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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
Woman Feels Violated After DNA From Her Rape Kit Was Used To Charge Her For A Crime
In 2016, "Jane Doe" reported a sexual assault and sent her DNA to a rape kit. Five years later, San Francisco police utilized her DNA to arrest her for a property crime. She is now suing the city.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Bear Brook Murders- How A Librarian Helped Solve The Case
This post has been updated to improve the clarity Four victims were discovered at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. They were dismembered, skeletonized, wrapped in plastic bags, and packed into two 55-gallon steel barrels. The case baffled authorities for years. And decades, no one could identify them, referring to them as the "Bear Brook killings."
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, targeted vulnerable women via social media then went on a three-month killing spree
Sarah Butler, age 20, texted Khalil Wheeler-Weaver 53 minutes before he murdered her, "You're not a serial killer, right?" Tragically, that was the case. Wheeler-Weaver murdered three women, including Butler, between August and November 2016 and attempted to kill a fourth.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Cruel Use Of Monkeys For Thailand's Coconut Business
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling for a global boycott of Thai coconut milk manufacturers after claiming that the sector has engaged in "systematic abuse" of monkey, using them for slave labor.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Daniel LaPlante-The 17-Year-Old Who Raped And Murdered A Pregnant Mom , And Then Drowned Her Two Kids
Daniel LaPlante was 17 years old in 1987 when he brutally murdered Priscilla Gustafson and her two children in Townsend, Massachusetts. A year before this LaPlante terrorized another family by living within the walls of their home for weeks
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Drafted and Deadly
On Tuesday, December 26, 1950, in Salem, Oregon, Randall Brent Woodfield was born. Randall, or Randy as he preferred grew up the youngest of three siblings in what most people considered an ideal situation. He was from a middle class family that seemed well put together and unproblematic. His father worked as an executive at Pacific Northwest Bell and his mother was a home maker. He was popular in school. Their family was well known and respected in the community of Otter Rock, Oregon.
By Sara Wilson3 years ago in Criminal
Ed Gein-The Serial Killer who wanted to recreate and resurrect his dead mother
The majority of individuals have viewed iconic horror films such as Psycho (1960), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). (1991). But what many may not realize is that the terrible antagonists in these three films are all based on Ed Gein, the infamous "Butcher of Plainfield."
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Most Evil Lovers-They Killed And Slept With Dead Bodies
Douglas Clark may not be as well-known as Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, or Richard Ramirez, but his atrocities as a participant of the notorious Sunset Strip Killers were as heinous as those of any other serial killer.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Woman Who Faked Her Pregnancy Then Killed Her Pregnant Friend To Steal Her Baby.
In September, a 29-year-old Texas woman, Taylor Rene Parker was prosecuted in court for allegedly killing her pregnant friend and then removing the child from the victim's womb and trying to pass the baby off as her own.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Carl Tanzler-The Man Who Fell in Love With a Corpse
In 1931, Dr. Carl Tanzler fell in love with a tuberculosis patient he was treating. He sought to keep his patient alive by removing her corpse from the tomb in which it was held and using coat hangers, wax, and silk to hold it together.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
