On a Saturday afternoon in October 2022, officers from the the Santa Fe Police Department found 21 year-old Grace Jennings stabbed to death by a large sword in the garage of a house on Jaguar Drive.Grace did not live in the home where she was found. She had only arrived the night before; offered an ostensibly safe place to stay the night by someone claiming to be her friend. Following the horrific discovery, two suspects were detained and questioned; each offering a different story. Eventually, the truth came out, though no one was prepared for just how strange that truth would be.
In the Spring of 2019 a group of 20-somethings spent their weekends partying at friend's house in east Detroit. On one of these nights the unthinkable happened. Jokes and dancing turned into terror when a man in a mask burst through the door, armed with a gun, and began firing. The attack left three friends dead and the remaining two witnesses wounded. Those that survived did not get a clear view the shooter. Nonetheless, they could point to one person who, they believed, could have a twisted motive to murder them all. And they had met him, only hours before...
On an otherwise uneventful Thursday afternoon in May, 2019, 15 year-old Kaylie Juga returned home from school with her mother. They turned on some music, joked around and relaxed.
Minutes later, a hooded figure dressed all in black entered the house undetected through the open garage door. A doorbell camera across the street recorded the sound of gunfire. Seven shots rang out across the usually quiet and peaceful neighbourhood. Moments later, the hooded figure ran from the scene; mother and daughter still inside, fighting for their lives.
A security guard in the wealthy, gated community of Admiral's Cove responded to a home security alarm early one Autumn morning, arriving within three minutes of dispatch. Inside, the patriarch of the family lie dead in the bathroom; not one, but two possible murder weapons found nearby. Emerging from the house were two suspects: a mother and son, each with motive, and each pointing the finger at the other. It seemed that one of them had to be killer … that is unless … there was third person, who had made a rapid escape...
On the night of July 19, 2023 desperate cries were heard emanating from Barry Schmalbach’s condo in Cape Coral. Florida.
In the days that followed, no one saw Barry.Messages sent from his cellphone were at first odd, then they ceased entirely. Barry’s boyfriend, his closest friends and his family spoke with police.
Though by the time investigators began retracing his steps, it seemed is was too late.
Dee Ann Warner went missing in April, 2021. For years her disappearance was a source of mystery and heartache for the community she had been a part of her whole life.Dee’s last sighting had been at the farmhouse where she and her family lived and worked. It was there that search efforts focused. Just as authorities began to accept that they must seek justice without all of the answers … they made, a shocking discovery.
Early on a spring morning in 2021, police in Miami Gardens were dispatched to an apartment complex. They were responding to a report that a restraining order had been violated.Officers were not prepared for what they would find.What followed was a confused response, a messy investigation and error-riddled prosecution. The outcome of this case was far from certain.
On a spring afternoon in 2024, an unimaginable tragedy rocked the town of Newport, Michigan. Two children were killed and over a dozen more injured.Mixed with the community’s grief was outrage towards the woman responsible. Appallingly, instead of an explanation, she offered only platitudes and excuses. Investigators were left to piece together the whole picture and to answer the question: was this a horrific accident - or was it murder?
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In October 2023, 39 year-old mother of two, Irina Garcia, was brutally stabbed to death in her bed. It was an attack so malicious that it was assumed to be an act of passion. The only suspect in the case, Irina’s 13 year-old son, Derek, had no motive. No one could point to any sign that the teen was aggressive or capable of violence. And so, even in the face of mounting evidence, new theories are emerging. Ones that argue, that the minor currently indicted for this heinous crime, is in fact, innocent.
Tina Satchwell went missing in March 2017 from the small-town of Youghal in County Cork.For years her family, friends as well as the local community held out hope while her loving and devoted husband made desperate pleas for her safe return.There were few clues in her disappearance. And there was reason to believe that she could have, voluntarily, left to begin a new life...
