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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.
Years of Harassment End in Murder Conviction for Diabolical Killer
36-year-old Dave Kroupa had gotten used to the endless text messages and emails being sent to him by a woman he dated. After all, he’d been getting them for more than three years. At first, they were full of jealousy and hate directed at him and his on and off again girlfriend, but as time passed, they grew increasingly more threatening in nature.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
Camp Fire Girl Rape and Strangulation Cold Case Solved After 62 Years
In March 1959, nine-year-old Candy Rogers went out to sell mints for the Camp Fire Girls in her Spokane, Washington neighborhood. She never returned. Weeks later, her body was found in nearby woods. For 62 years, her killer’s identity has been a mystery. Now, we finally have answers.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
The Ice Cream Man Cometh for His Revenge
On January 23, 2010, Michael Keetley was making his usual rounds through a southeast Hillsborough County neighborhood in his purple ice cream truck when he was robbed and shot. The attack left him partially disabled, with restricted hand movements. In the months that followed, he had multiple surgeries to repair the damage. He underwent one surgery to repair fractured fingers on his left hand and a humerus fracture to his right arm. A little over a month later, he had a bone graft surgery on his left hand and a bullet removed from his back. The following June, he had surgery on his left hand to repair a scar that had formed from bone graft surgery.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
The Cruel Torment and Murder of 6-Year-Old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died on June 16, 2020, at his home in Cranmore Road, Solihull, UK. His death occurred after several months of constant physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother and father culminated in an attack that left the 6-year-old boy with an “unsurvivable” brain injury.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
Man Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years in Prison for Federal Hate Crime
U.S District Judge for the Northern District of California, Edward J. Davila sentenced 45-year-old Ole Hougen to eighty-two months in prison and three years of supervised probation based on the 2009 law known as theMatthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Hougen's crime involves a 2020 knife attack on a Black man while crossing a street in Santa Cruz, California.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
The Horrendous Family Annihilation by Chris Watts
Chris Watts was a man on the surface who looked like he had it all. He had a beautiful wife, Shanann, two beautiful girls and a baby boy on the way. The couple lived in Frederick, Colorado, twenty-seven miles from Denver. He was an operator for Anadarko Petroleum; Shanann worked for a nutrition supplement company online.
By Sam H Arnold4 years ago in Criminal
Dark Strangler — America’s First Known Serial Sex Killer
Earle Nelson was born Earle Leonard Ferral on May 12, 1897, in San Francisco, California. His mother and father died of syphilis while he was still a toddler and he went to live with his maternal grandmother, a devout Pentecostal with two children of her own.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
The “Death House Landlady” Serial Killer
When Trudy Mae and Jesse James Gray welcomed their daughter, Dorothea Helen Gray, into the world, I doubt they could have ever imagined that she’d grow up to be a notorious serial killer. Of course, it might very well be their poor child-rearing skills that led her down that path. Both parents were alcoholics, and Dorothea’s father made a habit of threatening to kill himself in front of the children.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
The Murderess Mistress that Could have Destroyed the British Monarchy
On 10th July 1923, three shots rang out in the Savoy Hotel, London. Prince Kamal Fahmy Bey had been shot by his beautiful wife, Maggie. Three kilometres away, Edward Prince of Wales, later famously known to abdicate the throne to be with Wallis Simpson, was at a function. Little did he know he was about to enter into a race against time to save not only his reputation but that of the monarchy.
By Sam H Arnold4 years ago in Criminal
A Harrowing Murder in Amish Country
Edward Gingerich was said to be a bit of a rebel to the Amish lifestyle into which he was born and raised. When he was to be wed to his future wife, Katie, there were some concerns within the community. Gingerich was a bit of a loner, known to spend an exorbitant amount of time in the woodshop using the limited machinery allowed in the Amish woodworking and interact more freely with the non-Amish people that surrounded the community than he did his own. However, it was believed that a woman such as Katie would be a good influence on him and so they were married on the rainy winter’s day of December 2, 1986.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
What Happened to Birgit Meier? — Answered Three Decades Later
On August 14, 1989, 40-year-old Birgit Meier vanished without a trace from her apartment in Lüneburg, Germany. Birgit worked as a photographer and was married to a successful entrepreneur named Harald, but they were in the middle of a divorce. Birgit was taking the end of the marriage hard. However, their separation seemed to be amicable to those outside the marriage.
By A.W. Naves4 years ago in Criminal
