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Dominique Dunne

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Movie star Dominique Dunne was killed by her ex boyfriend John Sweeney in 1982 in a classic case of domestic violence

Google “Dominique Dunne” and you’ll see references to the movie Poltergeist and her tragic death. Some results include her murder as evidence of a curse associated with the Poltergeist film series. But beneath this clickbait is an all too familiar story about domestic violence escalating to murder.

Charlie Brandt – The Victoria’s Secret Killer

Charlie Brandt murdered his wife and niece in 2004 and is suspected of murdering many more women.

Michele Jones invited her aunt and uncle to stay with her as Hurricane Ivan bore down on Florida in September 2004. Little did she know that she had just summoned pure evil into her home. Authorities eventually suspected that her uncle Charlie Brandt was involved in many unsolved murders in the Florida area.

Roberto Wagner Fernandes – International Serial Killer

In 2021, DNA evidence connected a Brazilian, Roberto Wagner Fernandes, to the murders of 3 Miami-area sex workers in 2000 and 2001.

In 2021, DNA connected Brazilian national Roberto Wagner Fernandes to the murders of three Miami-area sex workers in 2000 and 2001. During this investigation, authorities discovered Fernandes had also been charged with his wife’s 1996 murder and was suspected in numerous unsolved assault and homicide cases in both countries.