On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home. FBI agents collected fibres from her bedroom and discovered, through the use of laser light sources, a palm print on Polly’s bed. After a massive two-month investigation, the FBI arrested Richard Allen Davis. Would the palm prints and fibres match? From: FBI Files | Real Crime

Her father wanted her to stay at home to cook and clean, but Mary Klass had bigger dreams. Defying both her family and society, she would go on to become one of Singapore's fastest sprinters then. Klass was never paid for her achievements, but relied on sheer determination to run from the Asian Games to the global stage of the Olympics, becoming Singapore's second-ever female Olympian. | AsiaOne