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Case 272 The Annecy Shootings

On September 5 2012, a cyclist driving through the French Alps came upon a shocking scene. Married couple Saad and Iqbal al-Hilli, along with Iqbal’s elderly mother Suhaila al-Allaf, were shot execution-style while sitting in their BMW in a secluded parking spot in the woods surrounding Chevaline. 7-year-old Zainab al-Hilli clung to life on the ground nearby, while 4-year-old Zeena al-Hilli was nowhere to be seen. A local cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, was also fatally shot in the brutal killing spree. 

An international investigation quickly raised more questions than it did answers. What were the victims doing in this isolated area? Had they been targeted as part of some sinister activity or were they killed at random by a lone psychopath?

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Research & writing – Elsha McGill

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Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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VIDEOS

Murder in the Alps – BBC Panorama 

Murder in the Alps – Channel 4 

France shootings were execution style hit  

  BOOKS

The Perfect Crime – Tom Parry

 

ONLINE ARTICLES

How To Get Away With (the Perfect) Murder – GQ

Alps shooting cyclist ‘feared’ attacker still around – BBC 

Saad al-Hilli was keen cyclist and loving father, say neighbours – The Guardian

The Annecy Murders: Brett Martin, the key witness. Interview 2020 – Gunfire Graffiti 

France shootings: Three victims shot in head – BBC 

Shootings at Annecy France: ‘Such a safe, nice place’ – BBC 

Alps shooting: Saad al-Hilli family ‘heartbroken’ – BBC

Wounded girl from Alps massacre told police she saw ‘one bad man’ before returning to Britain – The Daily Mail

French Alps shootings detectives investigate calls to Romania – The Guardian

Girl, 4, tells of ‘terror’ as police search home of massacre family – Independent.ie 

French Alps murders: Al-Hilli passports ‘still missing’ year after British family massacred – The Mirror 

Passports of two victims in French Alps murder missing: prosecutor – Expatica 

Alps murders: French police issue sketch of motorcyclist – The Guardian

Passport of Alps murder victim found in police lab after almost two years – The Telegraph

Alps murders: Man released without charge over 2012 killings – BBC 

French prosecutor says close to solving 2012 murder of British family in Alps – Alarabiya News

French police release man questioned over murder of British-Iraqi family – The Guardian

Orphaned British schoolgirl whose parents were shot dead in the Alps 10 years ago reveals new details about killer as detectives ‘investigate three new suspects’ – The Daily Mail

← Case 271: Bonnie Clarke Case 273: The Beast of Mława →

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual assault, sexual assault/rape ***
When six-year-old Bonnie Clarke is murdered in her bed in the middle of the night just four nights before Christmas in 1982, Melbourne detectives are certain they know who’s responsible: Bonnie’s mother, Marion.

Yet Marion insists an intruder must have broken into their home while she was sleeping. It would take 20 years, two other crimes, and an undercover investigation for the truth to unravel…

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Research & writing – Erin Munro
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Music – Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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Case 271 Bonnie Clarke

*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual assault, sexual assault/rape ***

When six-year-old Bonnie Clarke is murdered in her bed in the middle of the night just four nights before Christmas in 1982, Melbourne detectives are certain they know who’s responsible: Bonnie’s mother, Marion.

Yet Marion insists an intruder must have broken into their home while she was sleeping. It would take 20 years, two other crimes, and an undercover investigation for the truth to unravel…

CREDITS

 

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Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com

Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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DOCUMENTS

R v Clarke (2006) VSCA 43

R v Clarke (2004) VSC 541

R v Clarke (2004) VSC 11

Bonnie Mellisa Clarke: Inquest

Theresa Verity Crowe: Inquest

  BOOKS

Lives of Crime – Gary Tippet & Ian Munro

 

WEBITES

Murderpedia – Malcolm Joseph Thomas Clarke

 

NEWS ARCHIVES

Girl, 6, was stripped and killed – The Age

When a child dies – The Age

Crimes that harden the police – The Age

Man charged over 1980 death – The Age

Man sent for trial over 1980 death – The Age

Man gets 15 years’ jail for killing in Prahran loft – The Age

Crown wins appeal: court increases non-parole period of rapist’s sentence – The Sydney Morning Herald

Solving murder from the archives – The Sunday Age

A killer trapped – The Sunday Age

Covert police methods revealed – The Sunday Age

True Lies – The Sunday Age

How the monster had his evil way – The Herald Sun

 

ARTICLES

Our sweet Bonnie stabbed in her bed: Why it took 22 years for justice – That’s Life

Man found guilty of 20-year-old murder – ABC News

Justice for Bonnie, 22 years on – The Age

Solving murder from the archives – The Age

Bonnie’s killer finally convicted – The Age

← Case 270: Meredith Kercher Case 272: The Annecy Shootings →

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
For 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, spending a year studying in Italy was a dream come true. But within months of arriving in the medieval town of Perugia, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare.

What unravelled next was one of the most polarising murder cases in Italy’s history, with one young American woman at the centre of it all – 22-year-old Amanda Knox.

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Research & writing – Elsha McGill
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Music – Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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Case 270 Meredith Kercher

*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***

For 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher, spending a year studying in Italy was a dream come true. But within months of arriving in the medieval town of Perugia, that dream quickly turned into a nightmare.

What unravelled next was one of the most polarising murder cases in Italy’s history, with one young American woman at the centre of it all – 22-year-old Amanda Knox. 

