In today's case, Paula takes you through the tragic life events of Valerie Bacot. Valerie was abused from the young age of 12 when her mother met her new boyfriend Daniel. She turns a blind eye through years of abuse that unfortunately leads Valerie's stepfather to become her husband and father of her children. The abuse continues for years until someone dies, and many help hide the body. Was justice served? Should this have been covered more in the media? How many turn a blind eye to abuse?  Sources for today's episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valérie_Bacot_case Snapchat story: True Crime Recap S1 E21

In today's case, Sidney takes you along the journey of a 15-year-old hitchhiker picked up by a seemingly normal 50-year-old man named Lawrence. It all seems fine and dandy until Lawrence gets a little too comfortable. Mary Vincent is a naive young woman unaware of the dangers of hitchhiking. She just wants a ride to see her grandfather in L.A. but she would never make it. Her world would be flipped upside down by the hands of "grandfatherly like" Lawrence Singleton. Unfortunately, Mary wouldn't be the last woman to encounter his dark side. Sources for today's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA-yk8-ALoc “I survived: S3E1” https://www.scarymommy.com/incredible-fortitude-mary-vincent https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/#easy-footnote-1-1127 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Singleton https://morbidology.com/left-for-dead-mary-vincent/#easy-footnote-1-1127 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-01-vw-4970-story.html https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-vincent-lawrence-singleton-case/laura-allan https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/3d/112/418.html https://thenetline.com/mary-vincent-today/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-supreme-court/1489214.html

On March 30th 1975 a brutal massacre would occur, obliterating 3 generations in a matter of 5 minutes. James Urban Ruppert had snapped that Easter Sunday making it the bloodiest Easter in history. Sources: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/james-ruppert-easter-sunday-massacre-hamilton-woman-copes-with-living-in-a-murder-house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday_Massacre https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/easter https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/ruppert-james.htm https://www.daytondailynews.com/crime/james-rupperts-death-is-the-physical-end-of-notorious-painful-hamilton-mass-murder/WPFYMFOLTBAJTEJMT2X5RJ36KI/