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I Couldn't Stop Stabbing Him: She Stabbed Her Husband 193 Times
“I couldn’t stop stabbing him; I couldn’t stop,” Susan Wright testified as she stood trial for the brutal murder of her husband Jeff. Susan had brutally stabbed her husband 193 times before burying his body in the backyard.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
The Murder of Rickey James
A group of children playing in the woods in Lancaster, South Carolina, stumbled upon the decomposing corpse of 33-year-old Rickey James covered with brush and leaves. The kids ran home and told their parents who notified the authorities.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
A Jealous, Disturbed Woman Set Her Afire
Jealousy and obsession can distort the mind, fueling irrational thoughts that lead to life-altering consequences, especially when matters of the heart are at play. Dana Vulin knows this lesson well. Over a decade ago, a disturbed woman wrongly assumed she was sexually involved with her estranged husband. That woman began stalking Vulin for weeks. She ultimately broke into Vulin's home and set the woman afire. Vulin sustained burns to over 60 percent of her body and will require medical treatment for the rest of her life.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
Could You Survive the Quietest Place on Earth Where You Become the Sound?
Imagine a place so quiet that you become the sound. The quietness exceeds the thresholds of human hearing at this place. You can hear the sounds of bones crushing and blood pumping through your veins. You feel your chest move every time your heart beats and your lungs hiss. It’s so quiet, you become the sound. Experts say humans can survive less than an hour inside the room. Welcome to Microsoft’s Building 87, a three-room anechoic chamber named by Guinness World Records in 2012 as the “Quietest Place on Earth”
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in FYI
I’ll Kill One of Them Before I Pay Child Support: The Murder of 2-Year-Old Ja’Shaun Powell . Content Warning.
Danny Platt slit his 2-year-old son's throat because he did not want to pay child support. Danny Platt and Daniella Powell of New Orleans, LA, separated soon after the birth of their son, Ja'Shaun, in 2007. Danny had visitation rights and could see Ja'Shaun whenever he wanted. He had never taken advantage of his right to be a father.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
The Brutal Crimes and Execution of La Guera Loca. Content Warning.
La Guera Loca translates to Crazy Blonde Girl, a nickname Yesenia Pancheo rightfully earned. Little is known about her life before she joined the Gulf Cartel, although one can only speculate the type of trauma she endured to want to be a woman known as a fierce, brutal killer.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
A man spent almost three years locked in a psychiatric hospital in case of mistaken identity
Joshua Spriestersbach lived with schizophrenia, yet was a quiet, caring man who never hurt anyone. He spent time in jail on petty, non-violent charges, and on a few occasions, spent time at the Hawaii State Hospital, HSH. He often spoke about microwaves controlling him and told anyone who’d listen how the CIA was after him because of his computer hacking skills.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
If Something Happens to me, Chris Did it: The Coleman Family Murders
Taking another life without cause is cold-hearted and callous. When the lives you take are your wife and children, it's even more devastatingly shocking. When men murder their families, the motivating factor oftentimes is money or a mistress. For reasons unknown to me, they feel killing their family is a better alternative than divorce. The Chris Watts family murders case, for example, happened after he began an affair with another woman.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
Women Executed in the U.S.
Since 1976 -the year the U.S. reinstated the death penalty- only 1.15%, or 18, of the 1,500+ executed inmates have been women. Even then, another eight years passed before any state took a woman to the death chamber for execution. The death penalty sparks plenty of controversy, although in the U.S. still is a punishment handed down to criminals convicted of the worst crimes imaginable. Now and again, those heinous people happen to be women.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
Man Sexually Assaulted 81-Year-Old Grandma, Uncle in Meth-Fueled Attack . Content Warning.
Aundre Willie Johnson raped a woman when he was a 15-year-old teenager, landing him a spot on the SOR as a registered sex offender. He lived his life on the edge. By 2014, Aundre, then 34-years-old, had several felony convictions on his record, including one for robbery, and was a full-time methamphetamine user.
By Criminal Matters3 years ago in Criminal
