It’s hard to forget your high school boyfriend/girlfriend. You also remember their character attributes. In this true crime, because her high school ex-boyfriend had certain attributes and life experience, she knew he was the right guy to do her dirty work. Her second husband fell for her charade of being an abused woman at the hands of her first husband. She groomed him to want to kill her first husband because of what he’d done to her. The second husband said in an intervie

Have you ever witnessed an unruly passenger on a flight? Thankfully, I haven’t. The unruly passenger on this flight blamed a medical reason for his behavior. The flight crew noticed the 51-year-old passenger behaving oddly on a flight from Los Angeles to Japan. When the passenger began banging on a restroom door and shouting, a flight attendant tried to direct the passenger toward a vacant restroom. He attempted to shove the helpful flight attendant, but missed, then returned

What would you guess most 14-year-old boys do in their extra time? I’d guess play video games. The victim in this true-crime did indeed play video games, in fact, that’s where he met a 38-year-old woman, mother of three children, posing as a 25-year-old woman. After chatting within the video game platform, the woman wanted to chat privately with the boy. They began texting each other and continued to text for two months. Her mind games included explicit sexual talk—telling hi

If you dabble in the stock market, primarily penny stocks, and have a friend who's an investment adviser and he shared with you an insider scoop on an upcoming $11 billion acquisition that would cause a major stock spike, would you buy stock before the spike? Keep reading to see why your answer should be a firm, no way. A longtime friend, a supervisor at a brokerage firm, shared the acquisition knowledge. Him sharing the information violated the Securities Exchange Act of 193

Small town residents are more trusting of strangers that big-city dwellers. People still leave their doors unlocked when they aren’t home and at night, especially in rural areas. When a heinous crime occurs, it rocks the entire community. What do young adults do in a small town on a Friday or Saturday night? In the small town where this true-crime occurred, they head to the local saloon. A small group of newly aquatinted friends offered a young woman a ride home after she’d g

What does one wear to a bank robbery? Frayed jeans with an insignia, a hat with a skull on it, light gray shoes with white soles, sunglasses, and a large black watch with a white border. And what does one take to a bank robbery? A black logo-specific gym bag and a magazine hiding a demand note. The demand note read, “Give me all your money or I’ll kill everyone in here.” The teller complied. He left with less than $6,000 and two GPS tracking devices sandwiched in the money. L

Parents enroll their children in school, often knowing nothing about the teacher(s) their children will spend hours with every school day. When a trusted school employee does something criminal, it’s heartbreaking for the adults who understand and confusing to the students who don’t. The particular second-grade teacher in this true-crime case summary that I originally wrote about in 2018, was in her 40s, divorced, a mother of three children, and lived with two men, one of who

Divorce can bring out the worst in people. Typically, by the time someone tosses out the threat of divorce, the two people aren’t fond of one another. The relationship took a fatal turn in this true-crime, when the 51-year-old wife told her 61-year-old husband she wanted a divorce, he became enraged. A witness said the couple were in a park, arguing. He said he saw the husband, who he knew, grab ahold of his wife by the hair. The witness threatened to call in the emergency. T

Have you ever sneaked a peek at what a person next to you is texting?

There is no statistic to validate this assumption, but I think almost every bar or tavern has at least one frequent customer who regularly over-indulges and gets rowdy. This is a sad case about that kind of customer. The regular customer had been at the bar earlier in the day. When he came back for more adult beverages and a good time, the security person at the door (often referred to as a bouncer) denied the man entry. The 19-year-old bouncer had enlisted in the U.S. Navy a

Many couples get divorced. It’s a reality that sometimes relationships don’t work. Children can complicate divorce. Who gets the kiddos when and how custody will be shared? This true-crime is an extreme example of how horrible a divorce can be. Five years and three children later, the marriage between an optometrist and his receptionist failed. Because they couldn’t agree on the specifics of shared custody, their divorce had been contentious at best. Toward the end of summer,

How would two murderous prison inmates escape from a maximum-security prison that nobody else had in over 100 years? Prison staff aided them—both civilian and sworn officers. In a slow-moving, long-range, goal-focused plan, the first accomplice, a prison guard. One of the two inmates had learned (while incarcerated) how to paint photo-based portraits of celebrities, political figures, and fellow inmates’ loved ones. The level of artistic skill caught the eye of a 28-year vete

Reported to be known as the White Devil among drug traffickers, to everyone else he was a decorated U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent assigned to the Interstate 12 Corridor—to his family, he was a son, husband, and a father. The prosecution provided evidence in the case to substantiate the charge that the special agent had falsified statements on official paperwork to get a truck that a drug dealer purchased for him. He routinely violated DEA policy reg

Have you heard of Operation Crash? Did you know there’s a market (albeit a black-market) for rhinoceros' horns? There’s also a U.S. task force that began in 2011 led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who partnered with the U.S. Justice Department to detect, deter, and prosecute those engaged in the illegal killing of rhinoceros and the unlawful trafficking of rhinoceros horns. Besides the United States, over 183 countries signed a treaty to protect fish, wildlife, and pla

This true-crime spotlights a woman in her late 60s who had worked for a non-profit, child development services organization for over 30 years. Her primary responsibility was financial operations—she spent her last eight years busily embezzling from the organization. A new employee noticed some red flags in the finance department. An internal investigation began. Then the organization shared their findings with the authorities. The non-profit ended the woman’s employment with

This murder/robbery crime remains an open case. The FBI have been looking for this suspect for 17 years. The suspect was a showboat, liked to appear as though he had money—lots of it. In reality, he had little money. Because of his true financial status—defaulted on car loans, boat loans, houses and rental agreements—the authorities believe money was the motive for a brazen murder and robbery in broad daylight. Witnesses reported they’d seen him ‘casing’ the movie theater day

Have you ever wondered if anything happens to the people behind the telemarketing scams that call victims claiming to be from a government agency and threaten the victim in order to get money from them? They typically use back taxes owed as the premise of the scheme. If so, then this true-crime case summary is for you. Co-conspirators called potential victims and claim to be a representative of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS in the USA), Canadian Tax Authorities and other

In 1971, a 28-year-old local collector of old things found at barn sales and flea markets, oversaw historic restorations and antique shows. The man least likely to be suspected stole from the history museums, who loaned artifacts to be on display at the local celebrations honoring our history. The case to find the stolen items remained unsolved for almost fifty years. When the man, then in his late 60s, began selling the artifacts, the cold case became warm. The people purcha

If you aren’t using any social media platforms, this case may not make sense to you. If you or your child/children use social media, what I’m about to tell you has likely happened to you or them—it’s happened to me more times than I can count. Sexually explicit photos showing up in your private messages. You report the account; you block the account, but they keep on showing up. I will say, this has only happened to me on Twitter, not on Facebook or Instagram. I’m not on TikT

Would you know if your business had a ‘ghost’ employee? Perhaps you wouldn’t if your business had a large roster of employees. That’s why the businesses in this true-crime didn’t notice their ghost employee for six years. The 41-year-old woman provided payroll and tax preparation services to several businesses. She didn’t have direct access to her clients’ bank accounts, but her level of access did provide a pathway through payroll services for her to create ghost employees.