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Mom Allegedly Drowns Twin 10-Month-Old Boys in Motel Where She'd Been Given a Free Stay

Police in Tulare, California, say Heather Langdon faces murder charges for the deaths of her sons, Mason and Maddox Murguia

Days Before Murdering Entire Family for 'Fresh Start,' Chris Watts Gushed to Mistress in Love Note: 'I Knew I Was Addicted'

In July, weeks before he strangled his wife and smothered their kids, Colorado dad Chris Watts sent love notes to the co-worker he was secretly dating

Teen Girl Forced Into Prostitution Must Spend 51 Years in Prison for Murder Conviction, Court Says

Cyntoia Brown, who as a teen murdered a man who solicited her for sex, must stay behind bars for at least 51 years, the state's supreme court said

Shannan Watts' Mother Reveals How She's Coping After Her Daughter's Murder: 'I'm Still Going to Fight for Her'

Shannan Watts' mother opened up about her daughter's death during an interview with 20/20, says she's still going to "fight" for her

Police Reveal Hero Officer Who Responded to Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting Was Killed by Friendly Fire

Sgt. Ron Helus, the hero officer who responded to the Thousand Oaks massacre, was killed by a friendly fire during shootout with the gun man

Right-Wing Extremist Found Guilty of Murdering Counter-Protester Heather Heyer by Plowing His Car Into Charlottesville Crowd

Right-wing extremist James Fields was found guilty of murdering protester Heather Heyer at a "Unite the Right" protest in Charlottesville, Virginia

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38 Years After Her Cheerleader Daughter Vanished, a Tenacious Mom Found Answers — and Peace

Pam McLain spent 38 years trying to solve her daughter's murderer, which is the focus of an upcoming episode of People Magazine Investigates

A Young Father's Disappearance While Hunting Leads to a 17-Year Mystery in the Swamp

Jerry Michael "Mike" Williams vanished without a trace in December 2000

20 Years After Her Big Sister Vanished, Arizona Woman Is Keeping Hope Alive in the Case

Kimber Biggs believes she will get answers in the 1999 disappearance of her big sister, Mikelle, from their street in Mesa, Arizona

Could a Former Neighbor & Convicted Sex Offender Be Connected to Disappearance of 11-Year-Old Mikelle Biggs?

Dee Blalock, a convicted sex offender and former neighbor of Mikelle Biggs has long been eyed in her 1999 disappearance near her home in Meza, Arizona

The 'Eerie' Scene After Girl Vanishes Waiting for Ice Cream Truck, Her Bike Left Behind: 'The Tire Was Still Spinning'

Mikelle Biggs was 11 years old when she disappeared from her Mesa, Arizona, street in 1999 and has never been found

Mom of Wharton Student Found Raped, Murdered in 1998 Still Wonders: 'How Could Somebody Do That?'

It took police three years to arrest the man who killed Shannon Shannon Schieber, a 23-year-old business school student, in 1998

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