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Jennifer Watkins

In 1999, Jennifer Watkins was found dead underneath a stairwell inside Colorado Spring’s Memorial Hospital. She had been sexually assaulted and beaten to death. The location of her body underneath the staircase was interesting to investigators because only a few people had access to that area of the hospital. For years, the police investigated Jennifer’s…

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Pamela Shelley

In January 2001, 911 dispatchers received a tragic phone call that a young mother, Pamela Shelley, had shot and killed herself. Following the autopsy, the forensic pathologist ruled Pamela’s death a suicide. But the ruling didn’t sit well with Pamela’s family or the police. After years of doubting Pamela’s apparent suicide, one persistent detective vowed…

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Brittanee Drexel

In April 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for a spring break trip with friends without her parent’s permission. During the trip, Brittanee walked to another hotel located a short distance from her hotel on Ocean Boulevard. The hotel’s security cameras captured her entering and leaving the hotel alone. Shortly after…

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Stephanie Isaacson

In June 1989, 14-year-old high school student, Stephanie Isaacson, walked to El Dorado High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. On her way to school, she took a shortcut through a vacant lot so she wouldn’t be late for her first class. After school let out, Stephanie’s father became worried when his daughter didn’t return home….

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Carla Walker

After a high school dance in February 1974, 17-year-old Carla Walker was abducted from her boyfriend’s car at gunpoint in Fort Worth, Texas. Three days later, the police found her body in a ditch just a few miles away from her home. Although forensic science was still in t’s infancy, the first responding investigators were…

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Tina Watson

In October 2003, Tina Watson and her husband, Gabe Watson, boarded a plane headed to Australia. The newlyweds were excited to spend the next two weeks celebrating their honeymoon. Tina and Gabe planned to scuba dive a historic shipwreck in Queensland. But within minutes after entering the water, one of them experienced trouble. And only…

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Cindy James

For seven years, 44-year-old pediatric nurse Cindy James from British Columbia reported over 100 incidents of violence and harassment. Five of the incidents were physical attacks on Cindy. Over time, the police began doubting Cindy’s stories. Every time the police came around, the harassment stopped. And when the police disappeared, so did the threats and…

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Elijah Snow

In July 2021, Elijah Snow and his wife, Jamie, boarded an early morning flight in Arlington, Texas. They traveled to CancĂșn, Mexico, to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. The first day of the trip went just as planned. They spent the day by the beach and had a nice dinner at one of the all-inclusive…

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Anne and Robin Korkki

In September 2016, two sisters from Minnesota, Anne and Robin Korkki, set out on a trip of a lifetime to Africa. They spent the first two weeks in Kenya, Zanzibar, and Tanzania. But tragedy struck when they arrived at the Maia Luxury Resort in Mahe, an island in the Indian Ocean 900 miles off Africa’s…

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