Rachel Cooke's Last Run

Rachel Louise Cooke was 19 years old when she disappeared on Thursday, January 10th, 2002. She had traveled from San Deigo to visit her parents in her hometown of Georgetown, Texas. She was last seen going for a jog in her parents' neighborhood.

Rachel Louise Cooke was described as beautiful. She was 5ft2 with hazel eyes and had auburn streaks running through her blonde hair.  People would say that she was a person that you love to be around with a free spirit who was full of life. She was vivacious and was always open to trying new things. She had great sense of humor and loved spending time with her friends and family. She loved shopping, had an innate sense of fashion and had dreams of making a career in the fashion industry and was always open to trying new things. She was also an accomplished cross-country runner.

Rachel was born on May 10, 1982, in Dallas, Texas, to Robert, a software engineer and Janet, an art teacher. When she was very young, she moved with her family to Georgetown, Texas. 

She started running in elementary school and was faster than most of the other runners. She joined the long-distance and the cross-county teams.

When Rachel was 18, she competed in the Miss Georgetown contest.

On January 10th, 2002, 19-year-old Rachel was on winter vacation from her school at San Diego Mesa College in San Diego, California and visiting her parents in the Northlake subdivision of Georgetown, Texas. She had extended her vacation to attend her cousin's wedding and been driving her parents and little sister JoAnn crazy asking them which outfit she should wear. Her boyfriend Graig had traveled with her, but by New Year's had already traveled back to California.

According to Rachel's family, Graig seemed really nice and attentive, and the pair seemed really in love. Rachel had planned to move in with him and had said that "he was the one." She also wanted to enroll in a fashion design school once she returned from her vacation.

That morning when Robert left for work, he was the first leave the house followed by Janet and JoAnn who told Rachel goodbye as she lay half asleep on the couch and then went off to school around 8 a.m. 

It was about 9:15 a.m. when Rachel received a call from her Graig. Rachel told him that she misses him and that she would call him back after she went for her morning run. Sadly, she would never make that call.

Shortly after she got off the phone with her boyfriend, she put on her green sports bra that showed of her two heart-shaped cherries tattooed on her left shoulder. She also put on either gray shorts or sweatpants then grabbed her gray shirt that she tied around her waist. She then grabbed her bright yellow Sony Walkman portable radio/cassette player with headphones and set out for her daily 4–5-mile run on the same route that she had always ran. She was last seen running in the direction of her parent's house between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. near Neches Trail, which is just 100 to 200 yards from her family's residence.

At 3:00 p.m. Robert returned home to take Rachel shopping, but he couldn't find her. The way things were left in the house it appeared that she had never returned home from her run. Rachel had left her cellphone and purse at the house. It was said that anyone who knew Rachel new that she'd never go anywhere without her makeup. A worry Robert called Rachel's childhood friend Shannon Leech and asked her if she'd talked to Rachel. Shannon said that she hadn't talked to Rachel, but they had plans later to go out. Robert told Shannon that Rachel had left all her belongings behind, and Shannon began to worry.

Janet called the restaurant "Wildfire" where Rachel would work when she'd come to town. That said that they hadn't seen her, but she was to work that night. Her family thought that maybe she had gotten a ride to work from someone and had just forgotten her purse and phone. In the morning when Rachel hadn't returned, her family called the restaurant again. They learned that there was a mix-up and that it was a different Rachel that had worked the previous night.

Rachel's family went through all her clothes and finds out that only her running clothes are missing which further solidified their fears that Rachel had never returned from her run.

Robert decided to go drive the route that she'd always run while Janet went and checked the hospital but there was no sign of Rachel, so they went to the Sheriff's office to report her missing. Rachel's family said that they were told that Rachel probably had went to Mexico with her boyfriend and didn't tell anybody. 

Since it seemed like the authorities weren't going to do anything, Rachel's friends and family organized a search for her for that Saturday, which was interrupted and stopped by an investigator. The Sheriff's office had contacted Texas Ranger Mathew Lindemann and on January 13th he was on the case. Lindemann told Rachel's dad Robert that he didn't think that Rachel had left on her own and an official search for her began that day. There were ATVs, Helicopters and EquuSearch helped look for any sign of Rachel to no avail. After several days authorities stop their search for Rachel while family and friends continue the search for her for a few more weeks.

Several witnesses told authorities that two young males in a while Camero was circling the neighborhood the day Rachel disappeared. One of the reports was of a female jogger in Rachel's age range near the Camero while another report depicted of a woman struggling in the car. Several while Camero's were located and examined but there was no evidence that Rachel had been in any of them. Two young men also came forward and admitted that they had ditched school that day and were driving around the neighborhood. They were also investigated and there was no evidence found that tied them to Rachel's disappearance.

There were also reports of cars that had been plunged into Lake Georgetown. All the cars were excavated from the waters, and they were determined to have been stolen before Rachel went missing and had nothing to do with her.

Rachel's boyfriend had come back to help search for Rachel. He was ruled out early on as a suspect and also took and passed a lie detector test. Rachel's parents also volunteered to take a lie detector test. Janet passes but Robert failed one question on his test. The question was if he knew where Rachel was. Robert said that he thinks it is because he thinks she is in heaven.

Rachel's sister JoAnn was suspicious of Rachel's ex-boyfriend. She said that two days before Rachel disappeared, Rachel had told her that she saw the ex-boyfriend and that he had made a scene and had told Rachel that he couldn't live without her. Rachel's family and friends said that her past relationship with her ex had been volatile and that the ex had been very upset when she broke off the relationship. After they had broken up, he had been drunk and came over pounding on the door. Rachel's mom Janet had threatened to call the Sheriff's department to get him to leave. The boyfriend denied any involvement in Rachel's disappearance and there was no proof either.

Two years later there was a new Sheriff, and he organized a Rachel Cooke taskforce but didn't come up with much of anything. Fastforward to August of 2006 the taskforce had been disbanded, and Larry Hawkins was now in charge of Rachel's case. Convicted murderer Michael Keith Moore contacted investigators and said that he had murdered Rachel. 

Moore had spent nearly all of his adult life in prison. His father stated he began to get into trouble with the law at the age of 13, and many of his known offenses involve sexual misconduct and/or violence. At the time of his confession to murdering Rachel he was serving 4 life sentences for the robbery and murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child in a neighboring town.

Hawkins and Lindermann both interviewed Moore. Moore told them that he had attacked Rachel while she had been jogging, knocked her unconscious, drove her somewhere and raped her. He then murdered her with a hammer and wrapped her body in a tarp, weighted it with rocks and threw her into Matagorda Bay.

Moore was out of prison at the time of Rachel's disappearance and lived not far from her parent's house. He also was said to have had driven a white truck that had been seen in the area when Rachel disappeared. 

