The murder of Cari Farver is one of the most chilling and bizarre true crime cases in modern American history. The 37-year-old woman from Iowa started a whirlwind romance with Dave Kroupa of Omaha, Nebraska in October 2012 and two weeks later, she vanished, never to be seen again.Dave Kroupa, however, had nothing to do with her mysterious disappearance. Cari Farver was abducted and murdered by Shanna Liz Golyar, a woman Kroupa had been casually dating before he met Farver.Cari Farver was a 37-year-old single mother when she was killed in November 2012.For the next three years, Liz Golyar posed as Farver, sending thousands of text messages and emails to Kroupa and Farvers family members. She even sent threatening messages to herself so that Kroupa wouldnt catch on to her act.Because the texts and emails were coming from Cari Farvers accounts, it wasnt until 2015 that authorities really started looking into her disappearance. As they began investigating Golyar, they learned the entire ruse went much deeper than anyone could have ever imagined.The Whirlwind Relationship Of Cari Farver And Dave KroupaIn 2012, Dave Kroupa was working at an auto repair shop in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time, he was hoping for a fresh start in life. He had just split up with his long-time girlfriend, Amy Flora, with whom he shared two children. He soon decided to sign up for an online dating site, where he met Liz Golyar.The two began seeing each other, but before things could get too deep, Kroupa reportedly informed Golyar that he wasnt looking for anything serious. Golyar, a single mother, was happy with that arrangement or so she claimed.Several months after meeting Golyar, Kroupa spotted Cari Farver when she walked into his shop. He immediately knew there was something special about her.Twitter/Casefile PodcastDave Kroupa was confused when Cari Farver suddenly began sending him strange and threatening text messages in November 2012.When we looked at each other, there was a little spark, Kroupa later told ABC News. Shes showing me something inside the vehicle and were standing there, and were very close and there was some tension.Kroupa asked Farver out on a date, where they discussed that neither of them was looking for an exclusive relationship. The two returned to his apartment, and as Farver was leaving later, she passed a woman in the hallway. It was Golyar, who had dropped by unannounced to pick up some of her things.It was this chance meeting a meeting that couldnt have lasted more than a few seconds that would change the course of both womens lives.The Mysterious Disappearance Of Cari FarverWithin weeks of meeting Farver, Dave Kroupa was beginning to rethink his commitment to bachelorhood. Farver still wanted to keep things casual, but she did agree to stay with him for a few nights in November 2012. She was working on a major project for her job, and Kroupas apartment was much closer to her office than her home was.The last time anyone saw Cari Farver alive was Nov. 13, 2012. She spent the night with Kroupa, and he gave her a kiss as she left for work but she never returned.A few hours later, however, Kroupa received an odd text from Farver. She told him she wanted to officially move in with him, despite the fact that theyd just discussed keeping things casual. He politely declined, and he received an angry message in response.He recalled to Oxygens Dateline: Secrets Uncovered, As soon as I text her back, I get a text back that says, Fine, I dont ever want to see you again, go away, Im dating somebody else, I hate you, on and on and on.YouTubeDave Kroupa and Liz Golyar rekindled their relationship after Cari Farvers disappearance.Farvers family started receiving texts as well.Her mother, Nancy Raney, got a message from Farver saying she had moved to Kansas for a new job and would get in touch to make arrangements about picking up her 15-year-old son, Max. Raney thought this was strange, but when Farver missed her half-brothers wedding and her fathers funeral, she knew something was dreadfully wrong.Authorities reportedly tried to get in touch with Farver, but when they received messages from her number asking them to leave her alone, they dropped it. Raney also told them that Farver had previously been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, so investigators assumed she stopped taking her medication and vanished of her own accord. It would be years before they realized how wrong they were.The Shocking Harassment Of Dave Kroupa And Liz GolyarOn August 17, 2013, Liz Golyar called Dave Kroupa in a panic. For months, the two had bonded over the threatening messages they were both receiving from Cari Farver, but now things had seemingly escalated.Golyar said her house had been set ablaze and her beloved pets had perished in the fire. Kroupa soon received a text from Farvers number that read, I am not lying I set that nasty whs house on fire. I hope the wh and her kids die in it.Kroupa also started receiving texts outlining exactly what he was doing or what he was wearing at the moment. Some of these messages would come in while he was in the same room as Golyar and could see that she wasnt using her phone at the time, so he had no reason to suspect she was behind them.Pottawattamie County Sheriffs OfficeShanna Liz Golyar was convicted of murdering Cari Farver and posing as her for three years while sending thousands of emails and text messages.When Kroupa changed his phone number, the messages abated for a while. In February 2015, he moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and he stopped spending as much time with Golyar.It was around this same time that detectives finally began digging deeper into Cari Farvers odd disappearance.Uncovering The Chilling Truth About Cari FarverIn the spring of 2015, detectives Ryan Avis and Jim Doty of the Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office in Council Bluffs started a full-blown investigation into Farvers whereabouts. They suspected she was dead, but they werent sure when or how shed died.Investigators had searched Cari Farvers abandoned car shortly after her disappearance, but when they checked it again more thoroughly in 2015, they found bloodstains beneath the fabric of the passenger seat.They downloaded the contents of Kroupas and Golyars phones for their investigation, and digital forensics discovered something odd. Golyars device showed evidence that she had photos of Farvers car, 20 to 30 fake email accounts, and an app that allowed her to schedule text messages to be sent at a future time.The detectives zeroed in on Golyar, and when she suspected that they might be onto her, she told them that she thought Kroupas ex-girlfriend Amy Flora had killed Farver and had been the one harassing them all along.Shortly after that very conversation, Golyar called 911 from Big Lake Park in Council Bluffs saying Flora had shot her in the leg. Unbeknownst to her, Flora had a solid alibi. Golyars story began to unravel, but the final nail in the coffin came when detectives searched her tablet.Pottawattamie County Sheriffs OfficeThe bloody passenger seat of Cari Farvers car, where she was brutally murdered.On the SD card, police found thousands of deleted images including one of Cari Farvers decomposing body.Golyar had stabbed Farver to death in her own car on or around Nov. 13, 2012. She then spent three years sending 15,000 emails and up to 50,000 text messages posing as Farver to cover her deadly crime. She even burned down her own house, killed her pets, and shot herself in the leg to carry out her lies.In 2017, Liz Golyar was convicted of first-degree murder and second-degree arson. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Dave Kroupa was left stunned by how the investigation unfolded. He said of the ordeal, I want Liz to go away and never do this to anybody again. Nancy [Raney] and Caris son were foremost in my mind Theyre, unfortunately, the ones that have to live with the repercussions.Now that youve read about the murder of Cari Farver, learn about the case of Teresita Basa, the woman whose ghost may have solved her own murder. Then, go inside the story of Christina Whittaker, the Missouri mom who vanished without a trace.The post The Chilling Murder Of Cari Farver, The Woman Who Seemingly Sent Texts For Years After Her Disappearance appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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A mother cat was found nursing five hungry kittens despite carrying a wound no one around her knew about yet, and the moment a rescue reached her, they understood exactly what kind of cat they were dealing with. Momma MuffinCredit: Merced SPCAThe call came in to Merced SPCA, based in Merced, California. Details arose about a friendly stray mother cat and her tiny kittens, no longer welcome where they had been living. The property owners wanted the family gone and were attempting to use unconventional means to scare them off.Mom never stopped caring for her kittens. She kept nursing them, protecting them, and doing everything she could to keep them safe until rescuers pulled the entire family to safety within the same hour.The sweetness she showed the people who found her, despite everything she had just survived, caught nearly everyone off guard. Credit: Merced SPCA"One of the things that touched us most was how incredibly sweet Momma Muffin was from the very beginning," Lyric, of Merced SPCA, shared with LoveMeow. "Even after everything she'd been through, she greeted us with kindness and trusted us almost immediately."The rescue named the family the Breakfast Bunch, since everyone got a breakfast-themed name. Mom is Muffin, and her five kittens were Waffles, Pancake, Omelet, Biscuit, and Toast. Waffles, Pancake, Omelet, Biscuit, and ToastCredit: Merced SPCAAll five kittens were extremely emaciated