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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.

The Mysterious Disappearance Of Kayla Berg
The young Kayla Berg lived in Antigo, Wisconsin with her mother, Hope, and older brother, Jimmy. Since she was a small child, Kayla had trained in gymnastics. While she was in high school, Kayla discovered a passion for dance and aspired to become a choreographer. However, Kayla would not even be able to graduate. Almost 14 years after she disappeared, there is still no word on where she is, two weeks before she was supposed to celebrate her sweet sixteenth birthday.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
Little Girl Lost: Where Is Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson was a born fighter. She had been sickly as an infant, born with deformed feet, a double hernia, a cleft palate, and problems with her eye muscles. She also had hydrocephalus, which affected her brain function. Doctors were not optimistic about her chances for survival, but she pulled through. Gradually, her health started to improve, though she still had some significant challenges to overcome. When she was only a month old, doctors put casts on her legs in an attempt to straighten them out. Because infants grow so quickly, the casts had to be changed often and Lauren had to endure weekly trips to the hospital. She also had to wear metal braces on her legs when she first started walking. Even as an infant it was apparent she had problems with her vision, so she started wearing glasses at an extremely young age. She had to have surgery to correct her cleft palate, and she also had to undergo a double-hernia operation.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance Of Allen Briscoe
It was early in the morning when Joanne Briscoe left her home on Friday, December 13, 1985. She was vaguely aware of the date — Friday the 13th — but as a single mother working two jobs, she didn’t have time for superstitious thoughts. As usual, both of her children were still asleep when she left the house. Both Latanya, who was 17-years old, and Allen, who had just celebrated his 16th birthday, were students at Bartram High School in Philadelphia. Since Joanne had to leave for work before her children had to get up, she would call home around 7:30am to make sure the two teens were up and getting ready for school. When she called home on that morning, however, there was no answer. This was unusual; one of the kids had always answered before. Although she was somewhat concerned, she forced herself to shake it off and get back to work.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance Of Susan Wolff Cappel
Susan Wolff Cappel was in a good mood when she went to work on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 16, 1982. The 19-year-old was in the process of getting a divorce, and her estranged husband had been granted temporary custody of Damin, their 18-month-old son. Before she left for her 4:00 pm shift in the deli department of the Newcomerstown, Ohio IGA supermarket, she learned that a custody hearing had finally been scheduled. She had been ecstatic to receive this news, as she was certain that she would be granted custody of Damin. She told her mother that she could finally see a light at the end of the tunnel, and she was looking forward to the future.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
Unsolved Disappearance Of Kelly Nolan
Kelly Nolan went out with friends on the evening of Friday, June 22, 2007. Around 11:30 pm, Kelly’s friends decided they wanted to call it a night, but Kelly wasn’t ready to go home. The 22-year-old said goodbye to her friends and went off on her own; witnesses recalled seeing her walking on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin around 2:00 am Saturday. Kelly, a student at the University of Wisconsin -Whitewater, was subletting an apartment in downtown Madison for the summer. She never made it back to her apartment and she was never seen n.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
Girl Vanished From Crowded Store: The Tragic Disappearance Of Dorothy Scofield
Dorothy Scofield and her mother left their Citra, Florida home on the morning of Thursday, July 22, 1976, and headed to the J. M. Fields Plaza in Ocala, Florida. While Dorothy’s mother went into the Florida Highway Patrol office to renew her driver’s license, the 12-year-old went into the J. M. Fields department store to exchange a pair of sandals. Dorothy — known as Deedee to family and friends — was seen browsing in a couple of the stores in the shopping mall, but she failed to meet her mother at the designated time and she was never seen again.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
The Mysterious Disappearance Of Daniel Reaves
Daniel Reaves spent the evening of Saturday, May 3, 2008, watching television with his girlfriend, Sara Schafer, at her home in Madison, Indiana. The 25-year-old had been dating Sara for about seven years, and they had a daughter together. At some point, Sara dozed off; when she woke up shortly after 4:00 am, Daniel was gone.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance Of Bryan Hasel
22 year old Bryan Hasel was last seen in Orlando, Florida on November 5, 2021. He disappeared from the apartment he shared with his father while his family was out of town.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance Of Jody Brant
Jody Brant wasn’t a typical teenager. When the 16-year-old decided she wanted to visit family in Michigan over Memorial Day weekend in 1994, she didn’t bother to ask anyone for permission. She simply packed a couple of suitcases, climbed into her black Ford Escort, and left her Lawrenceville, Georgia home to make the 770-mile drive north. It was a trip she made several times in the past, but on this occasion, something went horribly wrong. Jody never arrived at her cousin’s house in Pontiac, Michigan and she was never seen again.
By Davelyne2 years ago in Criminal
John Hinckley: Driven to Madness. Content Warning.
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C. after giving a speech at a labor convention. It was just another day for Reagan...or so he thought.
By Daniel Kilkelly2 years ago in Criminal
Kolkata Rape Case . Content Warning.
A 31-year-old female trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital was brutally raped and murdered. This incident has sent shockwaves across the nation, resulting in widespread protests and trying to bring serious concerns about safety in hospitals and medical institutions to light. This incident took place on August 9th and has raised many troubling questions about the negligence of the hospital, possible tampering of evidence, and the role of law enforcement.
By Megha Pavanagd2 years ago in Criminal
The Unspeakable Horrors of Albert Fish: Portrait of a Psychopathic Child Killer. Content Warning.
For those interested in true crime, some cases stick with you — burrowing deep into your mind and leaving you shaken by the depravity one human can inflict on another. As someone who has spent over two years researching and writing about real-life true crime, I have been disturbed by a few cases as profoundly as Albert Fish’s.
By MJonCrime2 years ago in Criminal