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The 1992 Cold Case of Norsaadah Husain

It has been 33 years this month since a Malaysian graduate student, Norsaadah Husain, at Clemson University was tragically abducted from a laundromat in Central, South Carolina in June 1992. Later, her body was found in the woods near the Oconee Nuclear Station later that summer. To date, her death remains unsolved, and the case…

The Michael Steven Akey Cold Case

Fifty-three years ago, on June 24, 1972, 14-year-old Michael Steven Akey, with two juvenile friends, hitched a ride with an unknown white male in a 1962 or 1963 four-door Chevrolet. The kids visited a watermelon patch at Trammell’s Market in Burton, Beaufort County, South Carolina. When they arrived, two of Akey’s friends were in the…

The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings

The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a series of murders in Long Island, New York, which spanned from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims’ remains were found over months in late 2010 and 2011 during a police search of the area after victim Shannon Gilbert ran from the house of a client. No one knows what…

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