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February 20, 1996: Snoop Dogg Acquitted of Murder Feb 20, 2022

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Along with his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, rapper Snoop Dogg was acquitted of first- and second-degree murder charges in the death of Philip Woldemariam.

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February 19, 1986: Informant Barry Seal Murdered Feb 19, 2022

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Barry Seal was one of America’s most notorious drug smugglers. He was killed by cartel hitmen for being a DEA informant.

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February 18, 2010: IRS Suicide Attack Feb 18, 2022

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Following years of tax issues with the IRS, Andrew Joseph Stack flew his single-engine airplane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas.

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February 17, 1977: Helen Brach Disappears Feb 17, 2022

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After checking out with a clean bill of health, candy heiress Helen Brach left the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and was never seen again.

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February 16, 1961: Wilbert Rideau Bank Robbery Feb 16, 2022

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Wilbert Rideau’s botched bank heist would escalate to kidnapping… and then murder. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Serial Killers, a podcast that journeys past the headlines and into the minds and motives of murderers.

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February 15, 1994: Danny Rolling’s Trial Begins Feb 15, 2022

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Three-and-a-half years after the murders which gave him the moniker “The Gainesville Ripper,” serial killer Danny Rolling entered day one of his trial with a shocking plea.

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February 14, 1779: Captain James Cook Killed Feb 14, 2022

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English explorer James Cook was killed on the beach of Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay after his plan to kidnap a local leader went awry.

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February 13, 2006: Ilan Halimi Murdered Feb 13, 2022

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After being tortured and held for ransom, 23-year-old Ilan Halimi died in France. He had been targeted by a gang known as The Barbarians, who wrongly assumed the young man’s family was wealthy enough to pay the ransom because they were Jewish.

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February 12, 1993: James Bulger Murdered Feb 12, 2022

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Two boys became the youngest convicted murderers in 20th-century Britain for the brutal beating and killing of two-year-old James Bulger. They were sentenced to a young offenders’ institute, where they were released at 18 years old and given new identities.

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February 11, 1987: Peggy Hettrick’s Body Discovered Feb 11, 2022

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15-year-old Tim Masters didn't realize the body he saw in a field on the way to his bus stop was actually real. But it was the remains of Peggy Hettrick, who had died from a single stab wound. Police believed Masters had something to do with the crime.

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