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Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’

September 6, 2024 CN&R 0

Working on the crime podcast ‘Trace of the Devastation’ meant revisiting events some would rather forget. But is forgetting them even possible? By Scott Thomas Anderson “I wasn’t sure how I felt about it,” Linda […]

Tales of murder

August 4, 2022 Ken Smith 0

In the sweltering summer of 1978, a violent sexual predator and murderer terrorized the North State, claiming victims from Redding and one from Chico. In 1997, a pathological sporting goods salesman from Cottonwood who claimed […]

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Forever murders and facing those ‘taken in darkness’

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