This short story follows a secondary character from my mystery series, “Beyond Dark.” Agent Emily Abbett discovers her life has been a lie when evidence surfaces that she has actually been a missing person since she was an infant, and has no idea what happened to her biological parents. Come…

This is a bit of a different kind of post from me, straying from my true crime content to introduce you all to my love of fiction writing, and the mystery series I am writing, titled “Beyond Dark.” It follows Agent Alyssa Rawkesby, a criminal profiler tormented by her past…

Patrick Clancy returned to his Duxbury, Massachusetts home on Jan. 24, 2023 to an unfathomable scene, and he didn’t even know the worst of it when he called 911 to report his wife had attempted suicide by jumping out of the top window of their home, according to a report…

When Justin Beck arrived at his parents’ home on Jan. 17, 2023, he intended to check up on them as he hadn’t seen or heard from them in a week — but he instead encountered a grizzly and unfathomable scene, according to a CBS report. A statement from the Montgomery…

A mother-daughter team who previously ran a funeral home and organ donor service convicted of mail fraud plan to appeal their sentences imposed on them at the start of January 2023, according to the Montrose Daily Press. Megan Hess, 45, and her mother, 68-year-old Shirley Koch, pleaded guilty in July…

New details emerge about a “stormy” marriage and how his family didn’t trust her. — The woman accused of trying to poison her new husband to death was in court earlier last week, and new details have emerged about what the victim’s family call a “stormy” marriage, according to the Monroe Times. Amanda Chapin, 50, married 70-year-old Gary Chapin, a veteran and veterinarian, on March…

After being transported to a mental health facility at the start of December, a woman who allegedly confessed to drowning her 93-year-old grandmother has been deemed fit to stand trial by a judge, according to WHIO report. Heidi Matheny of Eaton, Ohio faces one count of murder after she told…

A grand jury has filed indictments against the woman accused of shooting her 6-year-old son in the backseat of her car, meaning she will face both a second and first-degree murder charge when she stands trial later this month, according to a CBS report. Police arrested 28-year-old Julissa Thaler in…