.
He even led investigators to the remains of some of
his victims. Larry explained that around July twenty seventh, two

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thousand and three, he picked up Sabrina Pain on the
south side of Peoria. He drove her to his home,
which he shared with his mother. He claimed the two
drink and used cocaine before having consensual sex. Larry said
he did not intend to till Sabrina, but he became enraged,
thinking Sabrina was trying to rip him off. He strangled

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her to death and dumbed her body near the cornfield
where she was found. Larry confessed to picking up Barbara
Williams in February two thousand and four. Again he used
drug and alcohol with his victim. He stated that he
once again lost control of his anger and killed Barbara.
He claimed he caught Barbara stealing from him. He domped

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her body along the road where she was found the
next day. The prosecution believed that after the first two murders,
Larry developed a blood lust. At the time of his arrest,
he said, I knew them, I would till the others
I would pick up I went out hunting. Larry also
confessed to killing Laura Lauer. He burned her body in

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his backyard burned pit burying there remains in his mother's yard.
He said he wanted to destroy the bodies to avoid
getting caught. He confessed to killing to Marrow Walls and
burning her remains her job almost found in the backyard.
He admitted to strangling, beating, and burning Shirley in trap.
Shakanta Thomas had the same fate after being picked up

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by Larry Bright. He burned the woman and buried the
ashes in the yard. Because of his attempts to creey
his victims, he was nicknamed the bone Crusher. Larry said
that he attempted to burn Linden Neil and brind Of
Irving as well, but the attempts were unsuccessful due to
the weather. He dunked both women along the side of
the road. Larry was facing the death penalty following his

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January two thousand and five arrest. In an attempt to
spare his mother the embarrassment of a trial and avoid
the death penalty, Larry Bright pleaded guilty to seven counts
of first degree murder in one count of drug induced
homicide on May thirtieth, two thousand and six. Bright's murders
were not considered racially motivated. But detectives belief he was
just attracted to black women. He is one of the

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very few serial killers who chooses victims outside of his race.
Larry was sentenced to seven life sentences without the possibility
of parole to be served. Concurrently, he was also given
an additional thirty years for the drug induced homicide. As
part of the plea deal, Larry will be required to
serve one hundred percent of his sentence with no parole consideration.

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Currently housed at the Shawnee Correctional Center in Vienna, Illinois,
he will spend the rest of his life behind bars,
but that brings little peace to the families of his victims.
The loved ones of Larry's victims want people to know
that the women he killed were more than just drug
addicts or prostitutes. They were people. They were mothers, daughters, sisters,

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and friends. The serial killer dentist of Saint Louis, Glenn
And Engleman. Doctor Glenn and Engleman was born on February sixth,
nineteen twenty seven, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Doctor Engleman grew
up on the south side of the city and felt
a deep connection to his neighborhood. After serving in the military,
Doctor Engleman used his GI bill to go to Washington

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University and become a dentist. He opened his dental office
on the south side of Saint Louis, serving the community
he had always loved. Doctor Engelman, who went by Glenn,
was married to a woman named Edna Ruth, but they
divorced in nineteen fifty six. By nineteen fifty eight, both
Glenn and Ruth had remarried. Glenn was operating his dental

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office and appeared to be successfully serving the Saint Louis community.
On December seventeenth, nineteen fifty eight, citizens in Forest Park
noticed a bloody man's stumbling. The man, James Stanley Bullock,
soon passed from his injuries. These injuries were caused by
a gunshot. No one could figure out why someone would

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shoot twenty eight year old James Bullock. James Bullock was
born on April seventeenth, nineteen thirty one, in De Soto.
He was raised in Shiloh, Illinois, by his grandparents and
later his hand after his parents passed away. According to
an article from nineteen thirty eight, the then seven year
old was living with his grandparents in nineteen thirty eight
and enjoyed attending school and fishing. James later served in

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the military before returning to Saint Louis to work and
go to college. Back in Saint Louis, James met Edna Ruth,
the ex wife of doctor Glenn Engleman. The two married,
and six short months later, j Eames was dead. An
employee at a local sanitarium initially claimed James was there
four days before his murder, asking to be admitted because
he feared for his life. His wife and Ann said

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this was not true, as the three had dinner together
on that night. According to his widow and aunt, James
was not afraid for his life and they knew no
one who would want him dead. However, Edna Ruth benefited
greatly from her husband's death. Ruth had life insurance policies
totaling sixty four thousand and eighty eight dollars. While under questioning,

