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Justice After Decades: Arrest Made in the 1977 Easey Street Murders. AI-Generated.
In January 1977, the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood was shaken by the brutal murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, a case that remained unsolved for nearly five decades. Known as the "Easey Street Murders," this cold case has recently seen a significant breakthrough with the arrest of a suspect in Italy.
By Muhammad Sarfraz Nawazabout a year ago in Criminal
South Dakota: The Death of Lawrence Brown
In the small town of Pierre, South Dakota, the murder of 22-year-old Lawrence Brown in 1943 remains an eerie and unsolved chapter in the area’s history. The cold January night that marked the end of Brown’s life also left behind a deep, unresolved sorrow that still lingers in the community. Despite years of investigation and several attempts to find new leads, Brown’s tragic death has never been explained, and the murderer has never been brought to justice.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
South Carolina: The Charleston Church Shooting
An anti-black mass shooting and hate crime occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans. At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting at a place of worship in U.S. history.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Oklahoma: Tulsa race massacre
The Tulsa race massacre, also known as the Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre, was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre that took place between May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been appointed as deputies and armed by city government officials, attacked black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event is considered one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history. The attackers burned and destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the neighborhood—at the time, one of the wealthiest black communities in the United States, colloquially known as "Black Wall Street."
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
North Dakota: The Murder of Sophia Eberline
Sophia Eberlein, (1889–October 2, 1931), was a German from Russia emigrant beaten to death by her second husband Jacob Bentz in her home in Harvey, North Dakota. According to author William Jackson, the ghost of Sophie might be haunting a library built on this location.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
North Carolina: The Chapel Hill Tragedy
The three victims of the 2015 shooting were Deah Shaddy Barakat, a second-year student in the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, who was set to enroll in UNC to study dentistry the fall after the shooting and Razan Mohommad Abu-Salha, a sophomore at the North Carolina State University College of Design.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Nebraska: The Death of Crazy Horse
In Nebraska’s turbulent frontier days, one of the most enduring and controversial events was the death of Crazy Horse—a respected Lakota leader whose passing marked a turning point in Native American resistance. This article explores the circumstances surrounding his death, the controversies that followed, and the lasting impact on both Native American communities and U.S. history.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Missouri: The Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Shooting
On October 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in the Southwest Garden neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States when a 19-year-old former student opened fire on students and staff, killing two and injuring seven before being fatally shot by police.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Mississippi: The Murder of Louis Allen
Louis Allen (April 25, 1919 – January 31, 1964) was an African-American logger in Liberty, Mississippi, who was shot and killed on his land during the civil rights era. He had previously tried to register to vote and had allegedly talked to federal officials after witnessing the 1961 murder of Herbert Lee, an NAACP member, by E. H. Hurst, a white state legislator. Civil rights activists had come to Liberty that summer to organize for voter registration, as no African-American had been allowed to vote since the state's disenfranchising constitution was passed in 1890.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Michigan: The Detroit Shooting Spree
Dontae Smith has pleaded guilty to the shooting spree he committed in August of that year, when he was 19 years old. The shootings took place in the area of Wyoming, near 7 Mile, in the early hours of Aug. 28. One man and his dog were both shot and survived. That survivor, John Palik, tells that his heart breaks for the victims' families. But his heart also breaks for the suspect.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Massachusetts: The Tragic Loss of Deputy James Bachelder
Deputy Marshal James Batchelder was shot and killed at the Boston Courthouse while he and other deputy marshals were attempting to keep a mob of citizens from freeing a prisoner in Boston, Massachusetts.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
Maryland: The Lynching of William Andrews
William Andrews was an African American laborer who was lynched by a white mob in Princess Anne, Maryland on June 9, 1897. Andrews, then 17, was tried, convicted, and hanged all in one day after being accused of assaulting Mrs. Benjamin T. Kelley.
By Sandun Nayanajithabout a year ago in Criminal
