Schanda Handley and her daughter Isabella Cumberland were at their home on a quiet street in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Aug. 6, 2017, when two men appeared at their front door. At first glance they looked like deliverymen, which was a welcome interruption, since Handley had been anxiously awaiting a clothes …
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In the winter of 1982 in Rochester, New York, Jim Krauseneck says he came home from work to find his wife, Cathleen Krauseneck, lying in bed, dead with an ax lodged in her head. For over 30 years, no one was charged with Cathy’s murder, until the Brighton Police Department …
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This story originally aired on Dec. 4, 2021. More than two decades ago, “48 Hours” contributor Troy Roberts reported on the heart-wrenching story of a 9-year-old Russian girl who was adopted by an American couple. They called the little girl Caralee, and their lives together started with promise. But a …
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Mark Twitchell was reportedly fascinated with the Showtime series “Dexter” and aspired to be a serial killer. Twitchell is now behind bars for murdering a man, but authorities believe he intended to kill others. Gilles Tetreault was excited for a date with a woman he met online. “She — she …
Read More »The disappearance of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook: Following a decades
A young couple embarks on an overnight road trip and never returns. How did investigators finally find their killer? November 18, 1987: A young couple on the road Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Jay Cook, 20, left British Columbia and were Seattle bound in Cook’s parents’ van, …
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