Powered by RedCircle The Colchicine Poisoning of Mary Yoder: Did Investigators Convict the Right Person? In July 2015, 60-year-old chiropractor Mary Yoder appeared to be in excellent health. She ran a successful family practice with her husband, Bill, in Whitesboro, New York, and was known for her interest in nutrition, supplements, gardening, and healthy living….

Powered by RedCircle The Unsolved Murders of Bill and Peggy Stephenson On Sunday, May 29, 2011, 74-year-old Bill and Peggy Stephenson were expected at church—just as they had been nearly every Sunday for decades. But when the beloved Kentucky couple failed to appear at Union Baptist Church, their family immediately knew something was wrong. Later…

Powered by RedCircle In October of 1983, sixteen-year-old Colette Aram left her home in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, and began walking to her boyfriend’s house. She never made it there. The next morning, Colette’s body was found in a nearby field. She had been assaulted, strangled, and deliberately posed. Investigators quickly realized they might be dealing with…

Powered by RedCircle Kathleen Folbigg: The Genetic Evidence That Overturned a Mother’s Convictions For years, Kathleen Folbigg was described as Australia’s worst female serial killer—a mother accused of smothering her four young children during moments of frustration. But there were no witnesses, no confession, and no physical findings proving that any of the children had…

Powered by RedCircle The Murder of Helle Crafts: How Forensic Science Solved a Case Without a Body In November 1986, 39-year-old flight attendant and mother of three Helle Crafts returned to her home in Newtown, Connecticut, after a long flight from Frankfurt, West Germany. She was never seen alive again. Her husband, Richard Crafts, offered…

Powered by RedCircle The Wrongful Conviction of David Camm: When Forensic Evidence Tells the Wrong Story On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm returned home after playing basketball with friends and relatives. When he opened his garage, he discovered a horrifying scene. His wife, Kim, was lying beside her Ford Bronco….

When Stacey Castor’s second husband, David, was found dead in 2005, the scene initially appeared to tell a straightforward story. David had ingested antifreeze, and his death was classified as a suicide. But investigators weren’t convinced. The evidence inside the Castor home raised questions almost immediately. And as detectives continued digging, they began looking back…

The Murder of April Tinsley: How DNA Identified Her Killer 30 Years Later On April 1, 1988, eight-year-old April Marie Tinsley was spending Good Friday playing with friends in her Fort Wayne, Indiana, neighborhood. When it began to drizzle, April decided to walk back to a friend’s house to retrieve the umbrella she had left…

The Murder of Betsy Faria and the Lies of Pam Hupp On December 27, 2011, Russ Faria returned home to Troy, Missouri, and found his wife, Betsy, lying on the living room floor. Her wrists had been cut, and a kitchen knife was still lodged in her neck. Because Betsy was battling terminal cancer and…

The Murder of Meredith Kercher: What Did the DNA Evidence Really Prove? On November 2, 2007, 21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher was found murdered inside the apartment she shared with three other women in Perugia, Italy. What followed became one of the most famous—and controversial—murder investigations in modern history. Meredith’s American roommate, Amanda Knox,…