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Edna Ruth made several weird statements, including telling the police
she was married before but her husband did not know
who was She married to her husband's dentist, doctor Glenn Engelman.
Edna Ruth had lied to James and his family and
lied on the marriage application about being married before. Police
questioned a local career criminal who was out on parole

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for an assault at the time of the shooting. They
weren't able to tie him to the murder of James,
but they did note he lived near doctor Engelman's own office.
Doctor Engelman and Edna Ruth both refused to take a
polygraph test and denied any involvement in the murder of
James Bullock. Doctor Engelman's new wife, Eda, refused to be
questioned by the police. A patient provided an alibi for

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doctor Engelman. However, another witness said that they tried to
find someone at the office around the time and the
office was empty. Edna Ruth invested part of the funds
she received after becoming a widow and a doctor. Bin
bored being a dentist, so he often ventured into other
areas of business. This included buying a drike strip along

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with a partner, Eric Frye. Doctor Engelman had grown to
be close friends with Eric and his wife Sandy. On
September twenty sixth, nineteen sixty three, Eric and doctor Englman
were at the drike strip using dynamite to explode and
then fell abandoned cisterns on the property. Eric was lying
on his stomach near one of the cisterns when the

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dynamite exploded quicker than anticipated. Rick was killed instantly and
found lying in the bottom of the cistern. Coroner H. D.
Steinbeck ruled the death accidental. Mister Frey's wife had an
insurance policy on her husband, which she invested part of
into doctor Engleman's practice. Doctor Engleman divorced Da and married
his third wife, Ruth, in nineteen sixty seven. The couple

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shared a son, but Ruth heeded a close relationship her
husband had with a young woman who worked in his
office named Carmen Miranda. Doctor Engelman offered to train Carman
to be a dental assistant in his office. Edna felt
uncomfortable with the flirting between the doctor and his young assistant.
Doctor Engelman, however, claiming he was trying to help people
in his community, he hired Carman's brother, Nick as well.

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At one point, Ruth was relieved when Carman met a
married man named Peter Holm. Just a few months later, however,
Carmen and Eric were walking in a rural area in Pacific, Missouri.
The couple were exploring an area known to have kay's
and scenic path. A shot suddenly fired, hitting Peter in
the head. Peter died instantly, and a hysterically Carmen fled

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down the help. Nearby police found an ax on a
tree made with tape. The area was familiar to locals
as a hunting area, and police believed that the shot
was accidental. Police believes some almost target shooting at the
axe and accidentally struck mister Home. Carmen had a significant
amount of life insurance on her husband, totaling sixty thousand dollars.

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This is equivalent to around three hundred thousand dollars in
twenty twenty four. Doctor Engelman and Ruth divorced soon after,
at which time doctor Englman married young Carmen, whom he
had known since she was a small child. His son
lived with Edna, his ex wife. Despite being married to Carmen,
doctor Engelman and Ruth still met regularly for sex. Doctor

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Engelman consumely had extramarital affairs, which included previous affairs with Carmen, Ruth,
and even Sandy Frye, the wife of his business associate
Airs fry who was killed by dynamite. Another of doctor
Engelman's affairs was with a patient named Barbara Boyle. On
November third, nineteen seventy seven, someone pretending to be from
the farm girl walked up to the farmhouse owned by

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Arthur and Vernita Goosewell in Everttsville, Illinois. Soon after entering
the home, the elderly couple were attacked and both were
shot in the head. The wealthy couple left three hundred
and forty thousand dollars to their son, Ronald Gouswell. Guess
who Ronald Gooswell was married to Barbara Boyle. On April fourth,

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nineteen seventy nine, less than two years after the murder
of his parents, Ronald Gooswell was found dead inside his
car outside Hotalian, East Saint Louis, Illinois. The man had
been beaten and shot to death. He had been missing
for four days when his body was found. Following her
husband's murder, Barbara collected his inheritance in addition to several

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life insurance policies. The equivalent sum of money today would
be nearly one point seven million dollars. Guess who she
cut to doctor clenn and Engelman. Following the murder of
Marmeld Goosewell. Authorities were starting to notice the trend of
connected deaths to doctor Engelman. His patience and community, however,

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only saw a generous man committed to helping his community
and its citizens. Doctor Englman was not the greatest dentist, however.
He often did a sloppy job of making casts for
dentures and dental appliances, requiring to work to have to
be redone by the dental lab several times. His business
was struggling, however, and he soon found himself in debt

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with a dental lap owned by Sophie Berera. Sophie Berera
gowned to South Saint Louis Dental Laboratory and had groomed
tired of waiting for doctor Englman to pay up. By
nineteen eighty, she filed a lawsuit against the doctor that
was said to go to court just a few days
after Sophie was murdered. On January fourteenth, nineteen eighty, Sophie
entered her vehicle in South Saint Louis. Shortly after the

