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,…
Man executed for the murder of a woman committed ostensibly during a blackout
March 18, 1947London, EnglandHarold Hagger, alias Sidney Sinclair, is executed for the murder of Dagmar Petrzywalski (48) On October 31, 1946, a lorry driver spotted a blue shoe about 12 feet (3.6 meters) from a rural Kent roadside. He hoped to find the shoe’s mate to present the matching set to his wife as new…
Woman kills former lover when he refuses to leave his current partner for her
March 17, 1951Paris, FrancePauline Dubuisson (24) kills her former lover Félix Bailey (27) and attempts to kill herself Dubuisson and Bailey met at the University of Lille’s Faculty of Medicine and began a relationship soon after. They held a reportedly unstable relationship for three years until Bailey asked Dubuisson to marry him. She refused. After…
Teen dies while protecting younger siblings during blizzard
March 16, 1920Center, North DakotaHazel Miner (15) dies while protecting her younger siblings Myrdith and Emmet (8 and 10 respectively) during a massive blizzard The morning of March 15 seemed “fairly nice” and the locals of Center did not assume a blizzard was heading into the area. By the afternoon, heavy wind and snow began…
Man executed for former sister-in-law’s murder
March 15, 1946Eddyville, KentuckyAnderson Adkins (34, pictured center) is executed for a murder committed during a custody dispute Anderson and his wife, Elmo Bentley Adkins, had recently divorced, and Anderson had blamed the influence of his in-laws for the dissolution of his marriage. Elmo had been granted custody of the couple’s 11-year-old son and Adkins…
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