December 30, 1978 Littleton, Colorado Robert Spangler kills his wife Nancy and their children, David and Susan Robert had begun an affair with a woman named Sharon Cooper, putting strain on his marriage with Nancy, though the couple seemingly reconciled months before Nancy and her children were killed. In his confession to police decades later,…
Teen killed following 4 days of torture by sister and her partner
December 25, 2010 Newham, London, England 15-year-old Kristy Bamu is killed after four days of torture during a so-called ritualistic cleansing Kristy and four of his siblings were visiting their eldest sister Magalie Bamu and her partner Eric Bikubi (both pictured) for Christmas. During the visit, Bikubi, a believer in kindoki (“bewitchment,” the belief in…
Man kills ex-girlfriend, her ex-husband then self
December 23, 1999Easley, South CarolinaDallen Bounds kills Sandra and Timothy Ott before killing himself Few details are known about the events between the Otts and Bounds. What is known is Bounds waited for his former girlfriend Sandra to return home from work. After sometime, Sandra sent her ex-husband Timothy a page with her phone number…
Man poisons three children during his divorce
December 21, 2005Twin Falls, IdahoThe bodies of Justin, Spencer, and Raquel Nice are found after their father poisoned them during the wake of his divorce On December 21, police performed a welfare check on Jim Junior Nice after he failed to come in to work. During the visit, the bodies of 6-year-old twins Justin and…
The dismembered body of a female and her full-term fetus are found in three suitcases
December 20, 1976 Carbon/Luzerne County Line, Pennsylvania The dismembered bodies of an unidentified female and her fetus are found in three suitcases The victim, later given the name Beth Doe, was found by a 14-year-old approximately 7 to 24 hours after Beth’s murder. She had been strangled and shot in the throat before she was…