MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Bethany Deaton from Kansas City

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10/10/24

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When a 27-year-old woman is found deceased in the third row of a minivan out at a park in Kansas City, Missouri, it’s not clear what transpired. But what investigators uncover is more convoluted than any of them could’ve imagined.

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MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Debanhi Escobar

October 7, 2024

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47m

When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry in her home country of Mexico.

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If you know anything about the death of Debanhi Escobar in April of 2022 in Nuevo León, Mexico, please contact the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República) at +81 81 54 74 02. You can also email them at fevimtra@fgr.org.mx.

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MURDERED: Jessica Chambers

October 14, 2024

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59m

When first responders made their way out to a rural road in Mississippi in 2014, the last thing they expected to find was a young woman burned from head to toe... but still alive. Despite the 19-year-old’s courageous fight, she died from her injuries, and over 10 years later, her loved ones are still fighting for Justice for Jessica.

Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Jessica at the gas station.
If you have information about the murder of Jessica Chambers in 2014, please contact the Panola County Sheriff’s Department at 662-563-6230, or Crime Stoppers 1-800-729-2169.
If you have information about the murder of Ming-Chen Hsiao, who went by Mandy, in 2015, please contact the Monroe Police Department at 318-329-2600.
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