A Child Died in His Principal's Cabin. Then the Questions Began. A healthy twelve-year-old dies inside his principal's remote cabin. The school board allows that principal to return to the classroom. This was the reality faced by Jeremy Bell's family and friends. From the beginning, they questioned the claim that Jeremy had simply died of a heart attack. Their search for answers met resistance, delay, and silence. Years later, a new sheriff and a … [Read more...]
SERIAL CITY: Detroit and the Hunt for Multiple Serial Predators
The True Story of Detroit Being Overrun by Multiple Serial Predators at the same time. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Detroit investigators faced a nightmare few police divisions ever encounter: multiple serial predators operating at the same time, in the same city, often targeting vulnerable victims in overlapping neighborhoods. To the public, the crimes appeared scattered. A schoolgirl attacked on her way to class. A woman assaulted … [Read more...]
The Cop and the Professor
Note: Cameron Santana is one of the two authors of A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case -- When I first started teaching university writing seminars on true crime, my brother Cameron was still active with the Raleigh Police Department and was less interested in the genre. "I didn't watch true crime documentaries or listen to podcasts because after I got off of work, I wanted to do something … [Read more...]
