They also testified that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sped in an SUV toward the struggle, ultimately running over his older brother. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to the 30 counts against him, including charges of using a "weapon of mass destruction resulting in death," but his defense attorney has said that he participated in the bombing. Summary: The trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston, Massachusetts. During the trial's first day, Tsarnaev's attorneys surprise the court by admitting that he is responsible for the terror attack. Meanwhile, prosecutors show new video footage from the marathon scene and witnesses share their vivid, disturbing memories of that day.
Charles was arrested in Indiana and escaped from a juvy center after just four days confinement, getting away in a stolen car. On his way to visit some Illinois relatives, the then 13 year old performed more robberies. Manson had been sent off to a reform school in Plainfield, Indiana, where he spent three years. At this location, he recollects violent abuse by older boys and guards. If we can find it possible to trust his memory, he claims at least one guard encouraged other boys to rape and torture Manson, while the officer masturbated on the
In the following months evidence would be collected that could only lead to one person committing the murders, O.J. Simpson. Nearly eight months later, O.J Simpson was on trial for the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. O.J pleaded “Absolutely one hundred percent not guilty” (Linder 4). The prosecution’s opening statement was a phone call Nicole had made to 911, while they were still married, fearing that Simpson was going to harm her.
The Zodiac killer was active in Northern California for ten months in the late 1960s. He killed at least five people, and injured two. He committed the first two murders with a pistol, just inside the Benecia border. In his second shooting in Vallejo, he attempted to kill two people, but one survived despite gunshots to the head and neck. 40 minutes later the police received an anonymous phone call from a man claiming to be their killer and admitting to the murders of the previous two victims.
Neighbors reported that at some time before commiting the crimes that placed him on the Most Wanted list, Diggs began drinking and he was heard to be arguing with his wife. A newspaper of account of time tells the story like this: At 7 o'clock on the morning of May 26, 1949, James Eddie Diggs shot and killed his wife, Ruth, and their two sons James Jr., 6, and Alfonso, 4, at their home in Norfolk, Va. There were no signs of a struggle and police have been unable to establish a clear motive. However, shortly before the triple killing Diggs began to drink to excess and to seek the company of women. The whereabouts of Diggs were unknown for nearly a week after the slayings, but on May 31, 1949 he was identified as the man who, when the auto in which he was riding was halted at Hamlet, N. C., drew a revolver and critically wounded officer Rex Howell.
That evidence along with letters he wrote to Carr and the Cassaras, his military background, his appearance, and an arson incident, led police to his door. When he was arrested he immediately surrendered to police and identified himself as Sam. After being evaluated, it was determined that he could stand trial. He pled not guilty and received a 365-year sentence. Berkowitz's Crime Spree: * July 29, 1976 – Jody Valenti and Donna Lauria were shot as they sat talking in a parked car outside Donna’s apartment.
U.S. teenager charged in family killing planned more carnage – police (By Zelie Pollon-Wed, Jan 23, 2013) ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – A 15 year old accused of killing his parents and three younger siblings over the weekend planned to continue his rampage at a local Wal-Mart store then die in a shootout with police, authorities said on Tuesday. Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston told reporters that Nehemiah Griego had been contemplating the killing spree for “at least a week.” Houston said Griego told police that after killing his family at their Albuquerque home on Saturday, he reloaded and planned to go to a nearby Wal-Mart store. “He contemplated ending this with mass destruction,” Houston said. Instead, the 15 year old spent time with his girlfriend, and the pair later went to a church where his
“Ford just wants to find the right suspect so they are convicting even the innocent” says Derek’s attorney. Finally the last suspect is Omar Ballard. He was recently released of prison after doing two years for beating a woman that ironically lived in the same apartment building as the victim. He also was in jail for the rape of a four-teen year old girl that lived one-hundred feet from her as well. Omar Ballard is also friends with Tamika, the Neighbor of Michelle Moore-bosko who wrongly accused first suspect Daniel Williams.
On August 1994, a man entered Jane Marie Fray’s mobile home in South Michigan and stabbed her twenty-two times all over her body. Looking at the body, it had been killed in a very cruel and dreadful way. At the time of the murder, the killer also wrapped an electrical cord around her neck to suffocate her. When authorities found the body, they also noticed that the victim was bitten on her left ear at the time of the attack. Ricky Amolsch, the murder victim’s thirty-eight-year-old boyfriend, automatically became an immediate suspect of her murder.
Richard Mallory,[1] age 51, 30 November 1989—Electronics store owner in Clearwater, Florida. Wuornos' first victim was a convicted rapist whom she claimed to have killed in self-defense. Two days later, a Volusia County, Florida, Deputy Sheriff found Mallory's abandoned vehicle. On December 13, Mallory's body was found several miles away in a wooded area. He had been shot several times, but two bullets to the left lung were found to have been the cause of death.