Karen Stitt was a 15-year-old high school student attending Palo Alto High School in California. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Karen was new to the area but had quickly adjusted to her surroundings and made...
Samuel Silva was identified in 2023 as the man responsible for the 1979 murder of Estella Menain Sunnyvale, California. His name emerged more than four decades after the crime through advances in DNA testing...
Gary Gene Ramirez was identified and later convicted as the man responsible for the brutal 1982 murder of 15-year-old Karen Stitt in Sunnyvale, California. His name remained unknown for nearly 40 years until advances...
ABC’s 20/20 opens its January 2, 2026 broadcast with a deep dive into one of the most disturbing and protracted murder-for-hire cases in recent American history. Titled Meddler or Murderer?, the two-hour special examines...
Dan Markel was born in Montreal in 1972 and grew up in Toronto in a Jewish household focused on education, tradition, and community. He showed curiosity for ideas at a young age and gravitated...
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