CREDITS

 

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Research & writing – Elsha McGill

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com

Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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BOOKS

Death in Perugia – John Follian

Meredith – John Kercher 

Waiting to be Heard – Amanda Knox

Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox – Barbie Latza Nadeau

  VIDEOS

Amanda Knox – Netflix

 

ONLINE ARTICLES

DNA on bra links suspect to Kercher – CNN

Robbery linked to Italian killing – Guardian 

Amanda Knox: The Untold Story – CBS News

American Girl, Italian Nightmare – CBS News

Amanda Knox is free because she’s rich and American, says Patrick Lumumba – The Guardian

Nothing Fits – London Review of Books

Testimony in Amanda Knox Trial Disputes Bloody Footprints – ABC News

Amanda Knox arrives home after Meredith Kercher murder acquittal – The Guardian 

Amanda Knox might get the retrial she deserves if anyone considers the facts – The Guardian

Amanda Knox decision explained by Italian court – CNN

Amanda Knox writes essay to mark 10th anniversary of Meredith Kercher murder – The Australian 

Amanda Knox – What’s in a face? – The Guardian 

Amanda Knox’s rights violated in Italy murder probe, ECHR says – BBC News

Orgies, drugs and drunks: city’s reputation tarnished by Knox case – Sydney Morning Herald 

Man who murdered Meredith Kercher released from jail in Italy – The Guardian

Amanda Knox Was Exonerated. That Doesn’t Mean She’s Free – The New York Times

‘I am not a monster, I simply am Amanda,’ says Knox on tearful return to Italy – 9News

Who is Amanda Knox? – The Guardian

 

WEBSITES

The Murder of Meredith Kercher

Injustice in Perugia 

Analysis and implications of the miscarriages of justice of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – Science Direct

The Hellman-Zanetti Report

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*** Content warning: Animal cruelty ***
In May 2021, residents of the affluent Athens suburb of Glyka Nera were left shaken by news of a violent home invasion. Three masked intruders had killed 19-year-old Caroline Crouch as she slept beside her 11-month-old daughter before ransacking the house. 

Caroline’s husband, Babis Anagnostopoulos, was the only witness, but he’d been bound and blindfolded during the attack. The desperate search for those responsible led investigators down a path no one saw coming.

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Case 269 Caroline Crouch

*** Content warning: Animal cruelty ***

In May 2021, residents of the affluent Athens suburb of Glyka Nera were left shaken by news of a violent home invasion. Three masked intruders had killed 19-year-old Caroline Crouch as she slept beside her 11-month-old daughter before ransacking the house. 

Caroline’s husband, Babis Anagnostopoulos, was the only witness, but he’d been bound and blindfolded during the attack. The desperate search for those responsible led investigators down a path no one saw coming.

CREDITS

 

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Research & writing – Milly Raso

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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ARTICLES

Husband of Brit mum tortured to death by burglars tells how he ‘begged’ for their lives as he returns to scene – The Sun

Torturous and slow death of 20-year-old – Dawn

With 11-month-old baby on top of her knocking her awake, the police found Caroline – Proto Thema

Police arrest suspect over murder of Brit mum, 20, during burglary in Greece after he was stopped at border – The Sun

Husband of Brit murdered by burglars reveals agony that their baby will grow up not remembering her mother – The Sun

Husband of British mother murdered in Greece posts moving tribute as police arrest Georgian man on Bulgarian border – Dailymail 

Burglars who murdered Brit mum ‘may never be caught as cops fail to arrest ‘amateur’ gang weeks later, experts fear – The Sun

DNA under Brit mum’s nails could catch killer burglars after she fought back as they strangled her with her t-shirt – The Sun

Hunt for Brit mum’s killers suffers major blow as cops find no DNA under fingernails and still no getaway car – The Sun

Greek husband confesses to suffocating British wife after she ‘vowed to leave with their baby’ – The Sun

Caroline Crouch: five clues that exposed killer husband’s lies from fitness tracker to Brit wife’s pulse monitor – The Sun

Caroline Crouch wrote her heartbreaking diaries in code to secretly record horror abuse at hands of killer husband – The Sun

Caroline Crouch’s heartbreaking diary reveals her ‘misery’ as she wanted to leave ‘killer’ husband for more than a year – The Sun

Caroline Crouch’s parents erase all memory of killer husband from her gravestone after he strangled her and faked burglary – The Sun

Caroline Crouch: her husband’s and murderer’s incredible testimony in court – Keep Talking Greece

Pilot accused of murdering British wife tells Greek court: ‘I ruined my life’ – Sky News

Caroline Crouch’s killer husband has adoring fans who say he’s ‘handsome and dashing’ – The Mirror

Greek pilot accused of murder was controlling, says counsellor – The Guardian

Greek pilot who murdered his British wife, 20, is moved to a tougher prison as it emerges he was previously attacked by inmate ‘wanting to kill him’ in revenge after his friend was wrongly arrested during investigation – Dailymail

Who is Caroline Crouch’s husband Babis Anagnostopoulos and where is he now? – The Sun

How a murderer fooled the world for months – The Guardian

Calls for femicide to become separate crime in Greece mount as two more women killed – The Guardian

 

VIDEOS

Caroline: The Murder That Fooled The World

← Case 268: Colleen Stan (Part 2/2) Case 270: Meredith Kercher →

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*** Content warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***
[Part 2 of 2]
As the years of abuse, torture and confinement to the bed box continued for Colleen Stan, she remained paralysed by her fear of The Company. But one thing changed. Her captors Cameron and Janice Hooker slowly started granting Colleen small privileges, including time outside of their Red Bluff trailer. Did this mean they were finally going to set their slave free?