on intake, showing signs of illness and in urgent need of nutritious food, medical care, and medication. When the rescue's veterinarian examined Muffin the next day, they found something the team had not expected. She had been shot with a BB gun just days before her rescue. Although it didn't faze Muffin, the rescue team knew she needed extra care. Pancake, the smallest and sickest of the litter, did not survive. "She was tiny. She was sick. She was severely emaciated. She never got the chance to be a kitten," the rescue shared with great compassion.Losing her was heartbreaking for the whole team and for her foster family. Her short life was filled with love, warmth, and safety, and she remains part of the Breakfast Bunch. "Rest easy, little Pancake," the rescue wrote. "You were loved, and you mattered more than you'll ever know." Credit: Merced SPCAOnce vets confirmed a BB pellet was still lodged in Muffin's body, the rescue team made preparations for surgery. The community responded quickly, with donations coming in from people who had been following her story. When the day finally came, veterinarians expected to find one pellet. They found three!While she was under anesthesia, she was also spayed and vaccinated, giving her a fresh start in a single visit instead of needing another procedure down the road. Credit: Merced SPCA"The biggest change we've seen is how relaxed she's become," Lyric shared. "She no longer has to worry about protecting her babies every second of the day." For the first time since anyone can remember, her only job is to be a cat.She has taken to claiming the softest bed in the room before anyone else can, and she has turned out to be unapologetically food-motivated, the kind of cat who hears a treat packet crinkle from another room and comes running. Toys that would have meant nothing to a mother watching five hungry mouths now hold her attention for as long as anyone will play with her. Credit: Merced SPCAShe still checks on her kittens constantly. It is instinct more than necessity now, a habit built during weeks when checking on them was the only thing standing between her babies and disaster, and it has not left her just because the danger has.Watching her play and enjoy being a cat for the first time has been one of the most rewarding parts of her recovery for the people caring for her. Waffles, Omelet, Biscuit, and ToastCredit: Merced SPCAThe rest of the Breakfast Bunch is thriving. Waffles, Omelet, Biscuit, and Toast are growing into happy, playful kittens with personalities of their own. Toast in particular has become the instigator of every wrestling match, launching at a sibling without warning and immediately looking pleased about it. With all four of them flourishing, Momma Muffin has finally been able to put her energy toward healing instead of watching every corner of the room.Momma Muffin spent weeks with nothing standing between her kittens and the world except her own body. Now, for the first time, it is her turn to be looked after. Credit: Merced SPCAShare this story with your friends. View more on Momma Muffin, the Breakfast Bunch, and Merced SPCA on Instagram @mercedspca and Facebook.Related Story: Cat Devoted Herself to 5 Kittens in Kennel, Everything Changes for Better When Person Takes Them inLoveMeow may earn a small commission from purchases made through links in this article at no additional cost to you.

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The face of a young woman crowned with a laurel wreath, buried in elaborate clothing and unusual cork sandals, has appeared nearly 1,700 years after her death.She is one of 16 people from Aquincum, a Roman-era city in present-day Hungary, whose faces have been reconstructed for "Once We Were Like You," a new exhibition at the Aquincum Museum in Budapest. The display pairs skulls excavated in and around the ancient city with scientifically informed approximations of how their owners may have looked in life.Six of the reconstructions are hyperrealistic silicone models, complete with artificial eyes, human hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and, in some cases, beards. The exhibition, which runs through Oct. 31, includes men, women and a child who lived during the region's period of Roman rule."The face is the most important feature for recognizing a person," Emese Gbor, a forensic facial reconstruction specialist who sculpted the silicone faces, told Live Science in an email. Although a skull cannot reveal every detail of a person's appearance, reconstruction lets museum visitors encounter the faces as those of "a real human being rather than as skeletal remains," she said.The entrance to the "Once We Were Like You" exhibit at the Aquincum Museum in Budapest. (Image credit: Gbor Lakos Aquincum Museum Budapest)Rebuilding a Roman faceAquincum stood on the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire in what is now Budapest. The city was