Going West: True Crime

In January of 1979, a 22-year-old college senior living in Holland, Michigan, disappeared while working at a local hotel. A day later, she was found on the side of the highway in a snowbank, her body revealing a level of violence that stunned investigators. For decades, her case was cold, with rumors, fear, and coerced silence haunting those who had known her. It would take nearly 30 years for the truth to surface. This is the murd...

Since the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe, and the arrest of their alleged killer, Michael McKee, an extradition hearing has taken place, and police and family members have released more information that gives a closer look into what happened on that fateful early morning when two incredible people were ruthlessly taken. Talks of surveillance footage, a found weapon, abuse, and terror have come out, with police now classifying ...

In January of 2023, years of stalking a Portland man turned into a horrific act of murder. Detectives in Oregon were called to the parking garage of an office building after a man was found dead inside his vehicle. At first glance, the scene looked almost like a medical tragedy, but surveillance footage told a darker story, with cameras capturing a masked man coating the security cameras with spray paint hours before the murder too...

Today, an arrest was made for the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe, who were killed on December 30, 2025, in their Columbus, Ohio home. Join us as we get into the new details that have since been released, as well as diving deep into who exactly the suspect is... This is the ongoing story of Monique and Spencer Tepe.

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On December 30, 2025, a 37-year-old Ohio dentist didn’t show up to work, concerning his co-workers. When friends and colleagues checked his family home, alongside police, they sound he and his wife’s bodies inside, both shot to death. Their children and dog remained unharmed in the house, begging the questions: Who did this? And why? These are the murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe.

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In January of 1999, a 28-year-old immigration attorney headed to Starbucks in Washington DC woman after seeing a movie with a friend. But when she didn’t return home that night, her brother reported her missing - a report which was immediately elevated to the FBI due to the nature of her work. Although her body would be found, years of speculation followed, which included government conspiracies, and connections to a murder with a ...

In December of 2023, police in Colorado responded to a quiet neighborhood in Denver for a welfare check after a 43-year-old woman stopped responding to messages. In the weeks prior, she had been consistently stalked, and plagued with vulgar and terrifying texts and emails – some of which included photos of her and her family. When police checked her home and found her brutally murdered inside, they looked harder at phone records an...

In January of 2023, a wife, mother, and real estate executive vanished from suburban Boston while heading to the airport to tend to a work emergency. What unfolded in the aftermath of her disappearance revealed a tangled web of depraved Google searches, her killer’s lengthy criminal history, and at the center: an affair and a life insurance payout. This is the murder of Ana Walshe.

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In December of 2007, a 38-year-old woman was found dead in her Virginia home next to a gun and a typed letter that, at first glance, appeared to be a suicide note. But investigators began to raise questions about the scene she left behind, including whether her body had been moved after her death. If it wasn’t a suicide, then what really happened to her? And who had done it? There were two different people in her life with potentia...

In December of 1975, a 21-year-old college student headed out for a pub drink with a friend before the Christmas holiday. That night, a year and a half after she was attacked inside her sorority by a man wearing a nylon stocking over his face, she was attacked again. But this time she didn’t survive. Before and after her murder, this monster would seemingly attack other students from the same school, leading investigators to wonder...

In December of 2019, a young woman stepped out for a walk on Christmas Day after feeling anxious at a family gathering, and she never returned. Eerily, after she vanished, her recent email to an attorney about being blackmailed surfaced, alongside the suspicion that she had gotten too close to finding the person responsible for her brother’s recent death… Years earlier, another family’s Christmas celebration ended in a chilling dis...

In October of 2021, deputies in Greer, South Carolina, responded to a chilling scene in a suburban home: a 41-year-old woman found lifeless in her living room, surrounded by rose petals, and enveloped in a chemical odor, had been stabbed dozens of times. And what made the case especially unsettling was how unsuspecting her attacker ended up being. This is the murder of Christina Parcell.

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In November of 2005, a 21-year-old dancer was found brutally slain in her New York City apartment. She was ambitious, talented, and chasing her dream of dancing on Broadway, but few knew the obsession, jealousy, and betrayal she faced offstage. And soon, police would find, there was more than one person with a motive to kill her. This is the murder of Catherine Woods.

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In November of 2025, a 22-year-old pregnant Michigan woman went missing under suspicious circumstances mere days before she was set to give birth. This week, two affidavits including a slew of disturbing updates have been released, painting a truly disturbing story of what happened to her. This is the continued story of Rebecca Park.

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In February of 1981, the small town of Brookfield, Connecticut became the stage for one of the strangest murder cases in American history. It began with a haunting, a possession, and a family desperate for help. When violence erupted, it wasn’t just a man who was on trial, it was a man who claimed that he was possessed by the devil himself. This is the murder of Alan Bono, and the alleged possession of his killer, Arne Cheyenne Joh...

In November of 2025, a 22-year-old pregnant Michigan woman went missing under suspicious circumstances while approaching labor. Within weeks of her disappearance, her body was found in the woods, leaving horrific questions behind regarding how she died and where her baby was. Within days, four people close to her would be arrested, two of them with charges concretely related to her murder. But what happened to her? And why? This is...

In November of 1984, the normally safe Long Island village of Lynbrook was gripped in fear when a 16-year-old girl vanished after leaving her job at a local roller rink. What began as a missing persons case would soon reveal a web of lies and false confessions that would haunt the community for decades - with three convictions becoming overturned, and geological DNA bringing real answer. This is the murder of Theresa Fusco.

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In November of 2020, police in Mount Morris, Illinois responded to a report of a house fire, where firefighters would make a grim discovery: the body of a 27-year-old pregnant woman. But as investigators learned that the fire had been an arson, and that neighbors saw a man enter the home shortly before the blaze, a disturbing a shocking suspect came into the picture. This is the murder of Melissa Lamesch.

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In November of 2025, an 18-year-old girl died suspiciously while on a cruise with her family; her body found wrapped in a sheet under her stateroom's bed the morning after she fell ill at dinner. Unfolding now is an intense investigation by the FBI into her murder, her own stepbrother potentially at the top of the suspect list. This is the murder of Anna Kepner.

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