Author: Court in the Act
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The Murder of Victoria Prokopovitz
On April 26, 2013, James Mahlon Prokopovitz reported that his wife, 59-year-old Victoria Prokopovitz, had disappeared during the early morning hours. Victoria’s cell phone, purse, and ID were still at her home where she had lived with her husband, James, in Pittsfield, Wisconsin. Victoria was presumed missing, and her family extended a $17,000 reward for…
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The Murder of Rachael Nicoletta Anderson
Rachael Nicoletta Anderson was born on January 28, 1994 in Warren, Ohio. She was part of the National Honor Society in High School, plating sports and was in band. She went on to study the prerequisites for mortuary science, making the Dean’s list at Youngstown State University. She then went on to graduate with a…
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The Murder of Raul Ortiz
The community in Hillsborough County, Florida, was stunned when they found Raul Ortiz’s body, who had suffered a fatal beating on his front yard in August 2014. As the investigation unfolded, law enforcement revealed a surprising sequence of events that culminated in Raul’s unfortunate demise. 58-year-old Raul Ortiz lived in Wimauma in Hillsborough County, Florida.…
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The Murder of Shad Thyrion
Police were called to 25 year old Shad Thyrion’s mother’s home after his mother reported finding her son’s severed head in a bucket. Shad’s mother, Tara Pakanich knew that the last person to see her son alive was 25 year old Taylor Denise Schabusiness, who had been hanging out with Shad in the basement of…
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