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On Friday, May 18, 1962, 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk disappeared. Her body was discovered 13 days later in a shallow grave on the riverbank of the South Saskatchewan river. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and buried alive. 60 years later, her murder remains unsolved.
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Can we all agree that those who prey on children are the most vile creatures to exist? It’s one thing when we can find the perpetrator and give them their due punishment (though we can ask if any punishment is ever enough), but what about when we can’t find them? That is the case with the Oakland County Child Killer (OCCK), who has yet to be identified.
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Tara Calico disappeared without a trace. Then, nearly a year later, a Polaroid photo was found in a convenience store parking lot. The photo was of a young woman and boy, bound and gagged. It is believed that she was the woman in the photo.
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On June 4, 2010, 7-year-old Kyron Horman disappeared without a trace. Although he had been at school that morning for the science fair, he never showed up to his class. It wasn’t until he didn’t return home on the school bus, that his family realized he was missing.
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From 1918 to 1919, a serial killer, dubbed the “Axeman” haunted New Orleans. Focusing primarily on Italian Immigrants, he attacked his victims with an axe, killing some, but not all of them in the process. Today the identity of the Axeman remains unknown.
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At 9pm on October 16, 1984, four-year-old Grégory Villemin was found drowned in the Vologne River near Docelles in eastern France. A wool hat had been pulled down over his face and his hands and feet had been bound with a rope. The next day, his family received a letter reading, “I have taken vengeance,” but the killer has yet to be identified.
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Kids today may not fully understand what it’s like to have a day off from school and spend that time outdoors. In some cases, perhaps that’s for the best. I’m sure the families of Abigail Williams and Liberty German wish their girls had stayed home, playing video games – or the like. Instead, they went for a hike and ran into the Delphi Killer.
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Parents have a lot to think about when naming their new baby. What does a name mean? Do you want to honor a relative by using theirs? What are potential nicknames? Some parents like to get cutesy and creative, and use alliteration in their childs’ names. This can be seen in some celebrities, like Amy Adams, Steven Spielberg, and Marilyn Monroe. For three little girls in Rochester New York, that name alliteration was a death sentence. They will forever be remembered as victims of the Alphabet Murders.
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Imagine this. You’re 17 and in High School. As a 3-sport athlete, you have aspirations of playing professional football. One day, you decide to stay after school, watch the evening’s basketball game. Your parents know where you are; you told them you’d be home after the game. But you don’t go home. In fact, you’d never go home again. Instead, you’d spend your last days in the High School gym. That was the case for Kendrick Johnson on January 10, 2013.
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His friends called him “Lucky,” but one has to question whether Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, commonly known as Lord Lucan, was even close to being lucky. His gambling debts put a strain on his family and his marriage. A lengthy custody battle left him at odds with the woman he once loved. And to top it all off, he is forever remembered for disappearing without a trace, suspected of attacking his wife, and murdering the nanny.
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