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A Mother's Fight for Justice: The Story of Pravin Varughese
On a cold February morning in 2014, Ashley realized that his cousin Pravin was not in their room. The two cousins were sophomores at...
Gina Westfall
Apr 6, 202211 min read


Belleville Beauty Shop Murders
When a customer arrived at hairdresser Michael Cooney’s in-home salon in Belleville, Illinois, around eleven am on March 2nd, 2005, she...
Gina Westfall
Mar 30, 202211 min read


Broken Family: The Murder of Ruth Pyne
The Pyne family of Highland, Michigan, seemed to be the picture-perfect family. Bernie & Ruth had been married most of their adult lives...
Gina Westfall
Mar 23, 20227 min read


Toxic Vows: The Murder of Alan Duvall
In 2005, Alan Duvall and Tami Engleman were married in Southern Indiana. Alan was sixty years old, and Tami was forty-seven. The two...
Gina Westfall
Mar 20, 20227 min read


Unsolved: The Murder of LaDonna Cooper
On March 4th, 1987, LaDonna Cooper was working her shift at the Bonanza Restaurant in Marion, Illinois. Her husband and children came to...
Gina Westfall
Mar 16, 20224 min read


Obsession in Steeleville: The Casey Morgan Story
On the morning of October 5th, 2007, emergency dispatch received a panicked 911 call from Michael David Roye, who went by David. He said...
Gina Westfall
Mar 16, 20224 min read


Family Annihilation: The Vaughn Family Murders
In the early morning hours of June 14th, 2007, a man flagged down a pick-up truck along a frontage road near I-55 in Will County,...
Gina Westfall
Mar 9, 202215 min read


Illinois' Executed Women: Marie Porter & Elizabeth Reed
Illinois’ Executed Women: Marie Porter & Elizabeth Reed Marie Porter Marie Kappen was born August 10th, 1899, in St. Louis, Missouri to...
Gina Westfall
Mar 2, 20226 min read


The Police Officer's Wives: Kathleen Savio & Stacy Peterson
On October 28th, 2007, Cassandra Cales was trying to reach her sister, twenty-three-year-old Stacy Peterson. They had plans together that...
Gina Westfall
Feb 23, 202211 min read


Emerging Evil: The Murder of Connor Conley
Bridget Conley was working overnights at a casino near her home in Rising Sun, Indiana, on November 28th, 2009. She had left her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 21, 20229 min read


Serial Killer in the Midwest: The Victims of Timothy Krajcir
Mary & Brenda Parsh In August of 1977, Brenda Parsh (left) flew from Wisconsin to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where her parents lived. Her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 16, 202213 min read


Diabolical Deceit: The Murder of Donnah Winger
When an intruder entered Donnah Winger’s home in Springfield, Illinois in the summer of 1995, two people would lose their lives. The...
Gina Westfall
Feb 9, 20229 min read


Murdering Mom: The Murder of Diane Michele
Murdering Mom: The Murder of Diane Michele Diane O’Connor was born April 27th, 1954. She married James Dankovich in 1989 and later that...
Gina Westfall
Feb 7, 20226 min read


If You Take My Kids: The Jacque Waller Story
Jacque Sue Rawson was born in Bonne Terre, Missouri in 1971 and was raised in St. Genevieve, Missouri. She was always close with her...
Gina Westfall
Feb 2, 20228 min read


A Community in Fear: The Cassidy Senter Story
In 1993, the St. Louis areas was devastated by the disappearance of Angie Housman in November and the discovery of her deceased body nine...
Gina Westfall
Jan 27, 20226 min read


Little Girl Lost: The Angie Housman Story
When a nine-year-old girl went missing in St. Ann, Missouri in 1993, an entire community feared for their children. Just nine days later,...
Gina Westfall
Jan 26, 20229 min read


Serial Killer Doctor of Omaha
On Thursday, March 13th, 2008, Thomas Hunter, a sixth-grade student, got off the school bus and rushed home to play video games. Tom was...
Gina Westfall
Jan 19, 202210 min read


Murder & Roses: The Murders of Randa Clarkson & Ed Kirby
Just before noon on December 18th, 2001, Randolph County Illinois dispatchers received a 911 call. The caller, a customer at Main Street...
Gina Westfall
Jan 16, 20226 min read


Murder in Wood River: The Karla Brown Story
Karla Brown was born in February 1956 to Floyd and Jo Ellen Brown. She was the youngest of three girls. She lost her father unexpectedly...
Gina Westfall
Jan 12, 202213 min read


Disappeared: The Jacob Wetterling Story
On October 12th, 1989, Jacob Wetterling recorded a video for school in which he described himself. Jacob, eleven-years-old, described...
Gina Westfall
Jan 5, 202211 min read
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