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On the 26th of April 2011, at approximately 11:30pm, the plastic wrapped, nude body of 17 year-old Michelle Lozano was found by a homeless man near Freeway (5), State Street and Caesar Chavez Avenue near Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. Her body was wrapped in plastic and had spilled out of a plastic container that seemed to have been thrown over the barrier of the freeway where it opened on impact. (Michelle Lozano. Source) It would be later be determined that the teenage girl had been raped and strangled to death. Lozano was last seen standing outside of Lincoln high...

Since next month marks the ten year anniversary of the disappearance of Andrew Gosden, I thought we’d take another look at the case. On the 14th of September 2007, then 14 year-old Andrew Gosden purchased a one way ticket from Doncaster train station to London King's Cross. He was offered a return ticket for the small cost of around £1 (around US $1.30) but turned it down. CCTV cameras at London Kings cross captured his image for the last time. (The last images of Andrew Gosden. Source) He has not been seen since and the purpose of Andrew’s journey and...

On the 8th of December 2000, 22 year old Trevor Deely disappeared after a night out in Dublin, Ireland. (Trevor Deely. Source) The young bank worker from Naas, County Kildare, was described by friends and family as likeable, warm, friendly and very enthusiastic about his career. After a Christmas party and hitting the clubs with fellow colleagues from his job at the Bank of Ireland asset management, Deely left early and headed towards his office on Wilton terrace. Grainy CCTV footage showed Deely making his way to the office. The stormy weather is later evident in the footage as rain...

I read a news report about the kidnapping of a young British glamour model in Italy and thought I’d share it with you guys. Chloe Ayling, a 20 year old model from London, was kidnapped from what she believed was a legitimate photo-shoot at an apartment in Milan, Italy on July 11, 2017. She had traveled from a shoot in Paris to Milan with the intention of attending a session that had been booked through her agent back in England when she was attacked by two men. (source) The men restrained Ayling, injected her in the right forearm with Ketamine,...

On Valentine’s Day 2017, the bodies of two missing teenage girls from Delphi, Indiana (13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German), were found at the foot of a hill in the woods near Carroll County, Indiana. (source) (Abby and Libby. Source) Although their causes of death were not publicly released, foul play was evident and a video found on Liberty German’s cell phone (which was also uploaded to her snapchat account), showed the image of an unidentified man along with the audio of a male voice saying “down the hill”. According to this article the killer's DNA was found at...