In this episode of Zone 7, Sheryl McCollum dives deep into the instrumental role civilians play in solving crimes. She opens by examining the famous case of the Zodiac Cipher and segues into the tragic cold case of Ernestine Andridge. Sheryl introduces the powerful community of WebSleuths, headed by Tricia Griffith, which has changed the …
Konrad Imirowicz becomes the unfortunate victim of an explosive family dispute, enduring devastating and life-altering injuries that encompass his entire body from head to toe. His prolonged suffering and eventual death are caused by an unsuspecting household item: lye soap. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dive into a chilling case surrounding the brutal death …
A Georgia man heads outside to confront a trio of teens egging a home, but he ends up dead. Police are calling the shooting the result of an ongoing “lover’s quarrel.” Sydney Maughon and Jeremy Munson, both 18, and 19-year-old McKenzie Davenport go to the home where Jonathan Gilbert is staying, planning to egg the …
A road trip to a family dinner leaves two people dead and four others injured. Aura De La Cruz Calderon de Tobar, 74, and Yeshua Elijah Cordova Tobar, 5, were riding in the backseat when a white Honda Accord crossed multiple lanes and struck their car head-on. Reports say the driver of the Honda Accord …
A 7-year-old girl drowns in a hotel pool while her mother drinks in the hotel bar. Katlyn Pineda was found lifeless in the Marriott Melville Long Island pool last year. She remained in a coma on a ventilator and feeding tube for a year, until she died on May 1, 2023. Mom Erica Baez, 41, …
A Manhattan corporate attorney is accused of serial rape and arrested in New Jersey. Matthew Nilo, 35, is charged with sexually assaulting four women 15 years ago. The first victim reported being abducted at gunpoint, driven to Terminal Street in Charleston, and raped. A fourth woman was attacked while she was jogging. Investigators turned to …
The Moore’s Ford lynchings, or the 1946 Georgia lynching, refer to the brutal murders of four young African Americans by a mob of white men on July 25, 1946. The incident occurred near Moore’s Ford Bridge in Walton and Oconee counties, Georgia. The victims were two married couples: George W. and Mae Murray Dorsey, and …
A 23-year-old South Korean woman, allegedly obsessed with books and TV shows about crime, is standing trial, accused of murder. Concealing her dark intentions under the guise of a mother in need of an English tutor, Jung Yoo-jung lures an unsuspecting young woman to her home, only to subject her to a gruesome fate of …
The search for Ricky Griffis began two days after his last contact with his mother. When Alice Mabe texted her 46-year-old son, asking if he was coming home that night, he said “no.” He didn’t come home the next night either. And then he didn’t show up for work. Griffis was seen leaving an acquaintance’s …
Lily Silva-Lopez tries to break up with her boyfriend of six months, but Jovanni Sirio-Cardona is not ready to give up the relationship. He responds by threatening the girl. He puts a gun barrel in her mouth and tells the teen that they are not breaking up. Lily Silva-Lopez confides in a cousin about the …
Accused killer Richard Allen has confessed, according to recently-released court documents. Allen made a phone call to his wife and in that call, admitted several times that he killed Libby German and Abby Williams. Allen’s wife abruptly hangs up the phone. All calls from jail are recorded. Allen’s attorney says the admissions were caused by …
