Denise Ivonne Jarvis Gongora, a 33-year-old Mexican-Canadian influencer known online as Mary Magdalene, died on December 9 after falling from the ninth floor of a high-rise apartment building in Patong, Phuket Island, Thailand. Her body was discovered in the building’s parking area by apartment staff. Authorities have confirmed that an investigation is ongoing to determine...
In March 2018, 19-year-old Ezra McCandless arrived at a rural farmhouse in Wisconsin and reported that she had survived a violent encounter involving her former boyfriend, 24-year-old Alex Woodworth. She initially told authorities that she had been taken into a wooded area and had struggled to escape. Based on her account, investigators first treated her...
In July 1945, a group of young girls were camping and swimming in a river in New Mexico, unaware that history was unfolding just miles away. Approximately 40 miles from their location, the United States conducted the Trinity test — the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. Hours after the explosion, a strange white substance...
Over the past several months, I’ve spent time researching and covering cases involving harm against children. The volume and severity of these cases can be overwhelming, and they raise difficult questions about justice, prevention, and accountability. In just one week alone, multiple cases surfaced involving serious harm to children. Each story represents not just a...
A leadership change in the Peoria Unified School District in Arizona has drawn attention following disputes over how misconduct allegations involving former teachers were handled. On May 5th, the district’s governing board voted 3-2 to remove Heather Rooks as board president during a specially called meeting. Board members Jeff Tobey, Melissa Ewing, and Becky Proudfit...
A tragic incident in Houston, Texas, has left a family of four dead and a community searching for answers. Authorities say 39-year-old Thy Mitchell, her husband Matthew Mitchell, 52, and their two children, 8-year-old Maya and 4-year-old Max, were found inside their River Oaks home after a welfare check was requested by a babysitter and...
In 2005, a case in Spain drew national attention after a mother carried out a violent act against a man connected to a crime involving her daughter. María del Carmen García confronted Antonio Cosme, who had previously been convicted for assaulting her 13-year-old daughter in 1998. Cosme had been sentenced to nine years in prison...
This image, taken during the Victorian era, shows a family posed beside their deceased child — a practice that may seem unusual today, but once held deep meaning. In the 19th century, photography was not widely accessible. It was expensive, and many families could only afford to take a single photograph in their lifetime. For...
The case of Hae Min Lee remains one of the most widely discussed criminal cases in the United States, both for its tragic outcome and the legal developments that followed. Hae Min Lee, a 17-year-old high school senior from Baltimore County, Maryland, disappeared on January 13, 1999, after leaving school. She was reported missing when...
On September 11, 2001, 35-year-old Brooklyn firefighter Gary Box responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center and was never seen again. Like many first responders that day, Gary rushed toward danger as others fled. In the aftermath, his family was left without answers. No remains were recovered, and for years, they had no...