Alexis Sharkey’s death was one of those cases that instantly lit up every corner of the internet—because it collided at the intersection of influencer culture, a beautiful young victim, and the ugly, familiar pattern of intimate partner homicide. And for months it looked like it might stall, the way cases sometimes do when the truth is inconvenient. But Houston detectives kept working it, built the timeline, established motive and opportunity, and in the end they did what they said they would...

The Killer Clown Murder: Unmasking the 1990 Marlene Warren Case and Sheila Keen Warren's Shocking Release   Few true crime stories blend the macabre whimsy of a circus performer with the cold brutality of murder quite like the Marlene Warren killer clown case. On a sunny afternoon in Wellington, Florida, a mother of two answered her door to what she thought was a cheerful surprise—only to be gunned down by a figure straight out of a nightmare. For 27 years, this Florida cold case haunted...

Skinwalker in the desert under a blood moon. The murder of Sarah Saganitso and the Skinwalker Defense The Skinwalker Defense: The Murder of Sarah Saganitso and the Trial that Shocked Flagstaff Victim & Setting On the morning of June 17, 1987 , searchers found the body of Sarah L. Saganitso , a 40-year-old Navajo mother and longtime housekeeper at Flagstaff Medical Center , in a wooded, rocky area just behind the hospital. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office lists her as “found beaten to...