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Cover image for The Handsome Devil's Trail: The Brutal Double Homicide in Cape Coral
Homicide Cape Coral, Florida

The Last Normal Moment The night of Sunday, October 6, 2019, began like any other in the vibrant social scene of Fort Myers, Florida. Kristine Melton, a beloved 35-year-old waitress, was enjoying an evening out with a friend, Stephanie Sailors, at a local bar known as Buddah…

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Ongoing Billings Senior High School, Billings, Montana

The Final Bell and the Sound of Chaos January 13, 2026, began as a routine winter day at Billings Senior High School in Billings, Montana. Students attended classes as usual and prepared for after-school activities and upcoming finals. Snow and cold marked the season outside, wh…

Cover image for Midnight in Del Rio: The Night a Child Survived a Serial Killer
Homicide Del Rio, Texas

The Sleepover That Turned Silent New Year’s Eve 1999 ended quietly in Del Rio, Texas. Inside a family home, five children had gathered for a birthday sleepover at the residence of thirteen-year-old Katie Harris. Among them were ten-year-old Krystal Surles and her seven-yea…

Cover image for The Valentine’s Day Execution: Survival, Irony, and the Subway Murders
Cold Case

A Quiet Night Turns Deadly in Littleton, Colorado The early morning hours of Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2000, should have marked the end of an ordinary work shift for 15-year-old Nicholas “Nick” Kunselman. Instead, they became the final moments of his life&m…

Cover image for A Late Night Silence in Franklin Township - Dee Ann Warner
Homicide Franklin Township (Lenawee County), Michigan

A Late Night Silence in Franklin Township The sprawling farmland of Lenawee County, Michigan, is defined by its predictable rhythms and tight-knit agricultural community. In late April 2021, that predictability shattered when Dee Ann Warner, a 52-year-old mother and successful b…

Cover image for The 1,200-Mile Drift: The Disappearance of Jacob Cabinaw
Missing

The 1,200-Mile Drift: The Disappearance of Jacob Cabinaw On the evening of March 31, 2010, Jacob "Jake" Cabinaw finished a typical day in Traverse City, Michigan. After completing his shift as a mechanic and playing a round of disc golf with a friend at Hickory Hills, the 31-yea…

Cover image for Skylar Neese Left Her Window Open and Never Came Home
Homicide Greene County, Pennsylvania

THE FRIENDS WHO WALKED HER INTO THE WOODS The Night She Was Supposed to Come Back Shortly after midnight on July 6, 2012, Skylar Annette Neese left her family’s apartment in Star City, West Virginia. A security camera recorded Skylar climbing out of her bedroom window and…

Cover image for THE VOID IN THE BRICK CITY: THE SEARCH FOR CLARA KATE COMER
Missing Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri

THE ECHO OF THE BRICK STREETS The city of Fulton, Missouri, is often defined by its permanence. As the seat of Callaway County, it is a place where history is literally underfoot, with miles of streets still paved in the signature brick that gave the town its nickname. It is a c…

Cover image for The Vault of Lost Souls: The Desecration of Mount Moriah
Ongoing Yeadon, Philadelphia, Ephrata, and Plains Township, PA

The Bone Collector of Mount Moriah: A Nightmare in the Vaults The silence of Mount Moriah Cemetery is not the peaceful hush of a well-tended garden, but the heavy, suffocating weight of a century and a half of neglected history. Spanning the border of Southwest Philadelphia and …

Cover image for THE MORNING LINDA BROWN VANISHED: A CPS TEACHER STILL MISSING IN CHICAGO [FOUND]
Solved Chicago, Illinois, Bronzeville area

THE MORNING LINDA BROWN VANISHED: A CPS TEACHER STILL MISSING IN CHICAGO The Day the Routine Broke On January 3, 2026, Linda Kathleen Brown, a 53-year-old Chicago Public Schools special education teacher, disappeared in Chicago. She was last publicly reported in the Bronzevill…

Cover image for Moms of Truth, House of Horrors: The Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt Case
Unspecified Ivins, Utah

It was a warm August morning in the quiet desert town of Ivins, Utah when a frantic 12 year old boy appeared at a neighbor’s doorstep, pale and trembling. He had crawled out of a window of a lavish home down the street and now begged for food and water. The neighbor gasped …