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Research – Jessica Forsayeth
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Case 268 Colleen Stan

*** Content Warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***

[Part 2 of 2]

As the years of abuse, torture and confinement to the bed box continued for Colleen Stan, she remained paralysed by her fear of The Company. But one thing changed. Her captors Cameron and Janice Hooker slowly started granting Colleen small privileges, including time outside of their Red Bluff trailer. Did this mean they were finally going to set their slave free?

CREDITS

 

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  EPISODE:

Research & writing – Milly Raso

Research – Jessica Forsayeth

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC:

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas

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Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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BOOKS

Perfect Victim – Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

Colleen Stan: The Simple Gifts of Life – Jim B. Green

 

NEWS ARTICLES

Chicoan’s been missing for 5 years – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave suspect linked to Chico case – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave suspect’s link to Chico case detailed in court documents – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave sentence: 104 years in prison – Enterprise-Record

Hooker found guilty of 10 sex slave counts – Enterprise-Record

Sister describes alleged sex-slave victim’s phone call – API

What happened to Marie Elizabeth Spannhake? True ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Story – Newsweek

‘Unsolved Mysteries’: Where is Cameron Hooker now? – Newsweek

 

AUDIO/VIDEO

Unsolved Mysteries Netflix S3Ep8 – The Ghost in Apartment 14

 

OTHER

People v. Hooker (1988)

← Case 268: Colleen Stan (Part 1/2) Case 269: Caroline Crouch →

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*** Content warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***
[Part 1 of 2]
When Colleen Stan’s family received an unexpected phone call from Colleen in June 1980, they were stunned. No one had seen or spoken to Colleen since she hitched a ride to California from her home in Oregon three years earlier. Colleen assured her family that all was well, but they could tell something wasn’t right. What exactly was Colleen Stan trying to hide?

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Research & writing – Milly Raso
Research – Jessica Forsayeth
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Case 268 Colleen Stan

*** Content Warning: Extreme sexual violence, captivity ***

[Part 1 of 2]

When Colleen Stan’s family received an unexpected phone call from Colleen in June 1980, they were stunned. No one had seen or spoken to Colleen since she hitched a ride to California from her home in Oregon three years earlier. Colleen assured her family that all was well, but they could tell something wasn’t right. What exactly was Colleen Stan trying to hide?

CREDITS

 

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Research & writing – Milly Raso

Research – Jessica Forsayeth

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas

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Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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BOOKS

Perfect Victim – Christine McGuire and Carla Norton

Colleen Stan: The Simple Gifts of Life – Jim B. Green

 

NEWS ARTICLES

Chicoan’s been missing for 5 years – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave suspect linked to Chico case – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave suspect’s link to Chico case detailed in court documents – Enterprise-Record

Sex slave sentence: 104 years in prison – Enterprise-Record

Hooker found guilty of 10 sex slave counts – Enterprise-Record

Sister describes alleged sex-slave victim’s phone call – API

What happened to Marie Elizabeth Spannhake? True ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Story – Newsweek

‘Unsolved Mysteries’: Where is Cameron Hooker now? – Newsweek

 

AUDIO/VIDEO

Unsolved Mysteries Netflix S3Ep8 – The Ghost in Apartment 14

 

OTHER

People v. Hooker (1988)

← Case 267: Brian Barrett Case 268: Colleen Stan (Part 2/2) →

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In the spring of 2005, two 18-year-olds met in an online chat room and immediately hit it off. Jessi went by the username TalHotBlond, while her new friend Tommy called himself MarineSniper. It wasn’t long before the two had fallen in love and gotten engaged… But less than a year into their relationship, the romance would be destroyed by a shocking revelation that ultimately led to devastating consequences…

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Case 267 Brian Barrett

In the spring of 2005, two 18-year-olds met in an online chat room and immediately hit it off. Jessi went by the username TalHotBlond, while her new friend Tommy called himself MarineSniper. It wasn’t long before the two had fallen in love and gotten engaged…

But less than a year into their relationship, the romance would be destroyed by a shocking revelation that ultimately led to devastating consequences…

CREDITS

 

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Research & writing – Erin Munro

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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DOCUMENTARIES

Talhotblond

 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Killer in internet love triangle sentenced to 20 years – The Buffalo News

 

ARTICLES

An IM infatuation turned to romance. Then the truth came out – Wired

Web’s killer love triangle – The Daily Beast

A pretend web romance, then a real life murder – New York Times

Tragic online love triangle built on lies – Daily Mail

Online love triangle leads to murder – Nancy Grace transcript

22-year-old New York man murdered after being drawn into internet love triangle – Associated Press

Online love triangle, deception end in murder – ABC News

Internet love triangle – Daily News

Barrett homicide: Family is still healing – Lockport Journal

← Case 266: Circleville Letter Writer Case 268: Colleen Stan (Part 1/2) →

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In March 1977, school bus driver Mary Gillespie started receiving threatening letters delivered to her home in Circleville, Ohio. It wasn’t long before her husband, Ron Gillespie, also received the letters which accused Mary of having an affair with the local school superintendent, Gordon Massie.

