Until the End of Crime

3. The Robbery of Lloyds Bank

Late one evening in September 1971, Robert Rowlands was sitting at his home in London, listening to the radio. While trying to dial into a station, he heard something that caught his attention. He believed that he was listening to criminals committing a crime in real time…and he was right. And evidence later came out that this crime may have been one ordered by the royal family. 
 
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2. The Murder of Annie Le

As a 24-year-old doctoral student at Yale, Annie Le was already making promising changes to the treatment of diabetes and cancer. In addition to her remarkable academic career, she was only five days out from her wedding to Columbia graduate student Jonathan Widawsky. When she missed their phone date on the evening of September 8, 2009, Jonathan wasn’t immediately alarmed, but when she didn’t come home that evening, her roommate grew concerned and called the police. Footage showed her entering her research building on Yale’s campus, but there was no indication that she ever left the building.
 
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1. The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

Sherri Rasmussen was holding an esteemed nursing position at the hospital she worked at, had purchased a split-level condominium, and was newly wed. But after calling out sick for the day in late February 1986, no one can get in touch with Sherri. Later that day, her husband, John Ruetten, calls emergency services after arriving home to tell them that he believes his wife is dead when he finds her body on the floor of the living room in her condo that they shared.
 
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