Daybreak: A Case Study

On April 28, 2004, after closing on his dream house, William McGuire was brutally murdered. His body was severed into three pieces, placed into three matching Kenneth Cole suitcases and then dumped in the Chesapeake Bay. The investigation of his murder would span three years, involve two different investigative teams and end in the conviction of his wife, Melanie McGuire, based on circumstantial evidence (Glatt, 2008).

Beth Wilmot also fell victim to Randall Woodfield’s sadistic ways in January. Her body was discovered in Salem, Oregon after being sexaully assaulted and shot in the back of her head with a .32-caliber gun. At this time the police in the states the crimes were being committed were realizing there was a serial killer on the loose and they need to catch him promptly. However, Woodfield would prove it was going to be difficult to catch him after going under the radar for an additional five months (nydailynews.com, 2014).

According to lead detective Jack noonan “Patrick sustained a fatal injury caused by a single

A terrible accident in 1999 left them without their youngest child three year old Nicole. With their four sons they desperately wanted another little girl. Although they say that they were not wanting to replace the daughter they had lost. They had been trying for 15 years to conceive

The victim's name is Diane Marie Dalton Schofield, (Born Nov. 1, 1953), murdered July 4, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa. Case # 1975-24048. Diane was a 21 year old mother of a five year old daughter, Shawna. Diane was bound, strangled, placed in the trunk of her car which was then driven to Warren’s Steakhouse. The motive was not believed to be robbery as her purse and jewelry were untouched.

Anna Garcia died unexpectedly on a hot summer day. The EMT broke down the door and found Anna lying face down on the floor. The case is being investigated. The persons of interest are Alex Garcia, Anna’s former husband; Doug Greene, Anna’s neighbor; Erica Piedmont, Alex’s new wife; and Lucy Leffingwell, Anna’s best friend. The person who is most suspicious of having something to do with Anna’s death is her former husband, Alex Garcia.

A 911 call was placed shortly after midnight. When paramedics arrived, Tammy was unresponsive. Paul and Karla claimed they had fallen asleep downstairs in the rec room and were awakened by the sounds of Karla’s 15 year old sister Tammy “choking”. Tammy was taken in an ambulance to the hospital, and Karla’s parents rode along with her. Karla, her sister Lori, and Paul stayed at the house, and were questioned by a rookie who had been on the job for less than two months, David Weeks.

On August 15 at 9:45 am Anna Garcia´s neighbor, Doug Jung, contacted the police and informed them about Anna because he was worried about her. He told them that the previous morning he saw her walking her dog at around 6:00 am and that she was wearing a sweatshirt even though it was humid outside. After hearing from Doug, the 911 operators informed the local police and the EMT. Both the police and the EMT arrived at the crime scene at 9:56 am. The EMT declared that Ms. Garcia was dead and her autopsy was performed by Dr.King at 11:00 am. Ms. Garcia was five foot four inches and 165 pounds. She came from Hispanic heritage and was of age 38. Ms. Garcia was found surrounded by a pool of blood and there was an injury to the head. A table was by Ms. Garcia´s head and there were white pills lying by her as well. There were no signs of weapons and a pool of vomit was found at the crime scene. The police identified four possible suspects: Alex Garcia (Ms. Garcia´s ex-husband), Erica Piedmont (Alex´s new wife), Lucy Leffingwell (Ms, Garcia´s partner in business and best friend), and Doug Greene (Ms. Garcia´s neighbor and ex-boyfriend). There was a team working on finding out if any of the suspects were involved or not. The main problem/question was whether Ms.Garcia's death

The emergency crews came in and took Kenneth and he was successful revived at the hospital. However, the doctors told Tammy that Kenneth has suffered brain damage and he was put in life support. Kenneth was taken off life support and has passed

Well, TJ was framed by two white children named RW and Melvin Simms. TJ had his eyes on a pearl-handled pistol. RW, Melvin, and TJ broke into the mercantile and stole the pearl-handled pistol and then RW killed Mr.Barnett.Then they framed TJ and beat him up.He came straight to Stacey’s house because he knew that Stacey was loyal to him ,and because he was scared of getting beat up again by the Simms brothers.The quote shows that Stacey offered to go get big Ma to help TJ. TJ denied the the help though.Cassie and Stacey woke up to the sound thunk thunk and they looked and TJ was beating on the door to be let inside. (Taylor page 249)¨Cassie you can go.¨ Cassie and the other kids woke up and Stacey says that Cassie and the other children can not go.TJ made it inside and laid down on the bed and told Stacey what had happened.Stacey says ,¨Let me go get Big Ma, she’ll know what to do.¨(Taylor page 248). TJ and Cassie then took TJ over to his house. Cassie and Stacey were hiding behind some bushes at TJ’s house ,and soon the Wallace’s and the Simms boys showed up and broke in the Avery’s windows ,and started beating the Avery’s. Stacey and Cassie were still behind the bushes. Two more cars then showed up and TJ’s dad was through against the window and they were going to kill TJ ,but his mom told them to kill her. Luckily, no one was killed. All the kids were with Cassie and Stacey ,and Stacey told all of them to run

Jennie was found murdered on June 28, 1984 in Glassell Park home. He was initially trying to rob her then found out she was still home while he was doing this. She sustained multiple knife wounds, was sexually assaulted, robbed, and killed

The victim was taken to Fairmont Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Using fingerprints collected post-mortem, the victim was identified as 28-year-old Corey Seville Glover of Philadelphia.

Currently, Drew Peterson is serving a 38-year sentence for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. She was found in a bathtub in 2004 when her death was initially ruled accidental. After Stacy Peterson disappeared in 2007, the family of Savio pushed for an exhumation of her body and it was determined that her death was a homicide. It was suspicious because Kathleen and Drew Peterson had

Police claimed that Wright was eaten by an animal after taking drugs. On August 4, the family of recently deceased Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old woman arrested in Prairie View, Texas, for a traffic stop on July 10 and found hanging in

She had told her parents that she was going out to check the tennis schedules at school, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. Elizabeth never came back. Her car was eventually recovered, and forensic tests revealed that blood on the back seat was hers. Elizabeth’s body has never been found.