Esmeralda "Esmi" P. Armendarez Upton is a Mexican-American from Plano, Texas, with a complex personal history, including a divorce and multiple relocations. After facing family losses, she gained notoriety for an August 2022 incident involving racial slurs and subsequent legal consequences, culminating in a June 2024 conviction for assault and threats.
13 things about Vicksburg, Mississippi native Sade Robinson
Sade Carleena Robinson, originally from Mississippi, moved to Wisconsin, USA, aspiring to join the U.S. Air Force. She had just started college and recently turned 19 before her tragic murder. Her body parts were found in different locations, and a former date was charged with her death.
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13 things about Auburn, Washington’s Shanan Lynn Read
Shanan Lynn Read, an American crime victim from Auburn, Washington, died in 2005 after being injected with drugs by Anthony Marou Martinez. While Oscar Cash Gonzales was nearby, Brian Anderson Bourquard and Brandon Michael Reeve aided in covering up the murder. In 2022, Reeve and Bourquard pleaded guilty to their involvement.
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13 things about Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Patrick Lyoya
Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, lived in Michigan before his death in April 2022. He faced several legal issues and worked various jobs after fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His life ended tragically when he was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop.
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10 things about Green Bay, Wisconsin native Shad Thyrion
Shad Rock Thyrion of Green Bay, Wisconsin was killed in 2022 by his lover Taylor Denise Schabusiness.
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13 things about Boston, Massachusetts cop John O’Keefe
John O'Keefe, a Boston police officer of Irish descent, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts. He graduated from Northeastern University and joined the Boston Police Department in 2005. Sadly, after a tumultuous personal life marked by family tragedies, he died on January 29, 2022, after being allegedly struck by his partner, Karen Read.
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10 things about Waco, Texas’s Joseph Rosenbaum
Joseph Rosenbaum was born in Waco, Texas. He later moved to Arizona then to Wisconsin. He had a long rap sheet. On August 25, 2020, he was fatally shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin by Kyle Rittenhouse.
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10 things about Calgary, Canada’s Steven Welland aka Swell 80
Steven Spencer Welland, known as Swell 80, was a Canadian adult content creator from Calgary. After living in Montreal, he returned to Calgary to run SW Renovations Inc. He was murdered in his camper van in Costa Rica on May 24, 2021, at the age of 41 by a suspect identified as Lefevre Hernandez.
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10 things about St. Catherine, Jamaica native Basil George Taylor
Basil George Taylor was a Jamaican man from Lake Wales, Florida, who had six children, including son Adarius. He worked at AMIR Grocery and was involved in a tragic domestic dispute leading to his death in 2006. Adarius later honored him by changing his last name and starting a family.
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13 things about Toronto, Ontario native Dan Markel
Daniel Eric "Dan" Markel married Wendi Jill Adelson in 2006. Her mother Donna Sue Adelson and brother Charles Jay "Charlie" Adelson allegedly paid Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera to kill Markel on July 18, 2014.
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