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The Murder of Linda Jane Phillips
In August 1970, 26-year-old schoolteacher Linda Jane Phillips, daughter of Kaufman County School Superintendent Jimmy Phillips, vanished while drivin…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Abduction and Murder of Jennifer Day
In the early hours of June 23, 1985, fourteen-year-old Jennifer Leigh Day opened Preston Road Donuts in North Dallas for her usual Sunday shift. She …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Torso Murders Part 3: Fort Bend County & Room 636
In June 1964, a Fort Bend County farmer discovered a headless, handless torso in a roadside ditch — a killing so cleanly done that investigators said…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Torso Murders Part 2: San Jacinto County
Three years after a suitcase containing a man’s torso surfaced in the Rio Grande near El Paso, another horror emerged—this time in the pine woods of …
8 months ago
The Torso Murders Part 1: El Paso County
In June of 1959, a fisherman on the Rio Grande west of El Paso pulled a black suitcase from the slow, muddy current near Montoya, Texas. Inside was a…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Disappearance of Kathleen Ranft
On April 5, 1985, 29-year-old Kathleen “Kathy” Ranft finished her shift at Lippe Tire Center in Seguin, Texas, and headed into the weekend. She was i…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Brush Girl: The Murder of April Dawn Lacy
In October 1996, a rancher in rural Wise County, Texas, stumbled on a body hidden in a brush pile. For over two years she was known only as “Brush Gi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Murders of Mary Hooper and Emmett Lynch
In October 1987, a visiting nurse walked into a Tyler, Texas duplex and discovered a scene of unimaginable violence. Fifty-seven-year-old Mary Hooper…
9 months ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Farenthold Part 3: Running Out of Road
Most disappearances leave echoes—missing persons flyers, TV reports, police pleas for tips. But when James Robert “Jimmy” Farenthold vanished in the …
9 months, 1 week ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Farenthold Part 2: The Death of Randy
On June 6, 1972, the Gulf of Mexico gave back one of its secrets. The body of Randolph “Randy” Farenthold, 32 years old, oil money in his veins, and …
9 months, 1 week ago