43. The Amroha Family Mass Murder - India

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Over the last decade, India has been home to a slew of unexpected, scandalous and devastating suicides with sinister back stories. These suicides, those of Jiya Khan, Pratyusha Banjerjee, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tunisha Sharma and more, weren’t just stories of people who gave up on ...  Show more

On a cold January day in 2007, brothers Ankur and Pulkit Singh return home from school to find their parents, Jaspal and Geeta, brutally murdered in the family’s upscale, suburban New York home. The couple is well-liked and respected in their close-knit Indian American community ...  Show more

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When Rajesh and Nupur Talwar went to wake their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi on the morning of Friday, May 16 2008, the couple were shocked to find her brutally murdered in her bed.

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July 1st, 2018. Burari, North Delhi. Eleven members of the Bhatia family were found dead in their home under highly suspicious circumstances. Ten of the bodies were blindfolded and hanging from the ceiling. One body was lying on the floor. Investigators sought to determine whethe ...  Show more