True Crime

On Aug. 20, 2007, Nurin’s father returned from work and took a nap. While her father slept, Nurin donned a pink dress and left the residence to walk to a night market 500m from her home. Nurin wanted to buy her favorite hair clip. Her family never saw her alive again.

On Labor Day, Sept. 5, 1977, Rachel, 11, left home at 3 p.m. to walk two blocks to Hughes Market, 15120 Sunset Blvd., to purchase bread, hot dogs, and cold drinks. She wore a checkered blue, yellow, and pink bikini and a white T-shirt. Rachel was last seen at 4 p.m. …

Stine left home on July 15, 2016, in the middle of the night without her mother’s permission, which was uncharacteristic of the teenager. She was last seen on CCTV cameras at 2:30 a.m. crossing the intersection at East Montview Boulevard and Peoria Street alone. No one has seen her since.

Spollen last spoke with his mother on the phone at 3:44 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2012, for about six minutes. Spollen said he had changed his mind about traveling to Delhi. He decided to stay in Rishikesh for a short trek without a guide in a forested area near the city. He promised to text whenever possible, but cell service would be unreliable.

The investigators made their way to Loritts’ bedroom. She was lying dead on the floor next to her bed with visible ligature marks circling her neck. They found a wire hanger that could have made the marks. Loritts was fully clothed in a pajama top and pants and wore underwear underneath the bottoms; there were no obvious signs of rape, and the crime did not appear to be sexually motivated.