In 2020, a case in Texas shocked the nation after a long pattern of deception led to a tragic and violent outcome. Taylor Parker, 29, was convicted of capital m*rder in the death of her 21-year-old friend, Reagan Simmons-Hancock, who was 34 weeks pregnant at the time. Parker had met Reagan in 2019 while photographing...
parents. Jessica Groves, 39, and Daniel Groves, 41, of Otway, Ohio, were both convicted in connection with the death of their 11-week-old son, Dylan, with verdicts delivered on what would have been his first birthday. Dylan was born prematurely on January 10, 2019. Medical testing at birth revealed the presence of multiple substances in his...
In 2017, a tragic case in Saint Charles, Illinois, left a family devastated just days before a milestone birthday. Randall Coffland, 48, shot and killed his 16-year-old twin daughters, Brittany and Tiffany, before injuring their mother and then taking his own life on March 10, 2017, four days before the twins’ 17th birthday. Earlier that...
In 2011, a quiet rural home in Iowa became the center of a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. On July 30, 2011, Bill Wood, 79, and his 72-year-old wife Kay were last seen attending an auction in Stuart, Iowa. That same night, a fire broke out at their home in Greenfield Township, south...
In 2023, the death of Crystal McCrory-Jones in Oak Grove, Louisiana, quickly drew attention due to the circumstances surrounding both her passing and the investigation that followed. Crystal, 43, was found on February 9, 2023, in her bedroom with a gunshot wound. Earlier that day, she had been scheduled for a doctor’s appointment but never...
In 1989, a disturbing discovery at an elementary school dormitory in Miyakojimura, Fukushima, Japan, left behind a case that continues to raise questions decades later. Naoyuki Kanno, a 26-year-old man, was last seen on February 24 after telling his father he was going out with coworkers. His car was later found parked near the school,...
In 1995, 19-year-old French student Céline Figard disappeared while traveling through England, in a case that would later lead to a major breakthrough in forensic investigation. On December 18, 1995, Céline left her family’s farm in France at approximately 3:00 p.m., heading toward Fordingbridge, Hampshire, where she planned to meet her cousin. After being unable...
A Costa Rican investigation into the assassination of Roberto Samcam, a former Nicaraguan military commander turned government critic, has revealed extensive evidence of transnational persecution operations targeting political dissidents living in exile. Samcam, who once served as a Sandinista rebel commander before becoming a high-ranking military officer, was killed on June 19, 2025, when an...
A federal class action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York challenges marketing claims made by PepsiCo regarding its Gatorade sports drink products. The complaint, filed in May 2026, centers on labeling that states the beverage “hydrates better than water” and contains no artificial ingredients. The plaintiffs, representing consumers from Illinois, North Carolina,...
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers facing federal charges related to an alleged pitch-fixing scheme have requested that a judge dismiss the wire fraud conspiracy count against them, arguing that prosecutors have failed to establish the necessary elements for such a charge. Emmanuel Clase, 28, and Luis Ortiz, 27, filed motions in federal court in Brooklyn challenging...