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Scott Peterson is serving a life sentence without parole for murdering his wife, Laci, and their unborn child, Conner. Peterson has maintained his innocence and has continued to pursue appeals and innocence claims, keeping the case in the public eye for more than two decades. Laci, who was eight months pregnant with Conner when she … Read more

A man suspected of involvement in the disappearance of his wife in Perth once told his new partner she had been murdered by serial killers David and Catherine Birnie. Sharon Fulton was 39 years old when she vanished more than three decades ago on March 18, 1986. The last person who claimed to see her … Read more

The abalone soup was still steaming when Vivian lifted the bowl. It happened fast. Elena’s swollen fingers slipped on the shrimp shell again, the small knife clattering against the plate. She had been trying to keep her hands below the edge of the table so no one would notice how hard it was to grip … Read more

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. – It has been nearly five months since officials issued an Amber Alert for a missing 5-year-old northeast Tennessee girl. Law enforcement officials said they are being tight-lipped about portions of the investigation to preserve the integrity of the investigation, but said the search is far from over. “We’re still looking, still searching, … Read more

By the time Ted Bundy reached Florida in January 1978, he had already killed at least 13 women and attacked two in four different states. One of America’s most infamous serial killers would go on to take the lives of three more women as well as brutally attacking two others, before finally being arrested in … Read more

A judge called Anita Cobby’s 1986 rape and murder “a calculated killing done in cold blood.” For the 26-year-old Australian nurse, the barbaric beating and gang rape on the night of Feb. 2, 1986, that left her dead in a rural field with her throat slashed was the stuff of nightmares. Just before 10 p.m. … Read more

Hearing the evidence I was reminded of the overwhelming and simple conclusion that 32 years ago a dingo could have taken nine-week-old Azaria. In hearing the Coroner setting out the evidence – it seemed almost simple. A mother put her baby to bed in a tent. Later a fellow camper heard a growl. Mother rushes … Read more

Just after midnight on 1 May 1984, civil servant Anthony Littler stepped off a train at East Finchley station and set off down a dark alleyway towards home. Two minutes later, the 45-year-old lay dying on the ground. Anthony – a “gentle giant” to his friends, who lived alone and loved real ale – had … Read more

DNA and the discovery that dental records were submitted upside down have led to the identification of a Utah John Doe found dead in 1983 — and the remains belong to a 17-year-old boy who went missing four months earlier. Robby Lynn Peay ran away from a youth treatment center in Salt Lake City on … Read more

Investigators said Friday that new evidence indicates that the Tennessee sheriff made famous in the movie “Walking Tall” was likely responsidble for the death of his wife in 1967. Mark Davidson, district attorney for the state’s 25th judicial district, said at a news conference that the evidence they’d found would “more likely than not” bring … Read more