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Scarlett’s Secret
Scarlett was no ordinary woman. Well I mean she was to everyone else, she was exemplary but ordinary. Scarlett had a secret. A secret that made her far from ordinary. A dark secret that made her successful job as an engineer seem almost meaningless. Something you would of never have expected from her, and this was something she relied on.
By Belle Gabriella5 years ago in Criminal
The Telemarketer Case
In October 2021 Jeet Thakur Sahai was asked to assist on a case. A telemarketer was found dead in the early morning next to a small garbage dump in South Delhi. The garbage dump was close to many office buildings where people worked late hours (sometimes even till midnight). The lead investigator of the case was Inspector Pramod Palekar.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
The Big Bamboozle. Were Phillip Marshall And His Kids Murdered Because Of Something He Wrote, Or Was About To Reveal? Or Was It Indeed A Murder-Suicide?
February 4th, 2013 was the date and it should have been like any other date for the Marshalls. Author Phillip Marshall was at home with his two children, Alex and Macaila Marshall. Instead, it was a day that left one neighborhood and community in Calaveras County, California, saddened, stunned, and confused. In a gated golf course community known as Forest Meadows, in one of the region's most exclusive neighborhoods, and in the home of a career pilot turned successful author, police reported that deputies found Phillip Marshall dead in a pool of blood, inside the front door.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in Criminal
Three Eighty At Three A.M
Ten years gives a man a long time to think, especially on Texas’ death row. I never thought I would end up in Livingston for something other than a lake trip. Yet, here I am, just mere hours away from being euthanized by the state. When I was a kid, I used to have dreams where I would fall out of the sky. I would never hit the ground, though. I would wake up just in time to avoid the sudden impact at the end of the vertical journey. Of course, while I wish I could just wake myself up out of prison, I must come to terms with the fact that I’m about to fall into a permanent sleep. While I’m at it, I guess I should ask myself, what happened to me? What was the chain of events that led to me sitting here in prison garb, on a cot that works better as a bulletin board?
By Donovan Graham5 years ago in Criminal
Dear Officer,
Dear Officer, I met your family recently. They all speak very highly of you. But what I want to know is, where were you? You spent decades serving as an officer of the law but I only met you once, why is that? Where were you? I met you in the middle of the night. I was naked, you brought me out a t-shirt to wear.
By Aria Amanda Kreuz5 years ago in Criminal
A Force To Be Reckoned With
Jack was taken from the county jail to the ‘Deuel Vocational Institution’ in Tracy. The primary purpose of DVI is to serve as a reception center for newly committed prisoners to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from northern California county jails.
By Jim Patterson5 years ago in Criminal
Kelly
It was Kelly’s 10th birthday on that eventful day. Her mother, Betty, was a single mom, and they lived in a small single wide trailer, which they were lucky to have. Betty’s only source of income came from State Disability. She was not a beautiful woman, quite average in looks, and extremely overweight. But that was not always the case. Ten years ago, she was a beautiful, full figured woman with long red hair and pouting lips. Now, she is 30 years old but looks more like 40.
By Jim Patterson5 years ago in Criminal
The Binder
Listening to the water lap away at the edge of the lawn as the wind caresses my face. I can only smile. We did it. WE DID IT! We saved one more. This one was a little bit harder to handle for me. I knew Samantha’s grandmother personally. She was a friend, family. I had stood and looked her in the eye and promised to be there for her granddaughter. I will not stop now. Right now, I want to just sit here. Inhale the sweet scent of nature and good wine. Tomorrow will come soon enough, and I’ll fight more idiots then.
By Tlynn Noah5 years ago in Criminal
Movie Review: 'The Five Rules of Success'
The Five Rules of Success stars Santiago Segura as X, a man who has just been paroled. We are not initially told why X was in jail but the movie indicates that he’s spent most of his formative years behind bars. X has no family and few prospects but he does have a set of rules to live by. X has spent his time behind bars on self improvement and that includes creating his own set of rules to live by that he believes will make him a success in the outside world.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Criminal
