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Killer Mom Kristi Anne Abrahams: Examining How Social Media Reacts
Most of us are not totally fine, The world has damaged us somewhere along the way, to the point where we can't trust everyone we meet. We've heard some dark things which are beyond our understanding. We might even worry about murderers, whether or not we live in high crime neighborhoods. A rather common, media-assisted fear is the cruel and utterly pointless abuse and murder of a vulnerable and defenseless child, especially by his or her parents or guardians. This is exactly what happened to Kiesha Weippeart, the 6-year-old who was killed by her mother, Kristi Anne Abrahams, on July 18, 2010, after years of abuse.
By Wade Wainio6 years ago in Criminal
The Bloody Truth, Part Eight
Maya Angelou wrote, “I really saw clearly, and for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and cuddles and even mollycoddles a child, but because in an interesting and maybe an eerie and unworldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known.” In a perfect world, everyone would see the importance of motherhood and every mother would stand in the gap for her children. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world. Motherhood has been reduced to a visit to the doctor's office, a beaker and a stranger's sperm. Anyone CAN do it, but there are far too many that simply shouldn't. Erika Murray is one of those that shouldn't have.
By Phoenixx Fyre Dean6 years ago in Criminal
Who Killed My Dad? Part 1
When someone dies that’s close to you a piece of you dies with them. Death of a loved one can often throw up unanswered questions, things about that person and their life you never thought about when they were alive, or perhaps never even knew. What you are about to read is a true story. I know because I was there. This is my dad’s story, and also mine. It’s a chance for me to remember a winter in Sydney a long time gone.
By Noel Anderson6 years ago in Criminal
Eradicating Crime
Crime has been around for thousands of years- acts viewed as vile, evil and sometimes unexplainable by humans, have plagued our species since the pre-historic civilizations. The first attempt at creating a code of laws started in Ancient Mesopotamia with Hammurabi’s Code. Although humanity has come a long way from following Hammurabi’s idea of “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” we still struggle with finding fitting punishments for crimes, as opinions on the matter are widely subjective. However, over the recent years, with the development of criminology, the focus has shifted from finding a fitting punishment for a crime, to eradicate crime by starting with its root causes. Criminology is the field of Criminal Law dealing with attempting to figure out why crime happens. The practitioners and experts of this field have narrowed it down to nine main causes, though they widely debate what the main one is. The purpose of this research paper will be to go into depth about why poor parenting and broken homes are the root cause of crime- this being due to the fact that they have a negative mental impact on the child’s development, can easily lower the child’s altruism levels, and can ultimately lead into other causes viewed by researchers as root causes of crime.
By Alex Barbu6 years ago in Criminal
The Heinous Crimes of Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole
Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were a pair of serial killers that traveled across the country killing and raping anyone that crossed their paths. If you believe Henry Lucas, they killed more than 600 people together - a claim that was rejected as false by many in law enforcement.
By Lawrence Lease6 years ago in Criminal
I Am Crackproof
Sometime in late 1968, something inside an unknown individual snapped, and began what would become one of the world’s most famous unsolved murder mysteries. Emerging from what seemed a mundane, provincial murder case, sprang a modern, semi-mythological monster. An unknown, shadowy figure, who still haunts popular culture half a century later.
By Paul Bruce6 years ago in Criminal
Was the Baby Crying?
October 12, 2017: Jake and Zeke are walking together in front of us, I admire the muscles and sleek black and white coats of my boys as we move along the curving gravel from the barn back up to my long low bungalow tucked warm into the slope. The crunch of the gravel under my boots, the hard blue of Alberta sky, our faint breath in the air, the comforting heaviness of my coat, the earthy old apple smell of fall and my beloved Verity in my arms, it all makes me heady with gratitude. I smile, looking at the dogs, and feel my heart bloom warmth through my chest. My boys, my sweetie boys, as I call the two-year-old brothers, make life here possible. In my sixties now and on my own, I couldn’t live out here in Speargrass without them. My companions. My fur babies. My protectors. I am unaware in this moment of the stoking of an unquenchable fire inside them that will, moments from now, blast across my beloved homestead and raze my world.
By Diane Randle6 years ago in Criminal
Suggestions for Preventing Credit Card Fraud
Your credit card information is perhaps at risk of theft, considering that it’s the information era. Unfortunately, credit card fraud is increasingly becoming prevalent by the day. You should be on the lookout for credit card fraud, especially if you love traveling and you use your credit cards to earn miles and points. You may be excited to find some extra dollars in your credit card, but you might be shocked to discover a charge on the card a few days later. The first step towards protecting yourself from credit card fraud is to understand how the scam works so that you know the measures to take. For starters, credit card fraud entails any unauthorized and illegal use of your credit card. The scam happens when funds are obtained from your account through cash withdrawal, or the card is used to purchase services or goods without paying for them. Credit card fraud is a widespread identity theft where your personal information can be used to take loans.
By Olivia Picton6 years ago in Criminal
The New York Adventures of Waka Gashira
"Toni Cipriani picked up on a few radio transmissions about the hulking behemoth who allegedly ventured outside the city after receiving multiple reports on his police radio receiver. The street-racing mobster had a feeling that police officer L.Kennedy would be hot on the trail of the hulking behemoth. However, L.Kennedy, a police officer, would be far enough away from the trail of the street-racing mobsters. Potential encounters with enemies similar to and of the magnitude of this beast had never been seen before, and with its arrival, Toni Cipriani had more than enough time to plan for their next inevitable encounter."
By LUiS Wrote THiS UNiVERSE6 years ago in Criminal
