ipl-logo

A Summary Of Rifkin's Case

90 Words1 Page

Rifkin was driving his mother’s Toyota when he picked up a prostitute, Tiffany Bresciani, he strangled her in the backseat of the car and drove home. He pulled off to Kmart to buy a blue tarp to wrap her up in. The next day, his mother drove the car without noticing the body in the back of the truck. Afterward, he moved her body to the back to his garage. He left the body in the garage, leaving her body in a wheelbarrow in the summer heat for three days.

Show More
Related

  • Louis Riel Research Paper

    574 Words  | 3 Pages

    Louis Riel (1844-1885) On November 16, 1885, 41 year old Louis David Riel was executed. Riel was born on October 22nd , 1844 in Saint-Boniface, Red river settlement. Louis Riel was the oldest child out of the eleven children his parents, Louis Riel Sr and Julie Lagimodière had. Growing up Louis Riel was a smart student.

    Read More

  • Robert Dorotik's Killing: A Case Study

    815 Words  | 4 Pages

    In a small Southern California town, a woman calls police to report her husband never returned from his afternoon run. The police determine that Robert Dorotik was a marathon runner and suspected he had experienced a medical episode until they discover his body the next morning. Initial examination indicated death by blunt force trauma to the head. Additionally there was a rope around Bob’s neck and signs of strangulation. The tire tracks around the body implied the body had been dumped at the location.

    Read More

  • Hillside Strangler Argumentative Essay

    758 Words  | 4 Pages

    Imagine that you are taking a brief walk at night with your dog or by yourself and suddenly feel suffocated. The next thing you know, you have become the next victim of a gruesome sexual attack. However, you could never tell your tale because, at the lowest point of this heinous ordeal, you realize that your rapist will now turn into your murderer. This is the case of the Hillside Strangler, a story of two cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, and the brutal crimes they were charged with.

    Read More

  • Patricia Krenwinkel Essay

    759 Words  | 4 Pages

    There were four people in the house were murdered and Krenwinkel stabbed Abigail Folger countless of times. The next night Krenwinkel stabbed Rosemary LaBianca to death with a carving fork and stuck it in her husband's body. She then wrote “DEATH TO PIGS” on the walls with the victim's blood. Then two months later Krenwinkel was arrested in Alabama. Her role in the murder was to round up everyone in the house, including the eight-months pregnant Sharon

    Read More

  • Hallucinations In The Demon Lover

    1152 Words  | 5 Pages

    I disagree with both Fraustino’s murder mystery theory, and Hughes’s argument that it was all a psychotic breakdown. I believe instead that the most convincing evidence can be found in favor of a supernatural explanation for the story. Fraustino spends the beginning of his article examining Hughes’s psychosis interpretation. According to Fraustino, Hughes bases most of his interpretation on the assumptions that Mrs. Drover suffered a severe mental breakdown after the loss

    Read More

  • The Case Of Richard Mijares

    1496 Words  | 6 Pages

    They had an argument, and he went downstairs with a gun to think-to see, really, if he had the guts to shoot himself in the head. When his mother, still arguing, came down the stairs, he just pointed the gun at her and squeezed. He wrapped her corpse in a blanket, buried her some 15 miles away, and spent a week pretending she was missing for the cops. It didn’t work, he eventually confessed”. (Gardner,N., 5280 Magazine, December, 2011, pg. 183).

    Read More

  • Irony In The Tell-Tale Heart And The Lottery

    471 Words  | 2 Pages

    The demonstration of the narrator's imagination unconsciously leads his own thoughts to grow into a chaotic mess that ultimately ends in a death. By murdering, it’s his own way of finding peace. He is portrayed as being a sadist, sick man with an unnatural obsession for

    Read More

  • The Runaway Grandmother Analysis

    646 Words  | 3 Pages

    An urban legend, as defined by the Merriam –Webster dictionary, is an often a lurid story that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true. According to Nicholas DiFonzo, a renowned author and psychology professor, urban legends are “narratives about strange, funny, or horrible events that could have happened, the details of which change to fit particular locales and time periods, and which frequently contain a moral lesson.” The stories are entertaining, include cultural references, and convey people’s anxieties about certain topics. While some consider urban legends as myths with a possibility of truth in it, these tales evolve to suit the common themes of the time.

