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24/09/2026

On November 25, 2022, 12-year-old Morgan Connors was at a trailer in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, with 16-year-old Ash Cooper, a friend who was previously known as Joshua Cooper. The two were together at Cooper’s father’s home when Morgan was fat*lly sh*t.

Cooper had accessed a f*rearm from the g*n safe inside the home. According to prosecutors, Cooper replaced batteries that had been removed by her father, allowing the electronic lock to work, then took a f*rearm from the safe and sh*t Morgan.

Shortly after 4 p.m., police received a 911 call after Cooper contacted another acquaintance through an Instagram video chat and claimed to have just k*lled someone. Cooper flipped the camera around, showing the person’s bl**d-covered legs and feet, and asked for help cleaning up the scene and disposing of the bo*dy.

When officers arrived at the trailer park, they saw Cooper running from the back of the home. Inside, they found Morgan’s bo*dy on the bathroom floor with an apparent g*nsh*t wound. Investigators also found evidence that someone had taken substantial steps to clean the scene. Cooper was arrested shortly afterward.

Cooper reportedly told police the sh**ting was an accident, but prosecutors said Cooper never revealed why Morgan was k*lled. A note found in Cooper’s bedroom was given to the judge but was not made public, so there is no confirmed public motive for the m*rder.

In March 2024, Cooper pleaded guilty to third-degree m*rder, possession of an instrument of crime and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Cooper was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison, followed by seven years of probation.

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24/09/2026

On December 12, 2019, 33-year-old Heidi Broussard had just given birth to her daughter, Margot, about two weeks earlier. That morning, Heidi dropped her older son off at school in Austin, Texas, then returned home with her newborn. Soon afterward, Heidi and baby Margot disappeared.

Heidi’s fiancé, Shane Carey, reported them missing. Investigators quickly began searching for the mother and baby, eventually focusing on Heidi’s longtime friend, Magen Fieramusca. The two women had been close for years, and Fieramusca had been present when Heidi gave birth to Margot.

Authorities discovered that Fieramusca had been claiming she was pregnant at the same time as Heidi. Investigators later alleged that the pregnancy was part of a plan to take Heidi’s newborn and pass the baby off as her own. She had even told people that she had given birth to a baby girl around the same time Margot was born.

Seven days after Heidi disappeared, investigators traced the case to a home in the Houston area. Inside, they found baby Margot alive. Outside, in the trunk of a car belonging to Fieramusca, they discovered Heidi’s bo*dy concealed inside a black duffel bag. An autopsy determined that Heidi had been st**ngled.

Prosecutors said Fieramusca had fabricated her pregnancy and k*lled Heidi so she could take the newborn and raise her as her own. Baby Margot was later reunited with her father, Shane Carey.

Fieramusca was indicted for capital m*rder and kidn**ping. After years of legal proceedings, she pleaded guilty to Heidi’s m*rder in February 2023 and was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

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23/09/2026

On October 19, 2023, 33-year-old Jordan Wheeler received a call from her two sons, who were staying at their father Steven’s home in Clinton Township, Michigan. One of the boys told her that Steven had been drinking, took his tablet and threw it at him, hitting him in the back.

The boys were scared and asked Jordan to come pick them up. Jordan had filed for divorce two months earlier and had already moved out of the marital home with all three of her children, staying with her sister. She drove to Steven’s house to get the boys.

When Jordan arrived, an argument broke out. Steven grabbed her, and Jordan called 911 to report that he had a***ulted her. While she was still on the phone with the dispatcher, her two sons ran from the house.

Seconds later, the 911 recording captured five g*nsh*ts. Steven had retrieved a handg*n from the bedroom and sh*t Jordan five times in the head near the front door.

The dispatcher remained on the line as Steven was heard saying that he had k*lled Jordan and had sh*t her in the head. He then remained at the home until police arrived and took him into custody.

