Teen strangled, slit 9-year-old's throat 1
Dad sets dog on fire for jumping on couch 2
Dad executes son accused of molesting 3
Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 11:01AM
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Tammy Sue Rothganger was last seen at her high school.

Tammy Sue Rothganger, 15, got up and dressed for school as usual on May 16, 1984. The Eldon, Missouri teenager did not have far to go -- Eldon High School was across the street from her home.  Nonetheless, she was last seen at 7:45 that morning getting inside a blue Plymouth in front of the school building.

Frantic with worry when she didn't come home, Tammy's family notified police that afternoon. An inquiry determined that she never attended classes that day, and she has never been seen or heard from again...


Tags: Kansas, Missouri
Tuesday, Nov. 17 2009 @ 10:32AM
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12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch vanished in 1982 while delivering newspapers on his route.

Johnny Gosch, 12, had been working as a paperboy for a little more than a year when he vanished from his West Des Moines route in 1982 while delivering the Des Moines Register.  He left his parents' home at 5:45 a.m. on September 5, 1982, with his pet dachshund in tow. 

Suspicions of foul play, however, did not arise until about two hours later, when one of Johnny's customers called to say that his newspaper had not been delivered. Johnny's dad, Leonard, instructed his wife to call the police and went out looking for his son. He had gone barely two blocks from his house when he found Johnny's red wagon  full of newspapers, so Leonard delivered them to Johnny's customers...

Tags: Iowa
Tuesday, Nov. 17 2009 @ 9:00AM
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Reid Gray may be rich, but he's also confessed to cheating on his wife
Reader "Wise Mom" responds to Was Wealthy Wife Quinn Gray Kidnapped? Or Was it a Scam Concocted with Her Lover? She believes husband Reid Gray could find a much better wife -- like her, for instance:
 
"Just wanted to point out how very frustrating it is that there are soooo many wonderful, intelligent, caring, women with morals and values, not to mention class, out there waiting for a man like this and to be wasted on such a woman disgusts us..."

Tags: Florida
Monday, Nov. 16 2009 @ 8:00AM

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Kathy Gloddy was kidnapped, likely raped, and repeatedly run over with a car almost 40 years ago
It was about 5 p.m. on November 21, 1971 when cute Kathy Gloddy, 13, left her parents' home in the sleepy New Hampshire town of Franklin to walk to a nearby convenience store to buy junk food. She was accompanied by Tasha, her German shepherd dog, who went nearly everywhere that Kathy went. She ended up buying ice cream and potato sticks, then headed toward Franklin High School, where one of her older sisters was attending a banquet.

She never returned home.

"When Tasha came home without Kathy, we were worried," said Kathy's sister. "And then the dog was running around in circles, acting crazy and pawing at the door as if looking for Kathy."

Kathy and her sisters always came home when they were supposed to, and never stayed out late worrying their parents...

Friday, Nov. 13 2009 @ 12:46PM
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He's accused of violently raping his girlfriend, then taking off with daughter Hailey Traynham in a stolen truck
UPDATE: In a very cool ending, a hunter talks a father into turning himself in for raping woman, kidnapping daughter. See update after the jump...

Gary Traynham Jr., and his girlfriend had been having troubles lately. They'd been estranged for two weeks, and Traynham was pinched for writing a bad check on October 26. So when he showed up drunk at the unnamed girlfriend's apartment yesterday, it was bound to turn out bad...


Tags: Maine
Friday, Nov. 13 2009 @ 7:50AM
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Jared Yaffe paid babysitters to hand over kids
In our last episode of This Guy's Gotta Die, we told you about Aaron Zendejas, convicted of selling a 3-year-old boy he was babysitting to a pedophile for $150. This week, we turn to the piece of shit who bought the child, Jared Yaffe:

Subject: Jared Yaffe, 30

Occupation: Con man, serial rapist, child pornographer...

Thursday, Nov. 12 2009 @ 2:04PM

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Ricky Franklin is suspected in the murder or disappeance of at least 10 women
UPDATE: Woman says Franklin kidnapped her in the '90s, but police never investigated. See update after the jump...

Ricky Franklin picked up a 21-year-old woman in Jackson, Mississippi Saturday and took her to a club in nearby Bolton. They later repaired to his trailer home. That's where he beat her with a bottle, tried to bite off her ear, sucked her blood, choked her, and brutally raped her, say police.

Franklin was confronted by a relative, so he ran into the woods before turning himself in the next day. But if history's any indication, he may well skate on the crime. He's a suspect in 10 murders and cases of women disappearing. Though he's been tried three times, he's never been convicted...

By Pete Kotz in Creeps, drugs, kidnapping
Wednesday, Nov. 11 2009 @ 8:07AM
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Carol Thomas was murdered for selling rock salt that was supposed to be meth
Reader "Jackie" responds to Carol Thomas Kidnapped, Murdered in Missouri. She says James Reardon has two kids, and they need a father:

"First off, She got herself into it. She was the one who sold them the rock salt. She should have knew from the start that was not the right thing to do. No, i do not think that she should have been killed. But, since i know James Reardon(White Boy) personally, i do not agree with him getting the death penalty or life.

"I think that all 3 of them should get the same amount of time though. They were all involved, they all knew what was going to happen & never chose to leave. White boy has kids and they deserve to have a father in their life. Even if it consist of just seeing him in prison. I know these kids, his little girl is only 2 and he also has a son that is younger than a year. They deserves to remember their father. And im sure that he regrets what he did."


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Jeffrey Dahmer could have been caught when a naked, bloody boy ran into the street
Reader "Ed" responds to Anthony Sowell Case: How Lazy Police Let a Serial Killer Run Free. He says there are a lot of parallels with the way Milwaukee police responded to Jeffrey Dahmer:

"This IS a perfect example of shitty / lazy cops, who are supposed to "serve and protect", and investigate any and all reports. Brings back the Dahmer case.. remember that one?

"Two women find a drunk / drugged up 14yr old boy running down the road, nude, and bleeding from his backside and call 911. Cops show up, and Dahmer tells the cops that the kid is his 19yr old lover. The cops didn't "want to get involved" in a dispute between supposed homosexual lovers, and turn the kid back over to Dahmer, even though the two women try to tell the cops not to...

Tags: Ohio, Wisconsin
By Pete Kotz in Sex crimes, bizarre, kidnapping
Monday, Nov. 9 2009 @ 10:44AM
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Quinn Gray claims she was kidnapped and raped by Albanian loan sharks
UPDATES: Tapes show Quinn Gray suggested blowing her husband's head off. See update after the jump...

On the evening of September 4, Reid Gray came home to find his wife missing and a ransom note tacked to the front door of their $4 million suburban Jacksonville home. The message: His wife Quinn had been abducted, and he'd need to pony up $50,000 if he wanted her back.

The next morning, Quinn called Reid, asking him to take the money to a drop spot. He wasn't supposed to inform police. And if he didn't follow directions, she said, she would be killed.

That same day Quinn and a man later identified as Jasmin Osmanovic checked into the Emerson Inn motel. But according to owner Andy Mohan, she "didn't seem distressed. Osmanovic even left the room several times, leaving Quinn unguarded, he told police...

Tags: Florida