15-year-old Rachel‘s murder was turned into a movie.
On the 28th of February, 1999, Rachel Barber’s family spent the evening together, not knowing that it would be their last. Rachel spoke to someone unknown on the phone. The following day, her father, Michael Barber, gave her a ride to the tram stop, promising to be back by 6:15 p.m to bring her home. Rachel never showed up.
Her body was buried in a shallow grave; her babysitter was arrested.
Rachel was a 15-year-old model and dance student with dreams of performing in musicals. She was a natural beauty. She was popular at school and in a steady relationship…
Her mother was nearly decapitated with a samurai sword.
The first of March, 2008, was a devastating night for the town of Emory, Texas. A daughter turned against her family and planned the massacre of four of her family members. The crime was covered up with flames as their home burnt down with their bodies still inside.
Only one of them survived.
Homeschooled, 16-year-old Erin Caffey found a new love interest in a boy she had met at her job as a waitress at Sonic. Charlie Wilkinson was an 18-year-old high school senior, known for being hotheaded, but with no prior criminal record. …
And the sheriff could be covering it up.
On the 7th of July, 2013, three friends took a turn down a dead-end road; two of them were never seen again. Molly Miller’s phone made a call to emergency services on July 8th at 12:57 a.m. When the dispatcher answered, the call was silent. The vehicle they were riding in was discovered deserted in a field two weeks later, but the friends were nowhere to be found.
Molly was an athlete in high school, participating in dance, basketball, and softball. She was studying to become a nurse. In her spare time, she loved to read and write. She had…
“Who killed Leah Hickman?”
The identity of Leah Hickman’s murderer remains unknown. She vanished just before Christmas and was found several days later, her body hidden where no one would think to look. The last time her father had spoken with her was on her birthday, just a few weeks before her death.
This would be the very last time he would ever speak with his daughter.
The memory of Leah Hickman is displayed in a blue hue across the community of Huntington, West Virginia. After all, it was her favorite color. …
A possible sexual motive led to the beating death of 16-year-old Louise Smith.
On the 21st of May, 2020, a burnt body was found lying abandoned in Havant Thicket, Hampshire. Only 13 days after she had disappeared, 16-year-old Louise Smith was found dead and unidentifiable. She had substantial injuries to her face and head.
Her killer was revealed to be someone Louise should have been able to trust.
Louise was described by her family as “smiley and generous,” a typical teenager, hanging out with friends and spending time outdoors. She loved animals so much she had been studying to become a veterinary nurse. She also dreamed of being a mother one day. …
Her killer awaits execution as the only woman on Tennessee’s death row.
Asmall part of Colleen Slemmer’s body remains locked up in evidence until the day Christa Pike dies. Christa bludgeoned and mutilated her classmate, then joyfully celebrated what she had done to 19-year-old Slemmer. For almost an hour, Colleen was stabbed, kicked, and beaten to death. As her body convulsed on the ground, her killer leaned in and uttered the words, “Colleen, do you know who’s doing this to you?’’
There was no reply.
Slemmer’s mother, May Martinez, fights every day for the memory of her daughter. Randy York, lead Knoxville Police Investigator at the time of Colleen’s death, still keeps…
Text messages sent to his mom claim he was murdered, but law enforcement disagrees
On the night of June 7, 2017, 19-year-old Tanner Ward gave his beautiful daughter a kiss goodbye and left to visit his friend, Jeremiah. His mother asked if he planned on being home for dinner. “I’m only gonna be gone 30 minutes, go ahead and fix a piece for me,’” Tanner replied.
But he never made it home to eat the meal she cooked for him.
Tanner Ward was a great father and had a lot to live for. His sister, Kelsey Ward, says her brother loved his fiancé and would do anything for her. His teenage years had been…
CCTV captured his movements on the night he vanished
Alan Jeal’s washed-up body was found on Perranporth Beach with a pair of headphones and a single sock stuffed inside his mouth. He had injuries to the head, chest, and hands and there were signs indicating he might have drowned. Mystery surrounds his last moments, captured in a series of CCTV recordings.
His case has been ruled suspicious and his death goes unsolved to this day.
Alan Jeal was adopted as a child, along with his brother, Derek, and sister, Linda, and they grew up together in Cornwall. He many passions, including reading, online gaming, cars, beekeeping, and mineral collecting…
Their killer gets married, fathers a baby while in prison and is featured on a reality tv show!
Alan Lyndell Wade and codefendants Tiffany Ann Cole, Michael James Jackson and Bruce Kent Nixon buried their victims in a pre-dug shallow grave and left them to die beneath the shoveled earth. They were later convicted of robbery, kidnapping and murder. Retired couple, Reggie and Carol Sumner were only 61 years old when they died.
Carol and Reggie met in high school but it wouldn’t be until later in life when they would fall in love. After serving time in the Navy, Reggie got married and found work with the railroad. …
She posted on her social media, “I’m planning your funeral!!”
The last night of Kuston Johnson’s life ended with him taking his final breaths in front of his friends on the bathroom floor. After a trial full of inconsistencies, his girlfriend of three years was convicted of his murder. But she claims she stabbed him in self-defense. With a lack of accurate information online about what really occurred, it is difficult to say what truly happened during the remaining moments of Johnson’s life.
Kuston Johnson was only 36 years old when he died on the 10th of September, 2015, in his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was punctured in…
Rivy Lyon
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