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There are few things in life more shocking than a parent killing their child. Numerous reasons have been offered by adults who have carried out such a heinous act, ranging from mindless acts of violence to serious mentally debilitating conditions. What is perhaps the most shocking and disturbing aspect of the following cases are the ones where a parent murders infant children and even babies.
It is surprising just how common 'filicide'—the deliberate...
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Twenty years ago, the unsolved murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey created endless headlines around the globe. Now, her mysterious death is being reexamined in this fact filled book: The Death of a Beauty Queen.
More than 140 suspects and 1,400 pieces of evidence have been reviewed in JonBenét's murder, one of America's most talked-about cold cases.
Burke and JonBenét's parents, John and Patsy (who died in 2006 after a battle with ovarian cancer),...
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On the night of June 6th, 1996, Darlie Lynn Routier made a frantic call to 911. She told the dispatcher that she and her two sons had been stabbed.
Five minutes later, police arrived at Darlie's home in Rowlett, a suburb of Dallas. Darlie's eldest son, Devon, had already died from four knife wounds. He was just three days shy of his seventh birthday. His brother, five-year-old Damon, had also been attacked. Damon later died in the care of a paramedic....
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In the fall of 1931, Charles "Lucky" Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change the way that organized crime is run in America. He creates the Five Families just like they did back in Sicily. His words were, "We have to run our business like a business." With the Capos, the Crews, and the Consiglieres, all reporting to the head of the family, The Boss, but there will be no more Boss of Bosses.
He...
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