True Crime thread / for Adults only

[Buzz]

This case popped up on my feed and I have not been able to get it out of my mind since. This poor woman did everything right including helping those less fortunate than herself. She paid for her kindness with her life. R.I.P.

True Crime Documentary: The Brutal Murder of Genore Guillory

Genore Guillory was one of the most generous souls in her Louisiana community. And she would pay for it. Her shocking mutilation and murder revealed a fester...

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[Buzz]

‘Midtown Jane Doe' cold case breakthrough comes after 50-year DNA match to 9/11 victim

A cold case murder mystery out of midtown Manhattan is now closer to being solved. The victim, who had been classified as a Jane Doe after she was killed five decades ago has been identified through one of her relatives, who died on 9/11. On West 46th Street between 8th and 9th avenues in Hell’s...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[Garden Kitty]

Is anyone following the Karen Read trial in Massachusetts? The opening statements started today.

 

[Sylvia]

District attorney files response opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team for DNA testing (April 23, 2024):

District attorney files response opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team for DNA testing

The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed new paperwork in court opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team.

abcnews.go.com

The district attorney in Stanislaus County, California, has filed new paperwork in court opposing a motion by Scott Peterson’s defense team -- the Los Angeles Innocence Project -- for DNA testing in the murder case of Laci Peterson and Conner Peterson.
In a more than 300-page filing on Monday, the DA’s office addresses the 14 items the defense is requesting DNA testing for and why they say these have already been tested, litigated, are unrelated, or the burden has not been met to retest them.
Last month, Scott Peterson, who was convicted of killing his wife and their unborn son 20 years ago, appeared in court virtually after the Los Angeles Innocence Project filed three motions in the murder case earlier this year, including one seeking evidence from the original trial.
Laci Peterson, who was 27 years old and eight months pregnant, disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002. Her body was found in San Francisco Bay in April 2003.
Scott Peterson, 51, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife and second-degree murder in the death of their unborn son. He was convicted in 2004 and sentenced to death in 2005. He was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.

 

[Amy L]

Is anyone following the Karen Read trial in Massachusetts? The opening statements started today.

That's a wild case, I don't know what to think about that one. Both sides of the story are kind of nuts. I'm not following it that closely though because I'm way too invested in the Chad Daybell case because I went down a rabbit hole when his wife was on trial last year.

 

[Buzz]

Man's phone call breaks open 58-year-old cold case

James Barbier was taken into custody last week by Calumet City police in Creve Couer, Mo., outside St. Louis, for Karen Snider's murder.

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[Cachoo]

A LOT of skepticism about this suicide:

What happened to South Carolina pastor’s wife Mica Miller? Cause of death released

Mica's death had been the focus of much speculation since it became known that she had died. Her husband was the first to call Mica's death a suicide. Her fr...

youtu.be

 

[Buzz]

Someone else who lost his life because of someone’s sick idea of a joke.

Fake emergency call leads to man's death in Lawrence County

Fake emergency call leads to man's death in Lawrence County

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[Buzz]

This could just as easily go in the good news thread.

Woman gets 5 years in prison for abusing dog

A judge in Tampa sentenced Elizabeth Jaimes to more than five years in prison for repeatedly abusing a dog in her care. The Hillsborough State Attorney calls...

www.youtube.com

 

[viennese]

Is anyone following the Karen Read trial in Massachusetts? The opening statements started today.

Two Boston TV stations are showing the trial live and others are showing it online. Someone in my office is watching it on her desktop.

I have not been following it. A blogger and self-appointed crusader inserted himself into the case and he's got a lot of fans, it seems. He's been charged with intimidating and harassing witnesses.

 

[ilovepaydays]

A LOT of skepticism about this suicide:

What happened to South Carolina pastor’s wife Mica Miller? Cause of death released

Mica's death had been the focus of much speculation since it became known that she had died. Her husband was the first to call Mica's death a suicide. Her fr...

youtu.be

Update: The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI are now involved.

I think it’s clear that it was a suicide, but this pastor………

 

[Buzz]

Algerian man found alive after 26 years in neighbour’s cellar

Officials have arrested a 61-year-old man suspected of keeping him prisoner.

www.bbc.com

 

[Winnipeg]

This could just as easily go in the good news thread.

Woman gets 5 years in prison for abusing dog

A judge in Tampa sentenced Elizabeth Jaimes to more than five years in prison for repeatedly abusing a dog in her care. The Hillsborough State Attorney calls...

www.youtube.com

GREAT!! I wish more animal abusers would face consequences.

 

[Cachoo]

Two Boston TV stations are showing the trial live and others are showing it online. Someone in my office is watching it on her desktop.

I have not been following it. A blogger and self-appointed crusader inserted himself into the case and he's got a lot of fans, it seems. He's been charged with intimidating and harassing witnesses.

NYT weighs in:

‘A Calculating Killer or a Damsel in Distress?’: The Trial Transfixing Boston

Karen Read has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Officer John O’Keefe. But her lawyers say she’s innocent, alleging a cover-up to hide the truth about his death.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Amy L]

I saw some of the clips of the Karen Read trial. I still think it's wild - one of the first responders who testified hearing Read confess seemingly perjured herself about not being friends with the daughter who lived in the house O'Keefe was found it front of. And collecting evidence in red solo cups? Is this how they regularly run law enforcement when no one is looking? I'm not totally sold on the big conspiracy though, I'll wait and see what kind of State's evidence there is against Read.

 

[Cachoo]

I saw some of the clips of the Karen Read trial. I still think it's wild - one of the first responders who testified hearing Read confess seemingly perjured herself about not being friends with the daughter who lived in the house O'Keefe was found it front of. And collecting evidence in red solo cups? Is this how they regularly run law enforcement when no one is looking? I'm not totally sold on the big conspiracy though, I'll wait and see what kind of State's evidence there is against Read.

I keep thinking of the niece/nephew he was raising after they lost their parents. Where are they now?

 

[Garden Kitty]

One thing I've learned for certain at the trial is that my life is boring compared to these witnesses. If I know it's going to snow, I get home early and stay inside until all the roads are cleared. It seems lots of the people are out drinking and driving and not giving the snow a second thought.