On August 4, 2009, George Sodini, age 48, entered a gym of the LA fitness branch in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with four handguns hidden inside a black dufflebag. He entered the gym and headed straight towards the dance aerobics class that was taking place that night. Once inside the room, he opened fire, striking and killing three females and injuring nine others. This included the dance aerobic instructor who was pregnant and the time and was left in critical condition. Sondini used three of the four handguns he brought with him. Under George Sodini’s name the police found an internet blog were Sondini was releasing his deepest and darkest feelings, including the plot of the gym massacre. In the blog, he stated that he hated all women because …show more content…
Sharpe stuck his pregnant wife and daughter with a spear gun repeatedly and then continued to dismember his wife’s body parts and dump them into an empty land-fill. After claiming to the media and other sources that his wife was alive and well, that she simply left him for another man and moved in with him, police became suspicious. Sharpe was creating fake emails under Anna’s name and sending emails to her family reassuring her that she was alive and with her daughter. Anna’s parent’s became fully aware of foul-play because they knew it was unlike her to not call them on the phone and to sent emails instead. After being arrested for the murder of his wife and daughter, Sharpe admitted to his heinous acts. He said he did it because Anna was too needy and moody. He claimed that he wanted to end a “loveless” marriage. Sharpe had a fairly large family and that Anna stopped him from seeing them as often as he pleased. The prosecutor’s argument is that Shape murdered his pregnant wife and young daughter with a full state of mind. They believe he did it because he felt unloved by her which was not the case. They saw him as jealous of his daughter because the mother cared more for her than him. Meanwhile, the defense's argument is that Sharpe has social problems growing up. He never …show more content…
In Orlando, Florida Caylee lived with her grandparents and her mom in her grandparent’s home. Caylee’s grandmother, Cindy, was the one who made the initial 9-1-1 call to report her missing after not seeing her granddaughter for an entire month. She then goes on to tell the 9-1-1 operator that her daughter Casey’s car smells as if a dead body had been inside the trunk. In October of 2008, Casey Anthony was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and six other charges which included manslaughter, lying to a detective, and child neglect, yet she pleaded not guilty. Cindy goes on to tell detectives that Casey told her many different stories to support Caylee’s whereabouts. One of the stories included that Caylee’s nanny had kidnapped her back in June and that Casey has been trying to get her back herself without involving the authorities. It was in December of 2008 that Caylee’s body was found, which was completely decomposed in skeleton form. The remains were found inside a black trash bag that had been duct taped and then wrapped in a blanket that was also duct taped in a wooded area by the grandparent’s home. Due to the decomposition of the body, the little girl’s death is considered unknown. The trial took place in May of 2011 and it was a six week trial. The prosecutor's argument is that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter by using chloroform and
On the night of August 31st 1986, Angelique Lavallee a battered 21 year-old woman in an unstable common law relationship was charged with murder. She shot her spouse, Kevin Rust in the back of the head while he was leaving the bedroom. Angelique was in fear for her life after being taunted with the gun and was threaten to be killed. Hence, she felt that she had to kill him or be killed by him. The psychiatrist Dr. Shane, did an assessment and concluded that she was being terrorized by her partner. Dr. Shane concluded that Angelique was physically, sexually, emotionally and verbally abused. As a result, in the psychiatrist’s opinion, the killing was a final desperate act by a woman who seriously believed she would be killed that night. This in turn identify her as a
The 9-1-1 phone call started it all, Cindy Anthony reported her grandchild, Caylee Anthony missing and that the smell of death reeked inside the mother’s car. Caylee was missing for nearly 31 days and Casey was charged with first degree murder. Hundreds of evidences were found,
In the Frontline documentary Raising Adam Lanza, reporters Alaine Griffin and Josh Kovner from “The Hartford Courant” investigate the possibilities that prompted Adam Lanza to commit the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza didn’t leave behind a trail. Lanza didn’t leave a diary, wasn’t socially involved (had no friends), and destroyed his computer that many believe have the answers as to what induced his character to murder 20 children, six adults, and his own mother. The documentary commenced with Griffin and Kovner exploring the life of Nancy Lanza who had been portrayed by the media as the person to blame for her son’s actions but also to be questioned on whether or not she truly was a victim.
