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Gabby Petito urged Brian Laundrie to 'stop crying' in love letter to her killer released by FBI

FIRST ON FOX: Gabby Petito attempted to soothe Brian Laundrie in a previously unseen letter released this week by the FBI, telling him to “stop crying” in an apparent attempt to make amends over an unknown issue. The pages appeared to have been written before the couple left on their ill-fated road trip and referenced coming “back from NY.” “Brian, …

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The anniversary of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping: Where she and her daughters are now

When Jaycee Dugard was 11 years old, on June 10, 1991, she was abducted on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe, California. Eighteen years passed before she was discovered and reconnected with her family. She was taken by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, who kept her outside in their backyard filled with tents and sheds. Jaycee Dugard was abducted …

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Indiana serial killer made concerning purchase before burying 10,000 pieces of remains at home: family friend

A serial killer bought a hearse “to pick up women for dates” about 10 years before murdering his first victim, a friend of the killer’s father told Fox News Digital. “I’d say it was 1970, or somewhere around there. I’m not really sure of the exact date, but Herb (Baumeister) Jr. purchased a hearse. . . . And I could …

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Amanda Knox 'flabbergasted' after Italian Supreme Court conviction in slander case

Amanda Knox’s conviction Wednesday in the Italian Supreme Court for slander took her by surprise, she said on her podcast released a day after the verdict. The Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome found Knox, 36, guilty of slandering her former boss, bar owner Patrick Lumumba, whom she says she was coerced into accusing Knox’s 21-year-old roommate and a fellow …

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Suspected Long Island serial killer's notes outlined meticulous murder plot: court docs

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Prosecutors now say suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann kept meticulous notes on how to kill and get away with it as his alleged methodology changed over the course of nearly two decades and at least six murders he is accused of committing. Graphic content warning A deleted document investigators say they recovered from his computer shows he …

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Virginia woman wanted for 'heinous' triple homicide arrested after high-speed police chase in NY

A Virginia woman wanted for the triple homicide of three of her roommates was captured in New York on Thursday after a high-speed police chase, according to police. Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, was on the run following the deaths of two men and a woman at their Spotsylvania County home Tuesday. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office says all three were …

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Cherrie Mahan’s mom reacts to woman claiming to be girl who vanished from school bus stop nearly 40 years ago

A woman is claiming to be Cherrie Mahan, who infamously disappeared from a school bus stop as an 8-year-old girl nearly four decades ago. Cherrie vanished after getting off her school bus about 50 feet from her Pennsylvania home on Feb. 22, 1985. After 13 years of dead ends, Cherrie was declared legally dead in November 1998. But an unnamed …

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect allegedly has more victims, hunting grounds than police first imagined

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – Suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann returned to a New York courthouse Thursday to be charged with killing two more women. Heuermann was indicted on two new murder charges in the deaths of Jessica Taylor in July 2003 and Sandra Costilla in November 1993. Authorities also revealed in court records that during their investigation they found …

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JonBenet Ramsey’s father John claims Colorado police officer said they are ‘just waiting' for him to die

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – John Ramsey, father of slain 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, continues to keep pressure on police nearly 28 years later, even though he says authorities are eager for him to stop asking questions. JonBenet was found beaten and strangled to death with a garrote around her neck in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, the day …

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Polly Klaas' father says California killer's bid to overturn death sentence was 'a travesty of justice'

Marc Klaas, Polly Klaas’ father, described her convicted killer’s bid to overturn his death sentence as a “travesty of justice.” “I couldn’t have been happier. … It was exactly what I wanted to hear,” Klaas told Fox News Digital of a California judge’s Friday decision to reject Richard Allen Davis’ request for a resentencing. “I thought the judge was fantastic. …

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