In 2005, 19-year-old Missouri native, LaVena Johnson was deployed to serve in Iraq. Eight weeks into her tour, fellow soldiers found LaVena’s body inside a contractor’s tent on base. She had been shot with her own M-16 automatic rifle, which was found lying next to her on the ground. After a quick investigation, the Army…

In January 1984, murder arrived in Colorado for a 12-day stay. Over 12 long days, the cities of Aurora and Lakewood, Colorado, were terrorized by a real-life boogeyman. His M.O. was horrifying yet simple and effective. He targeted strangers. He raped women and children and then bludgeoned them to death. But just as quickly as…

On July 22, 2015, twelve-year-old David Bever called 911 to report that his brother was attacking his family. When the police and paramedics arrived at the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, home they found five dead family members, one who was severely injured, and another who was found unharmed. A short investigation led to the arrest of…

In 2007, 36-year-old Hugues De La Plaza, a sound engineer with dual U.S. and France citizenship was found mysteriously dead inside his locked San Francisco apartment. Security cameras outside his apartment don’t show anyone else coming or leaving from the apartment and the forensic evidence lead the police to explore the possibility Hugues committed suicide….

Linda Stermer was convicted of murder and arson after the police say she set their home on fire to murder her husband and ran him over with the couple’s van. However, Linda says she’s completely innocent. According to her, her husband, Todd, was the one who intentionally set the house on fire and she accidentally…