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Post by theczar on Jan 1, 2017 7:31:15 GMT -5
Happy New Years everyone. As those who've been here long enough can tell, I've not been as active on the site as I used to be. This year has not been the greatest for me. Lots of issues going on regarding my life. Many of these were my fault, and choices I made that weren't the smartest. I pretty much took my health and sanity for granted and damn near had a breakdown not long ago. Right now I believe I'm in a better position than I used to be, and hopefully I can participate here more than I was. AMW was once a huge part of my life, and even the Hunt I enjoy. I'm thinking by posting here more, i can interact more and get myself better.
I don't want to get preachy or anything like that; but I want to end with this. To all you guys and girls here: if you don't have any certain vices that will cost money or health, don't start them. If you don't drink, smoke, gamble etc, don't ever start. You can and will lose everything you had, whether it's friendships you've had for years, relationships with family members, and whatever respect you had.
All right, I'm done. Here's hoping 2017 is a better year.
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Post by theczar on Jan 21, 2016 12:29:02 GMT -5
Lee was profiled several times back in 2002 and 2003 when he was still the "Unknown Baton Rouge Serial Killer." John Walsh even named him his #3 most wanted fugitive of 2002, rare for an unknown fugitive. He was caught in 2003 and sentenced to death shortly after. Right now, it doesn't seem like foul play is considered.
This, to me, is one of the problems with the death penalty in this country. Lee was sentenced to death over a decade ago, and I don't think they were even close to setting an execution date. In cases like this, where everyone knows this guys guilty, execution shouldn't take forever. I'm not saying it should be like the 30s, where you were convicted and dead within a few months, but it shouldn't take decades. Now Lee, this piece of trash, has avoided the punishment he truly deserves.
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Post by theczar on Jan 21, 2016 12:20:45 GMT -5
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Convicted south Louisiana serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has died, officials confirmed Thursday morning. Pam Laborde, spokeswoman with the Louisiana Department of Safety and Corrections, said Lee died shortly before 9 a.m. Lee was taken to the hospital on Saturday due to a medical condition, according to Laborde. Lee, 47, has been linked to DNA to the deaths of multiple women. He has been convicted in two of those deaths. In 2004, he was sentenced to death in the 2002 first-degree murder of Charlotte Murray Pace, 22, of Baton Rouge. She was a graduate student at LSU at the time of her death. Lee was also convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in the January 2002 killing of Geralyn DeSoto. Lee is suspected of killing seven women between 1998 and 2003. The other murders include Pam Kinamore, Gina Wilson Green, Carrie Lynn Yoder and Trineisha Dene' Colomb. Prosecutors believe Lee also killed Randi Mebruer from Zachary. m.wafb.com/wafb/db_345758/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=FQL8F933
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Post by theczar on Jan 10, 2016 21:21:13 GMT -5
I'm very surprised Guzman was captured alive. The amount of embarrassment his escape caused Mexico, it would've been much easier to shoot him dead, claim he drew on them. Hopefully, they send him here, where we can maybe keep a hold of him.
As for Penn, they're pretty much confirming his interview helped track him down. I'd keep an eye out if I was him.
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Post by theczar on Aug 3, 2015 11:19:08 GMT -5
Wanted to bump this thread since this past month was the 30th anniversary since Bare escaped from prison. I also found out a couple of updates. According to the Unsolved Mysteries wikia page, Sherry's mother died in 2011, without seeing justice for her daughter's death. Also, Jeffrey Burgess, who was with Bare and Sherry at the time of the murder and was also arrested but never brought to trial, died back in 2012. And back in 2002, a judge ordered that fingerprints be taken from a man named "Richard Presnell" who they believed could've been Bare under a false name. However, he fled before authorities could fingerprint him. There have also been tips that Bare has been seen disguised in North Carolina within a couple of years, especially at funerals for relatives. I also saw that the FBI took him off their Most Wanted page under "Murders." I'm guessing the FBI is no longer looking for him. This case always seemed like a clear-cut case of family hiding family. I just don't get why 1. Someone would hide someone for 30 years (you'd think after 5 or 10 that they would simply move on and leave them be) and 2. That there is not one person in the Bare family who wouldn't give him up. Bare seemed like a bum, are we supposed to believe every single family member (cousins, brother-in-laws, aunts, etc) all liked Richard enough to hide him from the FBI for 30 years? This leads me to believe that he's probably away from North Carolina, living on his own (for how long though is anyone's guess). And if he's supposedly appearing at funerals for family members, you would think authorities would quietly conduct surveillance to see who shows up. This just seemed like an easy capture. Very surprised he's been on the run this long. unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Bare
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Post by theczar on Mar 27, 2015 14:25:32 GMT -5
I have always been of the belief that the Zodiac killer will be our "Jack the Ripper" so to speak. I honestly don't believe we will ever identify the Zodiac killer beyond a reasonable doubt of proof. And while I know many of people have tried to identify the Zodiac killer, it's all for naught, IMO. Unless you have someone who matches the DNA evidence, the handwriting, and the composite sketch, you're just wasting everyone's time. Until I read "DNA from confession letters matches man who admitted to Zodiac murders." in a newspaper, IMO, you're just another long list of people who're just wasting time.