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Missing Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee

The Vanishing of Sebastian Rogers In the hush of a Hendersonville neighborhood on February 26, 2024, the Rogers family awoke to a nightmare. Fourteen-year-old Sebastian Wayne Drake Rogers had simply disappeared from his home. The previous day had been unremarkable: Sebastian spe…

Cover image for Cascade Tragedy: When Three Sisters Never Returned
Homicide Chelan County (Rock Island Campground area), Washington

Cascade Tragedy: When Three Sisters Never Returned A Promised Return On a quiet Friday afternoon in late May 2025, 32-year-old Travis Caleb Decker, a former U.S. Army infantry soldier, arrived at his ex-wife Whitney’s home in Wenatchee Valley. It was May 30, and he had co…

Cover image for Christmas Nightmare: The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
Homicide Boulder, Colorado, USA

Christmas Nightmare: The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey The Morning the Ransom Note Appeared Christmas night in Boulder, Colorado ended quietly. Wrapping paper littered the floor, toys sat half-assembled, and a six-year-old girl slept in her bed after a full day of c…

Cover image for She Stepped Off the Bus and Vanished: Deeanna Marie Erickson
Missing Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Last Stop, No Destination The Night Deeanna Disappeared On June 6, 2025, Deeanna Marie Erickson was last seen in Calgary, Alberta. The final confirmed sighting occurred at approximately 11:11 p.m., when she exited a city bus near a Shoppers Drug Mart in the community of Walden.…

Cover image for Betrayal by Blood: The East Ridge Decapitation
Homicide East Ridge, Tennessee (Greenslake Road)

Betrayal by Blood: The East Ridge Decapitation A Father’s Final Visit In the suburban calm of East Ridge, Tennessee, a routine family evening took a sudden and horrific turn. In mid-December 2024, neighbors on Greenslake Road were drawn outside by the sight of a young man…

Cover image for Vanished on New Year’s Eve: The Search for Johnathan Boley
Ongoing Jasper, Walker County, Alabama

Vanished on New Year’s Eve: The Search for Johnathan Boley A Holiday Visit Takes a Dark Turn The morning of December 31, 2025, began like any other festive holiday for one Walker County family. Four-year-old Johnathan Everett Boley was in rural Jasper, Alabama, visiting h…

Cover image for The Guardians Who Didn’t Give Him Back: Jasper Michael Spears
Missing

The Guardians Who Didn’t Give Him Back: The Disappearance of Jasper Michael Spears The Hospital Visit That Started Everything Jasper Michael Spears was born on November 6, 2023, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His birth required an emergency cesarean section, but according to …

Cover image for Buena Vista Ambush: The Allegations Against Kaila E. Partlo
Homicide Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan

Buena Vista Ambush: The Allegations Against Kaila E. Partlo The Ride That Turned Into a Trap On an autumn afternoon in late October, a car traveled from Oakland County toward Saginaw County carrying an adult woman and two teenage boys. What investigators would later allege is t…

Cover image for KAYLEIGH SLUSHER: THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE FREEZER
Homicide Napa, California

KAYLEIGH SLUSHER: THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE FREEZER A Welfare Check Reveals a Nightmare On a quiet Saturday afternoon in Napa, California, two police officers rapped on the door of Apartment 28 with growing unease. It was February 1, 2014, and they were there to perform a welfare …

Cover image for Bill Rundle and Traci Kenley: The Drive That Never Ended
Homicide Nebraska

The Jeep That Never Came Back August 17, 2000: A Routine Drive That Broke Time On August 17, 2000, Bill Rundle and Traci Kenley left together in Bill’s Jeep for what should have been a normal drive across rural Nebraska. The plan sounded simple: a short trip from the area…

Cover image for Hidden Identity: The Long Flight of Margo Freshwater
Solved Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida (United States)

Hidden Identity: The Long Flight of Margo Freshwater In the mid‑1960s a young woman from Ohio became entangled in a crime spree that spiraled out of control. Born in Columbus and raised in a working‑class family, Margo Freshwater was described by classmates as a tomboy and a…

