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506: The Most Difficult Case - No Body Homicides

The Philosophy of Crime

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Alyssa Terny's Disappearance

Alyssa Terny went missing in 2005. Her cell phone was found vibrating, and she had left a note saying she was going to California with her family. A man named Thomas Hymer confessed to the murder but later said he was full of shit. Detectives searched Michael Terny's home and found several alarming videotapes dating back to the 80s. They also discovered 19 assault rifles, two handmade silencers, a van filled with gasoline cans, and a couple dozen pipe bombs filled with roofing nails. And there was a 98-page manifesto that Michael had written titled Diary of a Madman Martyr, which described an outrageous theory about members of the electrical union

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