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The Unthinkable: A Hiker Murdered and a Teen Accused

The Unthinkable: A Hiker Murdered and a Teen Accused

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...
A Deadly DUI, Shattered Lives and A Navy Officer’s Early Release: How He Killed 4 and Served 2 Years and 10 Months

A Deadly DUI, Shattered Lives and A Navy Officer’s Early Release: How He Killed 4 and Served 2 Years and 10 Months

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...
A Son Accused: Did He Set the Fire That Killed His Family?

A Son Accused: Did He Set the Fire That Killed His Family?

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,...
Police Suspected Criminalist Kevin Brown of Murder. Did Their Mistake Push Him to Suicide?

Police Suspected Criminalist Kevin Brown of Murder. Did Their Mistake Push Him to Suicide?

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...
The Sex-Tape Murder Trial: When There Was Sex, Lies, and a Videotape But No Body

The Sex-Tape Murder Trial: When There Was Sex, Lies, and a Videotape But No Body

by Aleida K. Wahn | Feb 4, 2020 | My True Crime Articles

There was sex, lies, and a reported videotape, but no body. Nevertheless, forty-nine-year-old Brian Eleron Hancock stood trial for first-degree murder of his friend Peter Bentz. As Hancock’s trial began on January 6, 2020, in the San Diego courtroom of Judge Joan...
A Mystery Drink Awaiting: La Jolla Restaurateur Sexually Assaulted Women, But Did He Drug Them First?

A Mystery Drink Awaiting: La Jolla Restaurateur Sexually Assaulted Women, But Did He Drug Them First?

by Aleida K. Wahn | Dec 23, 2019 | My True Crime Articles

“It was the ultimate act of control. Assaulting a woman who can’t resist,” said Deputy District Attorney Jessica Coto as the trial of Daniel Dorado came to a close in the San Diego courtroom of Judge Charles Rogers on December 17, 2019. The 61-year-old former La Jolla...
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