The murderer’s 16-year medical career in New Jersey and Pennsylvania ended after he was arrested in 2003. by Aaron Rasmussen A nurse who admitted he killed at least 29 patients on the East Coast over his 16-year medical career is destined to die behind bars. In March 2006, a judge in Somerset County, New Jersey,Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: Prolific Serial Killer Nurse Charles Cullen May Have Killed As Many As 400 Patients”
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Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Nicholas “Cruz” Burris, 15
Died: Jan. 18, 2023 Leavenworth, County A late night deal over Snapchat. In the morning, he was dead. It was a typical Tuesday night early this year when Andy Burris stopped to talk to his son before heading to bed. After asking Cruz — a freshman at Lansing High School — if he wanted toContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Nicholas “Cruz” Burris, 15″
True Crime Sundays: Over Four Decades Later, Serial Killer Confesses To Murdering Teen On Spring Break In 1980
In March 1980, teen Carol Ann Barrett was kidnapped from the Daytona Beach motel room she shared with her friends on Spring Break. After over 40 years, the murder was solved when serial killer Billy Mansfield, Jr. confessed to her murder. by Robin Raven Billy Mansfield, Jr., a 65-year-old convicted serial killer, has confessed toContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Over Four Decades Later, Serial Killer Confesses To Murdering Teen On Spring Break In 1980”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: A mother turns grief over her daughter’s overdose death into a movement to save others struggling with addiction
by Meg Dunn Johnson, Vermont — For so many Americans, Jenna Rae Tatro’s story is one that’s all too familiar. After a visit to the emergency room in 2012, she received her first prescription for OxyContin. That 30-day opioid prescription changed the course of her life. The once joyful 20-year-old who loved horseback riding and animals becameContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: A mother turns grief over her daughter’s overdose death into a movement to save others struggling with addiction”
True Crime Sundays:Virginia Murder Linked To Serial Killer Who Took 10-Year Hiatus
When an Alexandria, Virginia man was murdered in 2013, police noticed an eerie similarity between his death and a crime that happened a decade before by Beth Braden After unsuccessfully trying to fix his kitchen sink, Ronald (Ron) Kirby sat down to wait for a plumber to arrive at his Alexandria, Virginia, home on VeteransContinue reading “True Crime Sundays:Virginia Murder Linked To Serial Killer Who Took 10-Year Hiatus”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18
Leavenworth County Died: March 10, 2023 Everything changed in 2020.’ A ‘great kid’ who struggled during pandemic. Caleb was 18 months old when he arrived at his foster home in Leavenworth. And the connection was immediate, said Vanessa Jackson, who with her husband Todd would later adopt Caleb and his older biological brother. “He wasContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Caleb Jackson, 18”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1945 – American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by theContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1945 – American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima”
True Crime Sundays: How the feds unfurled a high-powered real estate developer’s multiple plots to kill his wife via fentanyl poisoning, hit-and-runs and fake armed robberies
by David Harris A wealthy South Florida real estate developer allegedly tried to kill his wife of over 30 years by poisoning her with fentanyl and hiring two separate bands of hit men to murder her in a scheme that rivals an episode of “Miami Vice.” Sergio Pino died by suicide Tuesday as FBI agents were setContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: How the feds unfurled a high-powered real estate developer’s multiple plots to kill his wife via fentanyl poisoning, hit-and-runs and fake armed robberies”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19
Died: March 8, 2023 Mother says she lost her ‘best friend that day’ Desi’Ree Washington was her mom’s “girly girl.” She loved purses and makeup, her signature fake eyelashes and helping others look good. “She was my fashionista,” said her mother, Kelly Garner. “She always had my outfits picked out for me.” On the dayContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Desi’ree Washington, 19”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – JayPee Luciano Morales, 2
JAYPEE LUCIANO MORALES, 2 Johnson County Died: November 14, 2020 He was just 2. Now his parents are in prison for his death First responders found 2-year-old JayPee Luciano Morales unresponsive inside a home in Merriam in mid-November 2020. Testing later showed that fentanyl was in the little boy’s system, and medical examiners concluded thatContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – JayPee Luciano Morales, 2”
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