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Jul 21

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On April 23, 2019, a woman called 911 claiming she’d just given birth at home—but it was a lie masking something far more sinister. Moments earlier, a 9-month-pregnant woman had arrived at her house, lured by an online offer of free baby clothes. What happened next is every parent’s worst fear.

It all started in early 2019 when Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, a 19-year-old Chicago high school student, married and mom to a 3-year-old, was expecting her second child. Excited for her growing family, she joined a Facebook group for young moms to swap tips and resources. There, she connected with Clarisa Figueroa, a 46-year-old woman offering free baby clothes. Marlen, trusting the gesture, agreed to visit Clarisa’s Southwest Side home. But Clarisa, who’d lost her son in 2018 and had her tubes tied, was faking a pregnancy with ultrasound photos. She and her 24-year-old daughter, Desiree Figueroa, were plotting to steal Marlen’s unborn baby.

On April 23, 2019, Marlen arrived at the Figueroa home. While looking at a photo album, Clarisa strangled her with a coaxial cable for five minutes, Desiree prying Marlen’s fingers off the cord to ensure her death. They cut her baby, Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, from her womb with a butcher knife and dumped her body in a trash can outside. Clarisa called 911, pretending she’d given birth to a baby not breathing. The infant was rushed to a hospital, but DNA tests proved he wasn’t hers. On May 15, police found Marlen’s body after tracing her car nearby. The baby, brain-damaged from the ordeal, died in June 2019 after two months in intensive care. Clarisa, Desiree, and Clarisa’s boyfriend, Piotr Bobak, were arrested; Bobak was caught cleaning a bleach-soaked rug.

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Jul 18

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In this suitcase, a man begs his girlfriend to let him out, gasping for air and pleading desperately—but she taunts him, laughing it off as she leaves him zipped inside overnight. These cries for help would be his last words.

It began innocently enough in late 2019 when Sarah Boone, 42, met Jorge Torres Jr., also 42, in Winter Park, Florida. They hit it off quickly, moving in together and sharing what seemed like a normal relationship at first—date nights, shared laughs, the usual. But cracks appeared fast. Police records show multiple calls to their apartment for domestic disputes, escalating arguments that turned physical. In one incident just months before the tragedy, Boone was arrested for battery after allegedly choking Torres and smashing his phone during a fight. Torres didn't press charges, and they stayed together

Fast forward to February 23, 2020: The couple had been drinking wine all evening, playing games like puzzles and hide-and-seek to unwind. Torres, in a playful mood, climbed into a rolling suitcase as part of the game. Boone zipped it shut—with two of his fingers sticking out for air, she later said—and started recording on her phone. In the videos, Torres pleads, "I can't breathe, babe," and "Sarah, let me out," gasping desperately. But Boone taunts him, saying things like "That's what you get for cheating" and "For everything you've done to me," laughing as she tips the suitcase over. She claimed later it was all in jest, that she fell asleep upstairs thinking he'd get out on his own. But overnight, he didn't.

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Jul 18

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This eerie church surveillance footage shows a shadowy figure clad in tactical SWAT gear marked "POLICE," wandering empty halls, prying open doors and shattering glass during a heavy rainstorm. Meanwhile, a female instructor arrives to set up her 5 a.m. boot camp class, oblivious to the danger lurking inside - just moments before tragedy strikes.

It all began on April 18, 2016, when Terri "Missy" Bevers, a 45-year-old fitness instructor and mother of three, arrived at Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas, around 4 a.m. She was there to prepare for her regular 5 a.m. boot camp class as part of Camp Gladiator, a nationwide fitness program offering high-intensity group workouts. She unloaded gear from her truck despite the pouring rain.

Missy was married to Brandon Bevers, and while their life seemed stable, police later learned of some marital strains, including financial issues and flirtatious communications she had with people outside the marriage. The church was quiet that early morning - or appeared to be.

Unbeknownst to her, surveillance cameras inside had captured something unsettling just minutes earlier. Around 3:50 a.m., a person entered the building dressed in tactical gear resembling SWAT attire, complete with a helmet and vest labeled "POLICE"—though it wasn't real law enforcement equipment. The figure, about 5'2" to 5'7" tall and moving with an odd gait, carried tools like a hammer and wandered the halls, breaking glass and forcing doors open in what looked like aimless vandalism. Missy entered soon after, heading to the southwest corner to set up. The cameras didn't catch what happened next, but around 4:20 a.m., she was attacked off-screen, suffering multiple puncture wounds and blunt force trauma to her head and chest from a tool.

