What Happened at Lake Bodom? Who says there are crimes known as unsolvable murder cases? The Lake Bodom murders occurred in Finland and involved four teenagers. Three of the teenagers were brutally murdered while one lived with serious injuries. The names of these young victims were Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki, who were both fifteen-year-old girls at the time, while the third victim was an eighteen-year-old boy by the name of Seppo Antero Boisman. The lone survivor amongst the teenagers, Nils Gustafsson, was also eighteen along with his friend. These teenagers were camping along Lake Bodom when they were viciously attacked in their tent late into the night with a knife and a blunt weapon by an unknown assailant. Although …show more content…
His suspicious activity at the Helsinki hospital included, “The day after the murders Assmann appeared at the hospital, disheveled and erratic. He had blackened fingernails and a red substance covering his clothing. He lied to doctors about his identity and repeatedly played unconscious throughout his stay there” (Suftin). With this suspicious activity and what doctors believe to be blood under his fingernails and covering his clothing. With this evidence, why were the police not involved immediately? One doctor believes that Hans was the murderer so much that he wrote three books in detail and has inspired people to believe that Hans had committed these murders over any other suspect involved. In result of all the suspicion that was surrounding Hans, he would never be thoroughly investigated. Many believe the reason for this was, “...conspiracies surrounding the Lake Bodom murders involve Assmann’s possible association with the KGB and the Finnish government’s refusal to investigate Assmann further for fear the Soviets would be upset on their findings” (Suftin). World War II was still fresh in many civilians and verterans minds, resulting in many people wanting to avoid any more conflict in the world by any means necessary, even if it means not investigating a massive suspect that could have been involved in the mysterious Lake Bodom …show more content…
After a day of fishing and hanging out with his friends, the teenagers had made a fire and decided to drink some alcohol. Nils noticed that Maila was flirting with Seppo all day and this made Nils upset. The flirting continued throughout the night and Nils became enraged that his “girlfriend” was flirting with his best friend. While under the influence, he made the decision he would teach Maila and Seppo a lesson. While everyone dozed off, Nils found a rather large tree branch and his fishing knife, and began to attack Maila while she was sleeping through the tent. Soon after realizing they were being attacked, Seppo had sprung out of the tent and started to attack Nils, causing Nils to be severely injured with fists to the head. Nils became more enraged and killed Seppo, then went back to finish the job on Maila. After killing her, he consummated that he had to deal with Anja to get rid of all the witnesses. He had killed all three of the teenagers and became enlightened that he would have to cover his tracks and make it look like some stranger had attacked them. He threw his weapons in the Lake, never to be found, took personal items off the victims bodies like wallets and Seppo’s leather jacket and hid them in a tree that was hollowed out, far away from the crime seen. Then realized that he was exhausted, collapsed onto the tent where he would be found in the morning by two boy birdwatchers. The rest is
Summary: Brady finds the lifeless body of his 3 year old neighbor Ben, in the river in the middle of the storm. After he pulls Ben into the boat he drops his cell phone over the boat into the water. Brady must then drive his boat and attempt CPR on the lifeless body. Brady must make an extremely difficult choice when he finds out that his two best friends, J.T. and Digger, are the direct cause why little Ben is now dead. Brady’s father assisted him in dredging up the Red Kayak. When Brady see’s that holes are drilled into the bottom, he breaks down and tells his father what his friends J.T. and Digger did. Brady decides to turn in his friends only after the stress, torment, and sadness began to seriously affect him. His friends are charged with murder and the story revolves around his coping with the boy's death, assisting Ben’s own mother with her grieving, and reliving the death of his infant sister years
When they found the body, they automatically started looking for clues as to why the person was killed. They wanted to find anything that looked suspicious so that they could search for the killer. When they were looking for clues as to who the killer was, the killer caught on to them. The killer realized that he was being followed up on, and he made it his obligation to get to the main characters instead. The killer got a hold of one of the main characters in the woods, where he killed his second victim. The other two main characters did everything in their power to find their friend and help her, before she would be
After looking at all the evidence and how the mystery really unfolded, Joseph Mumfre is the first and only realistic suspect we will look at. The evidence thus far all points to him, and it is not a coincidence that the murders stopped after Mumfre was shot dead. Mumfre was in and out of jail, all during the course of the killings, and all the evidence, including the police, frame Mumfre for being the axeman. Now we will look into more of what the evidence shows and look at more of an