Divers searched Matagorda Bay and came up with nothing.

In November of 2006 Moore agreed to plead guilty to Rachel's murder in exchange for a sentence of life in prison, but in court Moore reneged and pleaded not guilty. He told the media he had been toying with authorities when he confessed to killing Rachel, and that he got special treatment in prison in exchange for his cooperation. He stated he had nothing to do with her disappearance.

Rachel's father Robert passed away on November 5th, 2014. All Rachel's mother Janet wants is that before she dies to know what happened to her daughter and if she was killed to give her daughter a proper funeral. Rachel's sister JoAnn is a social worker.

Rachel's disappearance remains unsolved.

If you have any information in Rachel's disappearance, please contact Williamson County Sheriff's Department at 512-943-1300.

At the time of her disappearance Rachel was a 19-year-old Caucasian female with blonde hair with auburn streaks. She had hazel eyes. She was 5'2 and 110 - 120 pounds. She had two heart-shaped cherries tattooed on her left shoulder and a black star tattooed on her left foot near her pinky toe. Her ears were pierced multiple times with one piercing in the upper cartilage, and her navel was also pierced. It is alleged she was last seen wearing a green sports bra, a gray shirt tied around her waist, gray shorts or sweatpants, and white Asics or Adidas sneakers. Carrying a bright yellow Sony Walkman portable radio/cassette player with headphones.

The Crimson Roses

The Crimson Roses

On the eve of Valentine's Day, Heber City lay cloaked in the quiet of the night. The wind whispered through the skeletal branches of bare trees, and an eerie stillness settled over the quaint mountain town.

Emma, a local florist, prided herself on crafting the most exquisite bouquets in town. Her shop, "Blooming Secrets," was a haven of color and fragrance. As she prepared for the Valentine's rush, she received a peculiar order—a request for crimson roses, tinged with black.

Intrigued, she worked late into the night, crafting the hauntingly beautiful arrangement. As she added the final touch, a chill crept down her spine. Emma dismissed it as fatigue and locked up the shop. Little did she know, her night was far from over.

As she walked home, the fog thickened, and the familiar streets twisted into a maze. From the shadows emerged a cloaked figure, face obscured, holding a single black rose. The figure's voice, raspy and cold, whispered, "Deliver the roses to the old mansion on Blackwood Hill."

Fear gnawed at Emma, but curiosity led her to the mansion—a decaying relic of a bygone era, shunned by locals and wrapped in dark legends. She knocked on the heavy door, which creaked open on its own. Inside, a dim light flickered, casting eerie shadows on the walls.

As she stepped inside, the door slammed shut. The air was thick with the scent of old wood and something else—something metallic. In the dim light, Emma saw them: portraits of forlorn lovers, their eyes hollow, mouths twisted in silent screams. Her heart pounded as she placed the roses on an ornate table.

A haunting melody played from an old gramophone, and the room seemed to come alive. The portraits moved, eyes following her every step. Suddenly, the figure reappeared, now without the cloak, revealing a gaunt face with eyes like bottomless pits.

"You've brought me my roses," the figure intoned. "Now, you must join them."

The roses in the bouquet turned crimson, dripping with blood. Emma tried to flee, but the figure reached out with icy hands. She felt her life slipping away, her screams swallowed by the walls.

The next morning, a passerby found "Blooming Secrets" eerily deserted. Inside, a bouquet of crimson roses sat on the counter, tinged with black, a single black rose lying beside them. Emma was never seen again, but the old mansion on Blackwood Hill seemed to radiate with a new, malevolent energy.

And every Valentine's Day since, the roses in Heber City bloom a deep, unsettling crimson, as if they remember the blood that was shed.

The End.

Betrayed by the Badge: The Disappearances of Felipe Santos & Terrance Williams.

Felipe Maximino Santos was humble and hardworking, and his hobbies included basketball and soccer. He spoke fluent Spanish and limited English. He was born on January 1st, 1979, in Oaxaca, Mexico and was the second of five brothers.

Around the year 2000, Felipe moved to Florida and started working as an undocumented immigrant in the farm fields and construction sites. Most of his salary went back to his family.

In May 2003 Felipe's wife had given birth to a daughter. He loved being a father, and he didn’t go out much. He was most often seen going to and from work or the laundromat. Felipe's brother Salvador wrote that “His dreams were to get ahead, to have a home where he lived with his family.”

On October 14, 2003, 24-year-old Felipe woke up not feeling well. His wife told him to stay home from work, but he left at 6:30 am anyway. He was driving with two of his brothers to work at a concrete and masonry company when his white Ford Tempo collided with a Mazda Protege near the Green Tree Shopping Center, at the intersection of Airport-Pulling and Immokalee roads in North Naples. Afterwards, Felipe and the Mazda’s driver, Camille Lach, pulled into a gas station parking lot. Lach told an investigator that one of Felipe's brothers offered her money if she wouldn’t call the police. Lach called the police anyway.

Collier County sheriff’s deputy, Corporal Steven Henry Calkins, was dispatched to the scene. He arrived at 6:55 a.m. and quickly determined that the crash that caused minor damage had been Felipe's fault. Felipe had no driver's license and no insurance. Calkins cited Santos for reckless driving and driving without a license or insurance and placed him in his patrol car and drove away. Felipe has never been seen since.

Later in the afternoon, Felipe's construction foreman contacted the Collier County jail so his brothers could post bail, but he was told that Felipe had never been brought into either of the county jails. Calkins claimed that he changed his mind about the arrest, because Felipe was "polite and cooperative". "I decided to issue him citations for the offenses instead of taking him to the jail… I didn’t want to leave him by his car, ‘cause I was afraid he was gonna drive off, as I’ve seen in the past. Um, so I went down just a few blocks away to the Circle K store located on Immokalee Road and Winterview Drive. Once there, I brought the driver outside and we talked, and I issued him his citations and I gave him a copy of the crash report and I gave him back his car keys and I explained to him not to drive his car anymore until he could get a valid driver’s license."

Lach contradicted that report, stating that Calkins was agitated about Felipe's lack of documentation. "He just stated that he was tired of pulling people over that didn't have licenses."

There was no evidence that Felipe ever arrived at the Circle K. Calkins' whereabouts after leaving the site of the accident was uncertain for nearly two hours. It was also uncertain why Calkins would have driven him there. Felipe and his brothers weren’t far from work, and their foreman was on the way to pick them up.

Felipe's family started calling hospitals. They also wondered since Felipe was undocumented, that maybe he’d been picked up by immigration authorities.

On October 29, two weeks later, after Calkins submitted his incident report, Felipe's family filed a missing person's report, as well as a complaint against Calkins. 

