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April Fool’s Day comes around every year, and is supposed to be a day of jovial pranks and harmless shenanigans. However, some All Fools Day pranks can go too far, and some people aren’t interested in celebrating at all — like some of the horrible examples in the following article. April Fools Shooting Spree of 1998 On April Fools Day, 1998, two men went on a murder spree that spanned across two states — which left five people dead and another one clinging miraculously to life. Nineteen-year-old Chalk Wessell and another man named Steve A. Hale went on the murderous rampage, shooting multiple people after a so-called business deal fell-through. Multiple sources covered the crime when it took place, but few could put into words any understanding of why the shooting spree happened. A later article, about a decade after the crime spree, revealed that the shooters were high on crystal meth. The Accidental Suicide of Lance Bassett On April 1st, 2011, the body of 15-ye...

Have you seen this missing woman? Authorities in Racine, Wisconsin are looking for Lasheky Hill — otherwise known as Sheky Hill. The 46-year-old woman hasn’t been seen or heard from by loved ones since March 26th, and now they’re worried that she’s in danger. According to the Racine County Eye , Lasheky Hill was last seen around 10:00 p.m ., on March 26th, near the 1100th block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The missing woman is described as Black, standing at 5’1″ and approximately 168 lbs., with black hair and dark colored eyes. She was last seen wearing a pair of tight white pants and was carrying a black and gold purse. She may have been wearing a long blonde wig at the time of her disappearance. Loved ones are worried about Lasheky Hill, and authorities have implied that there is something off about her disappearance. In fact, they claim to have received information about so-called “unusual circumstances” related to her case. Th...

Have you seen this missing woman? Authorities in Los Angeles are looking for 22-year-old Cajairah Jae Fraise, who vanished a month ago. The missing California woman was heavily pregnant at the time of her disappearance, and may have either given birth while missing or is close to giving birth. Police are scrambling to find this woman after initially declaring her as “voluntarily missing.” Now, Cajairah Jae Fraise is considered critically missing. NBC News 4 reports that the 22-year-old missing woman hasn’t been seen since February 23rd after she walked away from her parents while at an area Jack in the Box. Little else is known about the last time she was seen, but it has now been a month since she’s been in contact with loved ones — and they’re worried. Police, on the other hand, claim that the loved ones of 22-year-old Cajairah Fraise aren’t cooperating — and aren’t being forthcoming with information that could potentially be used...

A new episode of the Justice Voice Podcast is now live! In this episode we dive into the unsolved murder of Las Vegas woman Laurie Gay Hesselink. Laurie Hesselink was strangled to death with a ligature in her own apartment in March 1979 — over 44 years ago. Her case remains unsolved to this day — and frighteningly, shares similarities with other unsolved murders in Las Vegas during the same era. Who killed Laurie Gay Hesselink? Listen to the full podcast now !

The search for a missing Tennessee woman is nearing a year since she vanished under mysterious circumstances. Brittany Ann Miller disappeared around July 4, 2022 after she was last seen in the area of Hurrican Ridge Road in Smithville, Tennessee. Now search efforts are being rekindled almost a year later in hopes of finding some kind of answers behind what happened to her. According to Nashville News 5 , new ground searches are planned for Brittany Ann Miller in the area where she was last seen nearly a year ago . Searchers are hoping to locate any kind of evidence pertaining to her disappearance. However, with it being nearly a year since she was last seen, it’s hard to tell what kind of evidence they might be able to recover. Bad weather along with the time that has passed could seriously degrade any forensic evidence that might exist — if there even is any. Authorities are encouraging the public to avoid the area while these ground searches are taking place. And if you kn...

A missing woman’s body has been recovered in a south Ohio landfill after her boyfriend reportedly choked her to death during an argument and disposed of her in a dumpster. This brings the brief search for the woman to a bitter end, after her loved ones reported her missing and pushed for answers behind her disappearance. This story also sheds a light on the issues of domestic violence and the lack of resources for victims. According to People Magazine , the body of Renee Benedetti was recovered at a landfill in Georgetown after a brief search for the missing woman. The discovery was made after the slain woman’s boyfriend confessed to killing her and disposing of her body. Authorities say that Gene Scott Jr. admitted to choking the woman while the two were arguing, which resulted in her death. He then wrapped her body in a rug and then disposed of it in a dumpster, which is how she ultimately ended up in the Georgetown landfill. Gene Scott Jr. has been charged in association ...

An Iowa teen is being charged as an adult in an attack that nearly left a teenage girl dead. Police say that 17-year-old Trevor Ray Dean beat the girl so badly that he believed that he’d killed her, so he tried to get one of his friends to “dispose of her body.” Fortunately the girl survived, but what about the young man who nearly killed her? KOMO News reports that Trevor Ray Dean of Marion plotted and lured his girlfriend to his home knowing he was going to violently assault her. His motive? He believed the girl had been “cheating” on him. When she arrived at his home, he beat the teenage girl so brutally that she went limp after gasping for air. He believed he killed her. Instead of calling for help immediately or even trying to resuscitate the girl at all, he chose to recruit a friend to dispose of her body for him. Reports aren’t exactly saying how police caught wind of what happened, but it sounds somewhat like the “friend” turned D...