UPDATE: The Murder of Sophie Sergie (Alaska)

UPDATE: The Murder of Sophie Sergie (Alaska)

On Monday, February 7, 2022, a Fairbanks, Alaska Superior Court Jury sat in their chairs listening to the closing arguments that would bring to an end the several weeks of testimony in the trial of Sophie Sergie’s alleged killer.  After 26 years of searching for...
The Disappearance of Jesus De La Cruz (Massachusetts)

The Disappearance of Jesus De La Cruz (Massachusetts)

In December 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program released a special missing persons poster. On it were two photos of the same person – one at 6-years old, the other was a 25 year age progression of the same little boy. For...
The Disappearance of Kitty Wardwell (Maine)

The Disappearance of Kitty Wardwell (Maine)

The more time I spend digging into homicide and missing persons cases in Maine and New England, the more I am left speechless at the secrets kept hidden. Secrets that span decades and generations. And the lengths some people will go to keep them locked away. For...
The Suspicious Death of Shawn O’Brien (Rhode Island)

The Suspicious Death of Shawn O’Brien (Rhode Island)

Was it a seizure or did somebody murder Shawn O’Brien? His daughter, Natalia St. Louis, just wants to know the truth, but the details of that July afternoon in 2006 don’t make any sense. It was labeled a medical call, an apparent seizure, but the autopsy report...
The Murder of Sophie Sergie Part 2 (Alaska)

The Murder of Sophie Sergie Part 2 (Alaska)

26 years – That’s a long time to wait for answers in an unsolved homicide. But in 2019 the family of 20-year old Sophie Sergie finally had a glimmer of hope that closure was possible. Familial DNA evidence led cold case investigators from Alaska all the way to Auburn,...
The Murder of Sophie Sergie Part 1 (Alaska)

The Murder of Sophie Sergie Part 1 (Alaska)

She was a first generation college student from a small village in rural Alaska who set her eyes on building a better future for herself and her family. Hardworking, bright, with a big heart – She did everything right. But in the spring of 1993, someone chose to put...