Major Crimes and True Crime

Langford, Victoria: Eighteen-year-old Kimberly Proctor was friends with the same small group of friends as Kruse Wellwood (16) and Cameron Moffat (17). They all attended Pacific Secondary School in the small town of Langford, BC. Kimberly Proctor. (Photo Source: ctvnew.ca) Kimberly had briefly dated a boy named Zach who was also part of the group, but like many teenage relationships, their relationship was very short-lived. Kimberly was heartbroken and would find solace chatting online with Kruse and Cameron. During one of these chats, Cameron confessed that he liked her; however, Kimberly politely said she wasn’t interested. Her heart still belonged to Zach. Kimberly did start to get closer to Kruse though. They started talking online and on the phone nightly. In addition, the two started dating, but only for a very short time before Kimberly broke it off in a text message to him. She still wasn't over Zach yet and didn't see how that was fair to Kruse. This ange...

The Disappearance of Katelin Akens On December 5, 2015, Katelin Michelle Akens went missing from Springfield, Virginia. The last person believed to see her is her former stepfather, James Branton. Almost five years later, Katelin remains missing with few leads. (image: Patch.com) Katelin lived with her fiancee in Arizona and went home to Spotsylvania, Virginia, in December 2015 to visit her family. Little did they know this was the last time they would see her. Katelin’s mother, Lisa, entrusted Branton, her ex-husband and Katelin’s former stepfather to take her daughter to the airport. At approximately 1:52 p.m., Branton text messaged Lisa that Katelin had been dropped off at Regan National Airport and a few minutes later, Katelin text messaged her mother that her phone was low on battery and couldn’t talk. Nothing about this seemed suspicious, but, Katelin’s fiancee, Amber received a text message from her phone saying that she’s not coming home and something had come ...

The Mcdonald’s Boys A case remembered by many in the country with a borderline boogeyman reputation, two 12-year old boys, Toh Hong Huat and Keh Chin Ann, went missing without a trace. All that remained of them were their school books and bags which were found under a tree. They were dubbed ‘The Mcdonald’s Boys’ by the press after the fast-food chain offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who had any information on the whereabouts of the boys, and their missing posters were placed in the chain’s outlets throughout the country. Despite the cash reward, and an extensive police search, no trace of the boys have been found. Many theories emerged, from abduction to murder, but with no evidence to prove any of their credibility, the case remains open. One of the most solid theories is that the boys were kidnapped by a syndicate, had their limbs chopped off, and made to beg on the streets of a foreign country. This theory gained even more credence after a Singaporean on holiday...

Ray Gricar Ray Gricar was a District Attorney for Centre County, Pennsylvania for 20 years. He was a respected official and known for his tough stances. One day, in 2005, he called his girlfriend to tell her he was out for a drive in the countryside, and then proceeded to never be seen again. Some time later, authorities found Gricar`s car outside an antiques store with everything but his cell phone missing. There were no signs of a struggle. A search was carried out, and police eventually found Gricar`s laptop in a nearby river, too damaged to recover any files. Meanwhile, his credit cards went unused and his bank account left alone. And then…… The investigation overturned info that Gricar was, at the time of his disappearance, working on what would later blow up as the Penn State sex abuse scandal. For anyone from overseas who may not have heard much about the case, said scandal involved the equipment manager and head coach of the Penn State football team- Jerry Sandusk...

The murder of  Tara Munsey . Tara Rose Munsey was born on February 2, 1983 in Radford, Virginia to parents Billy Munsey and Katherine Irwin. She was described as being a loyal, unique, and outgoing girl who had many friends. She got good grades in school and had a boyfriend named Nick who she planned to marry after she graduated. To earn some extra money, 16 year old Tara worked at a Taco Bell. On the afternoon of January 25, 2000, Tara went with some friends went to the apartment of a man they knew named  James Moede  and smoked marijuana before Tara went to work. Tara had plans to watch a basketball game with her father and brother that night after her shift was over. She left Taco Bell at 7:30 that night but didn’t show up at the basketball game like she was supposed to, and Tara’s father found her car in the Taco Bell parking lot. The door was unlocked, Tara’s keys and purse were gone but her hat and some food was there. Nobody had hear...