Drowning Victim: Case Study

On February 17, 1980, a pair of college students walked across the decomposing remains of a woman. Police started an investigation after it was determined to be a murder. The victim was a 20 year old named Mary Carol Maher, She was found in a remote area laying on her back. The police believed that after looking at the rate of decomposition that she had been there for at least two weeks. Her injuries consisted of multiple stab wounds to the back, legs and arms. During questioning about the assault

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.

To understand the connection you need to know something about the case. Three young boys were murdered on May 5, 1993 (Leveritt 5). They were stripped of their clothing, their hands were bound and they were forced underwater in the nearby creek where they stayed until they were found the next day. Little evidence was collected the day of their discovery, what was recovered was mislabeled and handled incorrectly. The boys were laying in the open elements for 3 hours before they saw any kind of medical examiner (Leveritt 23). Later, three teenagers (Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin

I arrived on scene at approximately 02:11 hours. I approached the front door and the victim, Hollie J. McIntosh (F/W, DOB: 07/26/1988) opened the door and let me inside. I inquired with McIntosh what happened. McIntosh stated she was shoved and choked by her boyfriend, James Dean Carvell (M/W, DOB: 01/25/1988). I observed a red mark on McIntosh’s neck. McIntosh advised Carvell was in the bedroom. McIntosh pointed to the bedroom. I entered the bedroom. Carvell was lying

On Thursday, July 23, 2015, at approximately 0509 hours, I responded to Arbor Creek Apartments, 1120 South Main St #13 for a person down. I arrived on location and noticed black male lying on the ground with blood emitting from the back of his head and out of his noise. I checked his common carotid artery and noticed that he did not have a pulse. I was then greeted by the complainant, Sumautree Hardison. Hardison advised that she heard a bang, went outside and noticed Brandon (unknown) was lying on the ground.

In Drown, a collection of short stories, author Junot Diaz presents readers with an impoverished group of characters through harsh, but vivid language. Through the voice of Yunior, the narrator throughout the majority of the stories, Diaz places the blame for Yunior’s negativity and rebellious nature on the disappointment caused by his father and the childhood illusion of America. Diaz, through language and symbolism, forces readers into an emotional bond with Yunior while exposing the illusory nature of the American dream. Although intertwined with each story, “Fiesta, 1980” allows for a more concise discussion of Diaz’s purpose. Diaz’s language, even at first glance, appears very different from conventional authors:Mami’s younger

Wednesday July 13th, 2016 I Detective L. