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A friend has a job where she interacts regularly with Child Protective Services. Many of the cases she works involve parents who aren't around. When asked about their whereabouts, family members say they just don't know. They never file missing persons reports or anything. They just figure the...

I drove by the road where she was found the other day while driving up to NC to run errands. On the way out (west), I couldn't bear to look. On the way back, I was on the same side of the highway as the road's entrance, so I looked over and felt such sadness. It is a very narrow, isolated...

I couldn't read the label, but I scanned through the online pill identifier and based on colors and type/shape (couldn't read the imprint) it looks like those could be antihistamines, stomach acid reducers, or antibiotics. It doesn't look like they're anything anyone would take to get high. Who...

From what I understand, many addicts become emotionally stunted to the age at which they first started abusing. For example, if an alcoholic really begins drinking heavily at 16, that individual will generally possess the emotional maturity of a struggling 16 year old even well into his/her 40s...

Paligal, I've thought the exact same thing.

Hypothetically, there are plastic storage bins at every Walmart that are large enough to hold a petite body. Burning such an item (when emptied of its contents that may have been placed somewhere else) would create a lot of black smoke, and starting the fire for it would take a bit of...