k0710 On a sweltering July day in 1979, a woman collecting cans off an abandoned lot on Niskey Lake Road in Atlanta stumbled upon the unmistakable odor of decomposition. What she found would ignite a reign of terror that would haunt the city for years. The body of 14-year-old Edward Hope Smith, known as Teddy, lay … Read more
After nearly three decades of relentless searching, heartbreak, and unanswered questions, the mystery of what happened to six-year-old Morgan Nick has finally been cracked open. The Arkansas girl vanished from a little league baseball game in Alma on June 9, 1995, and her disappearance haunted a community and a nation. Now, investigators have confirmed that … Read more
A four-year-old girl who watched her mother write her killer’s name in her own blood before dying has finally brought the monster to justice after a 46-year fight for the truth. Heidi Jones-Asay was just a toddler when she found her mother Loretta Jones stabbed 19 times on the floor of their Price, Utah home … Read more
The mother of a five-year-old North Carolina girl has confessed to handing her daughter over to a man to cover a $200 debt, a transaction that ended with the child being raped and murdered, authorities said. Antoinette Davis, 30, admitted to investigators that she gave her daughter, Shania Nicole Davis, to Mario Andrette McNeil, known … Read more
The body of a young girl, believed to be five-year-old Elsie Paroubek, was pulled from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport late Tuesday afternoon, bringing a grim end to a month-long search that had gripped the city. Electrical engineer George T. Scully spotted what he initially thought was a farm animal floating in … Read more
The sun was beginning to set over the quiet suburban streets of Altamonte Springs, Florida, on the evening of April 5, 1996, but for nine-year-old Jessica Knotts, the day was supposed to be simple: wait for her father to return from the store, play in the yard with friends, and prepare for an Easter trip … Read more
The Spokane Police Department has officially closed one of the most haunting chapters in American criminal history, announcing the identification of John Hoff as the man responsible for the 1959 murder of nine-year-old Candice “Candy” Rogers. The case, which remained unsolved for 62 years, stands as one of the longest-running investigations in the nation’s history, … Read more
LIVERPOOL, England — A mother’s momentary loss of attention in a bustling shopping centre has ended in the most appalling criminal case Britain has seen in a generation, as two 10-year-old boys stood trial this week for the abduction, torture and murder of two-year-old James Bulger. The toddler vanished from the Strand shopping centre in … Read more
The 911 call came in at 11:30 p. m. on April 11, 2019, from a neighbor who heard violent yelling and the sound of people striking each other inside a mobile home at the Riverside Mobile Home Park in Wichita, Kansas. The caller, Shannon Higgins, told dispatchers he heard a woman wailing in a way … Read more
Der 26. März 1998 begann für den 13-jährigen Tristan Brübach wie jeder andere Tag – doch er endete in einem der brutalsten und rätselhaftesten Mordfälle der deutschen Kriminalgeschichte. Mehr als zwei Jahrzehnte später tappen die Ermittler immer noch im Dunkeln, während neue Zeugenaussagen und ungelöste Widersprüche den Fall erneut ins Rampenlicht rücken. Die Dokumentation aus … Read more