A horrific murder happened in tiny Skidmore on December of 2004. Lisa Montgomery and Bobbi Jo Stinnett met and found out that they had much in common and became good friends (Nunes 85-86). Surprisingly, Bobbi and Lisa met in an internet chat room. Bobbi was into puppy breeding and she occasionally served as a judge. Lisa lived in Kansas where her close friends were shocked about what she was talking about. Of course, Lisa shrugged it off and she sent an email to Bobbi saying that she wanted to see the puppies (Nunes 85-86). When Lisa met Bobbi Jo she had a fake name which was Darlene Fisher because she didn’t want Bobbi to know her real identity. When Lisa sent Bobbi the email she had a criminal intent on her mind. She was planning to choke Bobbi into unconsciousness and then cut open her womb and steal Bobbi’s unborn baby. When Lisa arrived at the house she threw a rope around Bobbi’s neck and choked her until she was unconscious. That is when Lisa took a knife and started to cut open Bobbi’s stomach. Lisa had to cut through skin, fat, and muscle to get to Bobbi’s uterus. Bobbi’s baby was in eight-month gestation; Lisa cut and tied the baby’s cord. Lisa stole the baby and fled to her house in Kansas. Unfort...
According to news reports, Lambert and Lindsey were involved in bitter divorce battle and subsequent alimony and child support battle which had dragged on for years in the courts in Florida. The parties had three (3) children, ages 16, 18 and 20, who made public appeals and pleaded with the community for information leading to the return of their mother after Kimberly Lindsey went missing from her West Palm Beach Home after a brutal altercation with Dr. Lambert on October 27, 2013. Ms. Lindsey was reported missing after she failed to show up at her job as a Nurse for the West Palm Beach School District. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office reported that a body was found October 31, 2014 in a sugar cane field in south Florida. After DNA testing, it was reported that the DNA was a match to Kimberley Lindsey (WPBF.com). According to Police this murder was “brutal and premeditated”; the body had been decapitated...
Even though the prosecution presented evidence to the court, the only clear-cut hard fact the prosecution had against Anthony was that she failed to file a report for her missing daughter Caylee and that when she finally did a month after her daughter had gone missing, she proceeded to lie profusely to the authorities on the events that took place. The prosecution focused highly on the forensic evidence of decay located in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car. The use of a cadaver dog to search the vehicle led investigators to be able to determine that a decomposing body had been stored in the trunk of the car. The forensics department used an air sampling procedure on the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car, also indicating that human decomposition and traces of chloroform were in-fact present. Multiple witnesses described what they considered to be an overwhelming odor that came from inside the trunk as it where the prosecution believes Caylee’s decomposing body was stowed. Several items of evidence were ruled out to be the source of the odor, as experts were able to rule out the garbage bag and two chlorine containers located in the trunk as the source. The prosecution alleged that Casey Anthony used chloroform to subdue her daughter and then used duct-tape to seal the nose and mouth of Caylee shut, inevitably causing her to suffocate. Based off the
There is no doubt in my mind that Casey Anthony fascinated people much more than she would have if she had not been an attractive, young woman. While everyone had an opinion on the case, that they felt obliged to talk about, and give the same recycled, regurgitated opinions on, at the end of the day you can't really blame them. The media is really just an extension of the masses. What gets reported is based upon what interests people, and this case sure did interest people. I think this level of exposure oftentimes benefits the defendants because evidence becomes over saturated to a point where it blinds the jury from seeing the basic points of the case, and the foundation for a guilty verdict. Casey Anthony's trial is often compare to the O.J. Simpson trial for reasons similar to this. The trials are among the most high profile cases to take place during the new media era, and the not guilty verdict created public outrage and calls for Anthony to be punished. Media figures discussed why prosecutors failed to convict in what seemed to be a can't-miss trial. One reason the guilty verdict fell through could be the lack of Casey Anthony's DNA or fingerprint evidence at the scene of where the body was recovered. This is known as the CSI effect, and involves a jury's desire for forensic evidence, even when a clear picture of the crime is created, and a logical motive is present (English). Many criticized
On July 15th, 2008, Caylee Anthony was reported missing by her grandmother Cindy Anthony. Cindy Anthony in the report stated that she hadn’t seen her grand-daughter Caylee for a month and that she and her husband were suspicious because their daughter Casey’s car reeked of decay, as if a dead body had been stored inside the vehicle for days. Caylee and her mother resided with Casey Anthony’s parents. However, Cindy Anthony claimed that Casey had given different explanations about Caylee's whereabouts before telling Cindy that she hadn’t seen her own daughter for several weeks. When questioned by authorities, Casey told the detectives several lies: stating the child had been kidnapped by her nanny on June 9, and that Casey had been trying to contact the nanny to find her daughter. Preceding this information, Casey Anthony was convicted and charged with first degree murder in 2008, but pleaded not guilty ...
