Tag: Alabama

The Disappearance of Carla Corley

Portrait of Carla Corley

EARLY LIFE: Carla Corley was born on December 31, 1965, to Nelda Corley Leopold. A sweet, intellectual and giving young woman, she was extremely close to her older sister, who’d moved out of the family’s residence by the time Carla had entered her teenage years. At the time of her disappearance, the 14-year-old was preparing

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Miss X (1982)

Computer rendering of what Miss X (1982) might have looked like when alive + Pencil sketch of what Miss X (1982) might have looked like when alive

DISCOVERY: Three men were fishing along Slaughter Creek, near the banks of the Black Warrior River, on April 18, 1982. The location, in Romulus, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, is near the Old Robinson Bend Landing, next to Robertson Cemetery Road. Not long after they arrived, the trio saw what they thought to be a large log covered

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The Disappearance of Lelia Faulkner

Lelia Faulkner smirking

EARLY LIFE: Lelia Marie Faulkner was born on September 26, 1986 to Susan and Rick Faulkner. Growing up in Troy, Alabama, she was a smart and outgoing girl who got straight-As and was named valedictorian of her class. After high school, Lelia moved to Montgomery, Alabama for college. However, her education got sidetracked after she

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The Murder of Cynthia Davis

EARLY LIFE: Very little is publicly known about Cynthia Davis’ early life. According to her stepfather, Alan Merryman, she was the perfect sister to her siblings and would always protect them. He also describes her as having been a daddy’s girl growing up. During the 1990s, Cynthia’s family relocated from California to northern Alabama. It

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Marshall County John Doe

DISCOVERY: On the morning of April 15, 1997, a 17-year-old fisherman was fishing in a rural area in Marshall County, Alabama, northwest of Arab in a creek off Eagle Rock Drive. Whilst there, he discovered a headless body, with its legs bound together at the ankles with rope and wire ties. Air fresheners were found

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