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vehicle exploded, police found remnants of a bomb under her
char vehicle. Sophie had told her son before she was
in fear of being killed. She believed doctor Glenn Engelman
was dangerous. Doctor Engelman was questioned for three hours and
then released. Police were certain he was responsible for Sophie's death,

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but they had to prove it. The public also wondered
if the bombing was related to another bombing in the
area that was carried out between two mob families fighting
for control over Saint Louis's labor unions. The evidence indicated, however,
that this was not a mob hit. The number one
suspect was the man who owed Sophie fifteen thousand dollars.

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Doctor Engelman had to be stopped, but the police weren't
sure how to do it. Detectives soon began having conversations
with doctor Engelman's ex wife and mother of his son, Ruth.
Ruth told police nothing at first, but eventually started to talk.
She explained that doctor Engelman often bribed about killing people.
He told her that he had a superpower, was able

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to kill without remorse. He had admitted to killing Eric Frye,
Peter Holm, and the Cuswell family. It was his si hustle,
killing for profit. Ruth agreed to help the police, but
none of her testimony could be used in court. Because
doctor Engleman confessed to her while the two were still married,
he was protected by spousal privilege. Ruth decided to wear

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a wire, however, and met up with doctor Engleman to
exchange their son and sometimes just to socialize. They were
still having a sexual relationship despite doctor Engleman's marriage to Carmen.
She tried to get doctor Engleman to confess to her
again by asking direct questions. He didn't seem to take
the bait at first, and Ruth feared he would kill her. Next,

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Ruth suggested police plan a bug in her bedroom and
she would invite the dentist over her sex. Doctor Engleman
was suspicious, however, and did not say anything that could
lead to his arrest. Ruth then met him at a
diner wearing a wire, and this time he commented on
being homicide the w intimate with the widow of one
of his victims. He admitted to the murders in great detail,

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providing just what police needed for an arrest. He explained
that he found murder more sexually satisfying than sex. His
ex wife was given a new life in the witness
protection program. Carmen, who was no longer married to the dentist,
and her brother Nick, were brought in for questioning to
corroborate the allegations against doctor Engelman as possible co conspirators.

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They asked for him were granted immunity to testify against
the dentist. Carmen told quite the story. She said she
was working for the dentist when he suggested she find
someone with good benefits to Mary. He told her about
Eric Frye, whom he said he directed Sandy fry to
Mary with all intentions of murdering the insurance proceeds. Soon
after she was married, Carmen said doctor Engelman told her

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where to go and made sure her husband was shot
and killed. He staged it to look like a target
shooting accident. Clennent Engleman was finally arrested and charged with
murder in nineteen eighty. Carmen testified at doctor Engelman's first trial,
for which he was convicted of murdering Peter Ham and
given fifty years in prison. The dentistman pled guilty to

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the murder of Sophie Brera to avoid the death penalty,
serving a list sentence for that murder. In the Zouri
doctor Engelman was back in court by nineteen eighty five
in Illinois. In nineteen eighty four, Robert Handy, a conduct
and acquaintance of doctor Engelman, admitted to authorities that he
had taken part in the murder conspiracy of the Gooswell family.

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He implicated doctor Engelman, who had Bludgeonharmled Gooswell and shah him,
as well as Ronald's widow, Barbara Boyle. Doctor Engelman was
given three life sentences for the Gooswell murders. He also
was convicted of federal male fraud and given a thirty
year federal sentence. He is believed to have killed at
least twelve people, including conspiring with his first wife to

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kill her husband, James Bullock in nineteen fifty eight. Edna
Ruth was never charged in the case due to lack
of evidence. Barbara Boyle went on trial for the murder
of her in laws Arthur and Vernita Goosewell, and husband
Ronald in nineteen eighty five. The jury acquitted her of
the murders of Arthur and Vernita by convicted her of
conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Ronald Goosewell.

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Barbara Boyle was sentenced to fifty years in prison in
nineteen eighty five. She was granted parole in two thousand nine.
Doctor Engelman enjoyed his note arriving in Missouri, often comparing
himself to legendary outlaw Jesse James. He is believed to
have killed at least twelve people, but the actual number
is unknown. Unlike other serial killers, doctor Englman was inspired,

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at least in part, by Creed. He also seemed to
revel in his ability to not feel remorse. Doctor Englman
died of diabetes related health issues in nineteen ninety nine,
at age seventy two. He was incarcerated in Jefferson City
at the time.

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