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Unknown. I just recall this case when it happened, so it stirred up the curiosity. I only watched that one. Unsolved Mysteries has been on for a very long time though. I remember it coming on in the late 80s with Robert Stack as the host being all serious and such. I think it was NBC's...

If I recall correctly, when this happened, there was a member here that knew them and detailed that the husband was cleared. His alibi was solid.

I was with you until the throwing the Piggy Bank part. It's entirely possible she ran like you said and fell on her own or lost her balance in a struggle. It's almost certain she fell head first into the Piggy Bank given the dent in the wall and the location of the fragments on the stairs and...

It didn't sound like they were rich, so who knows how old or what condition the phone was in. Some phones of that era still had removable batteries, so a jarring drop could have disconnected the battery. I only watched the Unsolved Mysteries episode once. I can't recall if they showed a picture...

There was a dent in the wall from the piggy bank, right behind where the piggy bank was left. The piggy bank was likely impacted and pushed into the wall. It's consistent with the head first fall theory.

I'm saying it may have been the dog that knocked the chair over. Lee hears the dog yelp and the phone goes dead. She may not have seen the dog, then trips over it or loses her balance trying not to step on it. The dog could have panicked and ran under the table. It's large enough that it could...

Agreed. The dog could have knocked over the chair in a panic after being stepped on. The chair was on the other side of the table from the phone.

I was thinking the same thing. If she stepped on the dog's paw or scared it, that might also explain the tipped over chair. The dog could have panicked and ran.

Just like a killer is likely lie and claim they copied others in order to gain notoriety.

Exactly. How can you measure preventive success without a time machine? However, modern bullying initiatives, for example, may have prevented some mass killings 20 years from now when a recently bullied child was assisted rather than left to the bullies. We know bullying can lead to mass...

It's not a peculiar claim. In some instances, killings can be prevented. Many killings have likely been prevented by just people deciding to be more involved parents, or less abusive parents. All of which, is based on choices people make with their kids learned from generations of study and...

Mass killing has been going on for centuries. The reasons may have changed, but the desire to kill lots of people for a self serving reason is as old as man.

No. Context is being cherry picked. If one thinks that B and K aren't copycat killers, then one must question if copycatting is actually an influence in the decision to kill. If there is question as to the validity of copycatting being the sole reason for a mass kill, then is there any...

Fair point. But at the same time, society as a whole may learn something about the psychology of what goes into triggering things like what they did. Keeping people ignorant isn't the same as keeping people safe.

All of that is covered and answered in the last 24 hours of this thread.