Since the 1800s, the Italian Mafia have been some of most notorious of all organized criminal societies.
Logging on to an unsecure Wi-Fi network can open up the personal information on your computer to nearby hackers and you may not know your information has been compromised.
Ilene Beth Misheloff was 13 years old when she disappeared 21 years ago while walking home from school in Dublin, California near John Mape Park. Last week the FBI added Misheloff's case to its Kidnapped or Missing Persons website in hopes of turning up new leads in the 1989 case. Read more...Related Information:
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Researchers were surprised to find that women more than men were significantly more likely to choose true crime books over other books about violence and crime. What is behind this interest in the gruesome details of violent crimes like rape and murder? Read more...More Information:
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Los Angeles prosecutors have officially charged the personal physician of pop star Michael Jackson with the singer's death last June. Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case.Murray entered a not guilty plea at a Los Angeles courthouse Monday afternoon one the single manslaughter charge. Read more...
San Antonio police have declared the case of a missing 8-month-old Arizona boy known as Baby Gabriel to be a kidnapping and homicide investigation. The move will allow authorities to search through a landfill for a dead body, police said.Gabriel has not been seen since Dec. 26 in San Antonio with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, who has been arrested in connection with his disappearance. Read more...
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