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Everyone has seen them at subway stations, street festivals, shopping malls, and even ordinary city sidewalks: a few friendly-looking people sitting at small, folding tables, with colorful electronic contraptions prominently upon them, and lots of hardbound copies of L. Ron Hubbard books. A sign screams out, “FREE STRESS TEST.” Naturally, everyone feels a little stressed out in our modern day, so with a chuckle and a smile, the ordinary citizens passing by may sit down “just to see how this... Read Full Story

[book cover image c ourtesy of Univer sity of Michigan Press] Decades before Columbine and Virginia Tech became household names, there was a school called Bath Consolidated School in Bath, Michigan. On May 18, 1927, the Bath Consolidated School fell victim to a tragedy that would leave a toll of 46 victims, most of them young children. In the center of the tragedy was the perpetrator, Andrew Kehoe, who reportedly committed the crime because of a school tax that sent his farm into foreclosure... Read Full Story

Days after the mother of Ariana and Tyler Payne eloquently told her story at a child abuse rally in New York, their killers were sentenced. On April 27, 2009, Reina Gonzales was sentenced to two 22 year terms, running concurrently. The sentence was not a shock for those who have been following this case, as Gonzales had plead guilty in August 2008 to spare herself from a trial. Her plea to two counts of second degree murder was exchanged for her testimony against her former boyfriend and... Read Full Story

Thomas and Judy McKnight [photo from NM Dept.of Public Safety website] After nearly 25 years, New Mexico authorities are still trying to solve the murders of Thomas "Cotton" McKnight and his wife Judy McKnight. The McKnights were found shot to death in their ranch house in Lincoln County, New Mexico on November 15, 1984. According to the file on New Mexico's Department of Public Safety website , the McKnights likely knew their killer, as there was no sign of forced entry. The fact that they... Read Full Story

Rosa Tapia [photo from SLC Police Department website] In the early morning hours of August 13, 1995 , a little girl named Rosa Tapia, age 6, was discovered to be missing. Only her 4-year-old sister remained in the bed where Rosa normally slept. According to the Salt Lake City Police Department website , Rosa's mother immediately reported her missing. A screen to the bedroom window had been removed with no sign of Rosa. Sadly, hours later Rosa's tiny body was found floating in a surplus canal... Read Full Story

I previously reported about Christopher Coan , a young man from Enoch, Utah who went missing after finishing his shift at a Subway restaurant in Cedar City. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a vehicle matching the description of Chris Coan's Chevy Blazer was found by a man searching for his dog in the Right Hand Canyon with a body inside. The person was a single occupant of the vehicle and clothing matching what Chris was last known to be wearing was on the body. The vehicle appeared to have... Read Full Story

READER NOTICE: THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS TESTIMONY CONTINUES. PLEASE CHECK BACK. YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED! Two years after the decomposing body of Ariana Payne was found in a plastic tub, the murder trial of her father has started. Opening statements in the Christopher Mathew Payne murder trial started Wednesday morning in Tucson, along with a handful of witness testimony. He is accused of killing his two children, Ariana and Tyler Payne. At the time of their deaths, Ariana... Read Full Story

The prospect that The Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe might be considered for release because in the opinion of clinical psychologists 'he no longer represents a threat' is alarming. In the... How many times have you thought..."If only I knew then what I know now!" Use http://gullibility.blogspot.com to jump the experience queue and reduce your Gullibility Read Full Story

You probably remember the phrase from you were a kid- "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me". Although I disagree that names don't hurt people, there are some that take retaliation for name-calling a little too far. In Ogden, Utah, a 15 year-old girl apparently called a group of girls "scraps". A "scrap" , in case you are wondering, is evidently a gang-related insult. I, on the other hand, grew up thinking a "scrap" was leftover food you would give to the dog... Read Full Story

Dell Vanderschuit (from AZfamily.com) Dell Vanderschuit (facebook photo) Phoenix, ARIZONA His private MySpace account features a quote from Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul." Dell Vanderschuit was definitely determined, but he didn't count on irony to circumvent his determination. An unlikely hero and good, old-fashioned police work would thwart his effort to reach his alleged... Read Full Story