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In August 2023, trash collectors working at a garbage dump in Thailand discovered a fertilizer bag filled with dismembered human remains. The body parts came from an island that’s popular with tourists—Koh Phan-Ngan. Investigators soon connected this murder to a YouTube star who’s also a member of a famous Spanish acting family, which resulted in the case being plastered all over the headlines.

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https://latinamericanpost.com/americas/the-dark-descent-of-the-youtube-chef-who-murdered-and-dismembered-colombian-surgeon/

https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-12/edwin-arrieta-the-plastic-surgeon-murdered-and-dismembered-in-thailand.html

https://apnews.com/article/spanish-actors-phangan-youtube-chef-thailand-prison-murder-0589a451fd5f6665d797f306e6d7eaff

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxry3k9rgo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-sancho-sentencing-killing-dismembering-plastic-surgeon-thailand/

https://www.larazon.es/gente/famosos/sueno-cumplir-edwin-arrieta-que-deja-padre-desprotegido_2023082964ee32549598e300019c72a2.html

https://people.com/son-of-well-known-spanish-actor-killed-plastic-surgeon-while-in-thailand-8703869

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/world/asia/thailand-daniel-sancho-bronchalo-murder.html

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In May 1896, a fiend attacked 5 members of the Meeks Family with a gun and a blunt object—allegedly an ax or hatchet. One family member survived to point the finger at the family’s killers, who turned out to be two very prominent citizens.

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https://www.newspapers.com/article/franklin-county-tribune-meeks-murder/16252402/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/darlington-record-taylors-sought-in-murd/8364945/

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murder.html

https://sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html

https://www.linnr1.k12.mo.us/vnews/display.v/ART/4cd2bd5f227f3

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/general/topics/outlaws/83/

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18970131.2.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------

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When 18-year-old Katherine Foster disappeared, her friends and family banded together to find her. Two days later, searchers found her body in a wooded area near the University of South Alabama campus. Proving who put her there would be difficult—but not impossible.

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https://www.alabamaag.gov/ag-announces-murder-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court-in-1980-murder/

https://www.wlox.com/story/9399395/cold-case-arrest-unearths-painful-memories-in-pascagoula/

https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/testimony_victim_was_concerned.html

https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/jamie_letson_convicted_of_1980

https://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2008/11/25/28-years-later-arrest-made/

https://paroles.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/NoReply.Scans_20220118_105445.pdf

“Dear Katherine, It’s Me the Killer.” Nightmare Next Door. Season 6, Episode 3. 16 September 2016.

“The Campus Killer.” Blood, Lies, and Alibis. Season 1, Episode 6. 9 July 2012.

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In February 2022, Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment complex in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood. Her neighbors called the police, who arrived in minutes—so why doesn’t this story have a happy ending?

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https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-guilty-plea-of-assamad-nash-for-brutal-murder-of-christina-yuna-lee/

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-sentencing-of-assamad-nash-for-murder-of-christina-yuna-lee/

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/02/15/christina-lee-alleged-killer-arrests-mental-health/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect-in-gruesome-chinatown-stabbing-death-of-christina-lee-deemed-unfit-for-trial/4415987/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2022/02/18/christina-yuna-lee-funeral-chinatown-nyc-stabbing-murder/6846530001/

https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/family-of-christina-yuna-lee-nyc-creative-producer-slaughtered-in-her-chinatown-apartment-ask-for-homeless-shelter-in-her-honor/

https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/splice-christina-lee-new-york-murder-remembered-1235032087/

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In December 2020, Timothy Saunders discovered a horrific scene in his daughter’s home on Cemetery Road. His daughter, Risa Saunders, lived in the house with her husband Daniel Long, and three sons named Gavin Smith, Gage Ripley, and Jameson Long. The crime that had occurred in their small West Virginia home scarred their small town.

