The Skeleton Key Chronicles

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If you followed the Courtney Clenney case from the beginning, this is a pretty unexpected way for it to end. Four years after the case inside a luxury Miami high-rise first made headlines, Clenney has taken a plea deal, and she could be out in roughly two years.

Clenney, the former OnlyFans model also known online as Courtney Tailor, had been awaiting trial in connection with the 2022 case of her boyfriend, 27-year-old Christian Obumseli. The two shared an apartment at One Paraiso in Miami's Edgewater neighborhood, and as the case unfolded, so did an extraordinary amount of information about their extremely complicated relationship. There were previous calls to police, videos from the building and competing claims about what had been happening between the couple behind closed doors.

Clenney had maintained from the beginning that she acted in self-defense. Prosecutors saw the case very differently, and she had been facing a much more serious charge. Now, that trial will now never happen.

On Monday, Clenney pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to six years, followed by five years of probation. But Clenney has already been in custody since August 2022, meaning that with credit for time she has served, she could be out in roughly two years.

It is an unexpectedly short ending to a case that has been winding its way through the courts for four long years, especially considering how much of the story was expected to finally be examined at trial. Instead, the plea closes that door, and one of Miami's most closely watched cases of the last several years may now be nearing its conclusion.

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1 day ago

Police in Tacoma stumbled onto a pretty bizarre mystery this week after discovering more than 30 cats and kittens living aboard a seemingly abandoned sailboat off Owen Beach.

The Marine Services Unit was able to track down information about the boat’s owner, but attempts to make contact were unsuccessful. And even with dozens of cats roaming around inside, authorities couldn’t simply board the privately owned vessel. Tacoma Animal Control first had to obtain a search warrant.

Once that warrant was granted, officers returned Friday morning and began getting the cats off the boat. More than 30 were removed and taken into the care of Animal Control, but apparently they may not have found everybody. Officers believe there could be at least 10 more cats still tucked away in the many tiny compartments and hiding places throughout the sailboat, so they plan to return and continue searching.

The majority of the cats appeared to be well-fed, which suggests someone had been caring for them. With potentially more still hidden aboard, there are plenty of questions about how so many cats ended up living on this sailboat in the first place.

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1 day ago

For nearly five decades, Scott Miller has been searching for answers about what happened to his wife, Sandra “Sandy” Miller. Now, with a new book, a growing petition and another push for records surrounding her case, he’s hoping renewed attention could finally help unlock some of those answers.

Sandy was just 22 years old when she was found inside her Nazareth, Pennsylvania home on September 18th, 1978. The young wife and mother had passed away under circumstances that remain unresolved nearly five decades later.

Sandy was a 1974 graduate of Nazareth High School and was working at The Beer Stein Tavern in nearby Wind Gap at the time. Surprisingly little about the investigation that followed has ever been made widely available, and no one has ever been held responsible for what happened to her.

But Scott has never stopped looking for answers. For years, he has sought records and information surrounding Sandy’s case, only to encounter resistance in obtaining many of the files he has requested. Scott believes something within those records could potentially hold the key to unlocking what happened to Sandy. Along the way, he has gathered documents and conducted his own research, much of which he shares through Facebook. His decades-long effort eventually became The Buried Truth, a book detailing his experience and the questions he believes still need answers.

His latest effort is a petition launched on July 19th. The “Justice for Sandy Miller” petition calls on officials to release records that can legally be made available, explain the status of records that cannot, clarify what physical evidence from Sandy’s case still exists and where it is being held, and give the case a fresh review using today’s forensic technology. More than 800 people have already signed.

For Scott, the goal after all these years remains remarkably simple: find out what happened to Sandy and make sure her case isn’t forgotten.

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