    Read More

  • Josh Pachter's Invitation To A Murder

    1036 Words  | 5 Pages

    The climax of the short story was how Gregory had died. The men burst out in outrage, fore they did not understand how Gregory had died. Eleanor calmed everyone down and explained to them how she had pulled off the murder. The amber bottle of poison was Gregory’s medication for his heart. From the accident, she had to give him to keep him alive, she explained to them.

    Read More

  • Ed Gein Psychological Theory

    1267 Words  | 6 Pages

    In this paper I will be applying the psychological theories to serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein was a prolific serial killer in the 1950’s. He murdered and robbed graves for body parts to make furniture and clothing. He was apprehended in 1957, where he stood trial and was institutionalized. Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein was born August 27th, 1906 to George and Augusta Gein.

    Read More

  • Matt Folwer's Murder In Andre Dubus 'Killings'

    1233 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Worst Crime: Matt’s or Richard’s “Killings”, written by Andre Dubus, illustrates how the death of a loved one may lead to dire consequences for all the parties included. Matt Fowler’s son, Frank, was murdered in cold blood by a jealous soon-to-be ex-husband, Richard Strout. When the death of Frank sunk into the lives of the Fowler’s, Matt believed he had to retaliate in some sort of fashion. The sort of fashion he chose was to seek revenge and kill Richard for his wrongdoings, which he did. Some people believe that the murder committed by Richard Strout can be considered more serious because of his act of passion and his lackadaisical style of living without worrying about his future.

    Read More

  • Amanda Knox Case

    913 Words  | 4 Pages

    On an autumn night in the beautiful and vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, a young American student by the name of Amanda Knox is at her roommate’s throat- literally. Knox, angry and resentful of the young woman she shares an apartment with, Meredith Kercher, torments and threatens the British student by wielding a 6 ½ inch kitchen knife while two men hold her down. In a sick and twisted game of sex and revenge, Knox’s boyfriend of just over a week, Rafaelle Sollecito, and a drifter who is local to the area, Rudy Guede, are positioned on either side of the roommate’s mostly naked body, each holding one of her arms, after assaulting Kercher at the will of the woman whose affection they so desperately desire. Finally, Knox drives the blade

    Read More

  • Ronald Dominique: Necessary Or Inhumane?

    315 Words  | 2 Pages

    This paper will examine serial killer Ronald Dominique and the acts that was performed on his victims and how individuals he knows viewed him. Robert Dominique target victims were men. In the year of 1997 to 2006, Robert Dominique killed at least 23 men that was account for. However, there is a substantial amount that is not account for. However, Ronald would cross-dress and attend gay clubs.

    Read More

  • Identities Wd Valgardson Summary

    579 Words  | 3 Pages

    [He] does not notice the police car… follow him.” This one event, mixed with the stereotype the protagonist has thrown upon him by the cop, seals his fate. All three of these situations foreshadow the ironic and deadly situation that the poor lost man is about to find himself involved. It is these subtle hints to his death that not only add suspense to the plot, but also hold a key importance in conflict development. W.D. Valgardson uses many great elements of fiction to build plot and conflict, as well as teach the lesson of not making snap judgments in his short story Identities.

    Read More

  • Diane Downs Case Study

    2564 Words  | 11 Pages

    Along with her failure to keep a steady job and support her children Diane started having an steady affair with Robert Knickerbocker. After Diane became so consumed with Robert that she wanted him to end his marriage to be with her, Robert ended the relationship stating that he didn’t want to be a stepfather to her children. A well minded single mother wouldn’t have thought twice to leave a man like Robert Knickerbocker, but Diane was so romantically consumed by Robert that on May 19, 1983 she decided to drive her three children down a dark country road and shoot them while also shooting herself to make it look like a gunned robbery. Diane’s middle child Cheryl Lynn Down died while going to the hospital. When the police questioned Diane she gave a full detail of what happened the night of the incident.

    Read More

More about A Summary Of Rifkin's Case

Open Document