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…
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…
Two school friends completely vanish without a trace
The community of Singapore will never forget the case of the “Missing McDonald’s Boys” as they have kept their story on the forefront ever since they disappeared in 1986. Toh Hong Huat and Keh Chin Ann, both twelve years old at the time, vanished into thin air. When the fast-food restaurant giant, McDonald’s, posted a reward for $100,000 to entice people to come forward with information about the location of the boys, the moniker “Missing McDonald’s Boys” stuck.
The parents of Toh Hong Huat and Keh Chin Ann have had to live for over three decades without knowing what has…
There are still bodies out there and only The Green River Killer knows where they are
With 49 confirmed victims, he is known as the most prolific serial killer in United States history. Ted Bundy’s confessed body count was 36, Jeffery Dahmer’s was 17, Richard Ramirez was charged for 13 murders, and BTK claimed 10 victims. By his own admission, Gary Ridgway says there conceivably are many more bodies buried in the remote landscape of Washington, waiting to be uncovered and, at long last, brought home to their families.
Green River Discovery
In the year of 1982, while rafting on the Green River of Seattle, a man stumbled upon three dead bodies floating in the water. Police arrived at…
Could “Bridge Guy” be responsible for the deaths of Lyric and Elizabeth five years prior?
He’s killed before. He is likely to do it again. Maybe he already has. The Delphi, Indiana murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German are mentioned throughout the news almost daily. The month of February is the anniversary of their senseless killings. The public is awestruck by the reality that two best friends, so innocent and free, could suddenly have their childhoods ripped out from under them. Two beautiful, bright lights snuffed out in one brief instant.
Frustration mounts as short clips of the killer’s image and voice are repeatedly displayed on our cell phones, our social media, and our…
At 9 months old, little Jacob’s life was cut short and no one has been prosecuted for his death.
Jacob Jeremiah Landin was only an infant when he died of a subdural hematoma. When an autopsy was performed, a partially healed injury of the same type was found. He also exhibited a partially healed skull and rib fracture. Typically, these types of injuries are associated with durational child abuse.
It is unknown exactly what led to Jacob’s injuries, but the medical examiner concluded that the infant died from a blow to the head, most likely from an adult hand. …
A killer got away with murdering Samantha Folsom and tried to conceal the crime scene
A quaint apartment in Lewiston, Maine, still holds secrets that remain unrevealed to this day. Samantha Folsom’s death was ruled “undetermined” despite her body being found stuffed in a closet and her apartment set up to destroy forensic evidence. A year after she was found by her parents, the police classified her death as a homicide but her official cause of death has never been released to the public.
Samantha Folsom was a wonderful daughter, student, and mother. In high school, she was captain of the junior varsity cheerleaders, a swimmer, a soccer player, and above all else, loved spending…
Rivy Lyon
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