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The body of the Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina woman was found in a ditch with injuries consistent with being thrown...
Retired investigator Joe Kennedy established a coalition of investigators who help police departments in the U.S. solve cold cases.
In very rare instances, people who suspect their fathers, brothers or other family members are long-sought serial killers are dead right and help authorities solve a notorious cold case. But far more often, they pester police with circumstantial evidence backing up wild theories.
Lisa McVey was 17 years old when she was abducted, beaten and raped by a serial killer—and managed to survive. We spoke with McVey, now a master deputy in the Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff's Office, about how she outsmarted her kidnapper, Bobby Joe Long.
The idea that people have a right to defend themselves harks back centuries and formed the basis of the American legal system.
It's an exceedingly rare group of people who escape the clutches of a serial killer—only to find their lives forever changed by the ordeal.
After the Golden State Killer's arrest in 2018, dozens of rape victims learned their assaults weren't isolated incidents but the work of a serial killer. Read how many survivors bonded through mutual trauma.