The sheriff’s office opened an internal-affairs investigation and assigned it to Sgt. Doug Turner to the case. On November 4, Turner interviewed Calkins. Turner said that he had found Calkin's story a little odd. Turner wondered why Calkins didn’t take him to jail and to the Circle K instead. 

On November 27th, a judge issued a bench warrant for Felipe after he failed to appear in court. The same day Capt. Jim Williams reviewed the internal-affairs investigation cleared Calkins of any wrongdoing. He wrote "I can find no basis for linking Cpl. Calkins with the alleged disappearance of Santos … I believe that Calkins’s actions in this situation were reasonable, lawful and proper." Felipe's wife, Apolonia Cruz-Cortez, has questioned the quality of the investigation into the disappearance, citing the fact that she had not been interviewed by investigators.

On December 2, Calkins was exonerated of "carelessness in duty performance" in the disappearance of Felipe Santos.

Terrance Deon Williams was an easy going and quiet man who liked reading about Socrates. He was born on January 17th, 1976, in Chatanooga, Tennesse to Marcia Williams. Marica was 17 when she had Terrance, so she basically grew up with him. He was her little buddy, and they would do pretty much everything together.

When Terrance was a teenager himself, he became a father and would go on to have four children by four different women.

In the 1990's Terrance was charged with trespassing and spent time in prison for aggravated robbery.

In 2001, Marica moved to Naples, Florida and Terrance came along with her at got a job in construction and as a cook at Pizza Hut in Bonita Springs. He also moved in with Jason Gonzalez who was a co-worker of Marica's.

Terrance’s young son Tarik lived nearby with Marcia. Terrance and Tarik played video games and went to the mall together, and Terrance regularly cut Tarik’s hair. He was a skilled barber who dreamed of opening his own shop. 

On Sunday January 11th, 2004, 27-year-old Terrance attended a work party at a friend's house.

Monday, Terrance was driving to work in his 1983 Cadillac. He was due at work at Pizza Hut at 10.a.m. when a patrol car with its lights flashing pulled up behind him. Terrance pulled into a parking space at the Naples Memorial Gardens cemetery. He didn't have a license due to it being suspended for driving under the influence he also didn't have proper registration. 

Jeff Cross, a family service counselor, was standing on the porch of an administrative building at the cemetery as he watched Terrance and sheriff's deputy Steve Calkins get out of their vehicles. The deputy then patted Terrance down. Terrance kept patting his pockets and putting his hands in the air, making it clear he didn’t have a driver’s license. Calkins put Terrance in the back of the patrol car and drove away.

Sometime after noon that day, the Calkins returned to the cemetery to have the Cadillac towed away. At 12:49, he placed a recorded call to dispatch. It was answered by Cpl. Dave Jolicoeur, a patrol deputy who was filling in on the dispatch desk. 

Calkins: "Yes, this is One Alpha 30 North Naples could you run a VIN for me, please?"

Dispatch: "For 30 bucks. You gotta give me 30 bucks first."
Calkins: "How about 20?"
(Laughter)

(Inaudible)

Calkins: "I got a homie Cadillac on the side of the road here. Signal 11, signal 52, nobody around."(Signal 11- abandoned, and Signal 52-disabled.)

Calkins: "The tag comes back to nothin’, it’s a big old white piece of junk Cadillac,” Calkins said. “I’m towin’ it."

Calkins: "It’s gonna come back to one of the brothers up in Fort Myers."

(LAUGHTER)

Dispatch looked up the number in a database and told Calkins the vehicle had no assigned registration. 

(LAUGHTER)

Dispatch: "It’s a homes’ car."

Calkins: "We just drive it, man."

Dispatch: "We don’t follow no rules, sucka."

Calkins: "We just be driven' it, man."

Dispatch asked where the car was, the deputy said it was at the cemetery at the corner of Vanderbilt and 111th.

Calkins: "Maybe he’s out there in the cemetery. He’ll come back and his car will be gone."

At 1:12 p.m., Calkins called to ask for warrants check on Terrance D. Williams and said the date of birth was April 1st, 1975. It was not Terrence's real date of birth; it was a false one that he would sometimes give the police when he was in a jam. After this call, Calkins was unaccounted for nearly an hour; this period may actually be closer to two hours, as Calkins' claims of other activities are not corroborated by any documentation.

The next day Gonzalez woke up and looked at his phone and realized that he had numerous missed calls from Terrance. Terrance never returned home, and his mother hadn't heard from him either. Marica had a bad feeling and went to Collier County to report Terrance missing. They told her that he was an adult and that he was free to do what he wanted to do and shrugged her off.

Gonzalez called every hospital and police department, but Terrance was nowhere to be found. Terrance's family called every place they could think of and one of those places was a tow company. It turned out that Terrance's car had been from Naples Memorial Cemetery after obstructing traffic and the officer that had it towed was Deputy Steve Calkins of the Collier County Sheriff's Department.

Marica went to the cemetery to talk to the workers. They told her that a Calkins had pulled Terrance over and had put him in the back of the cruiser and drove away with him. The name on the name tag was Steve Calkins. Before Calkins drove away, he asked the cemetery employees if he could leave the Cadillac in the lot. Calkins was witnessed returning to the cemetery between fifteen minutes and an hour later and moving the Cadillac from a parking spot to the side of the road. The car keys were found on the ground beside the car.

Marica had a friend that was a notary and had her come to the cemetery and have the workers sign sworn avadavats of what they saw. She then went to the sheriff's department and told them that she had proof that Terrance had been picked up and put in the back of a police cruiser. Dispatcher Kathy Maurchie called Calkins and asked him if he remembered having towing Terrance's car.

Kathy Maurchie: "Steve."

Calkins: "Yeah."

Kathy: "I hate to bother you at home on your day off, but this woman’s been bothering us all day. [LAUGHS] You towed a car from Vanderbilt and 111th on Monday? A Cadillac? Do you remember it?"

Calkins: "No."

Kathy: (PAUSE) "Do you remember — she said it was near the cemetery."

Calkins: (PAUSE) "Cemetery."

Kathy: "Anyway, the people at the cemetery are tellin’ her you put somebody in the back of your vehicle and arrested him, and I don’t show you arresting anybody."

Calkins: "I never arrested nobody."

Kathy: "That’s what I thought. Okay."

Calkins: "I gotta think about this one for a while."

Kathy: "But you’re sure no one was with that vehicle."

Calkins: "No."

Kathy: "It was around 12:30 in the afternoon?"

Calkins: (SILENCE) (LAUGHS) "Jesus, I can’t remember."

Kathy: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) "… you’re gettin’ to be my age, huh?" (LAUGHS)

Calkins: "Damn."

Kathy: (LAUGHS)

Calkins: "What do they want?"

