On February 21, 1994, in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, 37-year-old Vickie Deblieux[d] (April 18, 1956 – February 22, 1994) was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by a group of four youths while she was hitchhiking from Tennessee to her mother’s house in Louisiana. Deblieux’s body was discovered four days after the murder, and the police later managed to arrest all four … Read more

Leslie Dale Martin (April 24, 1967 – May 10, 2002)[1] was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Louisiana for the June 1991 rape and murder of 19-year-old Christina Burgin.[1][2][3] Early life Martin was born on April 24, 1967,[1] in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4] In 1984, Martin raped his 14-year-old sister at knifepoint. He was convicted of sexual battery and … Read more

Timothy William “Timmy” Wiltsey (August 6, 1985 – remains recovered April 23, 1992) was a 5-year-old boy from South Amboy, New Jersey, United States, whose mother, Michelle Lodzinski, told police that he went missing from a carnival in nearby Sayreville on May 25, 1991. Police searches of the park where the carnival had been held … Read more

The “Baby Lollipops” murder was the murder in 1990 of three-year-old Lazaro Figueroa by his mother Ana Maria Cardona in Florida. The body of Lazaro was found abandoned, and identified through house-to-house inquiries. The case was widely covered in US media, who called the initially unidentified boy “Baby Lollipops”, after the design on the T-shirt he was … Read more

Phyllis Amanda Peterson (July 8, 1971 – July 3, 2015) was an American actress best known for her roles as Cindy Mancini in the 1987 film Can’t Buy Me Love and Sunny Sisk on the NBC drama series A Year in the Life (1987–1988). Peterson died at age 43 from an accidental drug overdose when … Read more

Rebecca Marie Watts (3 June 1998 – 19 February 2015) was a British student from Bristol who was murdered in 2015 at the age of 16.[1] In November 2015, her step-brother, Nathan Matthews, was found guilty of her murder and was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 33 years. His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, was found guilty of manslaughter and … Read more

David Christopher Bird (c. 1959–2014) was an American journalist who covered energy markets for The Wall Street Journal and was deputy managing editor for Dow Jones Energy Service. He was known for his ability to detect emerging market trends, particularly the decline in oil prices that began in 2014, before they otherwise became apparent, through … Read more

Geraldine Anita Largay was a retired nurse and U.S. Air Force veteran from Brentwood, Tennessee, who was flip-flop thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. On July 24, 2013, she was reported overdue at a trail crossing on State Route 27 in Carrabassett Valley in Maine by her husband. One of the largest searches in the state’s history ensued but was unable to locate Gerry or any clues related to her disappearance. … Read more

Brandon Mason Lawson was an American man who disappeared in the early hours of August 9, 2013, after running out of gas along a desolate stretch of Highway 277, a few miles south of Bronte, Texas. Disappearance On August 8, 2013, Brandon Lawson arrived at his home in San Angelo, Texas, where he lived with his girlfriend of ten … Read more

On or about the afternoon of August 3, 2013,[1] 16-year-old Hannah Marie Anderson (born July 22, 1997)[2][3] was abducted after cheerleading practice from Sweetwater High School in National City, California. The suspect was later identified by authorities as 40-year-old Jim Lee DiMaggio, owner of a home in Boulevard, California, about an hour away, where Anderson, … Read more