Seventy-five-year-old Barry Sherman was a self-made billionaire and the founder of Apotex Inc., one of the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical companies, based in Toronto, Canada. Starting with his uncle’s small drug firm in the 1960s, Barry built Apotex into a powerhouse with thousands of employees and billions in revenue by aggressively challenging patents and focusing … More Barry and Honey Sherman

Sixty-five-year-old Brian Egg was a San Francisco native who had lived in the city for much of his life. He worked for years as a bartender at The Stud, a legendary gay bar in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood known for its role in the city’s LGBTQ+ scene. Neighbors described him as a quiet, … More Brian Egg

Twenty-one-year-old Sydney Elysse Land was described by her family as a vibrant, kind-hearted young woman full of life and enthusiasm. A graduate of Centennial High School, she worked as a server at The Palm restaurant inside Caesars Palace’s Forum Shops in Las Vegas, Nevada. In August 2016, she moved out of her parents’ home and … More Sydney Land and Nehemiah Kauffman

In the days after Christmas of 2010, thirteen-year-old Hailey Darlene Dunn vanished from the small West Texas town of Colorado City. What began as a frantic missing-child search has since become one of the region’s most haunting cold cases: a disappearance now widely treated by investigators as a homicide. Hailey was last seen on Monday, … More Hailey Dunn

On April 30th, 2003, twenty-seven-year-old Tamara C. Greene, also known by her stage name “Strawberry,” was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on Detroit’s west side, in a crime that has remained unsolved for more than two decades. Tamara was sitting in a car with her then-boyfriend, Eric “Big E” Mitchell, outside her Detroit neighborhood … More Tamara Greene

Thirty-two-year-old lawyer Robert Eric Wone was originally from New York City. A graduate of the College of William & Mary and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he had established a respected legal career, working at Covington & Burling LLP before becoming general counsel at Radio Free Asia, based in downtown Washington D.C. Robert was … More Robert Wone

On the evening of September 11th, 2011, three men were violently murdered in an apartment at 12 Harding Avenue in Waltham, Massachusetts. The victims—twenty-five-year-old Brendan Mess, thirty-one-year-old Erik Weissman, and thirty-seven-year-old Raphael Teken—were found the following morning by Brendan’s girlfriend in what authorities would describe as one of the most gruesome crime scenes local investigators … More The Waltham Triple Murder

Sixteen-year-old Dwayne Jones grew up in a poor neighborhood in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and was known among friends as “Gully Queen,” a nickname reflecting both his spirited personality and the storm drainage gullies where many homeless LGBTQ youths in Jamaica find refuge. Perceived as effeminate from a young age, Jones faced relentless bullying in school. … More Dwayne Jones

On the night of October 30th-31st, 2009, a large disturbance involving between eight and twenty individuals broke out on and around Oronsay Road in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The disturbance included a series of separate fights and assaults in the street. Forty-one-year-old nursing home worker Jeannie Smith had gone outside her home to check on … More Jeannie Smith

On April 4th, 2009, Damian Clough, a twelve-year-old boy from Kinara Close, Stockbridge, Keighley in West Yorkshire, England, died in a devastating house fire that was later ruled to have been caused by deliberate arson. Damian was a young boy with multiple special needs, including severe autism, learning difficulties, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and … More Damian Clough