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Antonio Mays Sr. last heard from Seattle Police about his son's murder in 2020. After that, phones went silent. He was told the case was reassigned, then that it was closed. Reporters discovered Seattle Police claimed the investigation was still 'open and active' — but had never told the father.
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by federal authorities in Miami and are being extradited to the UK. Four additional victims came forward with charges of rape, sex trafficking, assault, and child pornography.
A New Yorker investigation by Heidi Blake documented what she called the Andrew Tate empire of abuse. Ben Shapiro calls the allegations extraordinarily credible and well-documented — yet prominent right-wing figures still rushed to defend him.
Vance calls himself an 'OG Epstein conspiracy theorist' and believes there is a broader story but cannot prove it. The critical failure point was the 2007 Alex Acosta prosecution, which was too narrow to capture the full conspiracy. Whatever evidence existed from the 1990s and early 2000s — the peak of Epstein's power — was likely destroyed or never gathered.
In the hush money trial, Blanche cross-examined Michael Cohen with relentless aggression — calling him a flat-out liar and reminding the jury Cohen had once called Trump a dictator who 'belonged in a cage like an animal.' Trump didn't win the case, but Blanche's fight deeply impressed him.
Glenn Jackson called 911 to report his wife Ella missing and opened with 'this is not an emergency.' He said he personally didn't think anything was wrong, that his son was fine, and that he only called because he heard on a TV show you shouldn't wait to report someone missing. It's one of the most eerily calm missing-person calls on record.
Ella's adult son Philip made a second 911 call roughly 24 hours after Glenn's, insisting this was not normal for his mother and urging investigators to take it seriously. The lead detective credits Philip's call as the reason the investigation got off the ground.
Jason Hans, Ella's ex-husband and close friend, also lost his first wife Irina to an unsolved murder more than 20 years ago. The coincidence made investigators look hard at him — but it also gave him a harrowing frame of reference for understanding what Ella suffered.
Jason Hans told Blayne that Ella's murder — being killed by her own spouse — was the more enraging of the two tragedies because marriage is supposed to be where you're safest. The randomness of Irina's death was a societal failure; Ella's was a personal betrayal.
Irina Hans was shot point blank near the Green Line metro in the DC area in 2002, during the height of the DC sniper panic. Nothing was taken. A can of mace was found in her hand. Investigators believe someone knew her routine. Prince George's County Police are still seeking tips at 1-866-411-TIPS.
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