Clutches: False Or Injustice?

Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 and died on November 28, 1994. From behind closed doors, it seemed like Dahmer lived a pretty regular life, but little did people know, he was good at hiding secrets. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered seventeen young men in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, and

On Saturday, December 1, 1900, a man named John Hossack was killed in his sleep with a hatchet by his wife, Margaret Hossack. The story told by Margaret was that she had heard what sounded like two boards banging together and by that time the attacker had fled and she didn’t catch a glimpse of him. The next thing she saw was her extremely wounded husband, John, who had a five-inch cut into his head and a fractured skull. A doctor, who came and examined John, and said there was no hope and John died the next morning. As an investigation started, a burglary was thought of as the first motive but the idea flawed because nothing was stolen so the idea was quickly abandoned. In the 4 days between the murder and the funeral, the police talked to

Serial killers have been a topic of interest for decades. One of the most well known serial killers in America is Ted Bundy. He is known for the horrific nature and extent of his murders. Over the span of about four years he committed over two dozen confirmed murders, and

This is an attempt to unravel the tangle by an objective and empirical examination of information from crime scene and post mortem examination of the victims. Pre-digested information such as speculative newspaper reports, and statements from witnesses other than those called in a professional capacity have been avoided since theirs is largely subjective testimony that confounds more than it informs.

Ivan Milat is often considered Australia’s worst serial killer of modern times as he is infamous for the “Backpack Murders” spanning from 1989 to 1992. Yet his two year manhunt didn’t start until September 19, 1992 when a man taking part in an orienteering event discovered a decomposing corpse in the Belanglo State Forest. The police found a second body the next day and started a thorough search which resulted in investigators ruling out the possibility of further discoveries. In October 1993, a local Bruce Pryor discovered a human skull and thigh bone which resulted in the police finding two more bodies. After finding multiple bodies over the next year, the authorities still remained stumped by the case until in November 13, 1993 when the

Going over old sketches and photographs of the body you would assume the old man was chopped up and killed. The only thing about that is that there were marks on the old

Examination of Evidence The crime took place in the house of John Wayne Gacy. He disposed of the 33 young men bodies in the crawlspaces and basement of his home. This usually doesn’t happen, because many people wouldn’t think

was associated with the death. The bodies were being taken away for autopsy as he took in the scene.

The BTK killer was known for terrorizing the town of Wichita, Kansas. He would bind, torture, and kill his victims, hence the name he gave himself. He sought out victims and stalked them for days sometimes weeks, and his main focus was for women and young girls. According to the book, “Bind Torture Kill: The Inside Story of the BTK, The Serial Killer Next Door”, his killing spree began in 1974 with the Otero family. He entered the home, strangled and killed Mr. Otero, his wife Julie, and two of their children. He then moved on to stalking and killing six more victims in the same manner, by placing a plastic bag over their head, tying a rope or stocking around their neck, and sometimes stabbing his victims. The BTK killer was known for taunting

He killed his first victim around the age of 21. He killed at least two men, and 18 children, but more deaths are claimed to him. He would audition younger boys to lure them away, then strangle them and dump the body in the river.

The Axeman of New Orleans terrorized a city and got away with it. In the early nineteen hundreds, a serial killer took the lives of multiple New Orleanians. Italian gangsters in New Orleans did not usually attack women or children. New Orleans had heavy mob activity. The Axeman was not

When more units arrived, police found even more gruesome atrocities; boxes of organs, furniture made of bones, and masks that had been made by peeling away faces from skulls (Top Doc, 2013). Police even discovered a full anatomically correct body suit that had been crafted with the skin of numerous people. The entire search of Gein’s 195 acre property took well over a week, with deputies continuing to find remnants of Ed’s other victims (Cassel et al

The Case of Buck Ruxton In September of 1935, a bundle of human remains was found by a tourist, under the bridge of a small stream in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The authorities were notified and police quickly recovered approximately thirty different body parts from the stream. That discovery also led to the

In this day in age technology is all around us and is constantly evolving. However, as technology advances, so does its uses and not always for the better. On November 22, 2015, James Bates is accused of murdering his friend Victor Collins when police discover Collins’ body in Bates home.

Upon further inspection of the scene, it clearly looked staged. The actual victim seemed off. The first thing that stood out to me what the position of the body- it was