William Heirens confessed and was convicted for the murder of 6 year old Suzanne Degnan on January 7, 1946. He confessed to 2 more murders but later recanted all 3 confesstions. Better known as the lipstick killer, he left messages written in lipstick begging to be stopped before he could kill again.
Incarcerated at Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon, IL, Heirens had pretty strong arguments concerning his innocence but was never given the new trial he requested. I think he has recently died in prison.
The Black Dahlia was a real murder in Los Angeles. Elizabeth Short, age 22, was found murdered on January 15, 1947, in an empty lot. The body had been cut in half and drained of blood, and even her face was mutilated. Her murderer was never found.
Yes, he has three children, Rachel, Sarah and Joel. Both daughters have law degrees and Joel is a professional golfer and golf club manager
There are literally hundreds, possibly thousands of books that fit that description. Amazon has a large selection of such books online, happy shopping.
Breslin, Russia, September 1, 2004, Muslim terrorists stormed a school taking 1200 people hostage. On the third day some of the planted explosives detinated accidentaly, provoking gunfire from both sides. 326 people were killed, 156 of those were children. 700 were wounded and 26 of the terrorists were killed.
Within the first few hours after the crime was reported to the Modesto Police there was a feeling of unease at Scott Peterson's behavior and to some of his answers to their questions. After his initial interview with Peterson detective Al Brocchini's feelings of unease were turning to suspicion. Over the next weeks it was becoming clear to the detectives that Peterson was not what he appeared. Uncovering past relationships with women while he was still a newlywed added to Peterson's lies he told at the onset of the search made it all but impossible for the police to believe him.
The Old Bailey was founded in 1674 inside the one square mile in the heart of London. Old Bailey has seen 197,745 ciminal trials and more than it's share of beheadings and hangings to name a few. It is still the hub of court procedings inside the city of London. And although it's not as popular as the Ripper Walks it gets it's fair share of tourists each year.
Although Duval was a highwayman he was something of a hero and an inspiration to the masses. The center aisle seemed to be a fitting place for such a great guy.
Skip Porteous (PI) and Robert Blevins claim they have discovered the identity of the famous hijacker. In their book Into The Blast they name the former NorthWest Airline employee Kenneth Christiansen as DB Cooper. Contacted by Christiansen's 77 year old brother Lyle Christiansen they researched Kenneth extensively. He was a former paratrooper in the military and as an employee of the same airline that Cooper hijacked, he knew the plane which allowed him to successfully make the jump and survive.
Although the FBI feels differently, saying Christiansen did not resemble the composite drawings so eliminated him on that evidence alone. Porteous and Blevins were requested by the FBI to forward any evidence they had to back up the claims. They sent an envelope and stamp with DNA but have received no word from. The proof will be in the DNA to either prove or disprove Christiansen was DB Cooper.
Interesting Fact:At the time of the hijacking Christiansen was not working steady due to a strike. After the crime Christiansen suddenly bought a house in Bonney Lake, WA and paid cash.
The 1964 Genovese murder in itself was not that unusual. Murders are an everyday occurance in New York City. What was shocking about this murder was over a 35-minute period, Kitty Genovese was stabbing while at least 37 neighbors heard her screaming, begging for help, as her killer came back not once but twice to stab her a total of three times, the last time fatally. After the final attact, one neighbor did call police, but not until he had called a friend in Nassua County to ask his advice. It was finally decided that calling the police would be the right thing to do. When the neighbors were asked why they didn't call police when Genovese first screamed for help the replies were: 'I don't know' OR 'I was tired. I went back to bed.'
The rest of the country was horrified at the coldness of these New Yorkers. After this steps were taken to encourage people to 'get involved'. Are we not 'our brothers' keeper?'
I have seen that movie and Hayward won an Oscar for her role as Barbara Graham, but although the movie was inspired by the true story, the similarity stops there. Graham was convicted of killing an elderly woman in an attempted house robbery. Without provocation, Graham beat the poor woman senseless, until she finally bashed the woman's head so badly there was no possiblity for life.
As it turned out, the woman had no money or expensive jewelry, they just had their information mixed up. On June 3, 1955, Graham and her partners in crime were executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison in San Francisco, CA.
