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Monday, October 22, 2012 at 5:05 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Even as unprecedented resources were being poured into the Ridgeway search, dozens of other children from her home state were missing, too. Here's a look at nine whose fates remain unknown. Westword has the story.

Tags: Colorado, Village Voice Empire, Westword
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm

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Dominic Chagolla
Dominic Chagolla was described as a bit of a mama's boy in court documents obtained by The Phoenix New Times detailing the death of his mother, Maria Chagolla, in December 2010. Turns out, he wasn't that much of a mama's boy, as a jury found Dominic Chagolla guilty of first-degree murder in his mom's stabbing death. The Phoenix New Times has the full story.

Tags: Arizona, Phoenix, Phoenix New Times, Village Voice Empire
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:34 am
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Ten months after his estranged wife disappeared, prosecutors have charged Clay Waller with making good on his threats that divorce would be "her death sentence." With no body ever recovered, investigators are focusing on a blood-soaked carpet found hidden in a crawl space. Riverfront Times has the story.  
Tags: Missouri, Riverfront Times, Village Voice Media
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 9:59 am
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​UPDATE: A judge has ruled that Josh and Susan's Powell's kids will at least temporarily be given to Susan's parents. That came after a hearing yesterday in which more of Steven and Josh Powell's sexual weirdness was revealed. See update after the jump...



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Tags: Degenerate Dads, Utah, Washington
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 10:51 am
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​UPDATE: Police have launched an all-out search for 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford, and have tracked her scent to the edge of a river. But all they really know is that she disappeared sometime between 6 a.m. and about 9 on Saturday morning. See update after the jump...

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Tags: West Virginia
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 8:51 am
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​UPDATE: 15-year-old Alyssa Otremba was robbed, raped and then stabbed to death before being set on fire by 19-year-old Javier Righetti. He's not only confessed to police, but he's admitted that he's done this before. See update after the jump...

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Tags: Nevada, Rotten Little Bastards
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 2:27 pm
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​She had just arrived for her freshman year of college at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. But the 17-year-old student soon disappeared, leaving behind an eccentric 38-year-old boyfriend and a lot of unanswered questions. Crime Library has the story.

Tags: Crime Library, Virginia
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 8:02 am
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​41-year-old Amy Patterson was supposed to show up for her job as a science teacher at Mariner Middle School on July 25. But when she was a no-show, the school called her Pine Island, Florida home, only to find out she'd died in a tragic car accident...



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Tags: Alabama, Florida
Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 12:31 pm
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​Two years ago, 24-year-old Erika Lopez left her home in Revere, Massachusetts to follow a boyfriend west. She ended up in tony Newport Beach, California. The relationship didn't last, but Erika stayed on. Her family says she lived in an apartment by herself...

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Tags: California, Massachusetts
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:36 am
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​UPDATE: Witnesses say that when Gary Giordano reported Robyn Gardner missing, he had a large scratch on his throat, there was blood on the beach, and his shorts weren't wet, even though he claimed that they were snorkeling. See update after the jump...



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Tags: Aruba, Maryland