by Aleida K. Wahn | Jan 12, 2021 | Crime & Beyond Blog
When I first heard the news in November of 2020 that a woman had been murdered on a local hiking trail only 20 miles from my home, I was stunned. I soon learned Lisa Thorborg, a 68-year-old widow had just moved from Oregon to San Diego in May to live with her...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Dec 28, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
The 911 call came at 11:23 a.m. on November 23, 2020. It was a horrifying sight. A hiker stabbed to death on a public hiking trail in the coastal town of Carlsbad, California. The attack so recent a police detective would later testify the blood had not yet soaked...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Nov 13, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Without warning death fell on them from above. First there was an ear shattering bang, screeching, and then a pickup truck fell out of the sky, twisting midair as if in a movie, before nosediving into a vendor’s booth, crushing all life beneath it. It was 3:33 p.m. in...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Oct 10, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Wendy Romero’s hair was on fire and her desperate screams filled the night. As she stood trapped at her window her hands extended through the metal security bars flailing wildly for help. It was a ghastly scene and her neighbors, awakened from their nearby slumber,...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Feb 24, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Kevin Brown had reached the end. For months he had been spiraling into despair and on October 20, 2014, he could take it no longer. Leaving his Chula Vista home and his devoted wife of 21-years, he drove to the family’s mountain cabin in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and...