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Case 266 Circleville Letter Writer

In March 1977, school bus driver Mary Gillespie started receiving threatening letters delivered to her home in Circleville, Ohio. It wasn’t long before her husband, Ron Gillespie, also received the letters which accused Mary of having an affair with the local school superintendent, Gordon Massie.

When Mary Gillespie found a threatening sign hung from a fence post on her school bus route, she tore it down, only to find a booby trap inside, designed to kill her. Who wanted to target Mary? Investigation of the booby trap pointed to a prime suspect close to home, her brother-in-law Paul Freshour.

CREDITS

 

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Research & writing – Jessica Forsayeth

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

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Audio production – Mike Migas 

Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

  OTHER

Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska

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RESOURCES

A special thank you to author, journalist and private investigator Martin Yant for his assistance in sharing resources for this episode.

 

WEBSITES

Paul Freshour Wife – Circleville Letter Writer Karen Sue Freshour

 

NEWS ARTICLES

It was a day he was sure was his last – Dayton Daily News

Ohioan faces hearing on attempted murder charge – UPI

Columbus area man is charged with attempted aggravated murder – Chillicothe Gazette

New attorneys sought – Chillicothe Gazette

Man admitted – Ohio AP

Pickaway judge waits for medical report – Chillicothe Gazette

Handwriting is linked to accused  – Ohio AP

Freshour trial set – Chillicothe Gazette

‘Booby trap’ trial is set to begin – Chillicothe Gazette

Arguments under way in trial – Chillicothe Gazette

Prosecution continues in trial – Chillicothe Gazette

Jury to get the Freshour trial – Chillicothe Gazette

Freshour given prison term – Chillicothe Gazette

Has the anonymous author of the infamous Circleville letters been unmasked? – CBS News

‘48 Hours’ expert may have solved Circleville letters mystery – Chillicothe Gazette

The Circleville Letters: you’ve got hate mail – CBS News

Circleville Police looking for tips in unsolved 1980 homicide of 25-year-old teacher – abc6

‘Circleville Writer’ vs. ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ – The Ohio Observer

Letters continue raising doubt about convict’s guilt – The Columbus Dispatch

Could a serial killer be responsible for a Circleville elementary teacher’s murder? – 10 WBN

 

AUDIO/VIDEO

Unsolved Mysteries – S07, E06

48 Hours – The Circleville Letters

Whatever Remains Podcast – Circleville Letters, episode one

 

OTHER

State of Ohio vs Paul L. Freshour – Pickaway County Court of Appeals 1985 Case no: 83-CA-32

The Full Story

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For Marea Yann, two things mattered most in life - family and community. When the 69-year-old was found violently bludgeoned to death in her Healesville home, the small Victorian town was left shaken. It seemed impossible that anyone would want to hurt this doting grandmother and dedicated volunteer worker. But as investigators learned more about Marea’s life, it quickly became clear that Marea had been living in fear of one person in particular.

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Case 265 Marea Yann

For Marea Yann, two things mattered most in life – family and community. When the 69-year-old was found violently bludgeoned to death in her Healesville home, the small Victorian town was left shaken. It seemed impossible that anyone would want to hurt this doting grandmother and dedicated volunteer worker.

But as investigators learned more about Marea’s life, it quickly became clear that Marea had been living in fear of one person in particular.

CREDITS

 

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  EPISODE

Research & writing – Elsha McGill

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Narration – Anonymous Host

  MUSIC

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RESOURCES   COURT DOCUMENTS

Prosecution summary of evidence (supplied by the Yann family)

 

VIDEOS

Who Murdered Marea Yann?

 

NEWS ARTICLES

Inquest close to murder answer – Star Mail

Murder victim ‘threatened’ by witch doctor – The Age

Police review cold case murder – Star Mail 

Heartbroken family backs hearsay rule change – The Age

Joseph Unumadu walks free in witchdoctor case – Herald Sun

Our mother deserves better – The Australian 

Family of murdered mother Marea Yann plead for information on Healesville local’s 2003 death as $1 million reward is offered – Sky News 

$1 million reward announced for information on Marea Yann’s murder – Star Mail

 

OTHER

Marea Yann – Victoria Police

Cold Case: Marea Yann – Australian True Crime

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child abuse, suicide, grooming ***
When 14-year-old Andrew Gosden mysteriously disappeared from his home in the UK suburb of Doncaster, evidence emerged to indicate that he’d left of his own free will. But Andrew was a gifted, intellectual teenager who came from a loving and supportive family – not your typical teenage runaway.

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Case 264 Andrew Gosden

*** Content warning: Child victim, child abuse, suicide, grooming ***

When 14-year-old Andrew Gosden mysteriously disappeared from his home in the UK suburb of Doncaster, evidence emerged to indicate that he’d left of his own free will. But Andrew was a gifted, intellectual teenager who came from a loving and supportive family – not your typical teenage runaway.

As the questions began to stack up and the days passed by with no word from Andrew, his worried family were forced to face the unthinkable: had Andrew been lured away and fallen victim to foul play?

