Vernon Evans Evans was sentence the death for because, in 1984, he was convicted and sentenced to death together with drug kingpin Anthony Grandison for the 1983 murders of Susan Kennedy and David Scott Piechowicz and his wife Cheryl (Susan Kennedy's sister) had been scheduled to testify against Grandison at trial on federal drug charges Anthony Grandison
In 1836, the gruesome death of a prostitute encaptivated the public eye and began a newspaper frenzy that centered on a morbid fixation of the life and death of Helen Jewett. Patricia Cline Cohen's The Murder of Helen Jewett pieces together the facts of Helen's life and death in an attempt to describe gender inequality in America by giving a meticulous account of life in the 1830s. (Insert small biography) Around three in the morning on Sunday, April 10, 1836 Rosina Townsend, the madam of the brothel, was spurred from her bed at the south end of Thomas St by a man knocking on the front door.
A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial By Suzanne Lebsock ((New York: W.W. Norton, 2003) Suzanne Lebsock is a historic author that enjoys digging into the past events of the American South. When Suzanne finds something interesting she dives into the history of the event and creates a historic fiction novel, that includes her own ideas and historical facts. Suzanne Lebsock has created more works of art like, “Visible Women: New Essays on American Activism”, “A Share of Honour”, “The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town”, and finally, “A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial”. “A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial” takes place in Lunenburg, Virginia in the year of 1895, where a white woman,
Before the boys ran away to the Church in Windrixville, Johnny Cade was wanted for the murder of Bob Sheldon. Ponyboy was wanted as an accomplice in the murder of Bob Sheldon. Police have sorted through all of the evidence of the scene at the water fountain and through the rubble of the Windrixville Community Church. They have also interrogated multiple witnesses including Cherry Valance and Randy Anderson.
On March 1, 1932, in the Lindbergh’s peaceful home in Hopewell, the son of world-famous aviator Charles Lindbergh Sr. was snatched from his nursery and was later found dead. Charles Lindbergh Jr.’s kidnapping and murder shocked the entire nation, and remains unsolved to this day. After having analyzed many sources, it is evident that Bruno Richard Hauptmann and John Knoll are responsible for the kidnapping and murder of baby Charles Lindbergh Jr., because Hauptmann had a history of using ladders in his past crimes, there are many pieces of evidence proving that two people committed the crime, and there is also a lot of proof to show that John knoll was involved as well. First of all, Hauptmann had a history of using ladders to commit crimes, and a rung of wood in the ladder used it the kidnapping matched the wood in his attic. In the PBS Nova Video, “Who Killed the Lindbergh Baby?”, it states, “He [Hauptmann] did use a ladder to climb into the second story window of the mayor's house and stole some money and watches… history of using ladders to commit crimes.”
Antoine Thomas was the eyewitness who tipped police on the identity of the murderer who killed Luis Cruz, and it was Arthur Bauer. When the police showed up to take Arthur away, Paul seized his chance to stand up to his monstrous elder brother Erik. So, he informed the police that not only was Arthur involved with the murder, but that Erik had given the order to kill,“I saw—I heard Erik Fisher tell him to do it.” In addition to Paul being able to slip the cold and unforgiving grasp of his elder brother, but also to gain the astrayed attention that had been directed at his superstar brother. Now his dad who had been too busy to witness any of his soccer games finally pays attention to his son and even drives him to his first day of school.
Karla Faye Tucker killed two people in 1983. Tucker confessed to the crime, and was executed in 1998. The interesting thing about Tucker’s case, however, is that she claimed to have turned her life around while in prison. She was no longer using drugs, had found religion, and had even gotten married. But none of this was enough to change her sentencing from execution to life in prison.
In Janet Malcolm’s book the Journalist and the Murderer uses element of nonfiction where it gives an observation of the relationship between writer Joe McGinnis and convicted murder Jeffery Macdonald. The elements that Malcolm focuses on through out the paper include the characterization on how McGinnis acted towards MacDonald to earn his trust and change his view of the story; as well as MacDonald as a character himself and McGinnis character no longer having a connection to his subject. Malcolm also focuses on the element, scene versus exposition through out the piece to help give her analysis between the two people as she becomes more involved with the journalist and the Murderer. The characters of MacDonald and McGinnis as told
I and my fellow officers at JMPD(James Madison Police Department) were instructed to investigate the murder of Allen Ripley. From scouring the various articles of evidence and witness testimony we are of the firm belief that we have found the perpetrators. Mr. Ripley’s wife Autumn Ripley worked together with his business partner Matthew Piper and murdered Mr. Ripley on the night of July 10th, 2020, at approximately 11:00 P.M. We are sure of this from Witness statements, administered lie detector tests, and testimonies.
Mr. Giles Corey, one of the most upstanding members of our community, has been allegedly accused of withholding information from the official courts. He “...has six hundred acres, and timber in addition….” (Miller 1316). Mr. Giles Corey is over an astounding eighty years of age and in no condition whatsoever to be held in the jailhouse. His third wife in this lifetime, Goody Martha Corey, has been accused as a witch.
On November 9, 1979, they were ready to give the verdict. The courtroom was silent as the foreman stood to announce the verdict. Cullen Davis, the richest man ever to be tried for murder was found NOT GUILTY…again. Everyone was shocked. The prosecutors were flabbergasted.
Arthur J. Shawcross, a notorious serial killer, claimed to have had a very troubled childhood. Without facts to support, he alleges that he was sexually abused by his mother until he decided to run away in the ninth grade. Later, when Shawcross served in Vietnam, he claimed, although he had never served in combat, that he had beheaded a woman. Upon discharge from the U.S. Army, he returned to Watertown, New York. Arthur Shawcross would go on to murder fourteen year old, Jack Blake and eight year old, Karen Hill in 1971 and 1972 as well as eleven women from 1988 to 1989.
The coldness woke me up. My toes felt numb from the frigid December air and my body ached. I was in my studies, passed out after working on a few homicide cases that ultimately linked back to one guy. I sat up right, yawned, and stretched my arms out as wide as I could, knocking a few of my Archie’s Comics off the shelf and to the wooden floor. I’ll pick that up later.
The Pig Farmer Killer Robert Pickton, a highschool dropout who became a pig farmer, is one of the most notorious serial killers in modern history. He was born on October 24, 1949, in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. From 1997 to 2002, Pickton carried out a killing spree in which he admitted to killing 49 people. However, He was only convicted for the murder of six women and charged with an additional 20 victims; 23 are unaccounted for. In addition, the typical profile of his victims were sex workers and drug addicts from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighborhood.
John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of Abraham Lincoln. Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in Maryland. He became an actor at age 17 and was well known for being in plays (especially Shakespeare). Booth was a part of the Know-Nothing political party. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate secret agent.
