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  • Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    On the night of November 21st, in the year 2000, a masked man and woman entered the home of Michelle Renee in San Diego County, California. After binding her and her 7-year-old daughter, Breea, with duct tape, and with guns at their heads, the duo explained what they wanted.

    “It was very much that mind control thing that they were doing, that, ‘we know everything about you,’” Renee said in an interview with CBS. They told her that they knew her day-to-day routine, and that she was a branch manager at a nearby bank. “You’re gonna rob the bank for us,” she remembers them telling her. “Or you will die, your daughter will go first.”

    The following morning, Renee walked out of the bank with $360,000. After handing the money over to the masked couple, she ran back to her home, terrified about what she may find. “I don’t know if Breea’s gonna be there,” Renee thought. “I don’t know if she’s gonna be alive when I get there.”

    Fortunately, Breea was there when Renee returned to her home. After a bomb squad examined the “dynamite,” they determined that they had been fake- made out of two broomstick handles that were painted and taped together to look like dynamite. Christopher Butler and his fiancée Lisa Ramirez, were later arrested for kidnapping and bank robbery.

    In June, 2002, the suspects were tried together in two trials. Despite Ramirez previously confessing to the crime on camera, the judge ruled it inadmissible in court. The defendant’s lawyer then attacked Renee’s credibility, suggesting she was somehow involved. “They treated me like a criminal,” Renee explained. “They were trying to paint me as somebody that was irresponsible.” After five days of deliberation, the jury found Butler guilty of the robbery and kidnapping, but Ramirez was not, and left a free woman.

    In an interview with Tracy Smith, Renee will be sharing her story on CBS’ “48 Hours,” on February 11th at 10/9c, and streaming on Paramount+.

  • Woman Says She Took A 23andMe DNA Test Which Caused Detectives To Link Her To An Unsolved Murder Case

    Woman Says She Took A 23andMe DNA Test Which Caused Detectives To Link Her To An Unsolved Murder Case

    A woman on TikTok says after she sent in her 23andMe DNA test detectives contacted her to inform her that her DNA was matched to a 36-year-old murder case, which landed her in the middle of a homicide investigation of a cold case. 

    “I was so taken aback,”

    31-year-old Jackie Vadurro told the New York Post.

    “I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong… But when the police call you about a murder, you’re like, ‘Oh my goodness, what am I involved in?’” 

    Vadurro, who is a Palm Springs, CA resident, said that a cold-case detective informed her that her DNA was a potential match to a 1986 cold-case murder of a woman who was never identified. Reports say that Jane Doe was fatally shot and tossed onto a San Diego road. The 31-year-old TikToker revealed that she was told

    “No one ever reported her missing. [The detectives] do not know who she is.”

    She continued,

    “And now they think that I might be her family member because of my DNA that I uploaded on 23andMe.” 

    If you’re unaware, 23andMe customers are requested to submit a saliva sample that is mailed to their lab for testing. In return,  several weeks later, the customer would be able to access an online report of their family’s origin, health hazards, and more. Officials sometimes have access to these records for their investigations, which was the case for Vadurro. 

    After detectives informed her of what they’d discovered, the TikToker committed to cooperate with them to aid in the case. 

    Vadurro posted a video on TikTok revealing her shocking discovery, she said,

    “Within, like, 30 minutes [detectives] had called me back and were like, ‘Jackie, thank you so much. This is the biggest break we’ve gotten in this case in a whole year.’”

    Detectives told her,

    “‘You are a DNA match to the Jane Doe victim.’” 

    Officials told her she was the 2nd or 3rd cousin of the unidentified victim. Authorities later learned that Jane Doe was related to Vadurro’s mother’s side of the family and was led to believe the cold-case victim was the love child of Vadurro’s mother’s great-grandfather. 

    Vadurro is currently awaiting updates on the case

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • California Police Department Ask For Public’s Help With Identifying Man Who Left Human Remains On Police Station Counter

    California Police Department Ask For Public’s Help With Identifying Man Who Left Human Remains On Police Station Counter

    On Thursday, February 2nd, a man entered a police department in San Bernardino, California, emptied a bag of animal remains and what appeared to be a human jaw on the front counter, and left. “It was unclear at the time if the remains were real,” officials said in a statement. The coroner’s office later confirmed that the jaw bone was indeed human, but was not able to determine who it belonged to or where it came from, Law And Crime reported.

    After being unsuccessful in finding the unidentified man, the San Bernardino Police Department issued an “Attempt to Identify,” and posted a photo of the man on their Twitter page, along with a description. The man is described as a Hispanic male and is estimated to be 30-35 years of age, around 5 feet and seven inches tall, and near 160 pounds.

  • Arsonists Accidentally Set Themselves On Fire While Attacking A Business, Reports Say 

    Arsonists Accidentally Set Themselves On Fire While Attacking A Business, Reports Say 

    Shocking footage has come forth of two reported arsonists in California setting fire to themselves during

    “an attack on a business,”

    according to FOX. One arsonist was heard screaming

    “ahhh!”

    while attempting to flee the scene. The incident occurred on Monday morning at Servicio de Imigracion in Bakersfield, which is a company that offers naturalization and immigration assistance. 

    The video reveals two unnamed masked suspects. In the footage, the two individuals are seen tossing gasoline on the business. When one of them leaned in to torch the gasoline, the rapid fire seemed to surprise them both as the business wasn’t the only thing that was set on fire. Both suspects were seen running away and one suspect was heard screaming

    “ahhh!”

    Luckily, the fire was put out about 10 mins following the first responders’ arrival, reports 23ABC. Max Solorzano, the owner of the business told the news outlet that Bakersfield has to put more effort into protecting locals. 

    “They have to work harder in that aspect, in keeping the community safe. We are a small business and we help many people, so there will be people who will not be able to receive our services due to inactivity.” 

    “That is what most saddens. We help many farmworker families with their immigration processes, we help people do taxes. We ask our clients to have patience with us, we will get through this,”

    Solorzano continued. 

    The motive behind the attack isn’t clear. The suspects are still at large. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

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