In 1998, Timothy Lee Hurst was tried for first-degree murder and robbery. It was said that Hurst stabbed and slashed Cynthia Harrison at least sixty times, on top of extremely deep cuts penetrating down to her bones. While the murder was being committed, Hurst robbed the Popeye’s location it was being committed in, which happened to be the location where he worked. Hurst ended up being convicted of first-degree murder, but the case turned into a penalty phase trial to figure out which sentence would best suit Hurst’s crime. After the penalty phase, the jury came back with an eleven to one vote and suggested Hurst be put to a death sentence. Therefore, the trial court affirmed his first-degree murder conviction and his sentence to the death
It is obvious based on the evidence at the scene that Horace Verbermockle was murdered by his wife who reconstructed the crime scene. The evidence is very clear that Horace was murdered by his wife who claims she didn't. However the evidence is undeniably clear. He facing the mirror brushing his teeth.
The Tylenol Murders In 1982, seven innocent Chicago civilians were boldly murdered. In late September of 1982 seven people were killed after an unknown suspect placed cyanide laced Tylenol pills in store bottles. Two main suspects in this unsolved case are James Lewis and Roger Arnold, who had both been linked to this occurrence in some way. The mystery behind the Tylenol murders can be summed up in two theories: Roger Arnold took bottles from the Tylenol distributor that he worked for, poisoned them and placed them on store shelves or James Lewis bought/stole the bottles, poisoned them and placed them on 6 different store shelves.
Through examination of all evidence that pertains to this case, investigators were able to narrow down, and eventually identify the suspect in the murder of Gaven Brooks. Through the analysis of not only fingerprints, saliva swabs, and hair follicles, it can easily be seen who the real perpetrator was. Also, through interviews with close friends and relatives, it was revealed that Peggy could not have been a potential suspect because of her allergy to grapes (could not have drank the wine found at the crime scene), Lauren could not have been a potential suspect because her shoe size was too big to fit the size five shoeprint that was found at the scene. Janice did not know how to drive, which means that it couldn’t have been her because the car was moved from the scene of the crime to an abandoned parking lot over twenty miles away.
Mikaela Callahan Senior Nonfiction English Murderer of Hae Min Lee Persuasive Essay The Murder of Hae Min Lee Adnan Syed has been a prisoner since his senior year of high school, whose destiny is to die in his jail cell someday and never come back to the world. At least, that's what his indictment is. Syed was arrested for the murder of Hae Min Lee, an ex-girlfriend of his, despite there being an overwhelming lack of evidence and support for his accusation. The only real case the accuser had was the witness statement given by Jay Wilds, and cell phone tower pings that synced up with it. But this case was disgustingly mismanaged and poorly carried out.
In order to have a better understanding of this movement, it is crucial to analyze from its roots. There are many theories that linked the Genesis (beginning) of the civil rights movement to many protests and boycotts. One of these major events was the murder of Emmett Till that brought a lot of tension between black and white people in the United States. Emmett, a 14-year-old black teenager from Chicago, was allegedly murdered for whistling a white woman in a store. Sanford Wexler, an eyewitness to the murder of Emmett, writes in his book, Milam and Bryant [the two white guys who murdered Emmett] drove Emmett to the Tallahatchie River and made the boy carry a 100-pound cotton-gin fan from the back of the truck to the river bank before ordering him to undress.
More than one person was involved in the murder of Mr. Kelley - both Mr. Scott and Mr. Jones helped in his murder. First off, they found a gun in Mr. Jones’ apartment that fit the bullet that was in Mr. Kelley. The bullet matching the gun proves that Mr Jones shot Mr Kelley. Mr. Jones supposedly shot an intruder at 12 pm. They also, found a knife with Mr. Scott's fingerprints and Mr. Kelley’s blood.
