by Kaye Thornbrugh Since he disappeared without a trace in 2012, there has been no sign of Brian Shookman. But his family has never stopped searching for him. “I think about what my brother would do if it was one of us,” said Lewiston resident Jennifer Anselmo, Shookman’s sister. “He would keep going for us.” Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: Not forgotten in North Idaho: Brian Shookman”
Category Archives: True Crime
True Crime Sundays: Chad Daybell sentenced to death for the murders of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell
The Idaho “doomsday” author was sentenced to death for murdering his first wife, Tammy, and his current wife Lori Vallow’s two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. by Kara Valentine BOISE, Idaho — Chad Guy Daybell was sentenced to death Saturday, June 1, making him the ninth inmate on Idaho’s death row. Daybell was foundContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Chad Daybell sentenced to death for the murders of JJ Vallow, Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell”
True Crime Sundays: Ohio Kidnap Victims Rescued After Years in Captivity
On May 6, 2013, three women are rescued from a Cleveland, Ohio, house where they had been imprisoned for many years by their abductor, 52-year-old Ariel Castro, an unemployed bus driver. The women—Michelle Knight, Amada Berry and Gina DeJesus—went missing separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 21, 16 and 14 years old, respectively. AlsoContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Ohio Kidnap Victims Rescued After Years in Captivity”
True Crime Sundays: True Crime, True Faith: The Serial Killer and the Texas Mom Who Stopped Him
In 1981, Margy Palm was abducted by Stephen Morin outside a Kmart. She’s never told the whole shocking story—until now. by Julie Miller “Do you have any music?” It was nearing eight o’clock in the evening on December 11, 1981, and the serial killer Stephen Morin was driving the SUV of his latest captive, Margy Palm,Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: True Crime, True Faith: The Serial Killer and the Texas Mom Who Stopped Him”
True Crime Sundays: L.A Sheriff announces “hundred of arrests” in human trafficking operation
by Tony Kurzwell Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna announced Tuesday the arrest of hundreds of people caught during a weeklong human trafficking operation. “Let me be clear. Human trafficking and child exploitation are devastating crimes that prey on some of the most vulnerable members of our community,” Luna said during a 10 a.m. news conference.Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: L.A Sheriff announces “hundred of arrests” in human trafficking operation”
True Crime Sundays: At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city.
True Crime Sundays: Ohio mom who left 16-month-old daughter to starve to death for 10 days pictured beaming on Puerto Rico beach
by Olivia Land An Ohio mom posted a grinning photo of herself on a sunny beach at the same time that her little daughter lay dying in her filthy playpen back home. Kristel Candelario, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Thursday for abandoning her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn, when she jetted off on a 10-day vacation to PuertoContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Ohio mom who left 16-month-old daughter to starve to death for 10 days pictured beaming on Puerto Rico beach”
True Crime Sundays: At 14 he slaughtered the woman who raised him and at 21, he walked free. What now?
“We’re all more than the worst thing that we’ve ever done.” by Adam Carlson By all accounts, Donovan Nicholas wasn’t acting like himself when he repeatedly stabbed and then shot the woman he called “Mom” late one afternoon in April 2017. Shaggy-haired and thin, Donovan, a few months shy of his 15th birthday, was dressedContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: At 14 he slaughtered the woman who raised him and at 21, he walked free. What now?”
True Crime Sundays: Gilgo Beach suspect’s wife’s cheek swab matches her DNA on victims
Prosecutors cleared her, saying she was out of town at the time of the murders. by Aaron Katersky A DNA sample taken from the estranged wife of the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer matches her genetic material that was found on the remains of victims, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Investigators obtained a cheekContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Gilgo Beach suspect’s wife’s cheek swab matches her DNA on victims”
True Crime Sundays: Kaylee Goncalves’ mom demands change for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger in court & says his suit makes her ‘sick’.
by Emma Crabtree THE mother of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves has demanded that her daughter’s alleged killer no longer receive pre-trial special treatment. Bryan Kohberger is set to stand trial next year for the deaths of four University of Idaho students who had been brutally stabbed in their off-campus home. He has maintained his innocenceContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Kaylee Goncalves’ mom demands change for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger in court & says his suit makes her ‘sick’.”
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