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”
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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”
True Crime Sundays: Not forgotten in North Idaho: Brian Shookman
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”
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”
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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: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’
A New Hampshire court unsealed documents Tuesday detailing Harmony Montgomery’s death, noting that she was “dismembered or grossly distorted” in the months that followed by Emily Palmer Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions. In the months after the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Adam Montgomery is accused of toting Harmony’s body — in aContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’”
True Crime Sundays: Mom Convicted of Killing Her 4 Babies Pardoned After 20 Years in Jail
by Kirsty Hatcher Australian Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty in 2003 of smothering her children — Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura — each before their second birthday An Australian mom who was convicted of killing her four babies has been pardoned after 20 years in jail. Speaking in a news conference Monday, New South Wales Attorney General Michael DaleyContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Mom Convicted of Killing Her 4 Babies Pardoned After 20 Years in Jail”
True Crime Sundays: California Man Arrested in Connection with Suspected Serial Killings of Sex Workers in Mexico
by Michael Lee Simpson Bryant Rivera, 30, was arrested and charged with the murder of Angela Carolina Acosta Flores and is facing extradition to Mexico over two further murder charges. A California man and suspected serial killer of sex workers in Mexico has been captured by authorities in Southern California, police said. According to U.S.Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: California Man Arrested in Connection with Suspected Serial Killings of Sex Workers in Mexico”
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?”