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RESOURCES   VIDEOS

Missing Live April 2008 – BBC

The Disappearance of Andrew Gosden – Missing People

 

ONLINE ARTICLES

Family appeals to gay community to find missing son – Pink News

Mystery man plea over missing boy – BBC News

Our last chance of finding runaway son is at Muse gig – The  Mirror

River scan machine used in Andrew Gosden search – BBC News

A perfect son, a model family — so what made him run away? – The Times

Dad’s desperate hunt: Mystery of teenager who got a one way train ticket to London 10 years ago and hasn’t been seen since – The Sun

Family hold vigil to mark ten year anniversary since Doncaster teen went missing – ITV

Devastated dad of missing teen ‘envies’ the parents of murdered kids and longs for police to hand him ‘a bag of bones’ so his misery ends – The Sun

Father of missing boy who is feared to have been sold into a sex gang aged just 14 shares heartbreaking message on what would have been his 29th birthday – Daily Mail

Father of young Yorkshire man missing for 12 years describes ‘endless torture’ over disappearance – Yorkshire Post

Runaway child: ‘How can a kid disappear from the face of the earth?’ – Daily Mail

Fathers search goes on for missing son – Yorkshire Post

‘My son vanished 16 years ago and we don’t know what happened – it’s a living nightmare’ – The Mirror

The Mystery of Missing People: How a 14-year-old boy can vanish in one of the most heavily surveilled countries – iNews

Dad of missing Andrew Gosden’s plea as he marks another Christmas without son – Metro UK

Andrew Gosden: The boy who disappeared – BBC News

Andrew Gosden’s family speak out after two men arrested over disappearance – The Guardian

Interview with Kevin Gosden – ForenSeek

Two men released from investigation into disappearance of Andrew Gosden – South Yorkshire Police

 

OTHER

Help Us to Find Andrew

Missing Andrew Gosden Facebook Page

Missing boy – can you help? – Kerrang

Disappearance of Andrew Gosden – Reddit

Thin Air podcast – Andrew Gosden 

Oak symbolism and meaning – Thorn & Claw

The history of oak trees and why people worshipped them – Plant Me Green

Transport for London

← Case 263: Kim Barry Case 265: Marea Yann →

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When Brian and Beverly Barry returned from a weekend away to discover their 19-year-old daughter Kim was gone, they initially assumed she was out with friends. Then news broke that a body had been found in some bushland south of their home in Wollongong, New South Wales, and it wasn’t long before the truth came out...

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Case 263 Kim Barry

When Brian and Beverly Barry returned from a weekend away to discover their 19-year-old daughter Kim was gone, they initially assumed she was out with friends. Then news broke that a body had been found in some bushland south of their home in Wollongong, New South Wales, and it wasn’t long before the truth came out.

Kim had been murdered and brutally mutilated after a night out with a friend. The crime had all the hallmarks of a gangland slaying… but police soon honed in on an acquaintance of Kim’s named Graham Gene Potter…

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The Stranger You Know – John Suter-Linton

 

DOCUMENTARIES

Headless Body: The Kim Barry Murder – Crime Investigation Australia

 

ARTICLES

How convicted killer Graham Gene Potter evaded authorities for 12 years in a quiet Queensland community – 7news.com.au

After 12 years on the run, man who decapitated teen girl arrested – The Canberra Times

How Graham Potter, Australia’s most wanted man, was spotted at a bottle shop – Daily Mail Australia

Fugitive Graham Potter to be extradited to Victoria – Triple M

Ex-fugitive Graham Potter remanded in custody after being extradited from Queensland – The Age

Graham Potter: Major update in gangland murder plot accused case – news.com.au

Alleged hitman Graham Gene Potter spotted in north Queensland, runs into bush – The Courier Mail

Australia’s most wanted fugitive Graham Gene Potter has been spotted in NSW – news.com.au

Notorious killer Graham Potter seen in Griffith: police – Margaret River Mail

Letters detail how murderer, accused would-be hitman, lives on the run – Sydney Morning Herald

Who’s been harbouring fugitive Graham Potter? – The Age

 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Kim Barry’s night out ends in bizarre death – The Sydney Morning Herald

Effigy bid to trap a killer – The Sydney Morning Herald

Witness says miner and Kim Barry seen in disco – The Sydney Morning Herald

Man sent for trial over killing of Kim Barry – The Sydney Morning Herald

Kim Barry: Accused man tells his story – The Sydney Morning Herald

Forced to see body cut up, court told – The Sydney Morning Herald

Alleged killer dyed hair red, court told – The Sydney Morning Herald

Headless body trial told of night at disco – The Sydney Morning Herald

Man says brother left with Kim Barry – The Sydney Morning Herald

Kim Barry cases: fiancee says accused told her ‘I didn’t do it’ – The Sydney Morning Herald

High court appeal sought in Kim Barry murder case – The Sydney Morning Herald

← Case 262: Samia Shahid Case 264: Andrew Gosden →

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*** Content warning: Domestic violence, sexual assault ***
In Pakistani culture, arranged marriages are common.  So when the parents of Samia Shahid chose a husband for her, Samia agreed to the marriage. Despite being raised in England, Samia took her Pakistani heritage very seriously and would do anything to make her family proud. 

But Samia’s arranged marriage to her first cousin, Choudhry Shakeel, was far from what she expected. Samia was determined to build a better life for herself, but at what cost?

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Case 262 Samia Shahid

*** Content warning: Domestic violence, sexual assault ***

In Pakistani culture, arranged marriages are common. So when the parents of Samia Shahid chose a husband for her, Samia agreed to the marriage. Despite being raised in England, Samia took her Pakistani heritage very seriously and would do anything to make her family proud. 