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Jul 17

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This is a 26-year-old social media influencer with over 2 million followers and her boyfriend, a 27-year-old crypto trader from Texas, originally from Nigeria. This elevator footage shows them in a tense altercation—just hours before everything fell apart.

What started as a fast-moving romance in Miami’s high-rise life would soon spiral into something far more serious. Let’s walk through the timeline..

It started in early 2021, when Christian “Toby” Obumseli, a 27-year-old crypto trader from Texas, originally from Nigeria, moved to Miami to advance his trading career. There, he met Courtney Clenney, a 26-year-old OnlyFans model and Instagram influencer with over 2 million followers. They quickly began a passionate relationship and moved in together at One Paraiso, a luxury high-rise in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood.

But behind the high-rise lifestyle, things turned volatile. Neighbors frequently reported loud arguments, and police were called to their apartment at least seven times for domestic disturbances. Despite the repeated incidents, no arrests were made.

Toby confided in close friends through text messages, saying Courtney had physically attacked him several times—once even stabbing him. Still, he chose to stay.

By February 2022, tensions had escalated. Surveillance footage from the building elevator showed Courtney striking Toby during a heated confrontation. Despite expressing fears for his safety, he remained in the relationship.

On April 3, 2022, another argument broke out in their apartment. Courtney called 911 and claimed Toby had come at her with a knife, and that she threw one at him in self-defense. He was found with a single stab wound to the chest and later died at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She was briefly detained but released under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.

Soon after, the investigation uncovered inconsistencies. The autopsy suggested the knife had been thrown from a distance, contradicting her story. Text messages and videos revealed a history of physical altercations. Courtney left Florida and continued posting on social media from Hawaii.

On August 11, 2022, she was arrested in Hawaii on a warrant for second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and extradited to Miami. Her attorneys maintain that she acted in self-defense.

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Jul 15

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This is Lauren McCluskey, a 21-year-old University of Utah track athlete. A few moments ago, she received a message from someone claiming to be a deputy chief, urging her to come to the police station.

She was on campus, and moments after she left, a man she had broken up with was seen on CCTV walking into campus buildings carrying a black, seemingly weighty bag. He had been carrying the black bag again while wearing Deadpool gear during his earlier stalking.

Lauren McCluskey was a 21-year-old senior at the University of Utah, a dedicated track and field athlete from Washington state, majoring in communications. On September 2, 2018, while out with friends in Salt Lake City, she met a bouncer named Shawn Fields at a local bar. He told her he was 28, charming and attentive, and they hit it off quickly, starting to date soon after. Fields visited her dorm often, met her friends, and seemed like a good match.

By early October 2018, during a visit home for fall break, McCluskey decided to look up Fields online. What she found shocked her: his real name was Melvin Rowland, he was actually 37, and he had a criminal record as a registered sex offender from 2004 convictions for attempted sexual abuse and enticing a minor. Back on campus, she confronted him on October 9; he admitted the lies but spent the night in her dorm. The next day, October 10, she ended the relationship definitively.

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Jul 14

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This is Paul Thijssen, a 24-year-old former student and sports coach at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney, Australia. Days earlier, his colleague Lilie James, 21, had just ended their brief casual relationship. CCTV footage captured him in a hardware store selecting a hammer after testing several for weight, then practicing swings and lunges outside the gym bathroom at the school.

Paul Thijssen, born in 1999 in the Netherlands and raised in Sydney, Australia, was a former student at St Andrew's Cathedral School, a prestigious private school in central Sydney. He captained the cricket and hockey teams there. After studying abroad, he returned in 2023 at age 24 to coach sports at the school and a nearby college. Lilie James, born in 2002, was a 21-year-old water polo coach and assistant at the same school, studying commerce and law at a local university while living with her family in a southern Sydney suburb.

In September 2023, Thijssen and James, who worked together in the school's sports department, began a casual romantic relationship that lasted about five weeks. By mid-October, James decided to end it, telling Thijssen it wasn't working out due to their professional overlap. The breakup occurred just days before October 25, 2023.

Following the breakup, Thijssen told colleagues he was "going through something." Later evidence showed stalking behavior: security footage captured him lingering outside the gym bathroom in the days prior, rehearsing aggressive motions like lunges and hammer swings, indicating premeditation. He rented a white Volkswagen Golf car and purchased a hammer and duct tape from a hardware store on October 23.

On October 25, around 7 p.m., James entered the gym bathroom at the school to collect water polo equipment after hours. Thijssen followed her in shortly after. Inside, he attacked her with the hammer, inflicting severe blunt force trauma to her head and face, causing her death.

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