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Elena Ferrarin

Elena Ferrarin is a freelance writer based in Chicago. She has two decades of experience as a news reporter, and speaks fluent Spanish and Italian.

How Faye Yager Operated Her 'Children of the Underground' Network
How Faye Yager Operated Her 'Children of the Underground' Network

For many years, a Georgia woman ran an underground network out of her Atlanta home in order to hide children who'd allegedly been abused. Some feel she was a hero, while others believe she was a kidnapper and vigilante.

Why Did It Take 11 Victims to Catch Serial Killer Henry Louis Wallace?
Why Did It Take 11 Victims to Catch Serial Killer Henry Louis Wallace?

We investigate why the Charlotte Police Department took so long to identify 'The Taco Bell Strangler' who targeted Black women in the 1990s.
Ed Kemper Was Released From a Forensic Hospital After Killing His Grandparents and Went on to Murder 8 More People
Ed Kemper Was Released From a Forensic Hospital After Killing His Grandparents and Went on to Murder 8 More People

Serial killer Edmund Kemper, later known as the 'Co-Ed Killer,' was released on parole from Atascadero State Hospital when he was 21 after shooting and killing his grandparents when he was 15. Why did psychiatrists allow him to go free?
The Murder of Gabby Petito: A Look at the Police Response and Intimate Partner Violence Among Young People
The Murder of Gabby Petito: A Look at the Police Response and Intimate Partner Violence Among Young People

About two weeks before Brian Laundrie strangled his 22-year-old fiancé Gabby Petito to death in late August 2021, the couple had an encounter with law enforcement in Moab, Utah. Could different decisions by the police officers have prevented Petito's death?
Vanessa Bennett on What It's Like to Be the Lone Survivor When Your Family Is Murdered
Vanessa Bennett on What It's Like to Be the Lone Survivor When Your Family Is Murdered

We spoke a victim of Alex Christopher Ewing, also known as the Hammer Killer, about the struggles she's faced since the loss of her family.
The Unsolved Chen Family Murders of Upstate New York Remain Shrouded in Mystery
The Unsolved Chen Family Murders of Upstate New York Remain Shrouded in Mystery

A&E True Crime investigates the 2014 quadruple homicide of the Chen family of upstate New York and how the devastation caused by the murders continues to impact the Albany community today.
How a Daughter Helped Convict Her Mother's Killer—46 Years After She Identified Him
How a Daughter Helped Convict Her Mother's Killer—46 Years After She Identified Him

On July 31, 1970, 4-year-old Heidi Jones found the body of her mother, 23-year-old Loretta Jones. Heidi Jones-Asay recounts the 46 years leading up to Thomas Egley's long-awaited guilty plea.

What Is Phrogging? And Is It an Urban Legend or Real-Life Crime?
What Is Phrogging? And Is It an Urban Legend or Real-Life Crime?

'Phrogging' is the crime of individuals secretly living in someone's home—a reference to how frogs leap from place to place. We investigate the many different forms of this crime and the danger it presents to victims.

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