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He claimed to be an 18-year-old Marine heading off to war, and she alleged to be an attractive young woman sending him off with provocative pictures. Or so they thought. However, they were actually two middle-aged people carrying out a fantasy internet relationship that seemed like a harmless lie.



Sources:

When Catfishing Turns Into a Deadly Love Triangle - Life (livingmgz.com)

Also, the 2009 documentary film Talhotblond. 

Awe, young love can drive us to do crazy things, like steal a car, rob a bank, or murder someone we thought was trying to steal our significant other. But most people would fortunately not do any of things and either end the relationship or figure out some more mature way of handling the situation.

That would not be the case for Christa Pike and Tadaryl Shipp.

Sources:

Christa Pike: The Youngest American Woman Ever Sentenced To Death (allthatsinteresting.com)

Christa Pike | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Colleen Slemmer's Mom Wants Christa Pike, Only Woman On Tennessee's Death Row, Executed (newsweek.com)

State v. Shipp, C.C.A. No. 03C01-9711-CR-00492 | Casetext Search + Citator

Should it matter why people choose an Alford plea, listen and find out?



Sources: 

Alford plea | Wex | U.S. Law | LII / Legal Information Institute (cornell.edu)

North Carolina v. Alford - Wikipedia

Alford plea - Wikipedia

https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/alford-plea-what-is-it-and-which-states-use-it-49755

The disappearance of Molly Bish and Familial DNA or Bill 1595





Sources:

Molly Bish Case: Heather Bish Provides Update on DNA – NBC Boston

Home | The Molly Bish Foundation

Person of interest named in 2000 murder of Molly Bish (wcvb.com)

Molly Bish: Inside The Unsolved Murder Of A 16-Year-Old Lifeguard (allthatsinteresting.com)

Killing of Molly Bish - Wikipedia

Familial DNA Bill Aims to Find Answers to Unsolved Cases (thisweekinworcester.com)

Sources: 

Ada Blackjack - Wikipedia

Ada Blackjack, the Forgotten Sole Survivor of an Odd Arctic Expedition - Atlas Obscura

Ada Blackjack: Forgotten Queen of Arctic Expeditions (oceanwide-expeditions.com)

The Inuit Woman Who Survived Alone on an Arctic Island After a Disastrous Expedition - HISTORY

Short documentary: Ada Blackjack Rising by Brice Habeger

Misidentification locked up Kevin Strickland for 43 years. Please find out how and why this case took so long to make its way through the court system. 



Sources:

Kevin Strickland - National Registry of Exonerations (umich.edu)

Kevin Strickland rebuilds his life after wrongful conviction | The Kansas City Star BY LUKE NOZICKA

Kevin Strickland - Wikipedia

Mike Parson - Wikipedia