Kathy: "Well, there’s somebody at the cemetery who’s telling the mother that you picked up the driver and he’s been missing since Monday."

Calkins: "Oh, for Pete’s sakes."

Kathy: "And I said, 'He didn’t arrest anybody.'"

Calkins: "No."

Kathy: "But she keeps calling and (saying), ‘Well, there’s got to be some way you can get a hold of ’im.’ … I think she spoke to every dispatcher in here today."

Calkins: (SIGHS)

Kathy: "Anyway, I was trying to figure out what color the Cadillac was. I forgot. I got it right in front of me. You picked it up at 12:27, on Vanderbilt and 111th. And Coastland came and got it. A large white Cadillac."

Calkins: "Large white Cadillac. I got to look it up in my notes. I don’t remember. God almighty."

Kathy: "But you’re sure you didn’t — you’re sure there was no one with it?"

Calkins: "No."

Kathy called Terrance's aunt.

Kathy: "Hi this is the sheriff's office. I talked to deputy Calkins."

Pamala Willams: "Mmm hmm."

Kathy: "And he did not pick up anybody with that vehicle."

Pamala: "He did not?"

Kathy: "He did not."

Pamala: "People at the cemetery said that they saw a police officer in a Collier County Sheriff's department car put him in the car and take him away."

Kathy: "Ok. If there was an officer out there... there's over 900 officers here. We'd have to have a car number to know who it was. There is no way i can find out if somebody gave him a ride somewhere."

Pamala: "When i called they said that the way you could track him would be the report at the street that he was picked up on."

Kathy: "There was no report taken. That is what i am telling you. There was no report taken from that area on Monday. No one picked him up. So, whoever is telling you this is either giving you the wrong information or it's not the same person."

Pamala: "Ok."

Kathy: "Ok?"

Pamala: "Thanks."

Kathy: "You're welcome."

A few days later, Calkins's supervisors asked him to submit an incident report. His report states that he first came in contact with Terrance when at 12:15 pm, after noticing that his car was driving "in distress". This was contrary to the time the cemetery workers claimed and didn't make sense since Terrance was due at work at 10 a.m. Calkins claimed he followed Terrance to the cemetery parking lot, and that he had asked for a ride to a nearby Circle K convenience store because he was late for work. Calkins claimed that he told Terrance “He had better make plans right away to get his car and he said that he would take care of it, and he thanked me. I asked him for his name, and he said Terrance. I also warned him that his tag was expired but he said the receipt and proper registration were in the glovebox, if I wanted to check it out." 

Calkins wrote that he returned to the Cadillac and discovered that the proper registration was not in the car, so he called Circle K from his work-issued cell phone and asked to speak to Terrance. “I now phoned the Circle K and asked for Terrance and the clerk that answered the phone said she did not know any Terrance. I now felt that that Terrance had deceived me. I now called for a wrecker … thinking that the Cadillac was now abandoned … and maybe even stolen. After Coastland Towing removed the car, I went back to the Circle K and the surrounding area to search for Terrance … but I could not locate him.” Investigators checked his phone records and could find no proof that he called the Circle K. 

According to the report, Calkins then called in the license plate number and found that the plates were expired. However, further investigation revealed that there was no sign of Terrance or Calkins on surveillance footage from the Circle K, and the phone records from Calkins's cell phone showed no call to the Circle K. Circle K employees were interviewed, and no witnesses could be found to place Calkins or Terrance there. 

A frustrated and worried Marica called the local CBS news station desperate for someone to help her find out what happened to Terrance. She also went around town putting up missing person flyers and knocking on doors.

Calkins took a polygraph which showed some deception.

In August of 2004 Calkins was fired by the sheriff's department because they couldn't get him to fully cooperate in the investigation in Terrance and Felipe's disappearances.

In October 2004 a grand jury invited Calkins to testify. He refused but wasn't indicted.

The Mexican Consulate in Miami contacted Marcia to tell her about Felipe who had vanished in a similar fashion. Calkins claimed that he had dropped off Felipe at another Circle K, approximately four miles from the location where he claimed he dropped off Terrance.

Terrance was declared dead in 2009.

In January of 2016, Calkins sold his home and moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The new owners of Calkins' former home let the police search the property without a warrant, but nothing was found.

Fast forward to 2018. Tyler Perry had saw Marica's pleas on tv. He put her in touch with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump. On August 30, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Calkins. In December of 2020 Calkins was compelled as part of the civil suit to sit for a four-and-a-half-hour deposition. During his sworn testimony, Calkins explained that he didn't take Terrance Williams to jail because what he remembered he "seemed like a really nice guy." That is pretty much all he claimed to remember. And he grew angry when a plaintiff's attorney tried to jog his memory.

Later that year, court appointed arbitrator ultimately ruled against the lawsuit, citing a lack of evidence. When Crump's attorneys missed a filing deadline to take the suit to trial, the judge sided with the arbitrator, dismissing the case and ruled that Marcia Williams had to pay Calkins around $5,600 for costs related to the lawsuit.

As of today Felipe and Terrance's disappearances remain unsolved.

Which Wolf Killed Little Red Riding Hood Arpana Jinaga?

Arpana Jinaga was talented, well-liked, a brilliant student and a dynamic girl. Arpana excelled in her studies and earned accolades from her mentors. 

She grew up in Hyderabad, India, and was the eldest daughter of Nirmala and Dr B C Jinaga, who was the head of the School of Information Technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. Arpana's sister, Pavitra, was pursuing her engineering second year from Naiduamma Engineering College.

Arpana has an early interest in art, writing, and gymnastics, but she showed remarkable aptitude for technology. She also was very active. She practiced taekwondo, learned to build her own motorcycle, joined a motorcycle group called the Pacific Northwest Riders, volunteered at the Redmond Fire Department and animal shelters, and even had aspirations of opening an animal sanctuary for endangered species. She was the type of person you’d want to get to know and hang out with.

Arpana completed her intermediate studies at Nalanda Junior College, KPHB Colony, and pursued her engineering degree at VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Bachupally.

She was recognized as one of the top 20 winners in the Digital Signal Controller Design contest, which was held internationally by Microchip Technologies Inc., an Arizona-based company. Which she was highlighted for by The New Indian Express in June 2005 in a column titled "Young Inventors" where she had said she had plans to become a professor.

Arpana had left for the US in 2005 after completing her engineering. She received a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Rutgers University in New Jersey in October of 2007. After graduation she was offered a job at EMC, a Bellevue, Washington software-development company, and according to her supervisor Muhammad Ali she became a "shooting star".

