Nicholas Muhoro

58 Articles

Natascha Kampusch’s 3096 Days of Captivity

On March 2, 1998, 10-year-old Natasha Kampusch left her family home in Vienna after arguing with her mother, Brigita Sirny,…

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Stephanie Sempell and the Unsolved Mystery on Grassy Key

In March 1976, Stephanie Sampell was at her home in Boca Raton, Florida. Her mother, Dorothy Appel, had just moved…

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How Kara Robinson Turned Captivity into a Killer’s Downfall

On June 24, 2002, 15-year-old Kara Robinson was watering flowers in the front yard of her best friend's home in…

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Jaycee Dugard and the Eighteen-Year Captivity That Shocked America

At 8 am on June 10, 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was having breakfast at her home on Washoe Boulevard,…

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The Escape That Exposed Gary Heidnik’s House of Horrors

On the evening of March 24, 1987, Philadelphia police received a call from a pay phone at 6th and Girard…

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How Brooke Crews Faked a Pregnancy and Murdered Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind for Her Baby

On August 19, 2017, in Fargo, North Dakota, Savanna LaFontaine Greywind was at home in the apartment she shared with…

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The Disappearance of Gary Ray Hose and the Family Secrets Buried Beneath

On the night of April 30, 1974, Police officers in Phoenix, Arizona, spotted a young boy wandering the streets alone.…

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The Unsolved Disappearance of Sophia Koetsier in Uganda’s Wilderness

On October 28, 2015, 21-year-old Dutch medical student Sophia Koetsier, and her two friends arrived at the Murchison Falls National…

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Blake and Mary Jo Hadley

July 16, 2011, was an unremarkable morning in St Lucie, Florida. 54-year-old Blake Hadley and his wife, Mary Jo Hadley,…

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Giulio Regeni’s Murder and the Alleged Egyptian Secret Police Cover-Up

It was the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Tahrir Square riots. Cairo was on lockdown, swarming with military and plainclothes…

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How a Babysitter’s Obsession With Rachel Barber Turned Deadly

On February, 28, 1999, 15-year-old Rachel Barber, a student at the Melbourne Dance Factory, received a phone call. On the…

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The Unsolved Murder of Backpacker, Kirsty Jones

On August 9, 2000, 23-year-old Kirsty Jones was returning to Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, after a three-day mountain hiking trip.…

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Inside the Black Panther Kidnapping That Ended in Lesley Whittle’s Death

Content Warning: Some readers may find the descriptions in this article disturbing. Lesley Whittle tried to remain conciliatory as her…

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The Leigh Rennea Story, a Tragic Tale of Rape, Murder and Victim Blaming

Leigh Rennea Mears was an excitable, conscientious Year Eight student at Newcastle High School in 1989. She was the eldest…

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The Murder, Dismemberment, and Cover-Up of Tynesha Stewart

Content Warning: Some readers may find the descriptions in this article disturbing. In March, 2007, Tynesha Stewart was spending spring…

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