True Crime Literature

Scott Scurlock, descendant of Doc Scurlock, a chum of William Bonney, aka:Billy The Kid, became the infamous Hollywood Bank Robber. Called Hollywood because of his masks and "costumes" used in his robberies, Scurlock was clever at his work and seemed to have a talent for armed robbery.

Robbing banks in the Seattle, WA area, Scurlock never robbed a single bank in Hollywood or anywhere in California. A surfer boy that got into drugs while living in Hawaii, when the drug money ran dry (partly due to an elaborate lifestyle, including the construction of a fulling functioning treehouse where Scurlock actually lived) Scurlock turned to robbing banks.

It all ended during the holidays, when surrrounded by police, Scott Scurlock shot himself while holed up in a backyard camper after a botched robbery.

From:End of the Dream, The Story of Hollywood Robber by Ann Rule.

Modis operandi (MO) is the method or pattern that a criminal carries out his crime. Many criminals can and do change their MO, sometimes to confuse police. A signature almost never varies. The signature is the phycological need that is fulfilled by committing these particular crimes.

It's a term usually used by prison personel in reference to execution by electric chair. Example:The condemned man is going to 'ride the lightning' tommorw.

It depends on which daughter you are refering to. Simpson's children are as follows:

Arnell dob 12-4-68 (daughter)

Jason dob 9-21-70 (son)

Aaren dob 9-27-77 (daughter) died 1 month before 2nd birthday

From Simpson's 1st wife Maguerite Whitley

Sydney dob 10-17-85 (daughter)

Justin dob 8-6-88 (son)

From Simpson's marriage to Nicole Brown

Possible daughter

Jessebelle Parket dob 3-7-06

Mother not confirmed

Simpson's daughter Aaren drowned in a swimming pool accident.

OJ Simpson was not arrested due to the civil trial. Civil court differs from criminal court and usually the winner receives a monetary settlement for suffering and damages. Simpson was ordered to pay the Browns and Goldmans multiple millions for the death of their loved ones but as far as I know he has never payed a cent. But for the families the civil trial was a victory of sorts. The civil jury found him responsible for the deaths of Nichol Brown and Ron Goldman.

In a couple of areas he did. After a very successful collegiate career in football, he turned pro. He made a lot of money, made a lot of friends, met a lot of people in the entertainment industry. From sportscaster to movies, he turned pro actor (scary, right?).

As a murderer and a stick-up man he wasn't even passably good. He left a trail of evidence from one end of the country to the other.

So if you are talking football and acting he did go pro.

Her DNA profile was recorded with the Boulder medical examiner and local and federal law enforcement.

Under the 'double jeopardy' law Simpson can't be tried again for these murders even if he wrote a book explaining how he did it. Which he did. This law limits the power of overzealous prosecutors and is an important part of our judicial system. But the system is not perfect and there are situations like Simpson's that seem to defy logic. Unfortunately, sometimes individuals can get away with murder.

no body, it was a cross between a figment of someones imagination and another old time American crook in the 30's who did rob a few banks with the help of her 3 sons, although her family name escapes me...

In his criminal trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nichole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman he was aquitted of all charges. In his kidnapping and armed robbery charges' he was found guilty and is doing his time at a max. security prison in Nevada.

This may not include all ax murders but these are some of the better known ones.

-Smuttynose Island March 6, 1875. Two victims, Anethe Christensen and Karen Christensen. Murderd by Louis Wagner.

-Fall River, MA August 4 1892. Two victims, Andrew and Abbey Borden. Daughter Lizzie tried and aquitted.

-Fall River, MA 10 months after the Borden murders. One victim Bertha Manchester, daughter of local dairy farmer. Murdered by Jose Correira.

-New York City, NY April 10, 1836. One victim, Helen Jewett. Richard P. Robinson tried and aquitted.

-Maine July 9, 1806. Seven victims, Betsy Purrinton and 6 of her 8 children. Murdered by husband Capt. James Purrinton

Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi, collaborating with author Curt Gentry.

It proved that no matter whether or not you are guilty, you can win by going to court, especially when the jury is biased.

Very uneventfully. Peterson had been under surveilance so police knew where he was. He was arrested near his country club in San Diego, CA.

