True Crime

[cremetangerine82]

CW: rape

The correctional officer she had sex with doesn't want her to get parole!

Nicholas Rossi faces life in prison after DNA match.

If you're not familiar with his case, this video is well worth watching.

[Auroranorth]

Here's hoping she never gets out. I'm old enough to remember that case. It was horrifying. I think she needs psychological help, but she shouldn't be out.

This is not an easy documentary to watch.

[cremetangerine82]

I'm still angry that she accused two black men of kidnapping her kids, so the police probably terrorized so many in South Carolina before the truth came out.

"American Murder: Laci Peterson" lands perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.

Has anyone else watched this?

[cubanitafresca]

Aug 28, 2024 18:54:20 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

CW: graphic details in linked article

Yeah, the owl theory is outlandish, but some weird murders such as in this article are truly stranger than fiction.

The Dennis Nilsen story is one of the most horrifying serial killer stories I've ever seen. That man was just pure evil.

If you haven't seen the mini-series about him with David Tennant as Dennis Nilson I highly recommend it. It's disturbing though.
It's called "Des" and Tennant is just brilliant in it.

[cremetangerine82]

That sounds like a great recommendation, cubanitafresca! It is streaming somewhere?

[cubanitafresca]

Sept 8, 2024 19:02:03 GMT -4 cremetangerine82 said:

That sounds like a great recommendation, cubanitafresca! It is streaming somewhere?

AMC+ has it and so does Britbox. You can also purchase all three episodes on Amazon for $8.50 if you're really determined.

Oh, wait Fandango at home has all three episodes for $4.99.

[cremetangerine82]

Cool, thanks!

Has anyone followed the "Black Swan murder" of Douglas Benefield? I just watched the 48 Hours episode.

CW: disposal of remains, murder

Miss Switzerland finalist was dismembered by husband and put in blender.

Japanese court acquits the longest-serving death row inmate of a 1966 quadruple murder.

[gremlin45]

BBC article.

Warning: This story contains distressing details of extreme child sexual abuse

A man from Northern Ireland has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in jail for the extreme online sexual abuse of children and the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl.

Alexander McCartney, 26, from County Armagh, admitted 185 charges - including more than 50 blackmail offences.

Now one of the world's most prolific online child abusers, he created fake personas to target as many as 3,500 victims, aged 10 to 16, from more than 30 countries.

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a 12-year-old girl from the United States, Cimarron Thomas, took her own life in 2018 while he was abusing her.

I'm just horrified. Those poor kids. I don't think 20 years is enough.

[cremetangerine82]

It's Halloween and I thought of a unsolved murder that has haunted me (pun intended) for decades. It's the case of Alicia Showalter Reynolds, a young woman who went missing in 1996 and was found dead not too far where I live. Later, I found out that there have been multiple case of missing and murdered women on the "Route 29 Corridor".

Any cases like these where you live?

[dragonflie]

Yers ago- for most of my youth and early 20's- I lived in Alberta, Canada. There was a string of murders and pretty sure it was a serial killer. There were bodies of woman being found around the city of Edmonton. The scariest (they were all horrific) case was that of Amber Tuccaro. She made a phone call while in the car with her killer. It was a call to a jail- so it was recorded. You can hear her fear. She was hitchhiking- this guy offered her a ride, she called her brother in prison while in the vehicle. You hear her asking where he is taking her, why is he going that way... Her body was found 2 years later.

Here's a link to the story- with some of the audio.

The police force really failed these girls. It's so sad and horrific.