home to a diverse population in the first through fourth centuries, and genetic and archaeological analyses of the individuals in the exhibition point to connections with regions including present-day Italy, Scotland and Syria, as well as Sarmatian groups from the Eurasian steppe and Celtic communities that lived in the region before Roman rule.The remains of those who lived here have also been unearthed, and continue to be discovered today during the excavation of cemeteries," according to a statement from the museum. Creating a reconstructed face begins with a high-resolution 3D CT scan of the original skull. Specialists then produce an exact 3D-printed replica, allowing experts like Gbor to work without repeatedly handling or disturbing the ancient remains."The latest scientific advances including 3D scanning, CT imaging, archaeogenetic (ancient DNA) analysis and facial approximation research are incorporated whenever possible," she said."If a hyper-realistic reconstruction is required, I create a mould and cast the face in coloured silicone, finishing it with real human hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and, where appropriate, a beard," she said. ARC-heo art-REKO StudioARC-heo art-REKO StudioARC-heo art-REKO StudioARC-heo art-REKO StudioARC-heo art-REKO StudioAncient DNA can sometimes provide additional clues about pigmentation, including probable eye, hair and skin color. But the results are still approximations, not portraits. For instance, hairstyle, expression and many details of the persons appearance are usually more speculative.The woman with the laurel wreathOf all the people she reconstructed, Gbor said she found it especially difficult to forget the woman known as the Jablonka Road mummy.The woman's skeleton was relatively well preserved, but the soft tissue on her face had decayed, leaving only the skull. A laurel wreath still rested on her head, and, according to Gbor, her burial contained fine clothing, a spindle for weaving, bird-shaped cork sandals and a painted male portrait that had been placed near her feet. Archaeologists have suggested that the portrait may have represented her husband or father, although his identity is unknown.The silicon reconstruction of an ancient construction worker. (Image credit: Gbor Lakos Aquincum Museum Budapest)"Based on these details, the archaeological context and the anthropological data, it was the archaeologists who pieced together her story while I reconstructed her face," Gbor said. "That was very moving."Other individuals selected for the exhibition include those of a young girl who died in childhood and a woman interpreted as a nurse or healer who was buried in a children's cemetery. Some of the other reconstructions include a construction worker, a military officer and a blacksmith. Two women appear to have met particularly violent or punitive ends. They were buried face down with their legs bound together, Gbor said. The exhibition's interpretation associates one woman with an accusation of witchcraft and the other with poisons, although such details are historical interpretations rather than evidence-based findings from the burials.Gbor stands in front of a display showing the reconstructed face of a child from Aquincum. (Image credit: Gbor Lakos Aquincum Museum Budapest)"Every reconstruction is a journey," Gbor said. "As I shape each face, I find myself reflecting on that person's life again and again, and by the end, they no longer feel like anonymous remains, but like real people." Related stories50 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King TutSee how an Incan 'Ice Maiden' comes alive in this step-by-step guide to creating a facial approximationSee the stunning reconstruction of a Stone Age woman who lived 10,500 years ago in BelgiumAnalyses of the skeletons suggest that many of the individuals endured strenuous physical labor, periods of hunger and chronic inflammation. This evidence led museum curators to conclude that many represented the less wealthy inhabitants of Roman society people whose names and experiences were unlikely to appear in surviving written histories.For Gbor, the physical reconstructions offer something that a digital image cannot: Visitors can stand face-to-face with a life-size person, walk around the model and study it from different angles. Her hope is that this encounter encourages visitors to think beyond the scientific data and imagine the full lives that once surrounded the excavated bones."When you see a face, you don't just see bones in a display," Gbor said. "You see a person someone who was born, who grew up, who worked, who loved, who laughed, who struggled, who fought with challenges, who raised children. Some were sick. Not everyone died of illness. Some died in accidents. Some through violence. And eventually, all of them died. That sense of shared humanity helps spark empathy." 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