Cover image for Vanishing of the Skelton Brothers: A Thanksgiving Mystery
Missing Morenci, Michigan (search area extended into northwest Ohio)

Vanishing of the Skelton Brothers: A Thanksgiving Mystery A Thanksgiving Weekend Disappearance In the small farming community of Morenci, Michigan, the long Thanksgiving weekend of 2010 should have been a chance for families to celebrate. Tanya Zuvers and her ex‑husband John …

Cover image for Lanterns Over Wisconsin: The Digital Trail of Nikki Vanderheyden's Last Walk
Homicide Brown County, Wisconsin (Bellevue field and areas around Green Bay and Ledgeview)

Lanterns Over Wisconsin: The Digital Trail of Nikki Vanderheyden's Last Walk Nicole “Nikki” Vanderheyden spent the evening of May 20 2016 laughing with friends in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She had given birth to her youngest son six months earlier and rarely got nights o…

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Homicide Detroit, Michigan

Vanished After the Bus Stop: A Detroit Afternoon That Changed Everything On January 9, 2024, a thirteen-year-old girl stepped off her school bus on Detroit’s east side, wearing a bright Rugrats coat and clear-framed glasses. It was an ordinary weekday afternoon, the kind t…

Cover image for A Thanksgiving Dream Turned Nightmare: The Joseph Rose Mystery
Homicide Asheville, North Carolina

A Thanksgiving Dream Turned Nightmare: The Joseph Rose Mystery A Free Spirit Goes Missing The mountains around Asheville were painted in late autumn colors when Joseph Rose promised his family he would join them for the Thanksgiving holiday in 2025. Joseph was 18 years old and …

Cover image for The Torture and Murder of Vera Jo Reigle – Findlay, Ohio (2011)
Homicide Near railroad tracks in Findlay, Ohio

The Crime in Full: What Happened to Vera Jo Reigle Vera Jo Reigle’s murder was not a sudden act of rage. It was the final step in a long pattern of abuse, manipulation, and control that spanned years — and it unfolded in full view of other adults, authorities, and sy…

Cover image for Bus Ride into Darkness: The Disappearance of Gabby Terrelonge
Missing Orlando, Florida

Bus Ride into Darkness: The Disappearance of Gabby Terrelonge Lost After the Bus Ride Gabrielle Patricia "Gabby" Terrelonge was a lively 10‑year‑old girl from Broward County who loved to dance and had dreams as bright as her smile. She was known for her playful spirit and f…

Cover image for The House Party Horror: The Hadley Family Murders
Homicide Port St. Lucie, Florida

The House Party Horror: The Hadley Family Murders Where a Party Became a Crime Scene Port St. Lucie was the kind of place where children rode their bikes until dusk and neighbors gathered on porches at night. Blake and Mary‑Jo Hadley fit right in. Blake spent decades at the l…

Cover image for Joel Rifkin: New York’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
Homicide Long Island, New York

Joel Rifkin: New York’s Most Prolific Serial Killer A Routine Stop Unmasks a Monster In the early hours of June 28, 1993, two state troopers patrolling Long Island noticed a pickup truck with no license plate cruising down the Southern State Parkway. When they signaled th…

Cover image for DAWSON CAIN ZAMORA: THE TODDLER WHO DIDN’T MAKE IT HOME 🕯️💔
Homicide McKinney, Texas (Collin County)

DAWSON CAIN ZAMORA: THE TODDLER WHO DIDN’T MAKE IT HOME What Happened This is one of those cases that sits in your chest and doesn’t leave. Dawson Cain Zamora was only three years old. According to publicly reported information and statements shared by his father, …

Cover image for A LIVESTREAMED STANDOFF: THE WARREN, MICHIGAN FACEBOOK LIVE HORROR
Homicide Warren, Michigan

A Livestreamed Standoff: The Warren, Michigan Facebook Live Horror Case Story What began as an ordinary early morning in Warren, Michigan turned into something no one watching will ever forget. In the pre-dawn hours, a Facebook Live video began circulating rapidly across socia…

Cover image for THE LOST TRAIL OF LILLY AND JACK SULLIVAN
Missing Nova Scotia, Canada

