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

On the morning of March 19th, 2007, a devastating fire claimed the life of three-year-old Callum Bland in his family home on Fulmar Lane, in the Hemmingwell estate of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. What began as a blaze in a garbage bin outside the house quickly spread, engulfing the property in flames and toxic smoke. Callum’s … More Callum Bland

On the evening of Sunday, September 16th, 2007, nineteen-year-old Edvin Johnson was fatally stabbed in the stairwell of Barnet House, a block of flats on the Crawford Estate in Camberwell, south London. Found around nine p.m. with a single severe stab wound to his groin or leg—severing a major artery—he bled to death despite efforts … More Edvin Johnson

On the night of August 30th, 2007, on a quiet residential street in Newham, East London, seventeen-year-old Mohammed Ahmed was fatally stabbed in Chesterford Road, Manor Park, shortly before eleven thirty p.m. Emergency services received calls just before midnight reporting a serious assault. London Ambulance Service paramedics attended but could do nothing to save the … More Mohammed Ahmed

Thirty-six-year-old builder and property developer John Iveson was described by those who knew him in contrasting terms: a devoted father and husband, yet also a tough, sometimes feared figure in local business circles. He lived in Nantwich, Cheshire with his wife Julie and their children. At the time of his disappearance, Julie was heavily pregnant … More John Iveson

Philip Salmon, a forty-one-year-old unemployed man described as a loner, was last seen alive on April 30th, 2006, around midday. He had met with family at his home in Pine Court on Reading Road in the quiet town of Farnborough, Hampshire, where he lived alone. Shortly afterward, he was reported missing. For nearly seven weeks, … More Philip Salmon

Sixty-eight-year-old father of five and grandfather Mehar Singh Kataria lived a quiet life in a house on Byron Avenue in East Ham, east London. He was last seen alive by a neighbor at around nine a.m. on the morning of February 3rd, 2006. His body was discovered later that evening, at approximately eight p.m., by … More Mehar Singh Kataria