On Sept 15, 2006, Brian Barrett was gunned down in his vehicle outside of his work. Investigators soon uncovered that Brian had been mixed up in a messy love triangle where not everyone was who they said they were...

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On October 22nd, 2014, 24-year-old Corporal Nathan Cirillo was a ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario. This day shaped the nation forever as a man by the name of Michael Zehaf- Bibeau would grab his rifle and approach the War Memorial and proceeded to open fire on Corporal Nathan Cirillo and his friend and fellow guard Branden Stevenson. After the shooting, Michael Zehaf- Bibeau would flee the scene and head towards the Parliament Building with his rife.

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“ Corporal Nathan Frank Cirillo”, Government of Canada, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/80004112, Accessed November 9th, 2025

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Kupfer, Matthew, “10 years later, the bystanders who rushed to a fallen soldier's aid and the tragedy that changed them”, CBC, October 22, 2024, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-shooting-war-memorial-decade-1.7358162, Accessed November 9th, 2025

Botelho, Greg, “Canadian shooting victim remembered for big smile, big heart”, CNN World, October 23, 2014, https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/world/canada-shootings-victim/, Accessed November 9th, 2025

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On December 4th, 1998, 21-year-old Yale student, Suzanne Jovin spent the evening hosting an event for the volunteer organization, Best Buddies. Following this event, Suzanne returned a vehicle she had borrowed from Yale for the event, but when she realized that she had forgotten to return the keys with the vehicle, she set out to return them. She may have also been planning to meet up with someone she had lent study materials to. Tragically, around 10PM that night, Suzanne’s body was found, stabbed 17 times, and had her throat cut. Investigators chased leads, but tragically, Suzanne’s case remains unsolved as of Nov 2025.

If you have information about Suzanne’s murder, please contact the Jovin investigation Team at 1-866-623-8058 or Jovin.Case@ct.gov.

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“Suzanne Jovin”, Crime Immemorial, https://crimeimmemorial.com/2022/09/27/suzanne-jovin/, accessed Nov 1, 2025.

Ricapito, Maria, “Cold Case of the Week: The 1998 Murder of Yale Student Suzanne Jovin”, A&E, Sept 24, 2025, https://www.aetv.com/articles/cold-case-of-the-week-the-1998-murder-of-yale-student-suzanne-jovin, accessed Nov 1, 2025.

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