The famous axe murders of Fall River in 1892 shocked everyone for years and many believe that it was Lizzie Borden or was it? Lizzie Borden is accused of killing her parents with an axe. Many believe that she committed this crime but was never caught. I believe that Lizzie Borden is guilty of killing her parents. Lizzie had a rocky relationship with her stepmother before and a week before the murders Lizzie got into an argument with her father and stepmother. When police searched the house there was no sign of anyone who had tried to break into the Borden house on the day of the murders and Lizzie was the only one in the house
La Donna Beaty clearly States in her argument, ?What Makes a Serial Killer?? her opinion and different theories on what causes a human being to become a serial killer. Beaty states that there are many serial killers and victims of them, but she is unsure about what causes a person to become a serial killer. Furthermore, she asked many questions, but there was no definite answer. For example, using examples of serial killers including Jeffery Dahmer and Ted Bundy, but only to draw up more questions. However, she wrote many expert opinions too, using them to her advantage in proving her argument, and giving a statement from a respected author and expert on serial killers named Ann Rule (pg315). Rule states that 3,500 to 5,000 people become victims of serial killers. She also states that 350 serial killers are at large in our society (pg315). Additionally, Beaty also presents an early theory that was completely incorrect. This was about how to identify a serial killer by looks. Beaty then gave her expertise by stating that a serial killer could look like or be anything they choose to become. They are most likely to be males and 92 percents are white (pg316). No doubt, that she appeals to logos by providing evidence about general characteristics of serial killers she quotes that in 1911, an Italian criminologist Cesare Lombrosco concluded that ?murderers as a group [are] biologically degenerate [with] bloodshot eyes, aquiline noses, curly black hair, strong jaws, big ears, thin lips, and menacing grins?.
...hes her in the face and kicks her. He is disgusted with her. He then turns and leaves. Kino makes his way up the beach as a group of men assault him. Kino struggles to get away and while doing so he stabs one of the men and kills him. Juana finally gets on her feet and begins to make her way home. She sees Kino lying on the group hurt with another man dead next to him. She hauls the dead man into the brush and tends to Kino. She says they must run away immediately because of what a terrible crime Kino committed. Kino refuses at first, but then agrees. Juana runs back to the house grabs Coyotito, while Kino goes to the beach once again to prepare his boat, but realizes that the group of men made a hole in it. He becomes full of rage and kicks at the water. He then tells Juana what happened and they decide to hide at Juan Tomas’s house for a while.
There was a heavy rain outside, but other than that, the room was silent. George stared at the bunk where Lennie slept, unable to sleep. He was filled with hatred of the world that forced him to kill his own friend. As the night dragged on his hatred shifted to Curley’s wife, then Curley. “If Curley hadn’t let his tramp wife go around and cause trouble Lennie would still be here” George thought. Just then, Lennie appeared in front of him with a look of deep sadness and pain. Seeing Lennie’s pain and suffering, sent him over the edge. “That god damn Curley!” George thought, grabbing Carlson’s gun while he slept. “This is all his fault!” he thought, consumed by rage. He shuffled over to where Curley slept and pulled out the gun. George aimed the gun at Curley and pulled the trigger. An instant later he is horrified by what he has done. A couple seconds pass and Slim comes into the
When a death occurs suddenly, unexpectedly and from unnatural or unknown causes, a forensic scientist has the duty to gather and analyze evidence to determine whether the victim died from a previously undiagnosed disease or infection or from a homicide, suicide or accident (Lurigio, 2009). When considering suicide as the probable cause of death, we are looking at the act of intentionally killing oneself through one’s own effort or with the assistance of another (Sever, 2009). The resolution of the manner of death by a forensic pathologist as suicide is based on a series of factors which eliminate natural causes of death, homicide and accident (Geberth, 2013, p.55). The cause of death is also determined by the medical examiner in conjunction with the crime scene investigator; however, it can only be determined after a thorough investigation is concluded. Therefore, in the complicated process of doing a death investigation there are several mistakes that should be avoided, which are discussed in Geberth’s article, Seven Mistakes in Suicide Investigation (2013). Mistakes in doing any death investigation affect the integrity of the evidence in determining the cause of death and in its admissibility in court.