A Quiet Morning That Never Should Have Become a Nightmare There are some cases that crack a community straight down the center—cases that make people question everything they thought they knew about safety, family, and how quickly life can shatter. The disappearance of six…

Cover image for The 87th Street Murders: The Brandon Joseph Gonzales Case
Homicide Odessa, Texas

THE 87TH STREET TRAGEDY: A FAMILY SHATTERED IN ODESSA What happened inside that quiet Odessa apartment on 87th Street wasn’t just another headline — it was the kind of story that rips a hole straight through a community. A mother and two innocent children lost their …

Cover image for “I Wanted Her to Die”: The Cedar Springs Case of Ryleigh and Leo Whitehead
Homicide Cedar Springs, Michigan

A Little Girl Who Kept “Having Trouble Breathing” On paper, it starts like so many child-death stories do: a 911 call, a panicked report of a toddler who’s not breathing, sirens racing toward a quiet street in a small Michigan town. On September 3, 2025, first…

Cover image for Moscow’s Nightmare: The Idaho Four Student Murders Case File
Homicide 1122 King Road, Moscow, Idaho. Off-campus rental home near the University of Idaho campus

Moscow’s Nightmare: The Idaho Four Student Murders A Crime That Shattered a College Town In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, a quiet college town awoke to unthinkable horror. Four University of Idaho students were found brutally slain in their off-campus home…

Cover image for The Boy in the Dishwasher: The Unanswered Death of Christopher Aaron Morris
Unsolved Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls / Burkburnett area, Texas

The Boy in the Dishwasher: The Unanswered Death of Christopher Aaron Morris The Day Everything Changed on Sheppard Air Force Base On paper, September 25, 2000 should have been an ordinary fall break Monday on Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. Kids were off school…

Cover image for THE BOY WHO NEVER GOT TO GROW UP: THE STORY OF GANNON STAUCH
Homicide Lorson Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado

THE BOY WHO NEVER GOT TO GROW UP There are some cases that change something inside you the moment you learn their details—cases that rearrange the air in your lungs, cases that sit heavy in your chest long after you stop reading, cases where you find yourself staring at a …

Cover image for Lost In The Routine: The Disappearance of Devlin Tait
Missing Lake Odessa, Michigan

Lost In The Routine: The Disappearance of Devlin Tait Important note to family, friends, and community members:This case file is built from publicly available information and community conversation. Some family relationships are not clearly labeled in official reporting. Out of …

Cover image for The Delphi Murders: The Tragic Case of Abby Williams and Libby German
Unsolved Delphi, Indiana — Carroll County, along the Monon High Bridge Trail in Deer Creek Township

A Fateful Walk on the Monon High Bridge On February 13, 2017, Delphi, Indiana was forever changed. Best friends Abigail “Abby” Williams (13) and Liberty “Libby” German (14) had a day off from school and decided to spend the unseasonably warm afternoon hik…

Cover image for 💕 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 13-YEAR-OLD WYNTER WAGONER
Solved Orlando, Kentucky

The Disappearance of Wynter Wagoner Thirteen-year-old Wynter Nicole Wagoner didn’t vanish in a dramatic, headline-grabbing moment. She slipped out of the world quietly, with no confirmed witnesses, no clear final sighting, and no solid explanation. What began as a standard…

Cover image for HIDDEN IN A TRUNK: THE DEATH OF CELESTE RIVAS HERNANDEZ
Ongoing Los Angeles, California

HIDDEN IN A TRUNK: THE DEATH OF CELESTE RIVAS HERNANDEZ A missing 15-year-old girl. A world-famous musician. A Tesla left on a quiet street in the Hollywood Hills, baking in the summer heat while a family miles away kept begging anyone who would listen to help find their daughte…

Cover image for The Disappearance of 9-Year-Old Melodee Buzzard: A Cross-Country Road Trip, Disguises, and Unanswered Questions
Homicide Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California

The Disappearance of 9-Year-Old Melodee Buzzard: A Cross-Country Road Trip, Disguises, and Unanswered Questions Status: Missing / At-Risk Child (Active Investigation) Jurisdiction: Santa Barbara County, California (primary) Investigating Agencies: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, FBI, Child Protective Services (CPS) Case Overview Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard was reported missing on Tuesday, October

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