But Samia’s arranged marriage to her first cousin, Choudhry Shakeel, was far from what she expected. Samia was determined to build a better life for herself, but at what cost?

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RESOURCES   LEGAL DOCUMENTS

State of Punjab v Shahid (Crl.P.28/2017)- Supreme Court of Pakistan (Case Status)

 

NEWS ARTICLES

Collection of archived articles – Pakistan Today

Collection of articles – BBC

Samia Shahid’s father allegedly hoped to use blood money laws to get away with murder – The Guardian

Pray I come back alive – The Sun UK

Pakistan makes ‘honour killings’ punishable by mandatory prison time – The Guardian

Police officer investigating the killing of Samia Shahid arrested – The Guardian

Samia was raped by ex-husband: DNA report – Dawn

Exclusive: We’ve been dragged through hell – Asian Express

 

LEGISLATION

Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (amended, as at 2017)

 

VIDEOS

Murdered for Love? Samia Shahid – BBC

PMQ 18 July 2018 – Facebook, MP Naz Shah

← Case 261: Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick (Part 2/2) Case 263: Kim Barry →

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
[Part 2 of 2]
When nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was abducted from the front of her family’s trailer in Richland County, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns that her kidnapping could be linked to the recent murder of Lexington teenager, Shari Smith. Those fears were confirmed when Shari’s sister Dawn received a chilling phone call directing authorities to Debra May’s body. 

The news that a serial killer was on the loose had South Carolina residents gripped by fear. As the investigation ramped up, a breakthrough clue finally emerged.

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Case 261 Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick

*** Content Warning: Sexual assault ***

[Part 2 of 2]

When nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was abducted from the front of her family’s trailer in Richland County, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns that her kidnapping could be linked to the recent murder of Lexington teenager Shari Smith. Those fears were confirmed when Shari’s sister Dawn received a chilling phone call directing authorities to Debra May’s body. 

The news that a serial killer was on the loose had South Carolina residents gripped by fear. As the investigation ramped up, a breakthrough clue finally emerged.

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COURT DOCUMENTS

State Vs Bell – Appeal

 

VIDEOS

Last Will – Forensic Files 

Cat & Mouse – The FBI Files 

The Smith Sisters – I, Witness

The Execution of Larry Gene Bell – News19 Special Report

 

BOOKS

When a Killer Calls – John Douglas & Mark Olshaker 

Murder in the Midlands – Rita Y Shuler

 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Senseless tragedy – The Columbia Record (6 June 1985)

Rare water diabetes fatal if left untreated – The Columbia Record (6 June 1985)

Coping with the pain – The Columbia Record (26 June 1985)

They could have been anyone’s children – The State (28 June 1985)

Sorting out the rumours – The State (29 June 1985)

Assaults on women part of suspects past – The Charlotte Observer (29 June 1985)

Questions remain after arrest – The State (30 June 1985)

Telephone conversations with Miss Smith’s killer – The State (15 February 1986)

Bell Case History – The State (15 February 1986)

Shari Smith’s last will and testament – The State (16 February 1986)

For the Helmicks, the hardship continues – The State (26 June 1986)

 

OTHER

Survivors of Capital Crimes Don’t Want the Victims to be Forgotten – Prison Fellowship

Diabetes insipidus – Better Health 

SLED’s laboratory wizardry convicts SC kidnap-murderer – Criminal Justice Chronicle

← Case 261: Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick (Part 1/2) Case 262: Samia Shahid →

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
[Part 1 of 2]
When 17-year-old Shari Smith disappeared from the end of her family's driveway in Lexington, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns for her wellbeing. Shari had a rare medical condition that could turn fatal without her medication. 

But any concerns that Shari’s illness could have caused her disappearance were quickly quashed after the Smith family received an odd phone call, prompting the largest manhunt in South Carolina’s history. As the taunting calls continued, the question remained - where was Shari? And was she still alive?

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Case 261 Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick

*** Content Warning: Sexual assault ***

[Part 1 of 2]

When 17-year-old Shari Smith disappeared from the end of her family’s driveway in Lexington, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns for her wellbeing. Shari had a rare medical condition that could turn fatal without her medication. 

But any concerns that Shari’s illness could have caused her disappearance were quickly quashed after the Smith family received an odd phone call, prompting the largest manhunt in South Carolina’s history. As the taunting calls continued, the question remained – where was Shari? And was she still alive?

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COURT DOCUMENTS

State Vs Bell – Appeal

 

VIDEOS

Last Will – Forensic Files 

Cat & Mouse – The FBI Files 

The Smith Sisters – I, Witness

The Execution of Larry Gene Bell – News19 Special Report

 

BOOKS

When a Killer Calls – John Douglas & Mark Olshaker 

Murder in the Midlands – Rita Y Shuler

 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

Senseless tragedy – The Columbia Record (6 June 1985)

Rare water diabetes fatal if left untreated – The Columbia Record (6 June 1985)

Coping with the pain – The Columbia Record (26 June 1985)

They could have been anyone’s children – The State (28 June 1985)

Sorting out the rumours – The State (29 June 1985)

Assaults on women part of suspects past – The Charlotte Observer (29 June 1985)

Questions remain after arrest – The State (30 June 1985)

