In 1991, 11 year old Jaycee Lee Dugard was taken right in front of her stepfather’s eyes on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe, by what police believed was a man and a women. Years had went by and nothing had turned up about the missing Jaycee Lee Dugard. In 2009, one of Jaycee’s abductors Phillip Garrido went into his parole office with Jaycee (going by Alyssa at the office), telling police that Jaycee was his neice. Police began suspicious, because along with Jacy and Phillip were two young girls claiming those were his nieces as well. Phillip eventually confessed to a parole officer that he had kidnapped and raped Jacy. She had been held captive behind and series of tents for eighteen years at Phillip and his wife Nancy’s home. While
On June 19th of 1990, Robert Baltovich’s girlfriend Elizabeth Bain went missing. Elizabeth told her family that she was going to check the tennis schedules at her school, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. She never returned, but her car was eventually recovered. It was found with blood on the backseat, with forensic tests showing that it was Elizabeth’s. With no clear evidence, the “solving” of the case was completely based on eyewitness testimonies, which eventually had Robert arrested for the murder of his girlfriend.
The chronological series of events preceding the disappearance of Caylee Anthony, remains unclear as well as what exactly
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...
When asked what happened, Ms. Carter explained that she was the mother of the defendant, TERRYON CHAFIN. She went on to explain that on April 17, 2014, she and all of her children were at her cousin, TONYA CARTER’S residence, located at 3527 Seabrook Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. They were there from approximately 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
It all started in 2008, when Caylee Anthony, a 2year old child went missing. The 2 year old’s mother, Casey Anthony stated to the police that the last time she has seen her daughter was when she dropped her off to the child’s babysitter. (Timeline of Casey Anthony Trial, ABC News Internet Ventures). However, things began to escalate when reporters stated that Casey didn’t report Caylee’s disappearance till a month later. At even that time, it wasn’t Casey who reported Caylee’s death; it was the grandmother, Cynthia Anthony, who was also known in this case at Cindy. (Chuck Hustmyre, Criminal Minds and Methods, Crime Library).
On December 24, 2002, 27-year-old Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant at the time, was reported missing by her family. It all started when Scott Peterson returned to his home in Modesto, California, from his fishing trip he had taken to the Berkeley Marina and Laci was nowhere to be found. At this point, Scott didn’t question the whereabouts of his wife since she had stated that she was going to go grocery shopping and then she was going to take the dog for a walk. It wasn’t until later that night when Scott contacted Laci’s mother, Sharon Rocha, to determine if she was with them. That’s when Sharon declined the presence of her daughter, Laci, being with them and Scott concluded that Laci “was missing”. At that point, it was Laci’s parents who contacted the police to reported Laci was missing and an investigation started. [7]
At 5:52 AM on December 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey called 911 from her family’s Boulder, Colorado home. She frantically explained to the operator that her 6 year old daughter, JonBenét, was missing and a very bizarre, several page long ransom note demanding $118,000 was left. Patsy then attempted to hang up the phone, and walked away. Police arrived several minutes after the 911 call and began investigating what they thought was a kidnapping. They did a basic search of the house and closed off JonBenét’s bedroom to prevent any contamination, but did not seal any other room. Friends of the Ramseys came to the house soon after to support the family. 8 hours after the 911 call, and 3 hours after the ransom deadline, a detective asked John Ramsey,
On July 15,2008 Casey Anthony’s two year old daughter Caylee Anthony was reported missing by Casey Anthony’s mother who had not seen her granddaughter for thirty-one days. Meanwhile Casey Anthony was partying at clubs and hanging out with her boyfriend. When the authorities asked Casey Anthony why she failed to report her daughter missing she stated that she was taken by a nanny and she was too afraid to alert the authorities. On July 16, 2008 Casey Anthony was arrested with four charges first degree murder, aggravated
On the night that Jessop’s body was found, the first snowfall of the season was challenging police to find any evidence related to the case at the scene. The police conducted their search ...
Her brother was one year older than she was, making him 11 years old at the time. Furthermore, she began to trade sex for money, cigarettes, drugs and alcohol throughout the neighborhood. This tradeoff went on for 2 years, until she was raped by a family friend, that lived in the neighborhood. In 1970, she was pregnant with a child at 13 years old by this man. In March 1971, she deliver her son but was forced to put the son up for adoption. (Golden, 2003)
Mr. Tika reported that his wife was tragically murdered in 2012, at their residence in Ozone Park. The father indicated that he and his wife had resided in Ozone Park for over sixteen years when this event happened. Mr. Tika reported that he was married to Sandra for twenty years before her death. He indicated that they were a happy family with little problems. The father reported that the police did not have enough evidence to prosecute anyone and since then there have been no arrest.
January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Rene Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. That afternoon, Amber, and her brother were at their Grandparents house. Amber Hagerman, and her five-year-old brother, Ricky, pedaled their bicycles to an abandoned grocery store. This was a typical place for children to ride their bikes because it was an abandoned parking lot with lots of room to play and ride. Minutes later, Ricky turned to head back home, about a block away. Jim Kevil, a 78-year-old retiree, stood in his backyard not far...
In November of 1980 A young girl, 12 years old, named Christine Weller went missing. She would later prove to be one of Olson's first murder victims. Christine was abducted from her home in Surrey, BC. Her mutilated body ...
The murder of my Aunt Nelcina Charles in her home in 1995 was a surprise to us. She tried making a turnaround in her life. After years of drug abuse, Nelcina reached her lowest point. She realized that she needed to make a turn for the better, for her children. Nelcina became more involved in her children's lives and started living a normal life. As the transition began to take hold for the better, Nelcina’s life was abruptly taken from her, the police came, did their regular procedure. Yet the murder remained unsolved, and her children stayed with their grandmother.
When these two police departments finally decided to connect the rapes, they have found it was a serial rapist responsible for the assaults. Because the way these women were tied with the same type of shoe laces and the detailed description the recent victim gave, law enforcements were able to find and arrest the rapist. That is when they found the camera he used to take pictures of his victims, one of them being Marie. However, the recent victim also received the same type of scrutiny that Marie had received from the police department because she was able to provide too much details of the offender. As well as have a personal conversation about