On Sunday, November 13, 1842 a double murder occurred at Smith Farm in Old Fields, Long Island. The victims, Alexander Smith and and Rebecca Smith, were a wealthy, well- respected married couple who ran Smith farm. George Weeks, the Smiths farmhand, was reporting for work the monday after the murder and heard the dog barking from the work-shed by the Smiths house. George Weeks then became suspicious since the dog was usually inside with Mr. Smith. George then looked in the house and saw that the east room window was broken and Mr. and Mrs. Smith were lying on the floor covered in blood.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are here because one person in this courtroom decided to take law into her own hands. The defendant, Mrs. Dominique Stephens, murdered the man that she vowed to love. This sole act by the defendant is violation of all morals and her husband’s right to live. Afterwards, she even felt guilty about this violation of justice and called the cops on herself, and she later signed a written statement stating that she is guilty of the murder of Mr. Donovan Stephens. Then the defendant later recanted this statement and said that she only killed Mr. Stephens in self defense.
The Architecture and Function of H. H. Holmes’ “Murder Castle” The Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 celebrated the four hundredth discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. It showcased the incredible progress and marvels of the past century and drew twenty-seven million visitors from every corner of the globe. Of those twenty-seven million who arrived to celebrate and learn, approximately two hundred of those in attendance would not leave Chicago. They checked into the hotel on South Wallace and 63rd Street, exhausted but amazed by all the grand sights they had seen, and were never seen again.
Looking into history you will come across crime and how it has affected America today. Serial killers have been around for decades; with killers they each have their own path to why they did what they did and all the way to when they got caught. Some of the most well known and worst serial killers are Samuel Little, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. These are some of the worst killers to be known, each of them targeted different people, and got caught. June 7th 1940 in Reynolds Georgia Samuel McDowell, better known as Samuel Little was born.
On the morning of April 19, 1995 at 9:02 AM, a truck-bomb explosion was set off in the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The blast left 168 people dead including 19 children and hundreds of other people injured. It also leveled approximately one third of the federal building, as well as about another 300 other buildings. The blast was orchestrated by an ex-military and anti-government militant, Timothy McVeigh.
On November 13, 2017, Horace Verbermockle was found dead in his bathroom when he got out of the shower. His wife Minnie Verbermockle called immediately the doctor to go over her house because she said that her husband had an accident. Apparently she did not hear when he feel on the bathroom floor she said that he slipped on a cake soap. Horace Verbermockle was murder probably Minnie had plan on murdering her husband because there are evidence that can prove it wasn’t just an accident someone wanted to kill Horace or his wife Minnie wanted to kill him.
Introduction Without the use of DNA evidence that exists today, serial killers have the skill of avoiding capture. Serial killers like Jack the Ripper often use prostitutes because they are more likely to not be noticed as missing and the public outrage will not be as strong due to their low social status. Serial killers' lack of remorse and psychopathic nature can allow them to avoid the police. They can seem like pleasant people and hide their inner demons.
On April 22nd 1993, eighteen-year-old student Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a group of five or six white youths in an act of racial hatred. Stephen Lawrence was racially abused before the entire group savagely beat Lawrence stabbing him twice which caused him to bleed out from four major blood vessels. Stephen Lawrence’s body was discovered by an off-duty police officer who did not attempt first aid, instead, covering him with a blanket. He was taken to hospital but declared dead on arrival. In the aftermath of the murder of Stephen Lawrence, several residents came forward to provide the names of local gang members who had a long history of racially motivated knife crimes as recently as four weeks prior to the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
According to CNN 10, “Serial murders are relatively rare. Fewer than one percent of homicides during a given year are committed by serial killers, the FBI reports” (“Serial Killers Fast Facts”). The term serial killer was first coined in the 1800s; H.H. Holmes, 1890s, was considered the first serial killer in history, but many forget about Jack the Ripper, still unknown to this day, who terrorized the women of London during the early 1880s. There are numerous serial killers within society, but who is considered a serial killer? A serial killer is known as one that has committed two or more homicides, considerably one they believe is an “ideal victim”, within a certain timespan; These murders can span days, months, or even years, and take place