Early September of 2000 in northwest England saw a grisly murder take place, of a troubled young woman whose mental health had tragically deteriorated over the previous decade. And in a particularly ghastly touch, her brother would later be savagely slain as well, in a completely unrelated incident. Susan Kelly was thirty-eight years old in … More Susan Kelly

In the winter of 2000, in England, a young woman who occasionally resorted to sex work would be found dead in a particularly grisly fashion. It has been speculated that her murder may be linked to several other killings and disappearances that took place from 1999 until 2002, some of which have been attributed to … More Zoe Parker

January 28th, 2001, at least in the United States, was Super Bowl Sunday; the two NFL teams playing that day were the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants. Eighteen-year-old Jill-Lyn Euto had been planning on spending the day with her mother and sister at her mother’s home on Butternut Street in Syracuse, New York, … More Jill-Lyn Euto: The Super Bowl Sunday Murder

Forty-two-year-old Bernita White, a computer engineer at Electronic Data Systems Corporation, was spending June 23rd, 2001 with her five-year-old daughter Michala in Potter Park in Lansing, Michigan, where one of Michala’s friends had been having a birthday party. Mother and daughter were at the park with Artis White, Bernita’s husband and Michala’s father. Notably, Bernita … More Bernita White

On September 21st, 2001, in the United Kingdom, a heartbreaking and gruesome crime was discovered that would reveal a troubling undercurrent of black magic and human trafficking taking place in the nation’s capital. A passerby strolling near Tower Bridge in London, England on that Friday afternoon noticed a flash of something bright orange, floating in … More Adam, The London Torso

Early in May of 2001, a high-profile case in Hollywood, California would make headlines, and a well-known celebrity would be put on trial for the murder of his wife. Bonny Lee Bakley was born into relative poverty in New Jersey, but from a young age, she was stubbornly determined to become rich, famous, or both. … More Bonny Lee Bakley

Fifty-one-year-old Terrianne Summers had spent the first part of her life as Gary, and had served twenty-two years as an engineer in the Navy under that moniker, eventually attaining the rank of Commander. She had also married and fathered two sons. But in the late 1990s, Terrianne realized she could no longer stifle her true … More Terrianne Summers

Twenty-year-old Nyoka Brice hailed from the small town of Salem, New Jersey, and in February of 2000 was six months pregnant, though the identity of the child’s father is unclear. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nyoka was seen alive on February 9th, spending time with a girlfriend, but evidently her whereabouts were unknown after that … More Nyoka Brice

About a week into the month of April, a hard-working immigrant doing a favor for a family member would be savagely slain by someone who authorities termed, “a straight psychopath.” In the year 2000, thirty-seven-year-old Shailesh S. Patel was living in Locust Grove, Georgia with his wife and two children. Shailesh had moved to the … More Shailesh S. Patel

Thirty-one-year-old Stuart Lubbock, a meat factory supervisor and father of two, was spending the night of Friday, March 30th, 2001 partying with some friends. At a club called Millennium in Harlow, Essex, he happened to run into Michael Barrymore, a rather famous TV host and comedian, and at some point during the night, Barrymore invited … More Stuart Lubbock