The original Peacemaker was a single-action Colt 45, owned by Wild Bill Hickok, serial #139345. Hickok was supposed to have killed 14 men with this gun in the last 2 years of his life. Hickok was murdered by Jack McCall when McCall shot him in the back of the head while Hickok was playing poker on August 2, 1876.
On July 14, 1882 in Fort Sumner NM a young man was killed with this same gun. The dead man was none other than Billy the Kid, aka William Bonney. The Kid was killed by lawman Pat Garrett. After Hickok's death his sister gave his beloved Peacemaker to a family friend, which happened to be Garrett. Talk about a small world.
When Sheriff Garrett retired from law enforcement he gave the gun to a friend and gun collector Fred Suttun of Oklahoma City, OK. Since then it has been passed from one collector to another. Where it is now is anybody's guess.
Perry was raised by his alcoholic mother after she left his abusive father. She died from alcohol related health problems when Perry was around 13. Two of his siblings commited suicide and a remaining sister broke all contact with him. It left him pretty much without a family. It sounds like there were some serious mental health issues at play with a majority of the immediate family.
The likelihood that Scott Peterson will confess is extremely small. Peterson's personality type dictates that he stick to his story. He has his staunch supporters (his mother for one) and the facade must be maintained. Peterson is laboring under the illusion that just because he says it, that makes it true. Unfortunately, this does not change the facts.
The only illusion Scott Peterson ever had was that being innocent meant he could never be convicted. Like many more, he has now found out that this is not true.
The state spent $11 million, including $1 million on a search of the bay which proved, like the rest of the evidence, that his wife's body was not there at that time.
The only 'evidence' the state ever offered against him was that he knew Laci Peterson. Nothing else was ever proven. None of the evidence fits the state's case or any variation of it. All of the evidence fits a failed fetal abduction.
Scott Peterson cannot offer any evidence about the crime since he knows nothing about it. In this he is joined by the Modesto PD who ignored all evidence which led away from him - which was all that there was.
Scott Peterson cannot confess because he is not guilty.
On the morning of January 24, 1941 the body of Josslyn Hay, the Earl of Erroll, was found shot in the head, in a car outside Nairobi near Happy Valley, an upper-class enclave of English residents living in Kenya during WWII. One suspect was tried but aquitted until years later when a writer, James Fox, revived the cold case and solved the mystery. The killer was Sir Jock Delves Broughton. Broughton's estranged wife was involved with Hay and there lies the motive. He was brought to trial but was aquitted of the crime. He never was able to reunite with his wife and died a lonely, broken man.
Leob and Leopold were teenages from affluent familys in the 1920s. The both were highly intelligent and supremely spoild rich kids. They killed a young boy named Bobby Franks just for the fun of it. When a pair of distinctive eye glasses were discovered near the murder site they were traced back to the 2 young men their fate was sealed. They were both convicted and barely escaped the death sentence. Their attorney was Clarence Darrow.
The Lindberg's first son's name was Charles Lindberg, Jr.
Steve Thomas wrote a book about the Ramsey murder. Thomas was one of the first detectives that arrived at the Ramsey home the morning her 'kidnapping' was reported by Patsy Ramsey. He remained on the case for 18 months before he resigned his position as a homicide detective.
**Keith Jessperson, a long haul truck driver from Northern California, was picking up women and girls in his truck, killing them and then dumping the bodies all over the nation's highways. The killings finally stopped when he turned himself in to police. When he was being booked, the police found a severed human (female) breast in the pocket of his jacket. Interesting fact:There are some experts that believe Jessperson turned killer because of several serious head injuries, including one from a motorcycle wreck while he was in the service.
Marilyn Sheppard was the wife of Dr. Sam Sheppard, a young neurosurgeon in Ohio. In the early hours of July 4,1954, Dr. Sheppard said he heard his wife's screams but was unable to help her because he was knocked unconscious by an intruder. Marilyn was murdered, not by her husband, but by a psychopath -- a man who had a history of violence perpetrated against women -- but Cleveland authorities (particularly Cleveland Press Editor Louie Seltzer and Coroner Sam Gerber) were blind to the obvious evidence that proved Dr. Sam's innocence. The Dr. was arrested and tried for the brutal murder. He was found guilty and imprisoned until, 10 years later, he was retried and acquitted of all charges. But he could never regain his former life and died on April 6, 1970.