Pamela Foddrill Tragic Abduction Case Study

In a Public Service Broadcasting History Detectives documentary, a team of forensic scientists and detectives decided to attempt to solve a case more than 130 years old. The “Texas Servant Girl Murders” are a series of murders that took place in Austin, Texas in 1885. These murders have remained a mystery until modern day forensic scientists look back and may have been able to solve this crime easily today.

For over 20 years, millions of Americans have been following the twisted and unsolved murder of six-year old beauty contestant JonBenet Ramsey. Christmas of 1996 brought terror to Boulder, Colorado as the world watched the crime scene unfold as Little Miss Colorado was found strangled in the basement of her family’s home. Pieces from the brutal murder such as a lengthy ransom note are unheard of, leaving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shocked. Two decades later, the case remains a mystery due to police mishap, mishandled evidence, and an abundance of conspiracy theories. Suspicions have ranged from her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, to the outrageous, Santa Claus. One of the more credible theories is that JonBenet’s brother, Burke,

Murder. Murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. JonBenét was executed by someone watching her every move up until that point. A six year old beauty pageant participant, murdered harshly in her home by someone preying upon her as if they were a lion. Maybe someone was in the state of jealousy and anger that they murdered her because they wanted what she had. Her murder was one of the stories that began the chain of crimes soon to be uncovered. A kidnapping or family tied murder are two theories that are possible in this case.

The murder of child beauty pageant winner JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado has not yet been solved despite years of investigation on local, state, and even national levels. The six year old childs murder has never been forgotten. Her murder has caused debate over child abuse, the sexualization of young children, the cons of beauty pageants, and the frustration over unsolved murders of young people in the U.S. The murder has been the subject of many news programs, documentaries, and books. Suspects have been named and hounded in all of these. Most people came to believe that the murderer was the young child 's father, or his wife. This belief was based on media attention given to the case rather than any real facts or evidence. Some people have been cleared and others have died while trying to clear their names (Murder and Subsequent). Still, the crime goes unsolved

Gary Ridgway’s first charge was on killing Wendy Coffield. She was sixteen years old, living with a foster family. She disappeared on July,1982, and found by two young boys, floating in the the water of the Green River. An autopsy confirmed she was strangled to her death. Debra Bonner was the next victim. She was also found in the green river. Ridgway was addicted to killing and dumping the bodies in the river. His other victims began to blur together, in a short time period he would kill so many women. He once killed six girls in a four week period. He thought of them as garbage and would cover there bodies with tree branches and commented “they are garbage and should be covered up with garbage.” He killed thirteen women in the year of 1982.

There have been many murders in the United States that have been left unsolved. A case that is still very publicized and very shocking to the nation was that of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant. This seemingly perfect child was kidnapped, murdered and left in her parents’ 15-room house to later be found by her father. This horrific story embellishes that of the complete innocence of the victim and how the media glorified the murder. The Ramsey family was a very wealthy family, which can be attributed to the attractiveness theory outlined in Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology as well as how John, Patsy, and Burke (JonBenet’s nine-year-old brother) were secondary victims in this mournful case. It was a tragic

The constitutional rights of the suspects in the central park were denied. The Fifth Amendment clearly states that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentable or indictment of a Grand jury… nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” Therefore these rights were violated because the five teen suspects were unaware of these rights and were interrogated wrongfully. At the crime scene no evidence was found, which shows that instead of law enforcement following the right principles of the law they took advantage and tried to diminish the suspects. There are certain procedures that must be followed

On February 4th, 1974, a kidnapping shocked the nation. Patricia Hearst was a 19 year old girl, the granddaughter of a wealthy man named William Randolph Hearst. William became wealthy as a magnate for the newspaper. On February 4th, a day like no other happened to Patricia. Rebels from the group SLA went to Patricia 's apartment, beat up her fiance, and kidnapped patricia. SLA, the Symbionese Liberation Army’s wanted complete anarchy against the U.S. government. SLA was comprised of many different ethnicities and different ages, all wanting the same thing, to rebel against the corrupt “capitalist state”. SLA kidnapped Patricia in an effort to gain attention from the nation, a wealthy girl living a normal life being kidnapped was something