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Post by theczar on Mar 27, 2015 14:14:24 GMT -5
Unfortunately, this seems like an ex-lover/relationship gone bad. But, there's something that tells me that she would probably would've told someone if someone was giving her trouble. I don't think they're many relationship murders where someone wasn't told that the other person felt uncomfortable about the significant other. Then again, I've seen worse. Hopefully, this case will get solved, especially since this murderer doesn't seem like someone who'll stop at one murder.
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Post by theczar on Mar 22, 2015 21:01:34 GMT -5
The Zodiac killer is one of, if not the most famous unsolved murder case in the last 50 years. Despite the large number of murder victims the killer claimed to have taken, he is only to have known to have killed at the very least 5 victims in the late 60's. Despite the long manhunt, he has never been properly identified.[/p]
The first known murders of the Zodiac were that of Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday in December 1968. Police speculated that a car parked next to the couple, who were at a known "lovers lane" after a date. It's believe a man ordered the couple out of the car, and when Faraday was leaving the car, he was shot in the head. Fleeing from the killer, Jensen was shot five times in the back. The killer then drove off. In July 1969, Darlene Ferrin and Michael Mageau were parked at a park not far from the first murder site. A car parked aside them, drove off, but then returned not long after. The driver walked up to the car, shined a flashlight at the couple, and fired at the couple with a 9 mm Luger. The killer walked away, but after hearing Mageau moan, he returned and shot each victim twice before leaving. Ferrin died at the hospital, but Mageau survived despite multiple gunshot wounds. Shortly after the shootings, a man called the Vallejo Police Department and claimed responsibility for the shootings, as well as for the Jensen and Faraday murders.
About a month after the murders, a letter was sent to three different newspapers. The letter claimed credit for both the shootings and contained a coded letter which the killer claimed would reveal his identity. The killer demanded the letter be printed on the front page of each paper, or he'd kill at least a dozen people over the weekend. One paper did publish the letter, and the threatened murders did not happen. A week later, one paper, The San Francisco Examiner, received another letter. In this letter, the killer not only first identified himself as the Zodiac, but also contained details of the murders that were never released to the public. The next day, a couple living nearby were able to crack the code. It did not contain the killer's name, but claimed he was collecting souls for the afterlife. In late September 1969, college students Bryan Hartnell and Cecelia Shepard were picnicking when a man approached them wearing a black executioner's-type hood with clip-on sunglasses over the eye-holes and a bib-like device on his chest that had a white 3"x3" cross-circle symbol on it, carrying a gun. He claimed he was an escaped prisoner, had murdered a prison guard, and had stolen a car. He claimed he needed their car and money to get to Mexico. He demanded Shepard tie up Hartnell, and then he tied up Shepard. The man then pulled out a knife and stabbed both of them. After the attack, the killer called the sheriff's department and confessed to the attack. Police were able to lift a print from the phone, but were never able to link it to anyone. Hartnell and Shepard were taken to a hospital; Hartnell survived, but Shepard died two days later. On Hartnell's car was a message written by the killer, which included the dates of the two other attacks.
Two weeks later, eye-witnesses reported that a taxi driver, Paul Stine, had been shot by a passenger. The killer took Stine's wallet and keys, as well as a piece of his blood-stained shirt. Witnesses saw the killer wipe down the cab before walking away. Not far from the scene, police stopped a man who they suspected of trespassing. But because the police radio identified the murder suspect as an African-American male, they ignored him. The witnesses came up with a composite sketch, but no suspects came up. A few days later, the San Francisco Chronicle received another letter from the Zodiac, which contained not only a piece of Stine's shirt as proof he was the killer, but also a threat to attack a school bus full of children. Over the next few months, the Zodiac sent multiple letters, some in code, to newspapers and lawyers, issuing more threats and giving details of his murders. In March 1970, Kathleen Johns was driving towards Modesto when a car behind her began honking and flashing its lights. After they pulled over, the driver claimed he noticed one of her wheels was loose, and offered to fix it. After finishing, the man drove off, but when Johns began to drive away, the wheel came completely off. The driver came back and offered her and her daughter a lift to a gas station for help. For almost 2 hours, they passed several gas stations, but didn't stop. He wouldn't answer her when he asked why they weren't stopping. When they reached an intersection, Johns jumped out of the car with her daughter and hid in a field until the driver drove away. While at a police station, she recognized the driver as resembling the composite sketch of Paul Stine's killer.
