How 4 Generations of Family Helped Fulfill Beloved Matriarch's Wish Even After She Died (Exclusive)

The Kelley family, including Leonard Beckett Jr. (center) and his mother, Ardath Kelley (right), as their family home is being renovated in Atlanta.Photo:The Home Depot Foundation The Home Depot Foundation An Atlanta family carrying four generations of military service members is fulfilling a promise to their beloved matriarch. The yearslong saga began in 1960 when Benjamin Kelley, who served in the Army in World War II, and wife Shirley purchased a home, originally built in 1934, in Atlanta’s historic West End.

How a 20-Year-Old Heiress Survived Her Kidnapping and Being Buried Alive for 3 Days: 'I Screamed and Screamed'

Barbara Jane Mackle.Photo:Getty Getty It’s most people’s worst nightmare: being buried alive and left for dead. And on Dec. 17, 1968, that nightmare came true for Barbara Jane Mackle, a 20-year-old college student and heiress to her family’s Florida housing development company. More than 50 years afterTimefirst detailed the frantic FBI search that uncovered the “tomb” Barbara was trapped inside in a rural part of Georgia, PEOPLE is looking back at the harrowing kidnapping and the hunt for an heiress gone missing.

How a 9/11 Widow, Whose Daughter Was Born After the Attacks, Found Love Again Years Later (Exclusive)

From left: Dena Smagala and Joe Coreno.Photo:courtesy Dena Smagala courtesy Dena Smagala Dena Smagala’s New York City firefighter husband,Stanley Smagala Jr., died as a first responder to the World Trade Center during 9/11 — and for nearly two decades, she was convinced she’d never find love again. Then, one day in 2019, a good friend called and offered to introduce Dena, 54, to someone. “‘No thanks, I’m good,’ " she recalls saying.

How a Cyberstalker Terrorized a Family by Exploiting Their Tragic Encounter with a Serial Killer

Tommy Lynn Sells.Photo:Val Verde County Sheriff via AP Val Verde County Sheriff via AP Nearly twenty years after a serial killer slit the throats of two girls in a bedroom in Texas, killing one of them, a Florida man began harassing the victim’s family and threatened to kill the surviving girl. Tommy Lynn Sellswas convicted of the 1999 murder of 13-year-old Katy Harris as she slept in her Del Rio, Texas, home.

How a Family Dog Helped Solve His Beloved Owner's Murder

Mandy Rose Reynolds and her dog Titan.Photo:GoFundMe; McLennan County District Attorney’s Office GoFundMe; McLennan County District Attorney’s Office The 2023 murder of an Idaho woman was solved with the help of an unlikely source: the victim’s dog. Her cousin, 29-year-old Derek Daigneault, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, Nov. 7, for her murder, the DA’s office said ina releaselast week. The investigation began on April 5, 2023, after police found Reynolds’ body, initially unrecognizable, burning in a field next to a white dog that “barked frantically at officers and refused to leave the area of the body, but also refused to allow police to capture it,” according to the DA’s press release.