On November 20th, 1986 a young lady, that was seventeen years old, named Madeline Ponds also known as Midge, came up missing. Madeline came up missing one night while she was working at a convenience store called PJ’s one stop, in Columbus, Mississippi. Her mother brought her dinner to the store since she was working late, after her mother left not even five minutes later she was gone. A customer came into the store and started complaining about no one tending the front of the store. There was money taken but it didn’t seem like any foul play went on a detective said. Madelines car and her belongings were still at the store but she was not in sight the investigation went on some time but finally they gave up on finding her. Everyone looked for her in the community but she never came up found so they closed the

Why did David Payne kill himself though, leaving behind a note that could be interpreted as guilty? Possibly he was expressing sorrow for getting her pregnant, which led her to the site of her death. It could have also been because – being a drunk – his mental condition was not stable enough to handle the death of his fiancé. He was, however, not present at the time of the murder, as the case file states, so does he have a strong alibi? No, but it can be argued that neither did any of the other suspects. It says he was absent at the time of murder but the time of murder was not stated in the information provided. This leaves a range from Sunday night to Tuesday night. During Monday, David was searching for Maggie with Albert. He could not have killed her then because of the company. During his interview, he was drunk, which would not have been wise of him because intoxication might allow for guilt to be slipped. Had he been clever enough to cause an unsolved murder, he would have thought of this too. The general cluelessness of David makes up for any lack of alibi.

This project report pertains to the Delphi Double Homicide Investigation. The homicides of a 13 year old white female and a 14 year old white female. Both were found dead in a wooded area near the Monon High Bridge trails in Delphi, Indiana. The investigation revealed that the 13 year old female had died from one sharp force trauma to the neck. The 14 year old female died from four sharp force traumas to the neck. A multi-agency investigation was conducted by the Indiana State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, Delphi City Police Department, and multiple other state, local and federal agencies.

All three aspects of the criminal justice system came together to try and resolved the mystery of the disappearance of Sabrina Aisenberg. For example, the local police department led and still leads the search for Sabrina, they are responsible for following all leads and gathering evidence. The court system was used to seek a warrant to place listening devices in the Aisenberg home. In addition, the prosecution team which is part of the court system filed charges against Marlene and Steve Aisenberg for conspiracy and false statements. However, the charges were later dropped as a result of a federal judge’s decision to exclude surveillance oral communications from becoming evidence of the disappearance of Sabrina. The corrections system played a role in the case in 2008, when a credible jail informant tipped of correctional staff about an incident in which the informant claimed that the Aisenberg’s sold him a boat to disposed of Sabrina’s body at sea (Mikkilineni, 2009). The case was later reopened and brought back into the public’s eye for consideration. To this day, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office along with the department of National Center for Missing and Exploited Children still receive leads regarding the whereabouts of Sabrina. Sergeant Samuel Balley from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office who leads the investigation says that “there have been over 4,000 interviews conducted on the case at this point” (Mikkilineni,

In the novel Abducted by Lisa Hoodless and Charlene Lunnon, we are introduced to some of the horrible things that happen around the world. Readers discover how the authors Lisa and Charlene are strong enough to share their tragic moments. In London two girls named Charlene and Lisa were abducted by a man named Alan while walking to school in the morning. The two girls were taken around town in the trunk of a car. They were taken to the abductors parents house and soon to his apartment in another city outside of London. While being with the abductor the girls struggled facing tragic things such as rape, starvation, child abduction and almost death.

In the city of Boulder, Colorado in the early hours of December 26, 1996 Patsy Ramsey found a three page ransom note for her 6 year old daughter JonBenet Ramsey. The note was found on the back staircase of the house and asked for 118,000\$, the same amount her father had received as a Christmas bonus that year (S.B.T.C.). Later that day the 6 year old was found dead in her basement by her father. Her death was shrouded in trauma as no one was certain if she died of blunt force trauma or strangulation when the ransom note said that she would be decapitated, or why, if she was being help for ransom, less than 12 hours later her father found her in the basement , dead. When all the details are looked at and inspected it becomes clear that she was not being held hostage which raises the question, Who killed her? and why.

As a digital forensic investigator, I was assigned to a case where my expertise where needed. My role in the investigation was to search the suspects digital evidence to help find more helpful information and advance the case. Overall my job as a digital forensic investigator was to recover and analyse the digital evidence so that it could be used in the criminal prosecution.