Jordan and Steven’s marriage had deteriorated before the sh**ting. Jordan had filed for divorce and moved in with her sister, while the couple were also dealing with custody of their three children. At trial, the defense argued that Steven had not planned the k*lling and believed he was being set up in the divorce and custody dispute.

But prosecutors argued the evidence showed premeditation. After a six-day trial, a Macomb County jury found Steven Wheeler guilty of first-degree premeditated m*rder and felony f*rearm in January 2025.

On February 26, 2025, Steven was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus a mandatory two-year sentence for the felony-f*rearm conviction.

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23/09/2026

On April 20, 2002, 28-year-old Stephen Lindsey was found slumped over in the driver’s seat of a Chevrolet van outside the former Red Roof Inn on Rothrock Road in Copley, Ohio. He had been sh*t once in the head.

Police investigated the m*rder extensively, interviewing dozens of people and traveling to other states. They eventually identified Neil Anderson, who was 20 at the time, as their prime suspect. But without an eyewitness or direct physical evidence connecting him to the sh**ting, there was not enough evidence to bring charges, and the case remained unsolved.

Years passed, and Anderson remained on investigators’ radar. Then, while suffering from a terminal illness in March 2023, Anderson reportedly confessed to his brother that he had sh*t Lindsey.

The motive, according to the confession relayed to police, was money. Anderson admitted k*lling Lindsey because he owed him an undisclosed amount and did not want to repay the debt.

But the confession remained a secret for more than a year. In November 2024, Anderson’s brother finally went to Copley police and told detectives what Anderson had admitted. He also provided details that investigators said matched information from the original crime scene—details they believed only the k*ller or police would have known.

Anderson had died in 2023 at age 41, meaning he could never be prosecuted for the m*rder. Still, Detective Mike Yovanno said investigators were confident Anderson was responsible, and the case was officially considered solved after more than two decades.

For Stephen’s family and friends, the revelation finally answered a question that had remained unanswered for 23 years.

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22/09/2026

On March 26, 2021, 13-year-old Lucia Bremer was walking home with her friend after leaving the athletic fields near Mills Godwin High School in Henrico County, Virginia. As the girls reached a home in the Gayton Forest West neighborhood, 14-year-old Dylan Williams approached them with a g*n.

Williams pointed the g*n at Lucia’s friend, who managed to knock it away and run inside the home. Williams then f*red at Lucia nine times. She was taken to the hospital but di*ed from her injuries.

Williams was arrested the following day. Investigators determined that he and Lucia did not know each other, leaving investigators with a disturbing question: why had he chosen these two girls?

According to Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor, prosecutors believed Williams had gone toward the high school that afternoon intending to commit some form of viol*nce, possibly a school sh**ting. Evidence showed he had previously threatened to carry out a school sh**ting, and prosecutors said he appeared to fixate on Lucia and her friend as they walked away from the athletic fields. Witnesses reported seeing him follow the girls before confronting them.

During sentencing, a neuropsychologist testified that Williams had told him he had developed a desire to k*ll someone and had researched k*lling. The expert said Williams described the day Lucia was m*rdered as simply the day he decided to act. However, authorities never established a specific personal reason for choosing Lucia.

The g*n used in the sh**ting belonged to the 52-year-old man Williams lived with. That man was later prosecuted over access to the fir*arm, but a juvenile court found insufficient evidence to convict him, and the charge was dismissed.

In 2023, Williams pleaded guilty to first-degree m*rder, attempted m*rder of Lucia’s friend and use of a fir*arm. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison.

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21/09/2026

On May 3, 2010, 22-year-old University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found unresponsive in her off-campus apartment in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her roommate had called police believing she might have suffered an alcohol overdose, but officers quickly discovered signs of severe physical tr**ma. Love was pronounced de*ad at the scene.

Love and George Huguely V, a 22-year-old member of UVA’s men’s lacrosse team, had been in an on-and-off relationship for about two years. Their relationship had become increasingly volatile, and the two had argued in the weeks before her death.

