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West Memphis 3

During the summer of 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas the lives of 8 year old boys, Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers were brutally taken from them. They were found in a creek near their homes the following day, hog tied and naked. West Memphis police had no idea how to handle a case of this magnitude and they botched it badly. The result of their work? The murders of these boys has not been solved or punished, and the lives of 3 teenagers were destroyed when they were convicted of the crime with a false confession from a mentally challenged teenager and zero proof linking them to the case.

Fast forward 18 years, the now men were let out of prison as Arkansas used a loop hole called an Alford Plea to keep the case closed and keep them from suing for the injustice.

Follow us as we dig into this case deeper to try and find you the real murderer was.

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Who was DB Cooper?

One of the most prolific cases to stump the FBI still to this day is the DB Cooper incident from 1971. November 24th, a man calling himself Dan Cooper boarded a plane in Portland bound for Seattle. The rest is well documented and fantasized by many as he passed a note to a flight attendant shortly after take off. He wanted $200k and 4 parachutes using a bomb he had on him as leverage. After receiving his wishes in Seattle and letting the passengers off, he jumped out of the plane somewhere mid flight on the way to Reno never to been seen or heard from again. Countless people have claimed to be, who the pressed named DB Cooper, most have been proven to be false. But who was he? Still to this day new information comes in, even after the FBI has closed the case. We will soon dive off into the data and find the real dare devil that has eluded the authorities and intrigued the minds of so many for so long.

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Tara Calico Mystery

In the morning of September 20, 1988, 19 year old Tara Leigh Calico went for a bike ride near her New Mexico home and never returned. It was a ride she took often, sometimes with her mother, a route she knew well and no one could have imagined this day would be her last ride. Several theories have circled around the disappearance and most lean towards a kidnapping. For years following, pictures have surfaced showing a bound and gagged girl along with a boy who may have also disappeared from New Mexico. The picture resembles Tara and some say it is her, some say its not. No real proof or evidence has ever surfaced that is strong enough to warrant any charges, until recently. The local sheriff announced in June of 2023, nearly 35 years after she went missing, that he believes he has evidence that could lead to charges.

Stay tuned as we investigate and follow this case.

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What happened to Martha Moxley

On the night of October 30th, 1975 the mystery surrounding Martha Moxley's fate began. She and some friends from her affluent neighborhood in Greenwich, Connecticut went out for a night of mischief on the town. However, it did not end well, Martha was found the next morning in a neighbors back yard, 200 feet from her front door, beaten and stabbed to death with a golf club.

The case went unsolved for 27 years then one of the neighborhood boys was convicted of the murder. A member of the Kennedy family, Michael Skakel, served nearly 12 years until his case was overturned and he was released. Connecticut has since decided to not retry Michael and the case has gone unsolved once again.

Follow us for more as we dig into the details of the facts regarding this case.

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Celia Beth van Zanten

On December 22nd, 1971 "Beth" left her house in Anchorage, Alaska to go to a local store for some soda, she never returned.

Her body would be discovered 3 days later revealing she had been gagged, her hands tied behind her back and she had been sexually assaulted. He cause of death....she froze to death. From examining the scene, it appeared as if she may have escaped from her captor and fell down a hill, but with her hands tied, she was unable to make it back up the hill and the Alaskan December temperatures took what was left of her life.

Alaskan authorities had no real leads in the case, but it has always been assumed that since the early 70's the Alaskan Butcher Baker Robert Hansen was working the area of Anchorage, he was most likely the suspect. He has denied this many times, and the manor in which Beth was assaulted did not really fit his history of crimes, suspicion has always loomed in this case. Except for one small piece of evidence, anyone who knows the case of the Butcher Baker, knows he documented his crime scenes on a map he kept hidden in his attic. This map has become well known as investigators used it to convince him to admit to his crimes. Robert had placed an X where Beth's body was recovered.

Stay tuned as we look into this case further.