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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
Parents Abuse Kids to Death After “Terrified” Social Workers Ignored Abuse
Ainlee Labonte died from severe abuse inflicted by her parents AFTER the Department of Children and Family Services received over 55 complaints against the couple in the 18 months leading to the toddler’s death. Thirty-two of the complaints came after concerned neighbors reported domestic violence in the home. On numerous occasions, neighbors heard Ainlee screaming and noticed she was malnourished.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Cowboy Bob: The Unlikely Bank Robber
Cowboy Bob knocked off bank after bank for a one-year period beginning in 1991. Wearing an oversized, 10-gallon hat and pair of black sunglasses, the bank robber with the thick mustache and Santa-like beard committed five bank robberies without a trace before leads led police to Peggy Jo Tallas, a middle-aged woman described as grandmotherly by loved ones. Police never suspected a woman was underneath the disguise. Peggy Jo spent time in prison and went under the radar for years until 2005 when she struck again, this time ending the story of Cowboy Bob after she died by suicide by cop.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Murder of 5-Month-Old Raymond Porfil Jr.
In 2010, eight years before Joann McLeod murdered her 5-month-old son Raymond Porfil Jr. by “extreme abuse and neglect,” three of her children were removed by the Department of Children and Family Services due to child abuse, drug use, and neglect. The children ranged in age. All three went into foster care.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Window Washers
by: Dennis R. Humphreys “Hey Julio. We have some wind today,” his partner, Lance Tannhauser observed. Julio didn't like the window. The height didn't bother him but being up fifty stories outside of a high rise on scaffolding where the wind was even worse, coursing between other high rises, was scary. To make matters worse, he had a partner that would suddenly start shaking the scaffolding and screaming 'we're gonna fall', thinking it was funny. Julio used to be a cliff diver in his home country of Mexico, entertaining the tourists outside of Cancun. He was used to the heights and he was used to the winds there. You could have, to a certain degree, control over both on the cliffs. It seemed here you had no control over the winds or what your partner might do. You had to trust someone else. In Mexico, it was just yourself and nature.
By Dennis Humphreys4 years ago in Criminal
Mom's Head's on the Concrete...Over There
“Mum's head is on the concrete over there? Can they sew the head back on?" Jessica Camilleri asked police this question as she stood in the front yard outside her home. Moments earlier, Jessica attacked her mother, Rita, with knives in the kitchen of their St. Clair home.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Woman Convicted of Murdering Infant Son Complains Inmates in Prison "Bully Her"
When inmates at the Correctional Institute for Women in Iowa learned why Cheyanne Harris was incarcerated, they took action. In an interview for a docu-series titled “Locked Up With Lifers,” Cheyanne says inmates at the prison make her life “a living hell.”
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
When Guns Leave Orphans And Motherless Children We All Should Care
115,551 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides, suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention each year. 38, 826 of those die each year. It’s statistics until it touches close to home.
By Jason Morton4 years ago in Criminal
Man Brutally Murders Girlfriend's New Lover
Steven Vogle beat Michael Williams to death, hanged the man, and then threw his body in a ditch where he lit it afire after his girlfriend ended their relationship so she could date Williams. Vogle later said he acted in rage. He’ll spend the rest of his life in prison after a court sentenced him on first-degree murder in December 2021, one-year post crime.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Parliament
The light of the moon was blinding as Rickard looked up at the night sky. He could not remember the last time he saw the moon as bright as tonight. Though he knew that this moon would most likely be his last. As he thought about it, a tear began to roll down his cheek, and the brisk winter air quickly turned the tear into ice on his face. Rickard closed his eyes to shield them from the light of the moon as he felt his body being pulled over the forest floor. The grunts of his captor could be heard with each and every tug of his body. Rickard tried to struggle once more against his restraints, but it was no use. The knots that bound him weren’t going to give and escape was impossible.
By Jesse Jones4 years ago in Criminal
I Wish You Goodbye: The Christine Gelineau Story
In 2013, Christine Gelineau from Concord, Massachusetts pleaded guilty to first-degree assault against her 19-year-old son. Gelineau left her son with permanent damage and lifelong emotional pain after burning his penis and nipples with a lighter. She was sentenced to 9- to- 30-years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and witness tampering.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
10-Years in Prison for Woman Who Burned Sleeping Boyfriend With Boiling Water. Content Warning.
On January 2, 2021, 22-year-old Alexis Sykes boiled a pot of hot water on the stove. She grabbed the pot of water, turned on the camera on her phone, and walked to the couch where her boyfriend slept in their Roselle (about 40 minutes outside Chicago) apartment.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