He didn't. The murder victim of August 23rd 1961 was called Michael Gregsten, a married man. His lover, Valerie Storie, was raped then shot and left for dead at Deadman's Hill near Bedford. Two suspects were found. The first, Peter Alphon, a strange loner with messianic beliefs, was released when Valerie failed to pick him out. The second, Jimmy Hanratty was identified by Valerie in controversial circumstances and subsequently hanged on April 4th 1962. No motive for Hanratty's alleged part in this crime was ever provided by the prosecution, whereas Alphon, who serially confessed then retracted his guilt for the murder, stated that he had been sent by Gregsten's family to break up his illicit affair with Storie. Jimmy's family - with the support of journalist Bob Woffenden and the Criminal Cases Review Commission, took an appeal back before three law lords in 2002. The appeal was lost on the basis of DNA evidence. This evidencewas far from conclusive and those of us who knew Alphon remain convinced of his guilt. Read Paul Foot's amazing 1971 book on the case - Who Killed Hanratty.

Although it is eerie, people connected with the movie claim the mention of the name Scott Peterson is just a coincident.

It depends which OJ Simpson case you're referring to, his murder trial, his civil wrongful death case, or his kidnapping/armed robbery case. His aquittal for the murder trial stunned and shocked the white community and proved that justice is colorblind after all. The color of money, not skin. The civil trial was a measure of justice for the Brown and Goldman families, and to a smaller degree, Dective Mark Furman. And with his last trial, the kidnapping/armed robbery trial, the community can sleep a little easier knowing Simpson is behind bars for a while.

Ed Gein, the serial murderer from Wisconsin, was the inspiration for the bestselling books Pyscho and Silence of the Lambs which were both made into wildly popular movies.

Williams was LA police commissioner starting in June 1988 to June 1992. He missed all the OJ Simpson fun by 3 years.

If you mean the clothes she was wearing when her body was found (which included PJs and a blanket) they should be with the Boulder Police, kept as evidence, because the Ramsey case is considered an 'open case'. These will be kept until the case is solved, and the guilty party has been convicted.

Any clothes that were not taken for evidence (considered not part of the crime) were kept or disposed of by her parents as they saw fit.

OJ Simpson had several trials. Lets start with the murder trial. Accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman OJ was aquitted of both.

After the non guilty criminal trial, the Brown and Goldman suied Simpson in civil court for monetary damages caused by the death of their loved ones by Simpson. He wasn't so lucky this time. Different jury, different judge, different hair-do on Marsha Clark. Made a big difference this time. Simson was order to pay the damagaes. Which this leads us to his 3 trial.

Trying to confiscate priceless football and sports artifacts that were in someone else's possession, at the end of a gun I might add, Simpson was caught redhanded. So he now sits in prison is Nevada, hopefully reflecting on some personal improvement.

Footnote:Marsha Clark did have a new 'do' but she was not prosecuting at the civil trial. Civil and Criminal are separate courts.

In order for the 3-strikes law to be effective there must be 2 prior felony convictions. Being accused and even having a trial does not constitute a felony. The civil trial that found Simpson guilty of causing the deaths of Nichole Brown and Ron Goldman was a civil not criminal trial and does not apply towards the 3-strikes law.

At first glance these two unsolved cases seem dissimilar. But with a closer look there are distinct parallels which in part account for no resolution to the crimes. Both murders were committed in the home of the victims. In each instance the killer had an intimate knowledge of the houses and their floorplans. The killer spent a great amount of time inside of the home indicating the killer was comfortable inside the homes and comfortable with the families. In both cases it appears that no murder weapon was brought to the crime scenes but came from the homes themselves, another indicator that the killer had knowledge of the houses and their floorplans. The execution of the murders indicated the killer had a relationship with the victims. There was no evidence of forced entry or of a perpetrator making a hasty exit giving weight to the theory that the killer remained in the home until police were alerted. In both cases there is ample evidence that the crime scenes had been staged and/or rearranged after the killings. And in both cases evidence became ineffective due to the fact that the victims lived in the home as did the families meaning that hair, fibers, DNA (in the Ramsey case) ect. were useless because of course the family's left evidence in everday living.

For these reasons at least in part the cases have remained unsolved although logically there is little mystery to either crime. If looking at the evidence and an indept knowledge of criminal behaviour it becomes clear that the killers were known to all the victims. In both cases there is no evidence that there was ever an intruder. In the Ramsey case it was clear almost from the start that there was no kidnapper. In the Borden case it is very unlikely that an intruder would sneak into a house with people moving about from room to room, commit one murder, wait an hour and a half and then commit the second murder, and flee from the house in broad daylight without detection.

It was the perfect example of how not to run your business Simpson got everything he deserved. He didn't think their would be hurt feelings. The way he looked at it he was just stealig his own stuff.

You can find the originator of the crip walk from the book of the cofounder of the crips, Stanley Tookie Williams, in his book Blue Rage, Black Redemption. It is one of the best books I've ever read. The answer if found on page 119. He identifies his friend by his street name, Dancing Sugar Bear. He taught it to Tookie less than a year after the gang had been formed in 1972.

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