The Killer Within

At just 14 years old in 2016 Kim Edwards and her boyfriend Lucas Markham sent shock waves around their small Lincolnshire England town One night as Kims mother and sister sleep soundly in their beds Kim brutally stabs them to death while Lucas eggs her on Are they really copying the Hollywood movie series Twilight

In 2013 Ahmed Al Khatib murdered his wife Rania Alayed a mother of three in Manchester England He claimed he was overtaken by evil spirits However the sentencing judge dismissed his defense concluding his actions were deliberate The case shocked many highlighting the tragic consequences of domestic violence and the disturbing justifications some perpetrators attempt to use in court

New Orleans police officer Antoinette Frank committed a violent armed robbery in 1995 that left three people dead including a fellow police officer Her betrayal of the badge exposed a chilling disregard for the law she had pledged to uphold The case remains one of the most notorious examples of police corruption and violent crime leaving a lasting impact on the community and law enforcement

Wilbern Cooper lived an ordinary life for 28 years hiding the dark secret of murdering 22yearold David McKillop in Farmington Hills Michigan in 1978 Despite his efforts to escape justice investigators never gave up on the case His eventual capture by police detectives proved that even decades later the truth has a way of surfacing bringing longoverdue closure to the victims loved ones

In 2017 firefighters uncovered the burned body of French au pair Sophie Lionnet in a London garden leading to shocking criminal revelations It soon emerged that the couple whom shed worked for had taken her life subjecting her to torturous cruelty and control before her tragic death The case exposed the dark reality of abuse behind closed doors and the vulnerability of domestic workers