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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1985Kiki Camarena murderGovernment & Intelligence
Camarena dies of his injuries. The DEA, unaware at first that he is dead, mounts intense pressure on Mexican authorities as the search continues, straining US–Mexico relations.
- 2004Maura MurrayUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
In the early afternoon, Maura emails professors and her work supervisor to say a death in the family requires her to be away for about a week. Her family later confirms no such death occurred.
- 2026Ghislaine MaxwellUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
In a closed-door virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee, Maxwell invokes her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than a dozen times. Her lawyer says she would testify fully, and would say President Trump is 'innocent of any wrongdoing,' if granted clemency.
Drawn from 1,970 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.