Throughout the year, the Zodiac sent more letters to newspapers. The letters contained, among others things: threats to use bombs in his next attacks, claims that he had killed more people, coded letters that claimed to reveal where he hid bombs (although they were never decoded, the alleged bombs never went off), and credit for the Johns abduction. In October 1970, Chronicle reporter Paul Avery received a threatening letter from the Zodiac, as well as an anonymous letter which attempted to link the Zodiac with the Riverside murder of Cheri Jo Bates. Bates was beaten and stabbed to death near a college library back in October 1966. A month later, Riverside police and the local paper received letters claiming responsibility, giving details only the killer could know, as well as stating that Bates wouldn't be the last. At the library where Bates was found near, a poem was found carved in a desk. Over the years, investigators speculated that the poem's language and handwriting resembled the Zodiac's. A few months after the Bates' murder, her father, the police, and the paper received another letter, claiming there would be more deaths. The copies the police and paper received had a scribble at the bottom that resembled a Z. In March 1971, the Zodiac sent a letter giving the police credit for finding his "Riverside activity", but claimed there were many more. It should be noted that the Zodiac has never been 100% tied to the Bates murder. Also in March 1971, a letter believed to be sent from the Zodiac appeared to take credit for the disappearance and presumed murder of Donna Lass, a nurse who was last seen late at night in September 1970, after work. Lass has never been found, and it was later revealed that the letter was a forgery. It's now believed Zodiac had nothing to do with Lass' disappearance.
After a brief silence, the Zodiac wrote one last letter, in which he claimed to have killed 37 people at that point. Since then, several letters have been sent to newspapers, but none that have officially been tied to the Zodiac. The official number of victims attributed to the Zodiac is 5, although his real number may never be known, as he claimed to have killed many more. Since the murders, several suspects have been brought in and ruled out. Robert Graysmith, who worked as a cartoonist for the Chronicle during the murder spree, pushed forward in his book that Arthur Leigh Allen, a convicted child molester, as the killer, based on circumstantial evidence. However, DNA evidence from the envelopes sent by the killer did not match Allen, and although some claim he's still a suspect, he's no longer considered to be the killer.
Thoughts? Last year, a man claimed that his deceased father was the Zodiac killer. There's been plenty of people online who claim their father/uncle/grandfather, etc., was the killer. I think the old AMW forums had plenty of those people. Honestly, I have no theories as to who it is. Although Allen was a good guess, I think it's more likely he's not the killer. I would say though that it is very likely that the killer is still alive. If he was in his 30's at the time, he would be in his late 70's or early 80's today. Of course, I personally don't think this guy stopped on his own. If he didn't die soon after the crime, he may have gotten locked up for some other crime.
Thoughts?
www.biography.com/people/zodiac-killer-236027
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Post by theczar on Mar 20, 2015 12:44:30 GMT -5
Never bought the suicide theory. I know of cases where people have slit their own throats, and even strangled themselves, but to stab yourself that many times, especially in the groin area? That's a bit much. Again, with most murders of attorneys, it seems like it could more than likely be a case where someone sent away by Luna decided to get revenge. The curious part is the other blood type found at the scene. I'm positive the FBI tested it against convicted offenders. That may rule out any people imprisoned by Luna. But that doesn't mean someone sent away couldn't have hired someone not in the system to take out Luna. All in all, its just a shame that the FBI seems to have forgotten about this case.