According to police records, Huguely went to Love’s apartment during the early morning hours of May 3. He kicked through her bedroom door and got into a physical altercation with her. Huguely later told investigators that he shook Love and that her head repeatedly str*ck the wall. He also admitted taking her computer from the apartment afterward.

Love was found face down on her pillow with significant injuries to her face, jaw, neck and head. The medical examiner determined that she died from bl*nt-f*rce tr**ma.

Prosecutors argued that Huguely had been enraged and jealous after learning that Love had been involved with another lacrosse player. Days before her death, he had sent Love an angry email that included the words, “I should have k*lled you.” The defense argued that Huguely had not intended to k*ll her and that her death was an accident.

Huguely was arrested hours after Love was found de*ad and initially charged with first-degree m*rder. His trial did not begin until 2012, with prosecutors presenting evidence about the couple’s troubled relationship, his actions that night and his own statements to investigators.

On February 22, 2012, a Charlottesville jury found Huguely guilty of second-degree m*rder and grand larceny for taking Love’s computer. He was sentenced on August 30, 2012, to 23 years in prison for the m*rder, with the one-year larceny sentence running concurrently.

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21/09/2026

On May 11, 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was picked up from his kindergarten class in Aurora, Illinois, by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen. She told school staff there was a family emergency, but instead took Timmothy on a trip without telling his father.

They first went to Brookfield Zoo and then spent the night at Key Lime Cove Resort in Gurnee, Illinois. The following day, Amy drove Timmothy to Wisconsin Dells, where they stayed at the Kalahari Resort. Surveillance footage captured them together there.

On May 13, Amy and Timmothy checked out of the resort. Later that day, Amy called relatives from northern Illinois, and Timmothy could be heard in the background. It was the last confirmed evidence that he was with his mother.

That evening, Amy was seen alone at stores in Winnebago, Illinois. She later checked into a motel in Rockford without Timmothy. The following day, May 14, she was found de*ad in her room from s**cide.

Amy left a note saying that Timmothy was safe and had been left with people who loved and cared for him, but she never identified them. She also wrote that he would never be found.

Investigators searched across Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa and followed numerous leads, but no confirmed sighting of Timmothy was ever established after May 13. The FBI and U.S. Marshals also joined the search.

In 2019, a man in Ohio claimed he was Timmothy and said he had escaped from kidn**pers. DNA testing proved he was not Timmothy, and investigators determined the claim was false.

Timmothy was only six years old when he disappeared. More than 15 years later, his whereabouts remain unknown, and authorities have never established what happened to him after his last confirmed sighting.

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20/09/2026

On November 2, 2015, nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee went to Dawes Park in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood to play basketball. He was still wearing his school uniform when he was approached by men who had been watching him.

Prosecutors said Dwright Boone-Doty approached Tyshawn, picked up his basketball and offered to take him to a store to buy him a juice box. Tyshawn followed him from the park into a nearby alley, where Boone-Doty sh*t him multiple times at close range.

Tyshawn was k*lled just a short distance from his home. His basketball was found near his bo*dy. Police immediately believed the k*lling was targeted rather than random and suspected it was connected to an ongoing gang conflict.

According to prosecutors, Tyshawn was targeted because his father, Pierre Stokes, was believed to be associated with a rival gang. Three weeks earlier, Tracy Morgan—the brother of Corey Morgan—had been k*lled in a sh**ting that also wounded Morgan’s mother. Prosecutors argued that Tyshawn’s m*rder was retaliation for that sh**ting.

Investigators eventually arrested three men: Dwright Boone-Doty, Corey Morgan and Kevin Edwards. Edwards admitted that he drove Boone-Doty to the park and waited with Morgan in an SUV while Tyshawn was lured into the alley. He later pleaded guilty to first-degree m*rder and received 25 years in prison.

