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The Murder of Siobhan McGuiness

Siobhan McGuiness was a 5-year-old girl from Montana, she was described as always smiling and a happy girl.

In the early hours of 5th February 1974, Siobhan went missing during a short walk home from her friend’s house. On that same day another young girl had reported that an unidentified male had attempted to lure her into a shed but that she had got away.

Three days later, Siobhan’s body was found. She had been sexually assaulted, stabbed in the chest and badly beaten. Despite a reward fund being organised, no viable suspects or evidence could be found and the case gradually grew cold. DNA evidence was preserved from the crime scene but not matched.

In 2020, new DNA technology advancements allowed the FBI to develop a genetic profile of Siobhan’s killer who was officially identified as Robert William Davis, Siobhan’s family described their relief in finally knowing what had happened. Davis had died in 2012, he was never a suspect in the original investigation and was travelling through Montana for unknown reasons when Siobhan was murdered. The FBI suspect he may have murdered other children in multiple states as he was known to have travelled often, however he has not yet been named in relation to any other cases.

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The Murder of Chloe Hoson

Chloe Hoson was a 5-year-old girl living in Sydney, Australia. She was described as a happy, playful girl who loved animals.

In 2003, Chloe's mother told her to play outside while she cleaned the family caravan. While outside, Chloe saw the man who lived in the neighbouring caravan, 22-year-old Timothy Kosowicz. Kosowicz lured Chloe into his caravan telling her that she could play with his new kitten. Kosowicz claimed that while inside Chloe knocked over a pot of cannabis and that he 'lost the plot' and choked her before suffocating her with shopping bags and abusing her body. He then put Chloe's remains in a sports bag which he dumped at a nearby creek.

Kosowicz was not convicted of the crime due to being found mentally ill, he spent 15 years on a psychiatric unit before being released.

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The Murder of Katy Hawkelka

Katherine Hawkelka, known as Katy, was a 19-year-old Clarkson University student. She was the second oldest of four siblings.

Katy had recently arrived back at university to begin her second year of studies. On 1st September 1986, she was walking back to her apartment early in the morning when she was attacked. The attack happened outside the university's ice hockey arena, with the attacker initially struggling with Katy before smashing her head into the wall several times until she collapsed. When she was unconscious he then raped her, beat her so severely her family could not recognise her and then strangled her. Two security guards witnessed the beginning of the attack but failed to intervene, they later claimed they had thought it to be a couple having consensual sex. Hours later, the security guards returned to find Katy unconscious, she was rushed to hospital but never regained consciousness and died three days later.

Brian McCarthy, then 23, an unemployed carpenter was arrested and later pleaded guilty to the murder. The attack was said to have been completely random and he had not met Katy before. McCarthy was sentenced to a 23 year to live prison sentence. McCarthy went on to appeal his sentence seven times in 13 years all of which were rejected. Katy's family spoke on the trauma the frequent appeals forced them to go through.

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The Murder of JaRay Wilson

JaRay Wilson was a 16-year-old living in Oklahoma. Her friends described her as having a great spirit and always making those around her smile. JaRay was an only child and lived with her parents.

On 14 October 2012 JaRay was picked up from her home in the afternoon, she never returned home and was reported missing by her family the next day. JaRay had expressed concerns about a drug debt she had to friends; before her disappearance, she had also told them that she was worried about being sold into prostitution to pay off a debt to her dealer. JaRay's dealer was investigated but cooperated with authorities and was later cleared and determined not to be involved in the disappearance.

On 17th October 2013, Cody Godfrey confessed to witnessing JaRay's murder. He told authorities that she had been killed on the last night she was seen and that he, JaRay and two other males, Tucker McGee and Caleb McLemore, had gone to smoke marijuana together in a field near JaRay's home. He had seen McGee shoot JaRay in the head at night. McGee was arrested and charged with murder, Godfrey was arrested and charged with thinking accessory to murder.

Godfrey was a key witness at trial, he testified that McGee had complained to him about JaRay saying that she was 'annoying' and had shown Godfrey his gun and said, 'We should just go and kill JaRay.' He had initially thought that this was a joke. Shortly before JaRay was killed she texted a friend saying 'I feel sketched out. I can't go home?' While JaRay had been looking at her phone McGee had pulled out his gun and shot her in the head killing her instantly. McGee and Godfrey threw JaRay's body over a fence and hid it under a tree. The next day the three boys returned to the crime scene to move the body. They found JaRay's phone when they returned and smashed it and threw it into a creek. They then hid JaRay's body in a field where it was undiscovered until Godfrey led police to it over a year later.

McGee was found guilty of first-degree murder, he was too young to be eligible for the death penalty and was sentenced to life in prison. McLemore was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Godfrey was given a suspended sentence due to the fact he had confessed and testified against McGee.

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