Telephone conversations with Miss Smith’s killer – The State (15 February 1986)

Bell Case History – The State (15 February 1986)

Shari Smith’s last will and testament – The State (16 February 1986)

For the Helmicks, the hardship continues – The State (26 June 1986)

 

OTHER

Survivors of Capital Crimes Don’t Want the Victims to be Forgotten – Prison Fellowship

Diabetes insipidus – Better Health 

SLED’s laboratory wizardry convicts SC kidnap-murderer – Criminal Justice Chronicle

← Case 260: The Alpine Manor Murders Case 261: Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick (Part 2/2) →

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*** Content warning: Elder abuse ***
The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid-1980s. They were hard-working, enthusiastic and well-liked. But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor began telling the staff that their lives were in peril. When those same residents began to pass away, their deaths were put down to natural causes. Was it old age that killed these residents? Or was there a more sinister explanation?

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Case 260 The Alpine Manor Murders

*** Content warning: Elder abuse ***

The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid 1980s. They were hard working, enthusiastic and well-liked.

But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor began telling the staff that their lives were in peril. When those same residents began to pass away, their deaths were put down to natural causes. Was it old age that killed these residents? Or was there a more sinister explanation?

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Forever and Five Days – Lowell Cauffiel

 

ARTICLES

Killings of elderly said to be ‘for fun’ – Detroit Free Press

‘She could do it again’: Alpine Manor killer released from prison – woodtv.com 

Alpine Manor Nursing Home killer granted parole – woodtv.com

Nursing home investigation pains family – Associated Press

Ex-nurses aide convicted of 5 murders – Associated Press

Care givers? – Lansing State Journal

Nursing home deaths called difficult to prove as murder – Detroit Free Press

Ex-nurses aide gets 20-40 year sentence – Associated Press

 

AUDIO/VIDEO

Alpine Manor victims families will fight to keep killer in prison – WoodTV8

 

OTHER

Adult abuse and neglect

Michigan Legislature – Section 333.21720a

← Case 259: Jamie Lavis Case 261: Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick (Part 1/2) →

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*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual abuse ***
When eight-year-old Jamie Lavis failed to return home on Monday, May 5 1997, his family quickly raised the alarm. Soon, it seemed as though all of Greater Manchester was searching for the missing boy – including a bus driver named Darren Vickers...

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Case 259 Jamie Lavis

*** Content warning: Child victims, child sexual abuse ***

When eight-year-old Jamie Lavis failed to return home on Monday, May 5 1997, his family quickly raised the alarm. Soon, it seemed as though all of Greater Manchester was searching for the missing boy – including a bus driver named Darren Vickers, who came forward to say he’d seen Jamie on his bus that day. The 27-year-old bus driver quickly became one of the Lavis family’s biggest supporters, but investigators were suspicious of him from the very beginning…

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The Ultimate Betrayal: The Case of Jamie Lavis – Truly Criminal

Real Crime: Crocodile Tears – RealCrimeUK

Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son: The Murder of Jamie Lavis

 

ARTICLES

Bus driver ‘lured boy to his death’ – The Guardian

Mother denies affair with man accused of murdering her son – The Guardian

Truly wicked: bus driver who abused and killed little Jamie gets life – The Mirror

Chilling image that gives away boy’s killer – Manchester Evening News

Life sentence for long-term inmate’s prison hammer attack on child killer – The Northern Echo

Convicted killer in dramatic confession – BBC News

Bus driver gets life for boy’s murder – The Guardian

‘He should never be released’ – Manchester Evening News

Bus driver ‘ruffled murdered boy’s hair’ – BBC News

 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

The last picture – Evening Mail 

Mother still hopes for ‘loveable little rogue’ – The Guardian

‘Did you kill Jamie?’ police ask bus driver – The Birmingham Post

Shallow grave may hold missing boy – The Guardian

Police fear the worst in search for Jamie – The Daily Telegraph

Police search for boy’s body – Cambridge Evening News

‘Grave’ tip-off in Jamie Hunt – Evening Post

Police hunt for grave of Jamie in TV tip-off – The Birmingham Post

Hunt goes on for Jamie – Birmingham Evening Mail

Bus driver and family arrested in Jamie case – The Birmingham Post

Six arrested over missing boy – The Guardian

Jamie police release six – Liverpool Echo

Man held on missing boy – Birmingham Evening Mail

Bus driver charged over boy – The Guardian

Missing Jamie: body found on golf course – Cambridge Evening News

Jamie’s death: man is charged – Burton Mail

Man charged with murder of Jamie, 8 – Cambridge Evening News

Bus driver accused of boy’s murder – Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph

Funeral for boy – Evening Post

Bus driver befriended boy victim, court told – Birmingham Evening Mail

Busman ‘groomed boy for murder’ – The Birmingham Post

Driver killed boy who spent day on his bus, says QC – The Daily Telegraph

Bus driver killed Jamie then helped in search for body – Daily Record

Life for little Jamie’s killer – Evening Standard

Life for killer who wept on TV for Jamie – Daily Record

Driver accused of child killing had an affair with victim’s mother, court told – The Birmingham Post

Bus driver gets life for boy’s murder – The Guardian

Life for twisted driver who seduced and killed toddler – The Birmingham Post

Driver gets life for murder – Evening Post

Life for bus driver who lured Jamie to his death – The Daily Telegraph

Mum’s agony at sex killer’s lies – The Sunday People

Killer jailed for life finally confesses – The Daily Telegraph

← Case 258: Kay Mortensen Case 260: The Alpine Manor Murders →

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On November 16 2009, a 911 call was placed to the Utah County Sheriff’s Department by 34-year-old Pamela Mortensen. According to Pamela, her father-in-law Kay Mortensen was brutally murdered in his own home...

