Suzanne Sevakis’ story is a frightening one. Kidnapped as a child by the man she knew as her step-father, and raised as his daughter. They moved often, with Floyd changing their names each time. As the girl becomes a woman, Franklin Delano Floyd marries Sevakis and ultimately kills her and her son. Today on Crime …
The body of Margaret “Maggie” Sniegowski is found by a farmer, dumped along a central Indiana highway. Police say the teen had been dead for several days. At the time, however, no one knew who the girl was and it would be 20 years before the 17-year-old was identified, thanks to DNA technology. Boone County …
Five-year-old Ann Pham is the youngest of 10 children, but her family felt her so responsible that the parents allowed the girl to walk the few blocks to her kindergarten class alone. Pham never made it. She had been suffocated, sexually assaulted, and her body discarded. according to police. Now, thanks to new DNA technology, Robert …
Multiple murders are linked to one man thanks to a young survivor. Sandra Sapaugh, kidnapped by William Reece, throws herself move a moving vehicle and is able to describe and identify her attacker. Reece was sentenced to prison after already serving 10 years for two previous rapes. Whiles in jail, Reece must conform to laws …
The search for Oakley Carlson is still underway. The little girl has not been seen in over a year. Carlson is just 9 months old when she is placed with foster parents Jamie Jo and Erick Hiles. Over the next two years, the little girl becomes part of the family, but then November 2019, Washington’s …
As Lori and Chad Daybell move closer to trial, Tammy Daybell’s death is back in center stage. Tammy Daybell’s death is initially ruled natural causes. The seemingly healthy 49-year-old is training to run a 4K race, but Chad Daybell reports that his wife is dead in the bed beside him one morning. The family refuses …
Still, no suspect has been named in the death of Jared Bridegan. The 33-year-old Microsoft executive drops his twins off at the home of his ex-wife, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez. Bridegan is with his 2-year-daughter as he drives home. On their way home, Bridegan stops to remove a tire from the middle of the road. There’s no …
A motion filed by the prosecution in the Chad and Lori Daybell cases asks that DNA testing be performed on items found the Daybell property. Those items: a shovel, pickaxe, the duct tape that was surrounding JJ’s body, and also DNA testing on JJ’s fingernails. What’s at issue is consumptive DNA testing, meaning, that when …
Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdad’s Sing,” a fictional story about a murder in North Carolina, has sold more than 12 million copies and has spent 166 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. However, Owens is linked to another murder. The author is wanted for questioning in Zambia about a deadly shooting in Africa …
Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old student at California Polytechnic State University, disappears after attending a campus party. She is still missing more than 20 years later, but now the man accused of her murder stands trial. Paul Flores is charged with killing the college student during an attempted rape. His father, Ruben Flores is said to …
Murder charges were filed against South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh in the deaths of his wife and son. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found fatally shot at their family’s 1,770-acre lodge in Colleton County. Alex Murdaugh claims that he was visiting his mother in Varnville, 20 minutes away. A bond hearing is slated for Wednesday, …
Ellie and Angela Green were like many mothers and daughters. Sometimes they argued. Ellie Green had just returned from Italy, after studying abroad. That’s when the argument happens. Ellie stays with her boyfriend’s family for a few days, and with no word from her mother, Ellie texts her father. Geoffrey Green’s reply says Angela has …
