Justice in the Heartland: The Disappearance of Michael Golub In the quiet farming community of Johnson City, Kansas, life rarely strays from routine. But in May 2005, that peace was shattered when Michael “Mike” Golub, a 27-year-old mechanic and devoted father, vanished without a trace. Nearly two decades later, his disappearance remains one of Kansas’s most haunting unsolved mysteries. A Small Town, A Complicated ... View more
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Serial killer identified through DNA as suspect in 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders
DNA Links Deceased Serial Killer to Austin’s 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders, Investigators Say A breakthrough after 33 years: Austin police have identified a deceased serial offender through advanced DNA testing as the suspected killer in the slayings of four teenage girls at an Austin yogurt shop in 1991, according to investigators and reporting by 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty. What Happened in 1991 On December ... View more
“Fifteen: Hurt People” | “48 Hours” Podcast (Episode 6)
Trigger Warning This article includes references to graphic violence, sexual assault, and suicide. Inside the Daniel Marsh Case: Rehabilitation, Risk, and a Family’s Fight for Justice Summary: Years after the brutal murders of Claudia Maupin and Chip Northup, their family was confronted with a new wave of fear as California’s youth-justice reforms opened the door for resentencing. Central to the debate: Has killer Daniel ... View more
Peter Van Sant Investigates: Shocking Cases | “48 Hours” Full Episodes
Part I — “Devil’s Island”: The Murder of Ivonne Baldelli When former U.S. Marine Brian Brimager left the Corps after seven years, he and his girlfriend Ivonne Baldelli chased a beach-town dream to the Bocas del Toro islands of Panama. To family back home, Ivonne’s emails painted sunshine: cheap beers, happy hours, swims at dawn, Brian singing for tips at waterfront bars. Locals remembered the couple as regulars. From afar, it ... View more
The Sleepwalking Killer: The Strange Case of Kenneth Parks
“I think I have just killed two people.” That’s what 23-year-old Kenneth Parks told stunned officers when he walked into a police station in the early hours of 24 May 1987, covered in blood, exhausted, and seemingly unaware of how he got there. The confession was shocking enough. But what made this Canadian murder case extraordinary, and later infamous in legal circles worldwide, was Parks’ defence. He ... View more
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