The crime committed by Bernhard Goetz in 1984, is one that can be interpreted as an inhumane act of violence. On December 22, 1984, the thirty-seven year old Bernhard Goetz boarded a New York City subway. Sitting alone in his seat with his Smith & Wesson revolver, he was approached by four black teenage males (Linder). The four teenagers asked Bernhard Goetz for five dollars. When this happened, Bernhard Goetz felt endangered, and decided to pull out his Smith & Wesson revolver, and begin to shoot the young men. After firing four bullets in the New York City subway, he had injured three of the four young men. When Bernhard Goetz saw Darrell Cabey, the last of the four teenagers cowering on the floor, he said, “you don’t look too ba...
To begin, I will provide a summary of what happened prior-to and throughout the duration of the trial. Caylee Marie Anthony was a two-year-old American girl who lived in Orlando, Florida with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony, and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, she was reported missing to 9-1-1 by Cindy, who said she h...
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casey anthony is a perfect example of being shunned in society She was one of the hated women in america when she was accused in the murder of her 2 year old daughter, caylee in 2008 her trial was mostly followed anthony 2011 acquittal caused so many protest against her but media it slowly died down when the case was over sometimes people talk about it's basically like ”remember casey” “yeah that was crazy she got a with murdering her 2 year old daughter” people still talk about but they don't go over the top with it as they did during 2008 because there's a lot of crazy things going on the world, but the reason people believe she did it because it to her 31 on days to report that her daughter was missing most people see that suspicious most mothers wouldn't even allow that for like one second and i can't even leave the house my mom would are ready freakout after I just told her i'm going somewhere she would are ready called the cops when she dont see me or she will call me every two min to make sure that i'm okay for Anthony to take 31 days that is crazy in my opinion her daughter is 2 years old and i'm 16 you would of thought he daughter would had been a grown women to be gone for 31 days on Avl (The Alabama Virtual Library) i was reading article called “Beautiful Liar?” “Anthony initially told police her daughter had vanished after she’d left her with a babysitter named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, who, she claimed, had also disappeared” but comes to find out
What would you be willing to do for the person you love? The answer varies for everyone but for two women the answer was the same, they would be willing to kill. Although Frederick West,Rosemary Letts,Paul Bernardo, and Karla Homolka were all born and raised in different places and by different people they all have one thing in common, they choose to kill. In this paper i will analyze and compare how two different couples could both abduct and kill together. Frederick West was born in the town of Much Markle in Herefordshire England on September 29, 1941. He was the second child out of six. His parents were Walter Stephen West and Daisy Hannah Hill. Sexual abuse of many kinds were occurring in his home growing up. He claimed his father had sexual
According to the Innocence Project (2006), “On September 17, 2001, Chad wrote the Innocence Project in New York, which, in 2003, enlisted pro bono counsel from Holland & Knight to file a motion for DNA testing on Tina’s fingernail scrapings.” The state had tested the DNA that was under Tina’s nail from the first case but at that time it was inadequate and could not be tested. It was not until now that we have the technology capable enough to test it. In June 2004, the test came back negative to matching both Jeremey and Chain Heins but did come from an unknown male. The state argued that it was not enough to overturn the conviction so Chad’s attorney asked the state to do some further testing and to compare the DNA from under the fingernails to the hairs that was found on Tina’s body. It was in 2005 that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed that there was a match between the DNA under Tina’s nail and the pubic hair. According to LaForgia (2006), “this particular type of DNA, the report stated, was found in only about 8 percent of Caucasian American men.” During this process there was a new piece of evidence that Chad’s attorney had learned about during the appeals process, a fingerprint. There were some accusations that the prosecutors never disclosed this information about this third fingerprint and if they did it was too late. The jurors did not even know about this fingerprint and if they did this could have changed the whole case. This fingerprint was found on several objects that included the smoke detector, a piece of glass, and the bathroom sink. It was soon discovered that this fingerprint matched with the DNA found on the bedsheets that Tina was on. This was finally enough evidence to help Chad Heins become exonerated in
The Andrea Yates murder trial was one of the most highly publicized cases of 2001. Perplexing and complicated, it appealed to the public audience for various reasons. A mother methodically, drowns her five children in the family bathtub after her husband leaves for work. Was this an act of a cold calculating killer, or was this the act of a woman who lost touch with reality. Is this a case of medical neglect, and psychological dysfunctions, or is this a battle of ethics and deviant behavior exploiting medical and legal loop holes?