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 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 case in Georgia has sparked discussion about school discipline policies after an 8-year-old student was suspended over a small LEGO item. The student, who has autism and ADHD, was given a three-day suspension from Walnut Creek Elementary School after showing classmates a palm-sized LEGO creation that resembled a toy weapon. According to reports, the...
In 2013, a series of violent crimes in Omaha, Nebraska, drew national attention after they occurred just days following the release of a recently incarcerated individual. Nikko Jenkins, 26 at the time, had served approximately 10 years in prison for two carjackings committed in 2003. While still incarcerated, he was involved in an assault on...
A court in Ontario has delivered a verdict in a deeply disturbing case involving the death of a 12-year-old boy under the care of two women who were in the process of adopting him and his younger brother. Becky Hamber, 46, and Brandy Cooney, 44, were found guilty of first-degree m*rder following a lengthy bench...
In 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent survived one of the most extraordinary cases of human resilience ever recorded. While hitchhiking through California, she accepted a ride from a man named Lawrence Singleton. What began as a seemingly ordinary encounter quickly turned into a violent attack. After assaulting her, Singleton severed both of her arms and pushed...
Rosalie Raymond White was born on January 27, 1882, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Blake Leigh and Rosemary Raymond White. She was one of at least eight children in the family, though only three would survive into adulthood. Her life was tragically short. Rosalie passed away on September 5, 1882, at just seven months old....
Robert Maudsley is one of the most infamous inmates in the United Kingdom, known for spending decades in extreme isolation due to the severity of his crimes and the risks he posed to others. His actions began in 1974, when he took the life of a man who had shown him explicit images involving children....