Forty-year-old Tracey Connelly, described by friends as a “shining light” with “positive energy,” had faced significant challenges in her life. She began sex work at age fifteen and battled heroin addiction alongside Tony Melissovas, whom she met in 2005. The couple lived in a white Ford Econovan, with Melissovas acting as her “spotter,” recording details … More Tracey Connelly

Thirty-one-year-old Lee Duncan, also known as Lee Canning, was described by his family as a “loving son, brother, and uncle.” Duncan struggled with drug addiction and was prescribed methadone to manage his heroin use, though his family noted he was trying to turn his life around. He lived in Edinburgh, Scotland on income support and … More Lee Duncan

Eighty-year-old Connie French was a beloved great-grandmother who lived alone in a house on North Street in Colne, Lancashire, England. In the early hours of March 27th, 2012, she was found on the floor of her bedroom in her home by carers. She had suffered severe injuries, including bruising to her neck and chest and … More Connie French

Fifty-seven-year-old Mustapha Charkaui was a kind, hard-working family man who had moved to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England from his native Morocco. He worked for many years as an orderly at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and lived with his wife Krystina in a house on Dunsham Lane. On the evening of March 12th, 2007, two masked men, armed … More Mustapha Charkaui

Twenty-one-year-old Carlton McDonald, a Brixton native who worked at Mixed Blessings Bakery on Mitcham Road in Tooting, South London, England, had spent the evening of August 25th, 2001, attending a wedding reception at St. Mary’s Community Hall in Camberwell. The young man was known as friendly, hardworking, and devoted to his family. After returning home, … More Carlton McDonald

On the evening of January 15th, 2009, eighty-one-year-old Molly Morgan, a retired architect and active community volunteer, was brutally mugged on Streatfield Road, Harrow, London. On her way to a lecture at Kenton Library titled Buildings of London, Molly was attacked from behind at approximately seven forty p.m. Her attacker snatched her brown leather handbag … More Molly Morgan

On the evening of September 30th, 2011, the Dobson family—mother Stacey Catch, stepfather Terry Webb, two-year-old Isobel Dobson, and her one-year-old half-sister Sarah—were visiting Hessle Farm, a property near Wragby in West Yorkshire, England. While the family was tending to a horse, a fire ignited in a nearby hay barn and quickly spread to the … More Isobel Dobson

Just before one a.m. on the morning of February 8th, 2004, an unknown assailant or assailants entered the Mirage Spa, a massage parlor located on Warden Avenue in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Inside the establishment were forty-one-year-old Zhu Xia Lin, who managed the spa; thirty-five-year-old employee Yan Jun Liu; and forty-year-old Walter Xian Chen Zhang, a … More The Mirage Spa Shooting

Twenty-four-year-old Melanie Dawn Geddes was a mother of three daughters—Tiara, Katie, and Chloe—who was born in Lestock, Saskatchewan, and was a member of the George Gordon First Nation. She moved to Regina, where she worked hard to support her young family and had recently landed a new job. On the night of August 12th, 2005, … More Melissa Dawn Geddes

The Htoo-Maw family had escaped a life of hardship and uncertainty in a Thai refugee camp, arriving in Canada as Karen refugees from Myanmar. They had only been in Regina, Saskatchewan, for two years, hoping to build a better life in a safe and welcoming country. But that dream came to a horrifying end sometime … More The Htoo-Maw Family Murders