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By Pete Kotz in Sex crimes, cold cases
Wednesday, Jul. 21 2010 @ 1:57PM
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According to police, Angus Pascall began his career as a serial rapist in 2001. That's when he forced his way into a 22-year-old woman's home, stuck a gun in her face, and raped her. He would join the Fire Department of New York four years later as a paramedic...

Tags: New York
Wednesday, Jun. 30 2010 @ 2:25PM

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UPDATE: The insatiable public appetite for news on Joran van der Sloot may help pay for his murder defense in Peru. Reports say that he's asking for $1 million in exchange for a tell-all interview from his jail cell. See update after the jump...

Monday, Jun. 28 2010 @ 11:41AM

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UPDATE: It looks as if Juliana Redding may have been killed in a murder-for-hire plot over a failed business deal involving her father. Accused killer Kelly Soo Park was paid $250,000 three weeks before Juliana was found murdered. See update after the jump...

Friday, Jun. 18 2010 @ 11:56AM
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Ryann Bunnell Crow and Jesse Crow met last summer. Their speed romance quickly led to marriage. But it seems Jesse grew tired of his new wife just as quickly. A few months into their marriage, he began openly seeing his old flame again, even spending the night...

Tags: California
Thursday, Jun. 17 2010 @ 12:42PM
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In February, neurobiologist Amy Bishop opened fire at a meeting among University of Alabama-Huntsville faculty, killing three and wounding three others. Now she's charged with the 1986 murder of her brother, which was initially ruled accidental. TruTV has the story.

By Pete Kotz in cold cases, kidnapping
Thursday, Jun. 10 2010 @ 4:56PM
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UPDATE: This story has a sad ending. After waiting 15 years to see her kidnapped children, the kids are now refusing to see their mom. And Florida officials won't return them to California for fear they'll run away. See update after the jump...

By Pete Kotz in cold cases, homicide
Thursday, Jun. 10 2010 @ 10:49AM
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The brutal murder of mother Heather Barnett in coastal England stumped British police for nearly a decade. Then they got the break they needed with a morbid discovery in a 15th century Italian church. It doesn't get more who-done-it than this. TruTV has the story.

Tags: Britain, TruTV
By Pete Kotz in cold cases, homicide, unsolved
Monday, Jun. 7 2010 @ 8:04AM
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Reader Dooflotchie responds to Joran van der Sloot, Suspect in Natalee Holloway Case, Wanted for Killing Again in Peru. He's actually happy the little rich kid didn't die, because he'll suffer so much more in a Peruvian prison...

Friday, May. 28 2010 @ 10:30AM
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In May of last year, 27-year-old Tracy Ocasio was seen on surveillance cameras leaving the Florida Tap Room in Orlando with James Hataway. Her car was later found abandoned near Hataway's home. But Tracy hasn't been seen since...

Tags: Florida
Wednesday, May. 19 2010 @ 2:17PM
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Renee Pernice had just begun divorce proceedings against her husband -- Independence, Missouri fireman Shon Pernice -- when she suddenly disappeared from her home on New Year's Day in 2009. Naturally, her husband was a suspect from the start...

Tags: Missouri