April 30: Mother of two disappears the day she evicts her husband
Plus: murder victim's father points out Green River Killer, Navy vet murdered in house fire, and more.
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Today in True Crime
5 years ago: Two students died and four were injured when a gunman opened fire on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus. One of the deceased, 21-year-old Riley C. Howell, was considered a hero for tackling the gunman and pinning “him down until police officers arrived.”
10 years ago: A 36-year-old Kansas City man running naked through the streets and covered in blood was later found to have killed his girlfriend; in December 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison.
20 years ago: Jeremy Alex, 28, of Northport, Maine, went missing after a woman reported seeing him “running down a rural road” in distress. Alex is still missing to this day.