On April 18th, 2002, a man out taking a stroll found a woman’s body floating in a lake in Reynolds Nature Preserve in Morrow, Georgia. Though it was clear the woman had been murdered, her identity remained unknown for four years. Then, in July of 2006, through a joint effort by the Georgia Bureau of … More Christine Allen
On December 13th, 2001, a woman’s body was discovered off a rural road in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Unidentified at first, police noted the distinctive rose tattoo on her back, and initially believed that the woman had died of a drug overdose. Meanwhile, the family of thirty-one-year-old Angela Williams was wondering what had happened to … More Angela Williams
On October 20th, 2001, in Northern Ireland, a thirty-six-year-old man would disappear after spending a night out with friends, only to turn up brutally slain shortly afterward. Apparently, Hugh Cameron had been fearing for his life for several months, although none of his friends or family seem to know exactly why. According to his former … More Hugh Cameron
Fifty-three-year-old Palestinian immigrant Abdullah Nimer lived in Bell, California with his wife and six children, and made a living as a door-to-door salesman. This profession had been difficult enough prior to 9/11, but afterwards, some potential customers he approached were outright hostile. All he could do, though, was keep at it, and try to let … More Abdullah Nimer
In Great Britain, on Bonfire Night of 2001, a woman would be savagely stabbed to death after setting off fireworks with her family. It was the evening of November 5th, and twenty-five-year-old Michaela Hague was celebrating Guy Fawkes Day at home in Pitsmoor, Sheffield, with her partner of six years, Mick Holmes, and their five-year-old … More Michaela Hague
Thirty-three-year-old Mohammed Basharat had worked as a driver for Little Horton Taxis on Park Lane in Bradford, West Yorkshire for fourteen years. He was an unusually large man, standing six-foot-five, who his workmates affectionately called “Bash.” He was the father of four children, ranging in age from nine to thirteen. On the afternoon of Friday, … More Mohammed Basharat
As 2001 wore on, more possible hate crimes continued apace in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Fifty-one-year-old Abdo Ali Ahmed originally hailed from Yemen, but had lived in the US for thirty-five years, and was an American citizen. He had worked as a farm laborer in the rural agricultural community of Reedley, … More Abdo Ali Ahmed
In the wake of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC, fear and uncertainty became the norm around the nation, and appallingly, some Americans chose to channel this fear in the most destructive manner possible: by attacking innocent human beings in some sort of delusional attempt to get revenge … More Adel Karas
In the summer of 2001, in Jacksonville, Florida, nineteen-year-old Vickie Cook was spending the evening of Saturday, June 30th at home with her two young daughters, Jazmin and Alexis, and also babysitting two other children. Vickie, described as a smart young woman with a great sense of humor and a fierce devotion to her kids, … More Vickie Cook
On the last day of January 2001, another sex worker would be found dead in Canada, this time not in Edmonton, Alberta, but in Victoria, British Columbia—more than a thousand miles away. Thirty-nine-year-old Roberta Jean Elders was a mother of two who had worked as a prostitute for some time, and had been living at … More Roberta Jean Elders
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