# True crime
Origins: The Lost Brothers
How I discovered, developed, and wrote an article, book, and podcast about one of history’s most puzzling disappearances of children. On November 9, 1997, a Sunday, I opened my Minneapolis newspaper. In the classifieds section, I saw an ad pleading for information on a trio of missing brothers — aged 8, 6, and 4 — who had been missing since 1951. I didn’t know it, but that ad had appeared in the newspaper every November for the previous 35 years. I was curious. I called a phone number listed in the ad.
Man claims that Angel saved his life from Active SHOOTER
At 17, Michael worked on his parents' dairy farm in the early 1990s. He ran to the store every night for his video and junk food. Work would rock Bonney Lake, Washington, this evening. In her 1991 bright red Cadillac Eldorado, his mother gave him money to buy the usual stuff. After playing Roxette Joyride, he heard "Don't go" at the driveway's end. He stopped the car, looked around, and heard "Don't go" again, louder. This time he hesitated but he turned around, and pulled back in the driveway. "I'll go later," he told his mom when he returned inside. Soon, the house began to shake, a helicopter landed in their back field, and sheriff vehicles flew down their road and into their driveway. The shooter killed their neighbor and paralyzed another on the same road as Michael. #storytime #godstories #stories
Man Convicted of Sexual Assault Released After 12 Years in Prison When DNA was Finally Tested
Anthony Powell’s DNA was never tested before or during his trial. On March 20, 1991, an eighteen-year-old girl was abducted in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The teen was waiting for the bus home, and it had been around midnight when an unknown man approached the girl. The man had a knife and forced her to walk to a wooded area, where he sexually assaulted her, then ran away.
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