Unsung Heroes

Delilah Saunders' sister, Loretta, was strangled and discarded in a sack by Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry over about $500; she turned her horror into strength, however.

Lisa Wheeler-Bowman recalled a vision of her son after his death telling her, “There are so many other people that need you — that need your help.”

Abby Honold recalled a Minneapolis police detective telling her that she should have tried saying ‘no.’

Thanks to Rebekah Heath's sleuthing skills, Marlyse Honeychurch and her two daughters, Marie Vaughn and Sarah McWaters, were identified after their remains were found in barrels.

It took about ten years for Natasha Alexenko’s rape kit to be tested. The DNA that was recovered helped bring her rapist to justice.

“This little girl was incredibly brave during the horrific attack on her mother,” Assistant District Attorney Rachel Ashe said of Ariana Mills' heroic actions.

After 17-year-old Stacey Seaton was brutally murdered, her family endured years without an arrest, only to learn that solicitation of murder was simply considered a misdemeanor in Maryland.

Retired Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office investigator Paul Holes celebrated her publicly on Twitter last week. 

Last year, A'Tierra Westbrook's mom and two aunts undertook a 500-mile pilgrimage in Spain. Now, they want to return and take the mothers of other murdered children with them.