Although there is a significant amount of data found on murder, serial murder statistics are much more difficult to establ...
Mafia “hit man”, Richard Kuklinski, is an interesting case of a different type of serial killer, which is certainly not the same thing as a mass murderer, although the two are synonymous with one another in the majority of people’s minds (Holmes 1999). Who Richard Kuklinski is, how he became a serial killer, why he did what he did, his background as a child and early adulthood, as well as this writer’s opinion on his diagnosis, if any, regarding mental illness will be explored. Richard Kuklinski, aka “The Iceman” was born in the Jersey City Project on April 11, 1935 to Stanley and Anna Kuklinski, of Polish and Irish descent. He picked up his nickname because he sometimes froze his victim’s body (Martin 2006). It is said that Kuklinski did this so the coroner would not be able to identify the time of death.
242) due to the fact that females can kill without anyone being aware of their activities and therefore without anyone stopping them (Schurman, 2000, p. 13).Therefore, we should still have a considerable bulk of research directed toward these women in order for the criminal justice system to effectively catch these offenders, rehabilitate, and prevent increasing numbers of female serial killers. So why has there been a lack of research on female serial killers when there has been enough of them throughout history to justify inquiry and analysis? This is because woman’s tactics and victim choices often effectively conceal their crime to look like natural or accidental death, while society is simultaneously mislead to think women cannot be serial killers because of culturally defined gender
...ased the brakes until coming to a complete stop. Juan and Glenn, knowing where they were going, went to the door leaving the dad alone to get the money. Upon entering the cabin, Juan asked him for the money. He replied quickly that first he needs to see his daughter. The children came out. There was a sudden movement by Glenn which attracted the attention on him long enough for Marianne’s father to pull out the pistol. He pistol whipped Juan and held the gun towards Rita. Rita suddenly started screaming in Spanish asking where Buck was. They told her he was dead and ordered her to put her hands above her head. He handed the gun to Glenn motioning him to stay here and watch the two as he went for the cops and took the others.
Serial killers have many frightening facets. The most frightening thing about them is that experts still do not know what makes a human become a serial killer. Many experts believe serial killers become what they are because they have a genetic disposition or brain abnormality while other experts believe that a serial killer is created by childhood abuse; and some other experts believe that it is a combination of both brain abnormalities and abusive childhood experiences that creates a serial killer. A murderer is considered a serial killer when they “murder three or more persons in at least three separate events with a “cooling off period” between kills” (Mitchell and Aamodt 40). When defining a serial killer, their background, genes, and brain are not mentioned; perhaps one day those aspects of the serial killer can be included.
Serial murder as defined by the FBI is, “[t]he unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events" (Morton Robert J. Ed, & Hilts., Ed, 2005, p. 9). Numerous people disagree with the definition, this researcher included, since it lacks the cool- down period after they murder, which various people feel stands necessary for serial killer status. Serial killers remain a rare phenomenon. The FBI states, serial murder accounts for less than one percent of killings per year (Morton Robert J. Ed, & Hilts., Ed, 2005, p. 2). Nevertheless, throughout the years, countless people have researched serial killers since they commit such heinous crimes. Criminologists and researchers have been attempting to identify various
The water beats at the bank feel gently, and resides carefully to avoid over soaking it. The air is fresh and overwhelming with cool gushes of wind blowing past, provoking the trees to yawn and some times sleep. It was a lovely Valentine day and perfect for a picnic at Lake Lavon.