Edwards, fortunately, managed to escape and two police officers picked him up. When the police arrived at the apartment, they entered Dahmer’s bedroom where they found pictures of dead bodies and dismembered limbs. They kept investigating the home which lead to a head being discovered in the refrigerator, three more in the freezer, photographs of victims, and human remains. After being charged with 17 murder charges, his trial began on January 30, 1992. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but two weeks later the court declared him guilty and he was sentenced to 15 life terms, for a total of 957 years in
Amityville took place in the 1970’s. “My parents have been shot!” Screamed Ronald Defeo bursting into Harry 's Bar on the night of November 13, 1974. Ronald was found guilty for the murder of his parents and four younger siblings. Today he is 64 and still is in jail.
Scott Peterson is a convicted murderer. He viciously took the life of his wife that was 8 months pregnant at the time of her death. It has been speculated that Scott murdered his wife on Christmas eve at the home they shared. It is believed that Scott Peterson suffocated his wife Laci, then took her to his boat.
Simmons picked up the gifts and then drove home to wait out the weekend. On Monday, December 28th, 1987 Simmons drove to Walmart in a car that had once belonged to his son, so that he could purchase a second gun. After he purchased the second gun he proceeded in killing his old coworkers, bosses, and acquaintances, or whom he referred to as “everyone who wanted to hurt me”, he then turned himself over to the Russellville police after they arrived. Simmons was then sent to the “Arkansas State Hospital” in Little Rock where he was given a competency evaluation by the staff psychiatrist Dr. Irving Kuo. Kuo stated that Simmons was sane and capable of standing trial.
Every time Frank got locked up he found a way to escape. In 1955, Frank stole $6165 from the Bank of Slidell in Louisiana (Braun, 26). He was caught and had to serve fourteen years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He tried to escape from there
Jared Fogle is serving a 15-year sentence for child porn and sex crime charges, he was attacked and left bloodied by a fellow inmate in the prison yard on January 29. According to documents obtained by TMZ, another inmate confronted the 38-year-old in a yard at the Federal Correctional Institute in Englewood, Colorado before “unloading a barrage of punches." Documents report that “[Steven] Nigg, who’s in for a weapons charge, left Fogle with a bloody nose, swollen face and scratches on his neck.”
One lady by the name of Elena Estrada went by the nickname as “ heartbreaker “. Elena had been sentenced to seven years, for stabbing her unfaithful lover and opening up his chest then cutting out his heart and through his heart at his face. A male inmate with the name of Frank Leslie went by the name “ fast gun “. He shot his girlfriend in a drunken rage and a man in a gang, then later on he became a model inside the Yuma prison. Another man named Barney K Riggs goes by the name of “ Hero of the Gates Riot “.
James Earl Ray was born in Alton, Illinois, on March 10, 1928. known for being racist and a criminal, Ray began plotting the assassination of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in early 1968. He shot and killed Martin Luther King in Memphis on April 4, 1968, confessing to the crime the following March.in April 1968, Ray rented a room at a rooming house under the name Eric Starvo Galt, near the Lorraine Motel, where King was staying. Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while Ray rented a room at a rooming house under the name Eric Starvo Galt, near the Lorraine Motel, where King was staying.
In Cold Blood It all started on the night of November 14, 1959, when two young men came to Holcomb, Kansas. They first came to rob the Clutters, but when finding there was not ten thousand dollars in the house like they were told, they thoughtlessly killed all four of them, for only forty bucks and a little radio. The men were finally caught, but forced to stand on trial with people who already want the two men dead, which puts the town in favor of capital punishment, before the trial had even started. The two young men, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, were sentenced to the death penalty. The book In Cold Blood, I believe, is for the capital punishment.
The last few weeks in Maycomb County, led a stir of emotions in the town, regarding to Tom Robinson’s case. Tom was convicted of sexually assaulting Bob Ewell’s oldest daughter, Mayella. When the jury made a decision, Tom ended up guilty, and charged to jail. A couple days later, bam! Tom was shot seventeen times in the back and put to death.
Ted Bundy Murderers are the sinister impressions of the human race and feared everywhere. In the year of 1979, a notorious serial killer and rapist by the name of Ted Bundy was finally caught and locked up for good in the Florida State Prison. Ted Bundy was known for his good looks that fooled the eyes and hearts of the vulnerable. In addition to his handsome figure and a superior disposition, Ted was able to act as a nurturer and take advantage of woman's weaknesses. Taking lives of many, and not feeling a tinge of guilt, Ted was a cold and putrid monster who never learned to stop.
Chase dragged her corpse into the bedroom slit her neck a few times and drank her blood. After the murder of Teresa Wallin FBI agents created a profile based on the evidence at the scene. They Determined that the fugitive was tall, malnourished, a loner, physically unclean, and the most important fact, they believed that he would kill again. A week after the mass murder Nancy Holden, Chase’s high school classmate who refused to give him a ride, told police that she believed that Chase could be the killer. The police looked into what they had in their system about Richard Chase, and they saw that he had registered a .22-caliber semiautomatic pistol that was linked to the spree of murders.
The Profile of Ted Bundy Ted Bundy was a notorious serial killer, who was active from the early 70s to the late 70s. He targeted women from multiple states over a span of seven years. He was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, attempted murder, burglary, and several counts of murder. He was executed in 1989 on January 24th for his crimes. The profile of Ted Bundy shows he was likely to be a serial killer considering his early life, mental traits, and modus operandi.
Ted Bundy Theodore (Ted) Bundy was originally Theodore Cowell, born on November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont in a special home for Unwed Mothers. Louise Cowell, which was Ted’s mother, a little after a month, left the home and returned to her parent’s house. Louise went to Philadelphia where she could raise her son, while Ted grew to think his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sibling. Later on, Ted and his mother Louise moved to Washington where Louise married Johnnie Bundy, a military cook. Although he never knew his father he was always well mannered, and because of his unhinged childhood, Ted Bundy was known as a serial killer.
Notorious around America for his description as a ruthless outlaw and a sly fugitive, William H. Bonney, or better known as Billy the Kid, rose to popularity in Lincoln County, New Mexico. The majority have heard the story of the Kid and his various adventures with his gang, nevertheless, most forget the fact that he began as a normal kid, with a normal life before exceeding his limit around the age of sixteen and committing his first murder. While Billy the Kid became one of the most well known fugitives during the time of the Lincoln County War, he was not one of the most significant. In fact, the War’s outcome would have arguably remained the way it is, with the exception of an increase in Regulator deaths and decrease in sheriff fatalities