Updated May 24, 2026 The DA’s case against pop singer D4vd paints a picture of an adult man whose sexual relationship with an underage girl devolved into a heinous plot to get rid of her for good. As alleged in filings by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office against David Anthony Burke, stage name D4vd, … Read more
Since 2014, when I started writing about true crime and missing person cases, many of my photos have been published in newspapers and online. Although I’m not a professional photographer, I hope you’ll enjoy this collection of my twelve best true crime photos. On November 3, 2018, John Pelichowski (left) and his brother Jason Pelichowski, … Read more
Posted March 23, 2026 When Rebecca Haro called the police on August 14, 2025, she told a harrowing tale. The Big 5 store where Rebecca Haro claims Baby Emmanuel was kidnapped (Doug Kari) Rebecca claimed that while she was in the parking lot of a Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Yucaipa, California, changing the … Read more
Nancy’s house in the Catalina Foothills (Doug Kari) Updated March 8, 2026 Less than a week after Nancy Guthrie went missing from her home in the Catalina Foothills, I traveled to the crime scene and spent days examining the area and talking with neighbors and media personnel. As my posts about the case drew millions … Read more
Updated February 10, 2026 The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office have released terrifying images showing that an armed intruder came to Nancy Guthrie’s house and disabled the camera outside her front door. The intruder appeared to be a man with facial hair. He carried a gun in a holster at his waist. He was … Read more
Updated March 8, 2025 With Ashlee Buzzard twice claiming illness as an excuse for missing her scheduled preliminary hearing on charges of murdering her nine-year-old daughter Melodee, a baffling question remains unanswered: What would possess a mother to commit such a heinous crime against her own offspring? Even when Ashlee does face a preliminary hearing, … Read more
Posted January 21, 2026 Last September, after nearly four months of intensive searching in the backwoods of Washington, authorities found the remains of Travis Decker less than a mile from where he murdered his three daughters. As the new year opens and the community begins to heal, fascinating details have emerged about why the manhunt, … Read more
Update as of March 8, 2026 D4vd is a “target” of the grand jury investigation into the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, says a petition filed by Los Angeles prosecutors. The petition identifies the “Target” as David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, and states: “Target may be involved in having committed the following … Read more
Updated January 1, 2026 The Melodee Buzzard case took a tragic turn on December 23 when Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown announced that the missing nine-year-old girl was found dead with gunshot wounds to the head. Melodee’s decomposed body was discovered on December 6 beside East State Route 24 in the Canyonlands region of … Read more
Louise Berman lived a troubled but free-spirited life before she turned up dead in a desert grave. Her four husbands also had troubled lives… Two ended up murdered. One died after a horrible car wreck. One caught polio and was afflicted for life. Born Virginia Rhoda Wiltshire in 1933, she grew up in East Los … Read more