Initially, Arpana lived with friends in an apartment before relocating to her own place at Valley View Apartments on the 8900 block of Redmond-Woodinville Road in Redmond, Washington. She had been living there for six months when on the evening of Friday, October 31, 2008, the 24-year-old, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, co-hosted a Halloween party with four other tenants in their apartments. The building was motel-style, so everyone’s front door faced the outside of the building. There was food and snack tables set up outside the units. At any given time 40 or 50 people mostly residents and their friends and family were moving through the complex. Over a dozen people visited Arpana's apartment that evening. The majority of the guests departed after 9pm to continue the gathering at a different apartment.

Partygoers reported that Arpana got into a verbal altercation with a male, who made a race-related comment. Around 1am, Emanuel Fair who was dressed as a construction worker, visited her apartment to eat pizza. He had been in her apartment once earlier in the night too. Fair was staying in the apartment of Leslie Potts. Potts had met Fair on Myspace and had not known him for a long time.

Cameron Johnson, a neighbor of Arpana, arrived late at the party in Arpana's apartment. He was intoxicated and came with several bottles of liquor. Residents of the apartment noted that Johnson seemed to take an interest in Arpana.

At approximately 2:30 am, Fair and Johnson proceeded to Johnson's apartment, and subsequently to Johnson's car to listen to music. This event marks the final sighting of the duo by an independent witness.

At around 3 am, the party was mostly over, and Arpana was spotted talking with a tall man with olive skin as she stood in her third-floor apartment’s doorway. The description of the man matched Johnson's appearance.

During the night, neighbors of Arpana's heard muffled moaning sounds, and assumed she and a partner were having consensual sex.

Around 8 a.m., Arpana's neighbor, Kyle Rose, was roused by noises emanating from her apartment. He described hearing "a horrible growling" lasting about twenty seconds before a thud was heard. Once the noise ceased, Rose noticed the sound of footsteps followed by running water for an hour.

Arpana was in regular contact with her parents, and the last time they heard from her was the day before Halloween; she did not respond to their phone calls. Deeply worried, on Monday, November 3rd, Arpana's father called family friend, Jay Bodicherla to check on her. Bodicherla went to the apartment complex, where he encountered Cameron Johnson, who showed him the way to Arpana's unit.

When the two approached her locked door, they knocked, and it swung right open. They realized that the door had been kicked in. It was splintered at the jam, and the lock was broken.  When they got inside the apartment was in disarray. When they got to Arpana's bedroom, they found her nude body on the floor face-down on the carpet next to the foot of her bed and partially covered with a sheet. They didn’t approach her or check to see if she was alive; they ran outside and called 911.  

When the medics arrived, it was determined that Arpana died from strangulation from a bootlace which was later found in the trash bin of the apartment complex, along with a bag containing Arpana's Halloween costume, her bloodied robe and a discarded bottle of motor oil. Arpana had been gagged with her underwear and duct tape and had been brutally beaten around the head breaking her teeth. It had appeared that she had put up a fight. Her hands were covered in blue toilet-bowl cleaner, and her finger and fingernails were scrubbed. The rest of her body and other items were covered in motor oil. Her bed had been stripped, a fleece blanket as well as her arm was partially burned, and her comforter was found soaked in the bathroom bathtub. In the apartment, there was a strong smell of bleach, and also bleach stains were found everywhere.

The medical examiner determined that Arpana was killed sometime between 3:30 and 8 a.m. on November 1st as a result of asphyxia due to ligature strangulation. She also had blunt-force trauma injuries to her battered body, and she was sexually assaulted.

It was later determined that there were items missing from the crime scene, including at least one of Arpana's ID cards, her Blackberry, and her digital camera; none of which would ever be recovered. Investigators later retrieve the cell phone's information from Arpana's provider.

Police found DNA evidence several people at Arpana's apartment. DNA from Aaron Gurtler’s semen was on a towel near Arpana’s body and was mixed with Arpana’s blood on a sheet covering her body even though he had not been to her apartment in several weeks, and she kept her apartment “very, very tidy.” Gurtler was a member of the Pacific Northwest Riders group. Two members of the group had a history of sexual crimes, and one had been sexually harassing Arpana.

Unknown male DNA was discovered on Arpana's wrist. The donor of this DNA was never discovered. Id. Unknown DNA from multiple males was found on duct tape, the string of a tampon near Arpana’s body, and her underwear which appeared to have been used as a gag

The first primary suspect was Arpana's neighbor Cameron Johnson. His DNA was on the bottle of motor oil. There were two calls made from Johnson's phone Arpana's phone around 3:00 a.m. the morning she was killed. 

At about 10 a.m., on the day that Arpana was killed Johnson printed out directions to a pawn shop and drove from Redmond to the Canadian border. At the border, he tried to “blow through” without stopping. The customs guards searched his car and refused him entry to Canada.

When Johnson was interviewed by police on November 3rd and 5th, he was noticeably limping with elbow and knee issues, but claimed it was due to an arm-wrestling incident. Johnson repeatedly told the police he had no memory of the evening. He asked others whether he might have killed Arpana and not remembered or did it in his sleep. Johnson admitted to police that he attended the Halloween party and admitted that he was sexually attracted to Arpana and wanted to "hook up" with her that night. He claimed that did not happen. He said he went to bed in his own apartment, alone, sometime after midnight and awoke around 3:00 a.m. to "moaning" originating from Arpana's apartment. Johnson said that he soon fell back asleep and stayed in bed until around 10:00 a.m. He said he did not remember calling Arpana in the middle of the night. When police confronted him with his phone’s call log, Johnson said, “oh crap.” Before the police got a search warrant for Johnson’s phone, he deleted his phone’s call logs and text messages. He also claimed that he could not explain why his DNA was on the bottle of motor oil.

The next suspect was Emanual Fair aka Anthony P. Parker. Fair who had weapon and drug offenses as a juvenile. In 2004 Fair was charged with the rape of a15-year-old victim. Fair had raped her numerous times, but this culminated in a final incident where fair choked the teenage girl at gunpoint. He was arrested for this crime and ended up pleading down from 2nd degree to 3rd-degree rape. Fair would begin serving out his four-year sentence in 2004 but was released by the end of 2006, serving less than three years and being labeled a "level one" offender.

Fair said that after the party ended around 1:00 a.m., he returned to Pott's apartment and went to sleep. Fair's phone records showed various calls to three women between 2:00 and 5:00 a.m. After the Halloween party, Fair spent several more days at the apartment complex and helped people clean up from the party. Fair’s DNA was found on the shoulders of Arpana's bathrobe, a tissue with faint blood stains, a mixed sample of DNA on the end of a piece of duct tape that may have been used as a gag during the incident, and on her neck.

On October 29th, 2010, Fair was charged with first degree murder on. The information alleged that the murder was premeditated and committed during the course of a burglary and rape. A special allegation of sexual motivation was also included. No charges were filed against Johnson.

