On a cool day in Salt Lake City Utah, Gary "Green River Killer" Ridgway was born. July 7th 1982 was a day that would start the change of history in forensic science, this was the day waitress Amina Agisheff would leave for work and never be found alive again. This event started a killing spree that stretched potentially 19 grueling years. The very next day Ridgway kills Wendy Coffield a runaway teen. About one month later Debra Estes reported a man in a blue and white pickup truck who offered the girl a lift but then brandished a pistol and forced her to pleasure him sexually.
On January 29, 1991, a vile crime occurred in the Heikkila home in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Twenty-year-old Matthew Heikkila, the adopted son of Richard and Dawn Heikkila loaded up a “sawed-off 20-gauge shotgun” (Sullivan). He labeled shotgun shells “Mom” and “Dad”, and shot his parents both in the head. Matthew plotted the murder to get the chance to steal his parent’s credit cards, and treat his girlfriend to a birthday dinner. Matthew then left his parent’s dead bodies on the floor of his home and he and his girlfriend enjoyed a night in NYC.
Moore also tells the story of the little girl shot by one of her classmates and how his home life could have contributed to the shooting. The incident occurred in Buell Elementary School, in Flint, Michigan, where 6 year old Dedrick Owens shot and killed his classmate Kayla Rolland. The boy comes from an unstable household since his mother his never home because she works 2 jobs provided by the welfare-to-work program. At the time, the boy stayed at his uncle’s house since his mother was working two jobs and could not attend to the children, and she was also being evicted from her house. The boys uncle had a history of offense and it was in his house the boy found the gun.
In addition to the harrowing case of Ronald Cotton, the reliability of an eyewitness testimony was recently challenged with the incorrect conviction of Kash Register. While sitting in his parked Chevrolet in 1979, an elderly man named Jack Sasson was viciously robbed of his life when he was shot five times at close proximity (Bazelon). Brenda Anderson, a nineteen year old who occupied an apartment on the same street, informed police that she heard the rowdy sound of gunfire, and when she peered out her window, noticed an African-American man stumbling away from the scene, before turning back and firing further rounds (Bazelon). When Anderson was shown photographs of several young men, she quickly recognized Register, who was a previous classmate
In Cold Blood tells the true story of the gruesome murder of the prominent Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. There was no apparent motive,
It was much better than I had anticipated before reading it. Wes Moore is a strong author who properly used writing mechanics to deliver powerful scenes and great messages. I would say that the main theme of this book is the importance of education in adolescent life and that small things really can make all of the difference. The author Wes Moore 's life appeared very dull in comparison to the other Wes Moore 's; however, it was Wes Moore 's life that would provide quotes that inspire or were otherwise relatable to MAST life. One such quote in the novel was : "In spite of myself, I was impressed.
A horrible tragedy of three ruined lives, a brutally murdered 14 year old, and life imprisonments of two teenage killers (Linder, 1). Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two extremely intelligent young men with a crazed affection for each other, shocked many people by the gruesomeness and the nature of the murder of Bobby Franks. In Chicago, 1924, the radio was just making an entrance into social life, cultural norms were changing as the economy boomed, and traditional views on life began to change to be more contemporary (History.com Staff). Leopold and Loeb were fearless, living the fast life of robbing and conning, when they decided to commit the perfect, unsolvable, murder. They had no want or even reason to kill, but to experience the thrill of adrenaline flow through them (Linder, 2).
The book follows the life of a teenage
The Summer Session at the Devon School can be noticed as the most content portion of this book. Gene and FInny (along with their other friends) are in a carefree state of mind that
“There are currently more than 200,000 cold case murders in the United States alone, a number which rises by around 6,000 each year” (“Uncovered: Unsolved Murders By State”). Roland T. Owen’s case is tragically one of the 200,000 mysteries that have yet to be undone. His story began when he was a young man who was spending the night at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. While fulfilling his stay, his behavior was viewed as odd by a maid and bellboys, but nothing went wrong until a few days later. This was when Owen was found at the death’s door and was sought out by a hotel employee.
Harmon, a sixteen-year-old boy, was accused of felony murder along with James King, age twenty-two. People like Osvaldo Cruz and Richard “Bobo” Evans were called to the stand and readers assimilate the story behind Alguinaldo Nesbitt, the owner of the drugstore who was murdered. During the
A month ago, cops reacted to a local debate at the home of 48-year-old Randall Coffland. On Friday, March 10, they came back to a horrible scene. Coffland had killed his twin girls, submitted suicide, and shot his better half, intentionally abandoning her alive to "endure." Family kill suicides, also called "familicides," are very recognizable to any individual who observes genuine wrongdoing TV or tunes in to podcasts like Sword and Scale. Albeit less normal than different sorts of homicides, they strike specific dread into individuals ' souls.
The structure of the book shows the shaping of the Scout’s character of innocent behavior to maturity. Scout develops her empathy and maturity throughout the book by the reflection of other characters and occurring events.
In the Renaissance time, people began once again to explore the world and the universe. One area of science which made great discoveries during this time was astronomy. Astronomy is the study of planets, stars etc. Kepler was a scientist that studied astronomy and he contributed a lot to find about the 3 laws of the planetary motion.
With the novel being read from a ‘twelve’ year old whose history motivates his understanding, perception and interpretation of the events he encounters and interprets to the reader,