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After a routine check on suspicious activity turns to tragedy for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz, Fox Lake locals struggle to come to grips with the loss of their hero cop. A statewide manhunt ensues, but when the perpetrators aren’t immediately apprehended, the question is raised - could this have been a targeted attack?

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*** Content warning: Crimes against children, child abuse, domestic abuse, alcoholism ***
On April 27 1964, young mother Dora Fronczak was in her hospital bed feeding her one-day-old son, Paul, when a nurse entered the room and said she had to take Paul back to the nursery. Dora handed her baby over, and the nurse hurried out of the room. Still carrying baby Paul, the nurse fled the hospital through a rear entrance and disappeared into Chicago’s city streets.

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When 52-year-old German farmer Rudolf Rupp failed to return home from a night out drinking in the town of Neuburg an der Donau, several questions were raised. Had Rudolf accidentally driven into the nearby Donau River? Had he taken his own life? Or was he the victim of something more sinister? 

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*** Content warning: child victim ***
On the afternoon of January 14, 2012, 15-year-old Winsie Hau was attacked with a knife by a 14-year-old boy. Winsie's father was also attacked, and while he survived his injuries, Winsie did not. 

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*** Content warning: child victim, sexual assault ***
When Rajesh and Nupur Talwar went to wake their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi on the morning of Friday, May 16 2008, the couple were shocked to find her brutally murdered in her bed.

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*** Content warning: serial rapist and killer, sexual assault, stalking ***
When Melbourne women Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis and Nicole Patterson were found brutally murdered in the late 1990s, police didn’t immediately link the crimes. The killer left behind no incriminating evidence, indicating he was an experienced offender who knew how to beat the system. Little did investigators know, the story began almost 30 years earlier, when a 15-year-old boy knocked on his neighbour’s door and asked to borrow a knife.

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*** Content warning: Child victim, animal cruelty ***
When single mother Nadja Medley met an older man named Mike Bullinger, she finally found happiness after a difficult few years. As well as being a fun, kind-hearted partner, Mike was a wonderful father figure to Nadja’s 14-year-old daughter Payton. In May 2017, the three of them moved from Ogden, Utah, to a farmhouse Mike had just bought in Caldwell, Idaho.

But when a woman by the name of Cheryl Baker arrived unannounced at the property one day, tragedy ensued.

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*** Content warning: Mental illness, stalking, gun violence ***
Amy Boyer was a popular teen in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her life was busy between school, work and social commitments. Full of joy and love, Amy naturally drew in those around her – including a troubled young man named Liam Youens.

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*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
When trainee nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans failed to return to work in Sydney after a holiday around Australia in 1974, fears arose that they could have fallen victim to the so-called Gold Coast Hitchhiker Murderer. But when a discovery is made in the rural town of Murphy’s Creek years later, an even more disturbing possibility emerges...

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*** Content warning: Gun violence ***
When 41-year-old Abraham Shakespeare won the 30 million dollar Florida Lottery prize, his underprivileged life changed overnight. Yet, he quickly realised his newfound wealth was a curse. Despite showing limitless charity, he became demoralised by the pressure and expectations thrust upon him by those seeking his money...

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In the summer of 1980, Theodosius Glukharev received a series of harrowing deliveries to his home in Kishinev, Soviet Moldova. The contents ultimately unravelled the murders of three women – Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova...

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*** Content Warning: child victim ***

After grieving father Jean-Marie Villemin takes revenge for his son’s death into his own hands, the investigation into Grégory Villemin’s death takes a series of unexpected turns.

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[Part 1 of 2]
*** Content Warning: child victim ***

The extended Villemin family lived in the Vosges region of north-eastern France. From 1981, several members of the family started to receive anonymous, threatening phone calls from a mysterious caller they eventually labelled The Crow.

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When married mother of two, Sherri Papini, goes missing near her home in Redding, California, the community is gripped by fear. Suspicion immediately falls on Sherri’s husband, Keith Papini, but an even darker theory emerges – what if Sherri was the victim of a human trafficking ring?

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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On April 5 2008, 10-year-old Engla Höglund went missing while cycling home from soccer practice near the small Swedish town of Stjärnsund. As news spread, a witness came forward who had captured Engla in a photograph just moments before she disappeared.

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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On April 14 1973, the Kennedy family awoke in their Ipswich, Queensland unit to discover the unthinkable. 16-month-old Deidre Kennedy was missing from her cot, having been abducted by an intruder overnight.

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*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 7 1982, residents of the tiny Alaskan fishing village of Craig noticed smoke across the harbour. A fishing vessel was on fire. It belonged to successful Washington fisherman Mark Coulthurst, who was travelling with his wife Irene, their two children, Kimberley and John, and four teenage deckhands: Dean Moon, Michael Stewart, Jerome Keown and Chris Heyman.

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On February 10 1993, East Sussex police were summoned to conduct a welfare check at the Wadhurst cottage of newlyweds, Harry and Nicola Fuller. What they found inside left the tight-knit community in shock.

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