Fair was held in jail for nine years before going to trial in February 2017. He spent most of that time in solitary confinement.

During the trial the defense surmised that when Fair used a tissue from Arpana's apartment after he got a bloody lip after he was hit accidently hit during the party, he likely used her bathroom where her robe hung. They also suggested that he may have touched the duct tape holding decorations during the party. Also, there were photographs that showed he touched Arpana and others while posing during the party.

Johnson, testified as witness for the defense and answered a limited set of questions after invoking his privilege against self-incrimination. He told jurors that he was interviewed by detectives four times and received immunity for two of those interviews; that he was not granted immunity for his trial testimony; and that he was never arrested, charged, or prosecuted in connection with Arpana's death.

The jury deliberated for eight working days before the court
declared a mistrial.

On June 11th, 2019, the jury in Fair’s second trial acquitted him after deciding law enforcement and prosecutors’ case wasn’t strong enough for a murder conviction.

Arpana's case remains unsolved.

Here is a poem i wrote.

In the echoes of the past, where memories reside, lurks a shadowed figure, with secrets to hide. Once a friend, now a ghostly trace, obsessed with the past, lost in the chase.

Eyes that once sparkled with genuine light, now glint with a madness, hidden from sight. She whispers tales spun from deceit, A web of lies, tangled and neat.

Her laughter, once warm, now carries a chill, a haunting melody, a twisted thrill. She clings to the echoes of days gone by, Her heart a labyrinth of a fractured lie.

In the corners of her mind, old friendships bloom, but reality fades, consumed by gloom. She watches from afar, a silent plea, yearning for a past that can never be.

Unhinged and restless, she roams the night, a phantom of memories, lost from sight. Her obsession a prison, her lies a chain, In the shadows of the past, she remains.

The threads of deceit, once tightly spun, begin to fray, one by one. Truth emerges, stark and bare, A mirror reflecting her deepest despair.

Friends she once held in her tangled snare, now see the truth, laid out there. The trust she shattered, the bonds she broke, Rise like ghosts, in the words they spoke.

Her world, once crafted from fragile lies, falls apart before her eyes. The whispers grow louder, the shadows retreat, Leaving her alone, in her own defeat.

No longer hidden, her secrets exposed, the mask she wore, forever deposed. In the silence that follows, she stands alone, A queen dethroned, without a throne.

Yet in the ruins, a chance to mend, to seek forgiveness, to make amends. For in the light of truth, she may find, A path to heal, a peace of mind.

Albert Einstein: Love, Espionage, and Lessons Beyond the Grave.

Albert Einstein was born on the 14th of March 1879 in Germany to a Jewish family. His father Hermann was a salesman and engineer. Along with his brother Jakob, he founded a company in Munich that was involved in the mass production of electrical equipment, which was quite innovative at the time.

Albert Einstein is famous for his Theory of Relativity, which fundamentally changed our understanding of physics. E = mc2 comes from his theory, expresses the idea that energy (E) and mass (m) are interchangeable; they are different forms of the same thing. This equation shows that a small amount of mass can be converted into a large amount of energy, which is the principle behind nuclear energy.

Einstein had a fat head at the time he was born, which initially worried his mother and grandmother. However, his head size normalized as he grew.

He did not speak until the age of three. Despite this, he went on to become one of the most influential scientists in history. Now this phenomenon is sometimes referred to as “Einstein Syndrome,” where children exhibit delayed speech but later show exceptional abilities in various areas.

The parietal lobe in Einstein’s brain was 15% larger than that of an average brain. This region of the brain is associated with mathematical thought, visuospatial cognition, and movement. Additionally, Einstein’s brain lacked a groove known as the Sylvian fissure, which may have allowed for more connections between neurons in this area.

It’s fascinating how these unique features might have contributed to his extraordinary cognitive abilities.

He never wore socks. He found them unnecessary and even wrote about it in letters to friends and family. He mentioned that his big toe would always end up making a hole in his socks, so he decided to stop wearing them altogether. He even managed to avoid wearing socks on formal occasions by wearing high boots to cover up the lack of socks.

He never learned to swim; nevertheless, he loved sailing. He enjoyed spending time on the water and often took a boat out onto a lake to relax and think, but he always stayed on the boat.

He had a poor memory. He often forgot dates, names, and even his own phone number. Despite his incredible intellect and groundbreaking contributions to science, he struggled with everyday details. One of his teachers even remarked that he had a "memory like a sieve".

Although some of Einstein's teachers found him challenging because of his independent thinking and inquisitive nature, he excelled in subjects he was passionate about, especially mathematics and physics.

His academic path was not without challenges though, particularly in subjects such as languages and biology where he did not perform as well. Nonetheless, his grades were mostly above average, and he demonstrated remarkable aptitude in areas that captured his interest.

He was an exceptional musician, skilled as a violinist and pianist. Einstein started playing the violin at six and maintained this passion throughout his life. He harbored a profound appreciation for classical music, especially the compositions of Mozart and Bach.

Einstein often said that music helped him think and relax. He even mentioned that if he hadn’t been a physicist, he would have been a musician. His passion for music was so strong that he once said, "Life without playing music is inconceivable for me. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music".

His first wife was Mileva Marić, a Serbian mathematician whom he met while they were both students at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich. They married in 1903 and had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard.

Some say Maric might have co-authored his 1905 Relativity Paper. In the 1980's, American physicist Evan Walker Harris published an article in Physics Today claiming that Einstein first wife, Mileva Maric, was one of many coauthors of his 1905 paper on special relativity.

Most physicists and historians of science have rejected it.

After Einstein’s death in 1955, Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Joffe described some correspondence he had with Einstein early in their careers in a article published in Russian.

He had asked Einstein for a prints of some of his papers and wrote: “The author of these articles Einstein-Marity” 

A popular Russian science writer called Daniil Semenvich Danin, interpreted Joffe’s account to mean that Einstein and Maric collaborated on the work. 

Einstein’s letters are full of his ideas about physics.

Maric’s contain none and she was not a talented physicist or mathematician. She failed her final examinations and was never granted a diploma.

Maric and Einstein divorced in 1919, but as part of the divorce settlement, Einstein agreed to pay his ex-wife all of any future Nobel Prize he might be awarded. That is another reason why people think she might have been a co-author.

His second wife Elsa Löwenthal was his cousin. Elsa was his first cousin on his mother’s side and his second cousin on his father’s side. They began their relationship in 1912 while he was still married to Marić. They married in 1919 after Einstein’s divorce from Mileva. Elsa was a significant support to Einstein, especially during his health issues, and they remained married until her death in 1936.

Hitler considered him public enemy number one. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime considered Albert Einstein a significant threat. Einstein was a prominent Jewish intellectual and a vocal critic of the Nazis. When Hitler came to power in 1933, Einstein was in the United States and decided not to return to Germany due to the rising anti-Semitism and the dangerous political climate.

