Police and family members believed that Brenda Heist, who disappeared from her Pennsylvania home in 2002, had fallen victim to foul play. In fact, the divorced mother of two had run away from her problems, hitchhiking to South Florida, where she was homeless for two years, lived with a man for seven years, worked day-labor jobs and was homeless for another two years. Last week, the 54-year-old woman contacted police [...]

A 29-year-old woman described by her father as “daddy’s little girl” was killed Monday in the bombings that struck the Boston Marathon. Krystle Campbell, 29, of Medford, Mass., worked as a restaurant manager in Arlington and was described on a Facebook tribute page: “She was beautiful, she was loud, and everyone loved her for it.” Campbell had “head to toe freckles and gorgeous bright red hair” and “was seldom caught not smiling,” friends [...]