March 27, 2009Tracy, CaliforniaSandra Cantu (8) goes missing; her body will be found 10 days later Cantu told her family she was going to play with friends in the afternoon of March 27. She was reported missing when she did not return for dinner around 8 p.m. Police and the community launched an extensive search…
March 26, 2018Near Westport, CaliforniaSarah and Jennifer Hart (both 38) drive their SUV containing their 6 adopted children off a cliff Sarah and Jennifer had adopted two sets of siblings. Biological siblings Markis, Hannah, and Abigail, who were 7, 4, and 2 respectively at the time of their 2006 adoption, and Devonte, Jeremiah, and Ciera…
March 21, 1644Boston, Massachusetts Bay ColonyMary Latham and John Britton are executed for adultery As the executions and the events which led to them happened nearly 400 years ago, very little historical evidence remains. The entirety of what is known today is held within the diaries of John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay…
March 20, 1991New York, New YorkConor Clapton (4) falls to his death The apartment Conor and his mother Lory Del Santo shared featured cantilevered windows. On March 20, a janitor was cleaning the windows as Conor was playing hide-and-seek with his nanny. The janitor cautioned the nanny about the open window, but “before she could…
March 19, 2018Tonala, Jalisco, MexicoThree cinematography students — Javier Salomón Aceves Gastélum (25), Marco García Francisco Ávalos (20), and Jesús Daniel Díaz (20) — go missing The students attended the Universidad de Medios Audiovisuales in Guadalajara, and traveled to Tonala about 17 km (10.5 miles) away to film a college project. Unbeknownst to the men,…