The Nazis targeted Einstein’s work and reputation, labeling his theories as “Jewish physics” and attempting to discredit him. They even placed a bounty on his head, making him a public enemy. Despite these threats, Einstein continued to speak out against the regime and supported efforts to help Jewish refugees escape from Europe.

In 1921 Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. However, he actually received the award in 1922. The Nobel Prize was awarded to him "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". This discovery was crucial in the development of quantum theory and had significant implications for the understanding of light and energy.

He became a strong advocate for nuclear disarmament after witnessing the devastating effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was deeply concerned about the potential for future nuclear wars and the annihilation of humanity.

In the last decade of his life, Einstein dedicated himself to promoting peace and international cooperation. He frequently spoke out against the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He believed that the only way to ensure global security was through the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Supporter of civil rights. After moving to the United States in 1933, he became increasingly aware of the racial segregation and discrimination faced by African Americans. He actively spoke out against racism and worked with several civil rights organizations.

Einstein was a member of the NAACP and developed a close friendship with civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois. He also supported the campaign to defend the Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers falsely accused of rape in Alabama. In 1946, he gave a speech at Lincoln University, a historically black university, where he called racism "a disease of white people".

The FBI spied on Albert Einstein. They kept him under surveillance from the moment he entered the United States in 1933 until his death in 1955. The FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover was suspicious of Einstein’s political views and his advocacy for peace, civil rights, and Zionism. They amassed a file of over 1,400 pages on him, which included wiretaps, mail interceptions, and even searches of his trash23.

Einstein’s outspoken nature and his connections with various political and social movements made him a target during a time of heightened paranoia about communism and espionage.

Einstein was a genius when it came to science, but love was a different matter. Unbeknownst to Einstein the woman he had an affair with was a Russian spy.  

Margarita Ivanovna (Vorontsova) Konenkova was born in 1895, in the remote Russian town of Sarapul. As a young woman she moved to Moscow and enrolled in law courses. She was associated with Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff and famous opera singer Feodor Chaliapin. In Moscow she met her husband, Sergei Konenkov “the Russian Rodin". Sergei was already a famous sculptor. In 1923 the couple traveled together to the United States, where Margarita became socialite, attending numerous balls and social events, while Konenkov continued creating art.

In 1935, Sergei was commissioned to make a bust of Albert Einstein for Princeton University. The couple met Einstein just before the work begun. Sergei visited Princeton only a few times to talk over the plans for the project, while Margarita became a frequent visitor. After Einstein's second wife Elsa died in 1936, Einstein and Margarita's relationship became more friendly. Einstein even persuaded Sergei to send Margarita over to his cottage at Saranac Lake by writing a letter stating that she was ill and needed to spend time in a good climate to get well. He even attached a fake doctor’s certificate. Each year she spent several months living with Einstein next to Saranac while her husband Sergei worked in Chicago. The scientist even came up with the name “Almar” (Albert-Margarita).

According to Pavel Sudoplatov, an intelligence general for Joseph Stalin, Margarita was indispensable in terms of spying on America’s nuclear program. Margarita's mission was to find out about the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan project's goal was to produce the first nuclear weapons. She successfully infiltrated the Princeton science circle where besides becoming close to Einstein, Magarita also befriends Robert Oppenheimer, one of the "fathers" of the atomic bomb. She talked Oppenheimer into hiring people known for their leftist views,

Einstein met with Pavel Mikhailov , the USSR consul who worked for the Soviet army intelligence, a few times as a favor for Margarita. He knew that her future in the USSR depended on this meeting. 

Konenkovs came back to Moscow in 1946 they were provided for by the government.

The relationship between Einstein and Margarita was revealed through a series of letters he wrote to her. These letters, which surfaced many years later, are now preserved by the Library of Congress and demonstrate the profound affection and bond they shared.

Einstein presented Margarita with a gold watch as a parting gift when she and her husband departed the United States following World War II.

Einstein was offered and declined the opportunity to become president of Israel after the death of its first president in 1952. Einstein declined the presidency citing his inexperience in politics and his advanced age as reasons. He believed he was not fit for the role, expressing that he lacked the inherent skill and experience required to engage politically with people.

Einstein died on April 18th, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 76 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Despite his declining health, he continued to work on his scientific theories until his final days.

After his death his eyes were removed during an autopsy conducted by pathologist Thomas Harvey. They were given to Einstein’s eye doctor, Henry Abrams. They are now kept in a safety deposit box in New York City

His brain was stolen after his death. The pathologist who performed his autopsy, Dr. Thomas Harvey, removed Einstein’s brain without permission. Harvey took the brain for scientific study, hoping to uncover the secrets behind Einstein’s genius.

Harvey preserved the brain in celloidin and kept it for many years, even cutting it into 240 pieces and distributing some of these pieces to other researchers.

Einstein’s legacy continues to influence and inspire scientists and thinkers around the world and even after his death Einstein is teaching us new things.

Einstein's theory of relativity has enabled scientists to discover a planet three times the size of Jupiter. The planet, KELT-9b, is hotter than most stars. Techniques based on Einstein’s theory, such as gravitational microlensing and relativistic beaming, made this discovery possible.

The General Theory of Relativity describes how the gravity of stars can bend light waves, an effect that can expose otherwise hidden planets.

This theory has aided in the discovery of a massive exoplanet named MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb.

MOA-2016-BLG-227Lb is a super-Jupiter mass planet orbiting a star in the Galactic bulge, located 21,000 light years from Earth.

International researchers, including teams from the U.S., Israel, and Japan, employed gravitational microlensing to detect the way light bends around the planet.

Was Stephen Hawking Albert Einstein?

Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein having such striking similarities in their lives. This makes some people think that Albert was reincarnated as Stephen Hawking. You be the judge.

They both had neurological disorders. Hawking was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a neuro-degenerative disease that slowly erodes nerves that control voluntary movement.

So he really couldn't move as the disease progressed and that is why he was wheelchair-bound for most of his life. 

Einstein suffered from a mild case of Asperger’s syndrome, a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, as well as attention deficit disorder (ADD). This means he had he didn't know what to do or how to act towards others sometimes and he had a hard time concentrating.

They both were married twice. Einstein divorced his first wife Mileva Maric to marry Elsa Lowenthal. They were together until she passed away. Hawking divorced his wife of 30 years, Jane Wilde, to marry Elaine Mason. He eventually divorced her too.

They both were fascinated by the universe and time travel. Einstein looked at things from a relativistic point of view while Hawking focused more on quantum physics.

They both thought that their own ideas were stupid. Einstein thought that one of his biggest mistakes was the cosmological constant he introduced into equations for general relativity. Hawking thought his was the “information loss” in black holes.

