Did gold digger kill her elderly boyfriend? 1
Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week! 2
Moron shoots up house trying to kill bat 3
By Pete Kotz in bizarre, unsolved
Thursday, Sep. 2 2010 @ 11:23AM
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​UPDATE: Bethany Storro received second-degree burns in the acid attack Monday. She's now in fair condition at a Portland hospital, but there's no word on whether she'll face permanent disfigurement. The substance was found to be either sulfuric or hydrochloric acid. See update after the jump...

Tags: Washington
By Pete Kotz in Police bungling, unsolved
Tuesday, Aug. 31 2010 @ 8:10PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The device would only be used on violent inmates, says the sheriff. But a more powerful version tested by the Air Force nearly cooked five servicemen with serious burns, and the ACLU says that's torture. LA Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Animal Cruelty, unsolved
Monday, Aug. 30 2010 @ 8:06PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: It would seem an obvious case of protecting his own animals. Unfortunately, the Baptist preacher shot another neighborhood dog on New Year's Eve for merely crossing through his yard. Seattle Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in missing persons, unsolved
Monday, Aug. 30 2010 @ 12:07PM
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​UPDATE: After heavy questioning from detectives, Bobby Petty -- Nina Keown's ex-husband and the last person to see her alive -- has led police to her body in a wooded area near Bethlehem, Indiana. He says they were both high at the time of the murder. See update after the jump...

Tags: Indiana
By Pete Kotz in homicide, unsolved
Monday, Aug. 30 2010 @ 11:43AM
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​UPDATE: Police believe they've found the killer of Alicia Debolt. Ex-con Adam Joseph Longoria, 35, has been arrested for stealing an SUV from the asphalt plant where Alicia burned body was found. He was released from a Texas prison in May, where he did seven years for robbery. See update after the jump...

Tags: Kansas
By Pete Kotz in unsolved
Friday, Aug. 27 2010 @ 6:01AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: He says he made his affection for large breasts known to a clerk, but he was talking about chicken breasts. The clerk, however, thought the 62-year-old was a perv, and he was banned from the store. Westword has the story.

By Pete Kotz in fugitives, unsolved
Friday, Aug. 20 2010 @ 11:06AM
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​UPDATE: Charles McCluskey and Casslyn Mae Welch have been captured at a campground in Arizona. Welch is believed to have helped McCluskey and two other inmates escape from an Arizona prison on July 30. All three are now back in custody, and will likely face new murder charges. See update after the jump...

By Pete Kotz in classroom creepiness, unsolved
Thursday, Aug. 19 2010 @ 2:42PM
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​Back in April, we brought you the tale of Cheyenne Williams, a lesbian student at Jackson County High School in Kentucky. She says that she drove with three classmates to Flat Lick Falls. That's where the girls turned on her, beating her and trying to push her off a 50-foot cliff...

By Pete Kotz in missing persons, unsolved
Thursday, Aug. 19 2010 @ 10:30AM
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​UPDATE: Karina Valencia has been found safe and sound in Sylmar, California after disappearing following a friend's birthday party Saturday night. She was pulled over in a car driven by an unnamed 20-year-old man. Police believe she may have met the guy on MySpace. See update after the jump...


Tags: California
By Pete Kotz in homicide, unsolved
Wednesday, Aug. 18 2010 @ 3:49PM
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​The details are still very sketchy, but here's what we know right now: Police were called to a home in Garland, Texas after a report that a man had been shot. On the front lawn, they found 48-year-old Alan Nevil bleeding heavily after being shot five times...