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https://www.scribd.com/document/563634116/Gavin-Smith-Order-Granting-Motion-To-Transfer

https://www.scribd.com/document/613242520/Gavin-Smith-Verdict-Form

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha_valley/girlfriend-testifies-told-smith-to-hurry-up-and-kill-family/article_51e06d70-74ad-5d1a-bdb7-1578d66654e4.html

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/01/17/teen-sentenced-life-murdering-4-family-members/

https://wchstv.com/news/local/relationship-between-teenagers-accused-in-quadruple-elkview-murder-a-perfect-storm

https://wchstv.com/news/local/teen-gavin-smith-who-killed-4-family-members-was-on-video-call-with-girlfriend-rebecca-walker-during-shootings-elkview-west-virginia

https://wchstv.com/news/local/teen-who-was-accessory-in-elkview-murders-reports-to-prison

https://wchstv.com/news/local/state-rests-case-in-murder-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-four-members-of-his-family

“His Parents Didn’t Like Me.” Signs of a Psychopath. Season 8, Episode 4.

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https://www.waybrightfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Risa-Mae-Saunders?obId=19320947

https://www.adamsfamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Daniel-Dale-Long?obId=19333105

https://www.waybrightfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Gage-Xavier-Ripley?obId=19320965

https://www.waybrightfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Jameson-Aries-Long?obId=19320973

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This week, we’re going to take a break from talking about traumatic crimes. Instead, we’re going to tell you about some ridiculous crimes involving pie. Trust us, you’ll enjoy this episode. It’s officially one of our favorites.

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https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/0006/1201.htm

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/pieing-politicians-and-other-powerful-people.html

https://www.nebraska.tv/news/crime/grand-island-man-arrested-for-restaurant-burglary-and-theft-of-cash-and-pie

https://www.klkntv.com/yogi-bear-wanna-be-arrested-in-coconut-cream-pie-theft-in-grand-island/

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-accused-of-dumping-water-on-brothers-head-to-cool-him-down-during-argument-over-key-lime-pie-faces-prison-time/

https://cbsaustin.com/news/offbeat/police-man-arrested-for-battery-after-dumping-water-on-brother-during-pie-argument-first-degree-aggravated-person-lee-county-florida-prison-30-years-physical-domestic-dispute-cool-down-altercation-ate-key-lime-pie

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In February 2021, “the Reading Man” of Grand Junction, a man named Warren Barnes, became the target of an aspiring serial killer. Two days after Warren was last seen by his friends, a local teen’s mom found a severed head and hands in her son’s closet.

Also, Junction apparently refers to the confluence of the Colorado River and the Gunnison River—though there are also some trains in Grand Junction.

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https://coloradosun.com/2023/02/07/warren-barnes-reading-man-killer-sentenced/

https://www.mesacounty.us/news/district-attorney/cohee-found-guilty

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/moment-us-police-arrest-teen-who-hid-head-of-homeless-man-he-murdered-in-closet-5353873

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/closing-arguments-made-in-cohee-trial/article_5d287e64-a26f-11ed-873f-079866165563.html

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/documents-reveal-grisly-details-in-murder-investigation/article_0c324ab4-7ddf-11eb-af82-2b6f81889002.html

https://www.kjct8.com/2023/01/28/prosecution-rests-their-case-brian-cohee/

“It was a Frenzy.” Signs of a Psychopath. Season 7, Ep. 3.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gjsentinel/name/warren-barnes-obituary?id=6904348

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On Halloween 2019, 26-year-old Kristen Trickle died in her bed. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but both Kristen’s family and the detectives on her case knew that it had to be murder. The evidence kept stacking up until authorities finally had enough to arrest her killer.

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https://hayspost.com/posts/0379c4b5-8e93-4dcb-8d83-cfb4b8537b90

https://www.kake.com/news/kansas-man-accused-of-killing-his-wife-will-go-to-trial/article_3780627a-d36f-50d0-8f3b-0f72f3c12f1b.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristen-trickle-colby-trickle-kansas-psychological-autopsy-criminal-case-to-determine-mindset-of-fatal-shooting-victim-48-hours/

https://www.kake.com/news/jury-convicts-kansas-man-of-killing-his-wife/article_dc81fdde-edf5-551d-8f72-419d80c86f7b.html

“Autopsy of the Mind.” 48 Hours: Season 37, Episode 28.

https://www.haysmemorial.com/obituary/Kristen-Trickle