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Post by theczar on Mar 20, 2015 12:34:33 GMT -5
Police are still looking for the unknown killers of Mickey and Trudy Thompson back in 1988. From the unsolved mysteries site: Mickey Thompson was a legend in the world of auto racing. Among his many innovations were the “slingshot” dragsters. His home-built “Challenger” was the first car to break the 400 miles per hour mark. Mickey was also a pioneer in promoting off-road racing. Mickey’s son, Danny Thompson, recalls his father’s natural drive: “A good description of my dad was he was flat out all the time, and I mean, he was pedal to the floor; that’s the way he spent his life. He loved to go fast. He loved racing. I think the businesses were a way to help him continue to race.” Sometimes, Mickey’s obsession with speed drove him too far. A speedboat accident paralyzed him from the waist down. Doctors said that he would never walk again. With the support of his wife, Trudy, he made an incredible recovery and returned to business as usual. Mickey developed an extremely profitable stadium-racing venture. But the deal, with business partner Michael Goodwin, went sour. It ended up in a nasty lawsuit. According to Collene Campbell, Mickey’s sister, Mickey told her that he and his wife had received death threats: “He had called me on the phone, and he said, ‘Sis, I'm really concerned.’ And I said, ‘What's the matter, Mick?’ And he said, ‘I'm afraid Goodwin's gonna hurt my baby," meaning his wife Trudy.” Mickey and Trudy lived in Bradbury, California, an affluent rural community located near Los Angeles. On the morning of March 16, 1988, the peaceful quiet was shattered by the sound of gunfire. The shots came from Mickey Thompson’s home. At the bottom of the driveway, sheriffs found Trudy shot to death. A few yards away, near the garage, Mickey Thompson was also found, dead. When Trudy was killed, she was wearing over $70,000 worth of jewelry. She and her husband were carrying $4,000 in cash. But nothing had been taken. Robbery was an unlikely motive.[/p] Police were able to learn that one of the neighbors was a witness. Appearing on Unsolved Mysteries with his identity disguised, the witness described what he and his wife heard that morning:
“When we heard the shots, we literally jumped straight out of the bed. And I ran over to the window to see where the shots were coming from. There was probably about 15 seconds of silence. And at that time we heard Mickey screaming, ‘Please don’t hurt my wife, please don’t hurt my wife.’”
Mickey Thompson’s sister, Colleen, had a possible scenario:
“My belief is that when Trudy got in the van and backed it out, the people that murdered them were waiting in the bush and Mickey just didn’t have a chance. He walked right into where they were.”
The witness again:
“The next thing we heard was another series of shots and silence again.”
The police theorized that when Mickey came out through the garage, he was confronted by the gunmen. One of them immediately shot Mickey, while the second approached Trudy. Mickey was forced to watch as the second gunmen shot his wife. Mickey was then executed as well.
The witness said he also saw the gunman:
“After the second series of shots, I saw two black men on 10 speed bikes pedaling as fast as they could to get out of here.”
The two suspects were dressed in jogging suits. They were between 20 and 30 years of age and were approximately six feet tall. Police are certain that they were hired to do the killings.
After investigating the case for 13 years, police arrested Thompson’s former business partner, Michael Goodwin, and charged him with the double murder. Lt. Daniel Rosenberg layed out the case against Goodwin:
“We do believe that Mr. Goodwin orchestrated the murders, we believe he planned the murders, and we believe that his motive was based on a personal vendetta, along with financial gain.”
Goodwin’s lawyer, Jeffrey Benice, says his client was falsely accused:
“There is simply no evidence, nor has there ever been, that implicates Mike Goodwin in the murders. They key innuendo or motive has always been the alleged civil dispute between Mike Goodwin and Mickey Thompson. Mike negotiated a settlement with Mickey Thompson. There are third-party witnesses that confirm that.”
However, an eyewitness came forward and said Goodwin was seen sitting in a station wagon in the Thompson’s' neighborhood, spying on them with binoculars several days before the murders.
Michael Goodwin pleaded not guilty, but the jury didn’t buy his story. At his trial, they heard that Goodwin had bragged that he would, quote, “Have Mickey Thompson wasted.” Further, he had left the country right after the murder.
Michael Goodwin was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. The police are still trying to identify and prosecute the two gunmen. A one million dollar reward is being offered in this case.
Thoughts? It appears that Goodwin more than likely had a middleman hire the two killers; that way, he could never identify them even after a conviction. According to the unsolved mysteries wikia site, it was believed the two killers may have fled to Florida, and then made their way to the Caribbean Islands. Unfortunately, unless Goodwin decides to one day give up who he knows is also involved in this case, I don't see these two men getting arrested. Especially after almost 30 years.
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Post by theczar on Mar 15, 2015 18:42:57 GMT -5
My vote's for Jason Derek Brown. I feel he's the perfect addition since he's probably the one who'd be the most likely to be captured, and yet he's still on the run after 10 years. They've had a lot of leads on him, and who knows if they'd even get that far if he wasn't on the list.
