The Murder of Peggy Reber The Girl the System Left Behind ⚠️ Reader Discretion Advised The following case involves the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl and includes references to sexual assault and extreme violence. Out of respect for the victim, graphic details are not presented in a sensational manner. However, the nature of the crime may still be distressing to some readers. Please take care while reading. Author’s Note Before we begin, let me be clear about something. There are three kinds of crimes I cannot abide in this world: crimes against children, crimes against animals, and crimes against people with intellectual disabilities. This case involves one of the worst of them. So we’re not here for spectacle. We’re here for the truth. Fourteen years old. A school portrait, a shy smile, and a life that should have stretched decades beyond this frame. Pegg...
Vanished Without a Trace: The Life and Disappearance of Andrea Knabel By RICHIE D MOWREY for The Sassy Gazette (The Gossip You Didn’t Know You Needed) She searched for the missing until she became one. Little Dickies, The Vanishing Andrea Michelle Knabel walked into the Louisville night in August 2019, phone in hand, emotions running high after a family argument. She had just left her sister’s house. She was supposed to be walking back to her mother’s place. It was not far. A short, familiar stretch of road. She never made it home. No confirmed sightings. No goodbye messages. No bank activity. No trace. Andrea Michelle Knabel searched for the missing until she became one. Before the Flyers Before the headlines and speculation, Andrea was simply a woman trying to rebuild her life. Born in 1982, she grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, the eldest of three sisters in a family that was close, complicated, and sometimes combustible. She earned a marketing degree fro...