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The Suspicious Death of Barbara Ann Ripley (Maine)

The Suspicious Death of Barbara Ann Ripley (Maine)

It was the early afternoon of September 29, 1971 and 11-year old Barbara Ann Ripley should’ve been getting off the bus at home in North Yarmouth, Maine like she did every Wednesday.

The Disappearance of Nadine Mendonça (Massachusetts)

The Disappearance of Nadine Mendonça (Massachusetts)

When 25-year old Nadine Mendonça went to her favorite hang out in downtown Fall River, Massachusetts for a casual night out, neither she nor her family could’ve expected it would end the way it did.

The Murder of Matthew Margolies (Connecticut)

The Murder of Matthew Margolies (Connecticut)

When 13-year old Matthew
Margolies didn’t come home for
supper on the night of August 31,
1984, police in Greenwich, Connecticut launched a full scale search scouring the Pemberwick woods and waters of the Byram River for any sign of the young fisherman.

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