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Missing Monday: Leah Rachelle Peebles of Albuquerque, New Mexico

Kim Cantrell — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:41 +0000

Life hadn’t been been easy for Leah Rachelle Peebles by the time she moved from Houston, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico in the first week of May 2006. She had been molested as a toddler by a distant relative and raped at the age of fourteen by an acquaintance. But for all of her parents’ [...]

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Notorious Prisons of the World by Stephen Wade (February 2013)

Kim Cantrell — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:46 +0000

As readers of true crime, we have a pretty firm grip on the judicial system – especially those in our own country, yet do we ever stop to think about the foundations of these systems and the ultimate destination for most of those we read about? I can’t speak for you, but I know I [...]

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American Serial Killers: True Crime Short Stories Featuring Serial Killers from All 50 States: Part 4

Kim Cantrell — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:59 +0000

This fifth article in a ten part series on American serial killers covers Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, and Maryland. KANSAS: John Edward Robinson, Sr. Luring his victims from the internet as early as 1993, John Edward Robinson, Sr. is considered to be the internet’s first serial killer. From childhood to 1979, John Robinson had been [...]

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Against Her Will by Ronald J. Watkins (May 1995)

Kim Cantrell — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:41 +0000

Kelly Ann Tinyes was anticipating her fourteenth birthday in March 1989 when she got a call from a neighbor just a few doors down and headed out the door, leaving her eight year-old brother to care for their ailing grandmother. Many would see Kelly Ann enter the Golub home at 81 Horton Road but no [...]

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Missing Monday: Latoya Natasha Thomas of Hayward, California

Kim Cantrell — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:03 +0000

Although it wouldn’t be official for two more days, Latoya Natasha Thomas and her friends celebrated her 25th birthday on Saturday, September 30, 2000, in San Fransisco, California. It’s possible Latoya didn’t live to see the birthday she had so happily celebrated on the date that would become another marker for the family and friends [...]

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