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After a 911 caller tells police he strangled a woman and left her body on the living room floor of a Michigan home, police find 48-year-old Sara Knight, her body covered with a sheet, her cell phone, and the names of family and friends to contact beside her. The caller is quickly identified as Sara’s husband, Harold “Butch” Knight, who fled to Maine and then ... Show More
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The Scott Family Massacre
On November 2, 2015, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office responds to a 911 call and walks into a horrific scene. The bodies of Mike and Cathy Scott, and their two elderly mothers, are sprawled across the blood-soaked floor of their Pendleton, SC home. Seven years later, the brut ... Show More
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