Both of them became famous.

They both had a good sense of humor. Einstein claimed that humor powered his brilliant intellect. On his 72nd birthday a photographer asked him to smile, so he stuck out his tongue. He was known for his childlike sense of humor. Hawking was known for his amazing one liner's that had intelligence to them.

Both Einstein and Hawking passed away when they were 76 years old. 

Was Einstein part of the Illuminati?

Some believe Einstein was a member of the Illuminati. While there is no clear connection to the Illuminati, it has been reported that Einstein visited Bohemian Grove.

What Is a Dark Empath?

A dark empath is someone who possesses a high level of cognitive empathy but uses it for manipulative purposes.

Some of the common manipulative purposes are:

Guilt-Tripping: They might make you feel guilty for not meeting their expectations or for perceived wrongdoings, even if you haven’t done anything wrong.

Flattery and Charm: They use excessive flattery and charm to win your trust and make you more susceptible to their influence.

Emotional Appeals: They can skillfully use emotional appeals to sway your decisions and actions in their favor.

Exploiting Vulnerabilities: By understanding your fears, insecurities, and desires, they can exploit these vulnerabilities to control or manipulate you.

Gaslighting: They might distort reality to make you doubt your own perceptions and judgments, thereby gaining more control over you.

Playing the Victim: They often portray themselves as the victim to elicit sympathy and manipulate others into supporting them.

Typical empaths feel and respond to others’ emotions with compassion, while dark empaths understand others’ feelings and perspectives but exploit this understanding for personal gain.

The personal gains that a dark empath may obtain are:

Power and Control: By manipulating others, dark empaths can exert power and control over their environment and the people in it.

Validation and Ego Boost: They often seek validation and an ego boost by making others dependent on them or by demonstrating their ability to influence others.

Personal Gain: This can include financial benefits, career advancement, or social status. They might use their manipulative skills to climb the social or professional ladder.

Emotional Fulfillment: Some dark empaths derive a sense of fulfillment or satisfaction from seeing others react to their manipulations, feeding their need for dominance.

Avoiding Vulnerability: By focusing on manipulating others, they can avoid dealing with their own vulnerabilities and insecurities.

Here are some key traits and behaviors of dark empaths:

Cognitive Empathy: They can recognize and understand others’ emotions without necessarily feeling them.

Manipulation: They use their empathetic skills to manipulate and control others.

Dark Triad Traits: They often exhibit traits associated with...
Narcissism- excessive preoccupation with oneself and one’s own needs, often at the expense of others.
Psychopathy- a persistent pattern of antisocial, impulsive, and manipulative behavior, often accompanied by a lack of empathy and remorse.
Machiavellianism- cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous behavior, especially in politics or in the pursuit of power.

Emotional Distance: Despite their ability to understand emotions, they maintain an emotional detachment.

Dark empaths can be particularly dangerous because their empathy makes them adept at identifying and exploiting others’ vulnerabilities.

Have you seen Brian Bleyl who went missing on his paper route in Arizona on February 28th, 1981?

This is what he might look like today. Here is his story https://darkmatter69.blogspot.com/2023/01/paperboy-brian-bleyl-went-missing-on.html Don't forget to check out the video i did about him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjwxvw0qf4A&t=0s 

Feds Arrest 3-year-old Da'Shawn McCormick's Father and Stepmother, But He Is No Where to Be Found!

“Dashawn, if I could see you today, I would wrap my arms around you and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ … Dashawn, I want you to know that I love you very, very much and I will never give up hope until you come home. Your brothers, sister, and I pray every night that you are safe and holding strong. We love you and miss, you Dashawn.” ~Jasmine McCormick

Da'Shawn was described as being like no other. He was the happiest kid you could ever know and could brighten up the whole room with that gorgeous smile of his. Even on his bad days he never once showed how bad he was feeling and always kept a smile on that face. He was always laughing and playing with his siblings and his mom. He also loved to play with his Nana and went everywhere with her. At night, he would entwine his fingers in her hair, ensuring that if she went anywhere, she wouldn't go without him. He was the most loving and caring child you could ever know. If you were feeling down, he would go out of his way to bring a smile to your face and lift your spirits. He was understanding and very loving. He loved going to the park and he loved to play in the snow.

Da’Shawn Leon McCormick was born on August 17th, 2007, to Floyd LeRoy Lee Jr and Jasmine McCormick.

Da'Shawn was 4 when Jasmine last saw him in Anchorage in March of 2012.That was the moment she departed from Lee, taking her three other children with her but leaving Da'Shawn behind due to Lee having full custody at that time. Jasmine characterized Lee as abusive and stated that she departed due to fear for her life. 

Jasmine is quoted as saying “I had to make the choice to stay and die or lose a child and leave and get the other children out of there. I wanted to take Da'Shawn with me, but I would’ve been put in prison."

Jasimine said that she last spoke to Da’Shawn in June 2012. Judy Holmes, Da'Shawn’s step-grandmother said that the last time she saw him was on July 4th, 2012. After that, whenever her grandchildren came to visit her, Da’Shawn wasn’t among them. 

Mary Transki

On April 1st, 2013, FBI agents arrived at the residence shared by Lee and Da'Shawn's stepmother, Mary Elizabeth Transki, and arrested them for securities fraud and mail fraud. Both were convicted; Lee received a 37-month sentence, and Transki was sentenced to 21 months in prison. They served their sentences and were subsequently released. At the time of Lee and Transki's arrest, Da'Shawn was nowhere to be found.

After the arrest of Lee and Transki, a witness came forward alleging that Transki had admitted to murdering Da'Shawn and burying the body on her property. Nonetheless, when interrogated by the authorities, Transki refuted the occurrence of such an event. Meanwhile, Lee has remained silent regarding the whereabouts of Da'Shawn.

Jasmine petitioned a Palmer court to gain custody of Da'Shawn, which was granted in December 2013. She lives in Alabama and is awaiting his return. She hopes that he was given to another family before Lee and Transki's arrests.

“Continue to pray for my son. If you know anything, please come forward. I know there are people who have information about this case but won't come forward for their safety. I just want to know what happened to him.” ~Jasimine McCormick

Da’Shawn may be in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough area. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear, and his case remains unsolved.

At the time if his disappearance Da'Shawn was 4 years old biracial (African American/Caucasian) male. He was 3ft 6in tall, 45 lbs. with blonde hair and brown eyes.

He had a U-shaped scar in the center of his forehead and a burn scar on his left thigh.

As of this post Da'Shawn would be 16 years old and may resemble this composite.

If you have any information regarding Da'Shawn's whereabouts, no matter how small, please contact the Anchorage Police Department at 907-786-8500 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678.