It really depends on the child and their capacity to recall and identify events and people. The most famous case I know where a child witness was the key witness was the Lester Street Murders in Memphis, TN. On March, 2008, Jessie Dotson went to 722 Lester Street, where his brother, Cecil, lived with his girlfriend and their children. Jessie killed four adults were multiple gunshot wounds, killed two children, ages 2 and 4, who were beaten and stabbed. Three other children, one just 2 months old, also were beaten and stabbed, but survived the attack.
Ms. Alexandra Estrada is a 45 years old Hispanic female. She arrived at BHWS from HELP USA on 11/20/2013. She is currently living in the Department of Homeless Services System since 12/25/2012. Ms. Estrada stands 4”10’ inches tall and weighs approximately 100 lbs. She is of olive skinned complexion, has bleached dyed blond short hair, and has distinct scars on her forehead and left arm.
Jasmine and her boyfriend, Jeremy committed the murder. Jeremy was 23 years-olds. Jasmine was released just 10 years after the murder and he was sentenced to life. According to Antonia Monticelli’s article, “Murderous Children: Jasmine
A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office investigator on Tuesday outlined a motive for the Dec. 12 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man along State Route 255 in Manila, saying three of the five suspects admitted to taking part in the shooting. The day after the shooting, Cesar Valenzuela-Campos, 23, admitted to riding in the car that pulled up behind Tyson Claros minutes before he was shot, investigator Todd Fulton said. Tamara Thompson, 18, allegedly admitted the crime to a jail-house informant and Brandon Mitchell allegedly told a family friend, who called the detective, he’d become remorseful over the killing. “He said that he knew that Catie had lied to him and that he basically killed somebody for no good reason, and he could spend the rest of
Crime Description This paper will analyze the murder of Vanessa Pham by Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia. Around 3:30 in the afternoon on June 27, 2010, as Vanessa Pham was leaving a nail salon in Fairfax Plaza Shopping Center when Julio Blanco-Garcia approached her. Blanco-Garcia, high on PCP and carrying his infant daughter, told Pham that he was having a medical emergency and asked her to drive him to the hospital. Vanessa agreed and allowed the two into her car.
The Prosecutor of the Jodi Arias murder trial was Juan Martinez During the report of the crime scene detectives figured out that there were no suspects involved with the murder, other than an ex-girlfriend that people talked negatively about and wouldn’t stop bothering Travis. Detectives spoke with her and she claimed she had nothing to do with the murder of Travis, but later on changed her story and admitted to killing Travis, but as an act of self-defense. Flaws within her story started to make her look bad and evidence contradicted everything she said. Martinez soon figured out that there was a receipt for a five gallon gas can that she purchased and two five gallon gas cans that she borrowed from a friend, so she was in possession of 15
After several days of no communication and concern about Travis Alexander’s wellbeing, a couple of his friends went to his residence in Mesa, Arizona. They did in fact find their friend but he was lying in a pool of blood. One June 9, 2008, Travis was found with many wounds, including a slit neck, multiple stab wounds and a gunshot in the head. Police investigated the crime and came to the conclusion that he was killed five days earlier.
After reading chapters one and two of the Psychology in Everyday Life book and learning about the four big ideas in psychology, and also while trying to figure out the contributing factors of Andrea Yates’ murder of her children. I have to focus in on and think about big idea two, the biopsychosocial approach, that integrates three levels which are biological, psychological and social/cultural; all together these factors influence and give insight into behavior and mental processes. (CITE BOOK) After reviewing these, the psychological factors that I believe to have contributed to Andrea Yates’ murder of her children are, firstly biological, Andrea had a genetic predispositions, which means Andrea had an increased likelihood of developing
In the case of Tara Brown’s murder, various groups of individuals are affected. As well as maintaining principles of fair punishment and deterrence, the criminal justice system has to consider perceptions of the victim’s family (secondary victim), the community’s demand for crime prevention, and the offender’s rights to a fair court hearing. The most likely outcome is imprisonment for Lionel John Patea due to committing an indictable offence. It is important to note that if this was only a case of domestic abuse without murder, it would utilise more time, effort and expenses to come to a resolution. This is due to the different circumstances and degree of abuse that the judge has to assess.
The teens had been seen drinking illegally before the tragic event. So, the cause of their death could have been because they were drunk. All of the victims were graduates of the East Lyme High School in 1987. The families of this tragic event were stunned to find out that one of their loved ones was dead. Their families had last seen them when they were leaving for New
In November 2007, Meredith kercher was found dead in the apartment she shared with Amanda Knox. She had been stabbed. the knife wounds and a slashed neck leading to a lack of oxygen. But who could do this? Who would do this?
The murder case of Leanne Holland exposed the ways in which forensic science were both a help and a hindrance to the conviction and subsequent overturning of the verdict, against Graham Stafford. The body of 12-year-old Leanne Holland was found battered and partially naked in scrub 30m off Redbank Plains Rd on September 26, 1991. She went missing on Monday morning on September 23, 1991. According to descriptions, she was last seen wearing a long-sleeved purple jumper, black skirt and no shoes as she headed towards shops just 500m from her Alice St home in Goodna.
So, they just thought about what body looks like it has been sitting there in their bed for awhile. Well, the police wanna say Joshia B. Moore he was 43 years old but people called him Joe which was the father got murdered first he was the worst of them all. Then they wanna say that it was the mother Sarah Moore she was 39 years old. Next, they said all the child were murdered the son Herman Moore he was 11 years old. Second, Katherina Moore she was 10 years old, Boyd Moore which was 7 years old, and Paul Moore he was the youngest out of everyone which he was 5 years old.
He killed over about one hundred girls from different native tribes and a native tribe caught him, buried him from the neck down in sand, beaten, and tortured him by pouring syrup all over his head to watch the ants eat him but, he managed to escape and went to Columbia then Ecuador. This became a daily routine where he would kill about two to three girls a day for about four years. Lopez said, "I like the girls in Ecuador, they are more gentle and trusting, more innocent." Even though he was poor and homeless, he was still all over the place moving from city to city murdering young girls day by day. In April 1980, four murdered children were uncovered by a flood and after the flood, he was arrested for attempting to abduct a young girl and went to prison.
Diane Newton King had said to her mother that she needed alone time with Brad. It was speculated that Diane was going to leave Brad and take the children with her. “She [Freida Newton, Diane’s mother] was afraid of what she might say about the man her daughter married. She thought Diane wanted to confide in her about her crumbling marriage, but she was afraid of what that might start” (P. 520 M). Diane was with her mother, trying to bring up the subject but not knowing how, so instead they ignored it and watched television.
