Morning Cup of Murder

May 12th: Bobby Kent Born (1973)

Some friendships aren’t healthy. On May 12th 1973 a man was born whose friendship with another man, according to sources, was not one that was looked at favorably. A relationship one person had to die to set the other free from. 

*Suggested by Perrie*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bobby_Kent, https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/5-chilling-details-bobby-kent-murder-case-1993, https://www.local10.com/news/2013/05/08/judge-to-decide-if-alice-willis-should-return-to-prison/, https://allthatsinteresting.com/bobby-kent-murder, https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.P/p/puccio-martin-joseph.htm, https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/07/01/bobby-kent-murder-exposes-youthful-brutality/

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May 11th: Charles Horvath Makes Last Contact (1989)

It’s the not knowing that, for some, is the hardest thing to live with. On May 11th 1989 a mother was contacted for the last time by her beloved son. A woman who has spent the last 3 decades fighting to find out what happened to him after they last spoke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Charles_Horvath-Allan, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/u-k-mom-has-new-hope-of-finding-out-what-happened-to-her-son-30-years-after-he-disappeared-in-b-c-1.5705896, https://unsolved.com/gallery/charles-horvath/, https://locate.international/missing-people/charles-hovarth-allan, https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Horvath, https://www.terracestandard.com/news/one-last-search-u-k-mom-still-looking-for-son-who-disappeared-in-kelowna-34-years-ago-6077143
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May 9th: Angel Downs Dies (2010)

Some trials don’t end the way you think or hope they will. On May 9th 2010 a woman lost her life. A case that, in the end, had a much different outcome than many expected.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-suicide-or-murder-investigating-the-death-of-angel-downs/, https://www.oxygen.com/accident-suicide-or-murder/crime-news/angel-downs-shot-in-driveway-what-happened, https://www.al.com/politics/2018/11/former-mobile-politician-nodine-wants-to-make-second-chance-voters-a-force-in-florida.html, https://1819news.com/news/item/oxygen-show-revisits-the-saga-of-former-mobile-co.-commissioner-steve-nodine-and-the-death-angel-downs, https://www.wkrg.com/true-crime/stephen-nodine-mistress-shot-and-killed-was-it-murder-or-suicide/, https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2014/10/angel_downs_family_does_not_be.html, https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2014/10/former_commissioner_stephen_no.html, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-suicide-or-murder-investigating-the-death-of-angel-downs/, https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/angel-downs-murdered-stephen-nodine-accused/
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May 8th: Jackie Nikelia Thorpe Reported Missing (2007)

Justice for one doesn’t necessarily mean justice for all. On May 8th 2007 one of a group of victims was reported missing. A group that fell victim to a serial killer and whose cases remain unsolved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgecombe_County_serial_killer, https://www.wral.com/story/families-of-murdered-missing-women-march-in-rocky-mount/5932018/, https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/body-of-woman-in-rocky-mount-identified/83-401961549, https://abc11.com/archive/6993502/, https://www.wral.com/story/victim-s-mother-talks-about-renewed-probe-into-daughter-s-death/5486791/, https://journalnow.com/fbi-joins-investigation-in-deaths-of-rocky-mount-women/article_2743a77e-0f6a-595d-adac-9e55ca07f604.html, https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/the-seven-bridges-of-edgecombe-county-killer, https://apnews.com/general-news-2005b34638ca451d95d1ad4abea3c4ec
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