The Strange, Sad Quest to Match a Severed, Embalmed Head with its Story
The embalmed head found in the woods defied logic. It had been carefully preserved yet carelessly discarded, and appeared almost alive. But who was she and where was her body?
Behind the Headlines
How a doggedly obsessed 71-year-old investigative reporter exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter.
Miami Cold Case Murder Solved With Recovered Memories
Two sisters are helping police track down their father, who abused them and murdered their mother and younger sister in the 1980s:
“DNA analysis quickly confirmed that Gloria’s mother, Nilsa Padilla, was the murder victim known for decades as “Theresa Torso.” Gloria’s father, Jorge Walter Nuñez, instantly became the only suspect. For Miami-Dade police, it was a breakthrough in one of the department’s oldest and most vexing cases. For Gloria, it was salvation.
“‘They thought I was crazy,’ she says of the cops, foster parents, and caseworkers who ridiculed her claims for years. ‘Now they know I’m not.'”