True Crime
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A Newborn Baby Kidnapped by a "Nurse" Discovers the Truth - 23 Years Later
Hope can be a powerful thing. It can keep a person together during the darkest periods. It can keep a family united during times of uncertainty. And hope can will a mother to hold on for more than two decades as she awaits word on her missing baby girl.How Carlina White Was Kidnapped from a Hospital...
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How Jaycee Lee Dugard Reclaimed Her Life after an 18-Year Kidnapping
On June 10, 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was walking up the hill in front of her house to catch the school bus in Lake Tahoe, California, but she never made it. As she was walking, a car cut her off and a man named Phillip Garrido shocked and incapacitated her with a stun gun. He and his wife...
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Alicia Kozakiewicz Shares Dangers of the Internet After Being Abducted by an Online “Friend” at 13
Alicia Kozakiewicz was 13-years-old when she slipped out of her parents’ house in Pittsburgh to meet “a friend” she had been chatting to online for the past six months. What happened next was a harrowing and life-changing experience that Alicia now wants others to know about in hopes of it never hap...
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After the Capture: Where Is Kidnapping Victim Elizabeth Smart 19 Years After Being Rescued?
The plague of missing and abducted children has become a terrifying global issue, and unfortunately, there remain few solutions. In 2021, there were 337,195 entries for missing children, according to the FBI. There are many reasons why children can go missing including runaways, family abductions, n...
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8-Year-Old Girl Abducted by Stranger From Her Bed Recalls Vital Details That Helped Solved Her Own Case
In the summer of 1990, Jennifer Schuett experienced a real-life nightmare when she was kidnapped from her bed, sexually assaulted, and left for dead. But through perseverance, determination, and sheer resilience she survived. Now, she’s using her voice to help other women and girls speak out against...
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A Mother and 8-Year-Old Daughter Were Kidnapped for 7 Weeks - Their Escape Was Unbelievable, but Just the Beginning
Mary Stauffer and her 8-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, were leaving a beauty salon in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 16, 1980, when a man appeared, and held them at gunpoint. He forced them into the trunk of his car, and then drove away. Although Mary didn't immediately recognize their abductor...
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Family Killer: The Story of Chris Watts
Let’s be clear from the start: Chris Watts is in a maximum-security prison -- the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, to be precise. He's serving five consecutive life sentences, with no hope of parole. Given the heinous nature of his crimes, most will agree that's the least he dese...
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The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann: How a 3-Year-Old Vanished and May Never Be Found
Any parent's worst nightmare is something horrible happening to their child. For Gerry and Kate McCann, the nightmare began in 2007, with the disappearance of their 3-year-old daughter, Madeleine McCann. It has continued for more than 15 years, with no sign of ending.There remains hope that her abdu...
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How the Horrifying Murder of Adam Walsh Changed a Generation of Parents
For much of the 20th century, much of America lived in a sort of blissful, willful ignorance of the potential dangers lurking nearby. This sense of general safety, which was at its greatest from the late 1930s through the late 1960s, is borne out by statistics: U.S. homicide rates were fewer than se...
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