The sound of gravel crunching under yellow metal. That’s what Janice McKinney heard through her kitchen window on that Friday afternoon. The familiar…
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The morning of June 13, 2001, started like any other summer day in Omaha, Nebraska. Jason Anthony Jolkowski woke up in his parents’ home on North…
The audio recording is haunting. In the background, you can hear the voice of a teenage girl, disoriented and afraid. She’s talking about…
The security camera blinked in the darkness, recording what no one knew would become the last confirmed moments of Lauren Spierer’s life. It…
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I opened the door and the world tilted. Late afternoon sun washed our suburban Michigan street in gold, the kind of light that makes vinyl…
The Taking She heard footsteps outside her hospital room, the soft squeak of white shoes on polished linoleum. A woman in a crisp…
The guard’s keys rattled in the lock one final time. Damien Echols stepped into sunlight he hadn’t felt on his face since…
The surveillance footage was grainy, but unmistakable. An 8-year-old girl in pink boots and a purple Helly Hansen jacket walked hand-in-hand with a…