At trial, prosecutors presented phone records, GPS information, witness testimony and DNA evidence. DNA linked Boone-Doty to Tyshawn’s basketball and the getaway vehicle. Separate juries convicted Boone-Doty and Morgan of first-degree m*rder in October 2019.

On December 18, 2019, Boone-Doty was sentenced to 90 years in prison, while Morgan received 65 years.

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20/09/2026

On September 2, 2015, 35-year-old pediatric dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher returned to her Uptown Dallas apartment after work. As she entered the parking garage, Kristopher Love approached her and sh*t her. He then took some of her belongings before fleeing in a Jeep driven by Crystal Cortes.

At first, the k*lling appeared to be a r**bery. But investigators soon uncovered something far more deliberate. Surveillance footage showed the Jeep leaving the garage, and police traced it to someone connected to Brenda Delgado, Hatcher’s boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend.

Investigators determined that Delgado had been focused on her former boyfriend, Dr. Ricardo Paniagua, and his new relationship with Hatcher. Prosecutors said Delgado was jealous and had recruited Cortes and Love to k*ll Hatcher. The group followed Hatcher and studied her routine and apartment garage before carrying out the m*rder.

Cortes later testified that Delgado had discussed different ways to k*ll Hatcher before they settled on sh**ting her. Cortes agreed to drive the getaway vehicle, while Love agreed to be the g*nman. Prosecutors said Love was promised money and dr*gs for carrying out the k*lling.

After police questioned Delgado, she convinced investigators she had been elsewhere when Hatcher was k*lled. She soon fled to Mexico, where she remained until Mexican authorities arrested her in April 2016. She was later extradited to Texas to face trial.

Love was convicted of capital m*rder in October 2018 and sentenced to death. Cortes pleaded guilty to m*rder and received 35 years in prison in exchange for cooperating with prosecutors and testifying against the others.

In June 2019, a Dallas County jury found Delgado guilty of capital m*rder after less than 20 minutes of deliberation. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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19/09/2026

On April 25, 2023, six-year-old Bella Fontenelle was at her father’s home in Harahan, Louisiana, where his girlfriend, Bunnak “Hannah” Landon, was watching Bella and her older sister while their father worked late. Earlier, Bella had reportedly been struggling with anxiety and had told others that Landon was mean to her.

After the girls’ grandmother left that evening, prosecutors said Landon k*lled Bella by b**ting and st**ngling her. Surveillance footage later showed Landon leaving the home around 9:30 p.m., pulling a blue wagon containing a large bucket with Bella’s bo*dy inside.

Landon wheeled the bucket to Bella’s biological mother’s home less than a quarter-mile away and left it on the front lawn. She then returned to the house and later left the neighborhood.

The next morning, Bella’s father realized she was missing and contacted police. An Amber Alert was issued, and officers began searching the area. About 45 minutes later, Bella’s maternal grandmother arrived at her mother’s home and discovered the bucket. Inside was Bella’s bo*dy, still wearing her pajamas.

Investigators reviewed neighborhood surveillance footage and traced Landon to East Jefferson General Hospital, where she was arrested that same day. They also recovered her buried cellphone. Its data revealed that shortly before the k*lling, Landon had recorded Bella crying and repeatedly asking for her grandmother.

Prosecutors argued that Landon’s relationship with Bella’s father was being threatened by the growing conflict involving Bella. They said Bella had recently opened up about Landon’s treatment of her, leading her father to confront Landon about their relationship. The defense argued that Landon was suffering from a mental disorder and could not distinguish right from wrong when she k*lled Bella.

An autopsy determined that Bella died from asp**xia caused by st**ngulation and bl*nt-f*rce tr**ma. In May 2025, a jury rejected Landon’s insanity defense and found her guilty of first-degree m*rder and two counts of obstruction of justice.

On May 6, 2025, Landon was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 80 years for the two obstruction convictions.

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