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Post by theczar on Mar 15, 2015 4:48:14 GMT -5
Police are still looking for the unknown killer of 16 year-old Molly Bish, who disappeared in 2000, and who's remains were found 3 years later. In the summer of 2000, Molly Bish began working as a lifeguard at Comins Pond in Warren, Massachusetts. On June 27, Molly's mother dropped her off at work. A few hours later, the police called her and said that no lifeguard had been present that day. When her mother arrived at the pond, she found Molly's belongings left at the beach, but no sign of her. At the time, the largest and most expensive search for a missing person in Massachusetts history was conducted, but Molly remained missing. Her mother remembered that the day before she went missing, she noticed a suspicious man sitting in a white Sedan, smoking and watching the two of them. When she returned to her car later, the man was still there. The next day, she noticed the man and the car were nowhere to be found. A worker at the pond later told police he noticed a similar car hanging around before Molly and her mother arrived. Another worker at a cemetery located across from the pond also mentioned a similar car lurking around in the area. Police believed the pathway from the cemetery to the pond was where Molly was abducted. With the help of her mother, police were able to draw up a composite sketch of the man, but they still came up empty. In 2003, searchers discovered Molly's remains a few miles from her home. This came after a man remembered finding a bathing suit in the woods, one that matched the one Molly wore. In 2009, police identified Rodney Stanger as a suspect. Stanger was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in Florida, but lived a few miles from Warren at the time of Molly's disappearance. He resembled the composite sketch, was said to have access to a similar car, fished in Comins Pond, and also hunted in the woods where Molly was eventually found. He has never been charged in the Bish case. Police also suspect there might be a connection to the Bish case and that to the 1993 murder of 10 year-old Holly Piirainen. Police questioned Stanger in the case. However, in 2012, it was announced that forensic evidence found near Holly was linked to David Pouliot, who died in 2003. Pouliot, however, has only been referred to as a "person of interest." Interestingly, shortly after Holly went missing, her parents received a letter from a 10 year-old Molly Bish, who expressed hope that they would find her. In 2011, another man, Gerald Battistoni, was identified by a private investigator as a suspect in both the Bish and Piirainen murders. Shortly after, Battistoni, who is serving time for raping a teenage girl in the 1990's, attempted suicide. He later died of a heart attack in November, 2014. He was never been charged in either case. Thoughts? This is a case that I'm surprised AMW stopped profiling. They featured Molly Bish many times when she was missing, but only aired her once (if I recall correctly, don't quote me) after her body was found. Unfortunately, like with many cases, this suffers from there being too many likely suspects. Stanger seems like the likely one, but unless they get solid proof he was responsible, I don't think they'll be able to charge him any time soon. www.telegram.com/article/20141113/NEWS/311139804&Template=printartwww.necn.com/news/new-england/Just-One-Piece-New-Push-for-Clues-in-Molly-Bish-Case-278909721.htmlAdmin Note #1: According to online articles, Anyone with information that could help is asked to call the Molly Bish investigation hotline at: (877) 298-5155.www.necn.com/news/new-england/_NECN__Family_of_Molly_Bish_Pushes_for_New_Information_in_Unsolved_Case_NECN-251505051.htmlAdmin Note #2: If you have any news-related updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form
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Post by theczar on Mar 3, 2015 1:45:31 GMT -5
Despite all the great leads, I unfortunately think this case will forever be in the "unresolved" category. Too much time has passed; potential witnesses are probably long gone, and whoever killed him has probably passed on too. I've always believed that it was a case of a parent killing their child for whatever reason. Unless one parent is still alive and willing to cooperate (unlikely given that it's been almost 60 years), this case will never be solved.
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Post by theczar on Feb 14, 2015 8:56:40 GMT -5
Little update regarding the case. Dara Llorens has been offered a plea deal, but according to her attorney, she will reject any deal that keeps her away from Sabrina. Meanwhile, Sabrina has returned to the US, and according to the private detective Greg hired to track them down, she's adjusting well with her father and her new family. While the fact that she's having a good relationship with her father is terrific news, I find it laughable that Dara still wants to be in her life. She took 12 years of father/daughter time away from Greg, she should be thankful with what she gets. www.myfoxaustin.com/story/28074083/possible-plea-deal-in-sabrina-allen-abduction-case
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Post by theczar on Feb 6, 2015 0:22:13 GMT -5
Yeah, Teo Nguyen was an alias of his. Just edited it to include it.
I remember thinking, when this case first aired, about how poor the photos were of all four attackers. I actually thought Wendy Nguyen's photo was a composite sketch.
And yeah, I was lucky. Just browsing FBI most wanted archive pages when I saw Le's pic was actually up. Before that, I could never find one, so I decided to jump on it. It had also been way too long since I did one.
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