Behind the Crime: Stories, Research & Cold Cases

05/23/2026

We're now approaching the 34th anniversary of the disappearance of the Springfield 3.

05/02/2026

Imagine rushing home to tell your parents about a strange encounter at the park.
It's 1951, and you and your six-year-old brother were playing at the park. You're just ten years old, but in 1951, that is pretty normal to go to the park together.
A strange lady approaches you and your brother, though and asks if you want some candy. Your brother follows her, and for a while, so do you, but something is off, and so you rush home to tell your parents about it.
The police launch a search, but they don't believe your story. Instead, they think that something terrible happened. Maybe your baby brother died in the bay, and you lied. They focus their search in the water looking for his body. But they never find it.
In 1966, your family decides that since your brother would now be 21, they will search some more. Maybe he has a military record. Something anything. They even return to where he was born, searching. Anything is possible; they can find him. They don't believe the story that he drowned. They believe your story.
Fast forward to 2020, someone in your family matches DNA thanks to Ancestry or 23andMe, one of the newfangled DNA tests that you can take to find your ancestors. Your mom passed away fifteen years ago, but now it looks like her long-lost son is alive, has been alive, and living under a different name this whole time.
It would take four more years though before the police became involved and that match to a DNA test would lead to finding a kidnapped child, who had been missing for over 73 years.

While this case and investigation are ongoing, 88-year-old Luis Albino has been reunited with his family, and the brother in the story got to see vindication and his brother again before he sadly passed away only two months after the reunion.

03/16/2026

A new search is underway in the decades-old case of Lauria Bible (left) and Ashley Freeman (right), two 16-year-old girls from Welch, Oklahoma, who disappeared on December 30, 1999.

The case, often referred to as the "Welch Girls" case, began when Ashley's parents, Danny and Kathy Freeman, were found shot to death in their burned mobile home. The girls were missing from the scene, leading to a decades-long search.

Key Case Details
Perpetrators: Investigators eventually identified three suspects: Ronnie Busick, Warren Phillip Welch II, and David Pennington.
The Crime: Authorities believe the men shot the parents over a drug debt, then kidnapped, tortured, and murdered the two teenagers.
Current Status: Ronnie Busick was charged in 2018 and later convicted as an accessory to the murders. The other two suspects died before charges could be filed.
Search for Remains: Despite extensive excavations in areas like Picher, Oklahoma, the bodies of Lauria and Ashley have never been recovered.
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Legacy: "Lauria and Ashley's Law"
In honor of the victims, Oklahoma passed Lauria and Ashley's Law (House Bill 1001), which took effect on November 1, 2025. This legislation mandates that offenders convicted of accessory to murder must serve at least 85% of their sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
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Please say your prayer that the search is the answer to bringing these girls home.

01/21/2026

Today marks 27 years since the Vanderhoef murders in Springfield. You can find out more details about what happened in the link in the comments.

01/18/2026

01/09/2026

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It's been almost 25 years since Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub at her family’s home in a Houston suburb.

Though she was initially convicted of capital murder, the verdict was later overturned, and she was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

So where is Andrea Yates now? Here's everything to know about her life nearly 25 years after she drowned her five children.

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01/02/2026

I don’t chase the most graphic details.
I don’t sensationalize trauma.
And I don’t treat real people’s worst days as entertainment.

The true crime stories I focus on are the ones that still have questions—the cases where something was missed, ignored, or quietly forgotten.

I’m drawn to:
• Unsolved and cold cases
• Disappearances that don’t add up
• Investigations shaped by bias, errors, or indifference
• Victims whose stories were overshadowed or dismissed

Because behind every headline is a human being who mattered long before they became a case file.

True crime, at its best, isn’t about fear—it’s about awareness, accountability, and remembering. It’s about asking why something happened, not just what happened.

My goal is to tell these stories with care, context, and respect—so the victim is never lost in the narrative.

If we’re going to talk about crime, let’s do it responsibly.

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12/05/2025

What happened to Diane Kyne? She was viciously murdered and her killer walks free. Ask true crime pundits and online sleuths and chances are you will get two different suspects. Kevin Kyne the son who beat the murder charge or Bill Kyne the husband who was overlooked.

Who is Bill Kyne? Possibly the unluckiest man on the planet. Bill Kynes first wife, the mother of his five children died in the middle of the night, accidentally drowning. His second wife, Diane brutally murdered, her killer never brought to justice. Bill Kyne went on to marry again, this wife Tonya also died, reportedly of cancer.

Is Bill Kyne the unluckiest man on earth or a serial killer?

12/01/2025

December and January writing schedule. Just a few of the cases that Behind The Crime is going in-depth on.