by Aleida K. Wahn | Apr 28, 2017 | Crime & Beyond Blog
Her eyes welled with tears as she looked into the television camera and told the world about her beautiful 10-year-old grandson, Aidan. It had been four years since she laid him to rest, after he died in two short days. In May of 2013, Sharon Pankey was touched by her...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Apr 6, 2017 | Crime & Beyond Blog
A Paralyzing Fear: Was It Jon Guerrero? In the summer of 2016, murder came to San Diego in the form of an unknown assailant, who was randomly attacking homeless men, killing some with railroad spikes driven through their head and chest while they slept out in the...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Feb 3, 2017 | Crime & Beyond Blog, Other Published Stories
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, I traveled with the Border Angels to the Ocotillo desert to leave water and provisions along migrant crossing routes. It was an amazing day, from start to finish. I have written a story about that day which is now in Psychology Today....
by Aleida K. Wahn | Dec 16, 2016 | My True Crime Articles
On April 25, 2002, at 2:26 in the afternoon, Tieray Jones called 911 and breathlessly reported his two-year-old stepson had simply vanished from a San Diego park when he walked to a nearby vending machine to purchase a drink for the toddler. Was this a parent’s worst...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Sep 9, 2016 | My True Crime Articles
“If I can’t have you the way I want you, I’m afraid I’ll do something I regret.” Just weeks after that text message was sent, a suitcase was discovered by trash bins outside a San Diego hotel with black hair coming out of the zipper. Locked into a tight fetal position...
