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A look back at the untimely deaths of some of the rising stars in the film world. LAILA KHANWhen someone disappears, there is a whole mess of factors to consider. Sometimes, it's a simple as someone stepping out of their old lives and into a new one. Other times, the disappearance smacks of something much more sinister. In history, whole families have vanished out of thin air. Mothers and children have gotten into a car, and driven away, never to be seen again. What makes these cases so startling is the lack of understanding, the denial of closure. Where do these people go? What happens to them? Are they safe? These are questions that no many people can answer. Sometimes, clues left behind tell a story of what had transpired. Other times, everyone left behind are simply that: left behind. The story of Laila Khan had been a story of disappearance, at first. That is until something much more unsettling was revealed. THE MURDER OF ADRIENNE SHELLYAdrienne Shelly was one of Hollywood's most promising young directors and actresses when she was found dead at approximately 5:45 p.m on November 1, 2006. Her husband, Andy Ostroy, discovered the body in the Abingdon Square apartment in Manhattan's West Village that she used as an office. Ostroy had dropped her off that morning but had become concerned because she had not been in contact that day and went to the building, asking the doorman to accompany him to the apartment. They found her body hanging from a shower rod in the bathtub with a bed sheet around her neck. Initially thought to have been a suicide, they would later discover that the actress had been murderedTHE MURDER OF DOMINIQUE DUNNEDominque Dunne appeared in several films and television series from 1979 to 1982, but was best known for portraying the oldest daughter in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist.She seemed destined for stardom until tragedy struck on October 30th, 1982. Dominique was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in