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Francheska and Misheila Martinez were twin sisters living in Paterson New Jersey in the spring of 2000. But that summer both of them disappeared–separately–and the police assumed they were runaways. But after 25 years of no contact, we have to wonder if something else happened. 

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In June of 2021, a little girl went missing from her family’s rural property in Tennessee. The case got the national attention most missing persons advocates would love to have, but then it went too far and impeded the investigation. While we debate the balance between reporting information and hurting a case, Summer Moo n-Utah Wells remains missing to this day. 

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April Andrews left her home to walk down to a church clothing giveaway but never returned. After being assumed a runaway for years, the sheriff’s department took another look at the case and they now believe this is a criminal case. But they need to find April to move forward. 

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If you know anything call the Benton County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division at (479) 271-1009.  or NCMEC...

An entire family disappeared from Independence, Missouri but it wasn’t reported for 5 months. And then the police determined they were actually on the run and closed the case having never made contact with them. It would take a family member doing her own investigation to get the case reopened. 

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After Patricia Viola disappeared, her husband lobbied to require New Jersey police to enter DNA samples from families of missing persons in CODIS because he knew that would help solve cases. And CODIS was exactly what would bring answers in Pat’s case. 

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If you have information about the suspicious death of Patricia Viola, you can call the Bogota Police Department at (201) 487-2400. 

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When 23 year old Wilma Nissen stopped communicating with her various foster families, they hoped she found a better life somewhere. But the truth was she was a Jane Doe, far from home, and it would take diligent police work and the daughter she left behind to start to put the pieces together. 

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Around Christmas time 2013, investigators in the Arlington, Washington area got notified that a recently arrested car thief wanted to talk to them. He told them he knew about a decade’s old murder that happened on a rural property… a crime the police had no idea even happened. 

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After 18 year old Anjelica Hadsell was reported missing, clues started showing up around town. But were they leading to police closer to the an answer or were they intended to send them in the wrong direction?

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Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph...often against the odds.

In this immersive series from Wondery, host-adventurers Mike Corey and Cassie De Pecol will share thrilling stories of survival. From the daring rescue of a soccer team trapped in an underwater cave in Thailand, to a woman taken hostage by Somali pirates, these stories made headlines around the world...

When Cody Bowles supposedly left town to join a motorcycle gang, it actually sounded like something he would do. But when he stopped contacting his family and didn’t fill his life saving prescriptions, people got worried and soon one mysterious death was uncovered… and then another. 

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Last week we talked about the 1991 deaths of Vicki Arnold and Julie-Anne Leahy, initially ruled a murder suicide. This week, we are going to go through Vicki Arnold’s psychological profile, very serious accusations against Julie Anne’s husband Alan, two more inquest findings, and eventually a suspect no one expected. 

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Two women were found dead in 1991 and the police soon concluded it was a murder suicide. The families did not accept that answer and it took multiple reinvestigations and reviews and 3 coronial inquests for that assumption to be fully challenged. And then, in the end, a surprise suspect emerged that said everyone had it wrong. 

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A parish priest was found dead and a confession quickly came. But what the killer said happened and what the state pieced together were not the same thing and it would be up to a jury to decide if this was manslaughter or was it murder. 

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When an Omaha teenager disappeared outside of her school, the police looked at people she knew as their likely suspects. But when a surprise confession came in, this case ended up in years of legal wrangling only to leave people asking if someone can be wrongfully convicted without being actually innocent. 

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As we know, a motive is not necessary to prove a crime in court. But when the state struggles to come up with one, does it impact the jury’s ability to come to an agreement? 

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When a young mother was found dead in her home in 2006, her family suspected a police coverup but the police were narrowed in on a person of interest. Unfortunately, a decade later, police misconduct was uncovered and even if it wasn’t directly connected to the investigation, it made it only that much harder to find justice for Candace Hiltz.

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Kayla Kelley thought she found the love of her life on a dating app. But red flags started popping up and right as she uncovered his secrets, she disappeared. Modern investigative methods seemingly solved the case, but her boyfriend had one final bizarre story about what really happened. 

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Stephen Douglas was a passionate advocate and nurse working in mental health services. After he was killed by one of his clients, the Coroners Court of New South Wales took a hard look at the case to see if gaps in the system needed to be filled to prevent another tragedy. 

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In 2013, a young man was the last person to visit his grandfather before his grandfather was murdered in bed. In 2016, that same young man was the last person to see his mother alive. Though some say the evidence clearly points to his guilt, others say not so fast. 

If you have any information on the murder of John Chakalos, you can call (860) 688-5273

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