In 2004, Oakey “Al” Kite was killed in his townhouse basement after enduring a “crazy amount of torture.”

At one point, while plotting her husband’s murder with inmate Rick Hampton, corrections officer Pamela Dickens said her two kids would “get over it.”

Ortiz-Magro, who pleaded not guilty to numerous charges last week stemming from his October arrest, may have directed the profane message to his on-again, off-again partner Jen Harley. 

“You could see the evil on this guy,” UFC fighter Walt Harris said of his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard's suspected kidnapper Ibraheem Yazeed.

Serial killer Dennis Rader went unnoticed in the city he terrorized for more than 30 years.

Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed in less than two weeks if Gov. Greg Abbott does not intervene.

If a child goes missing it can be a stressful and scary time for any caregiver, especially if they’re unsure of what steps to take after their young one has seemingly vanished.

Laurel Griggs had performed on Broadway, as well as in television and movies, before her passing.

Ben Ball, a doomsday prepper and medieval weapons fanatic, was prepared when his roommate's ex-boyfriend showed up at their home.

After real estate tycoon Ed Patton Jr. was viciously bludgeoned, investigators found his “Tyler Time Journal,” a diary that chronicled his marital problems with wife Tyler Block Patton.

Brandy Stutzman found out her husband wanted a divorce, and so she asked 19-year-old Jeremiah Merriweather to kill him. 

For two decades, Peggy Lynn Johnson was known simply as Jane Doe after being found beaten to death in a Wisconsin cornfield. Now, investigators say they've not only identified her, they've caught her alleged killer, 64-year-old Linda Laroche.