Tia Hernlen: The 5-Year-Old Who Found Her Parents Murdered

True Crime with Elli Mac

08/13/23

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17m

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In the early hours of the 28th March 2005, 5-year-old Tia Herneln called 911, saying that she had just found both her parents lying on the floor covered in blood.Donna, the dispatcher spoke to little Tia and tried to keep her calm and focused, whilst she sent out for someone to go to the house.When the police finally arrived, to their utmost horror, they found 5-year-old Tia still on the phone with Donna, and her mother Julie dead in the bedroom, lying next to her husband Aeneas, Tia’s father, who was clinging to life.Who had committed this horrible act? And why had they done it? Was this a robbery gone wrong? Or was this a brutal act of revenge?

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On the surface, Wendi Andriano appeared to be a caring wife to her husband Joe Andriano and a loving mother to their 2 children.But in reality, behind closed doors, Wendi resented her terminally ill husband and wished to be free from him. She hated what her life had become with him and in fact, despised being his caregiver.As her husband's health slowly deteriorated at home, Wendi did everything in her power to try and get a life insurance policy for him. But as Joe was too sick, no company would go through with this and so she failed again and again.In the early hours of the 8th of October, a fed-up Wendi decided to take things into her own hands and end Joe’s life prematurely as things were not moving fast enough.Incredibly when Wendi called 911, she accused Joe of attacking her first, which then caused her to kill him in self-defence.Was this true? What had really happened that fateful night? Had Wendi really acted in self-defence? Or had her patience worn thin, and had she finally decided to take matters into her own hands and brutally murder her husband?

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When firefighters entered 21 Rue le Sueur in Paris’ 16th arrondissement on the 11th March 1944, nothing seemed too out of the ordinary – except for the foul-smelling smoke from the chimney.The foul smoke had been pouting out of the chimney for 5 days, and the neighbours had had enough so had notified the police who then in turn called firefighters.

The firefighters proceeded to enter the home through the 2nd story window and then made their way down to the basement. Nothing could have prepared them for what they were about to stumble upon.

Sticking out of a furnace, as if waving hello, was a charred human arm.

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