Is this the place to dredge up the Jeremy Bamber case in light of the new tv series?
Is this the place to dredge up the Jeremy Bamber case in light of the new tv series?
Go for it - we can always move things around later, depending on how they develop.
A former Los Angeles rubbish collector has been found guilty in the "Grim Sleeper" serial murders which spanned more than 20 years and left 10 dead.
Lonnie David Franklin Jr killed nine women and a 15-year-old girl between 1985 and 2007, before dumping their bodies, often in alleyways.
Prosecutors said Franklin Jr, 63, stalked vulnerable young black women before shooting or strangling them.
He began by targeting drug addicts during LA's crack cocaine epidemic.
Franklin Jr was convicted after a two-month trial at LA County Superior Court and could face the death penalty.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36215690
I love bad taxidermy but that's a bit much!!Charles Manson had one who wanted to marry him but that was so she could get his body after death and put it on display...
What an intriguing job you have!!Within my career I have worked with Forensic patients who have murdered people.Not serial killers but people who have taken lives. Art Therapy was part, for some,included in their treatment.Creative writing was also accessed by some. Some of the art was mediocre and some very good indeed. As was the writing. However none, I believe gave any real insight to the person. There was no dark, what do you make of this type pictures, usually the opposite. There was two types of patient. One who killed acting on delusions {in the the context of a psychotic episode} and the other who usually were extremely personality disordered. The psychotic type I encountered were ill and had remorse when well, about their actions. The dis-social personality types always tried to portray a different side to themselves and disassociated themselves from their crimes. You could buy their art nd never know. I think at times in high profile cases the person will play up to what people think they may be, but more often they try to distance themselves. Ego plays a huge part. I think a certain type of celeb like to buy these type of things.
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53828154Joseph DeAngelo, the man known as the Golden State Killer, has been sentenced to life in prison.
His sentencing is the culmination of a crime investigation that began in the 1970s and attracted worldwide interest.
DeAngelo, 74, was arrested in 2018 after his DNA was found on a genealogy website.
In June he admitted to 13 murders in a deal with US prosecutors meant to spare him the death penalty.
He also admitted to numerous rapes, burglaries and other crimes at the time.
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on Friday called DeAngelo a "sociopath in action".
Good grief, if those descriptions are true they go beyond the Blackadder gags "accidentally brutally cut his head off while shaving". Surprised they weren't investigated more closely at the time, never mind looking for a serial killer now.Apologies for the source. Could a series of deaths among elderly couples in North-West England be the work of a serial killer?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/string-murder-suicides-north-west-22563238
Those were some seriously violent killings, that's for sure!!Apologies for the source. Could a series of deaths among elderly couples in North-West England be the work of a serial killer?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/string-murder-suicides-north-west-22563238
Police in the north-west of England are reviewing claims that a serial killer may have been behind five apparent murder-suicides of older couples over the past 24 years.
Stephanie Davies, Cheshire police’s senior coroner’s officer, has produced a 197-page report raising concerns that the deaths of Harold and Bea Ainsworth in April 1996 and Donald and Auriel Ward in November 1999, all in the wealthy town of Wilmslow, were double murders by a third party who is still at large, the Sunday Times reported.
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Especially when you read about the brutality of their deaths.This is horrifying; five elderly couples who were ruled to have died in murder/suicide incidents are now believed to have possibly been murdered by a third party. There may be more victims.
How harrowing for their families. It would have been bad enough at the time but to have it all raked up again must be traumatic.
Cheshire police examine serial killer theory in five couples' deaths
Especially when you read about the brutality of their deaths.
One had a knife left stuck in their forehead!
I would not call that a suicide.I know, it's so bizarre! One of the men had a coat hanger twisted round his neck. That's a strange way to kill yourself.
Really looking forward to this and I love David Tennant!The new ITV dramatisation 'Des' about serial killer Dennis Nielsen has a trailer. It's uncanny how much David Tennent looks like Nielsen ..
Very strange I think!I know, it's so bizarre! One of the men had a coat hanger twisted round his neck. That's a strange way to kill yourself.
It is certainly possible to self-garotte oneself with the help of implements. A leading expert on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did this.I would not call that a suicide.
Robert De Niro, the DNA Deerstalker.Do we know who plays Maximus Otter?
I guess if they are desperate to die they will find a wayIt is certainly possible to self-garotte oneself with the help of implements. A leading expert on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did this.
People have also sadly managed it with other improvised equipment. I have a downloaded BMJ paper about the subject somewhere.
Disturbed people can kill themselves in strange ways.
No, but it was nearly as convoluted a plot.Was that expert trying to recreate a scene from a Sherlock Holmes story?
Not that this came as any great surprise...
Golden State Killer sentenced to life in prison
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53828154
This answers some of your questions: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvcham...c-genealogy-golden-state-killer/#908b4c65a6d0The DNA from a genealogy site is interesting. With the rise in interest, and usage, of these sites you'd expect more DNA links but I've not heard of any. Presumably the guilty party would steer clear, but relatives would show up. Do these sites share their samples with police? Is there a DNA database that they have to cross reference?
The DNA from a genealogy site is interesting. With the rise in interest, and usage, of these sites you'd expect more DNA links but I've not heard of any. Presumably the guilty party would steer clear, but relatives would show up. Do these sites share their samples with police? Is there a DNA database that they have to cross reference?
Copied from an earlier post of mine in this thread:
"More than 15 million people have offered up their DNA to online genealogy services in recent years. While they represent a small fraction of all people, the pool of profiles is large enough to allow 60 percent of white Americans to be identified through the databases, according to researchers.
Researchers believe that in the coming years, 90 percent of Americans of European descent will be identifiable, even if they have not submitted their own DNA."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/us/jerry-westrom-isanti-mn.html
There seem to be no legal reasons why UK police couldn’t use private genealogy DNA databases. See this tabloid article, though l’m not aware of any such investigations. Yet.
The UK’s first murder conviction based on familial DNA evidence was in May 2004.
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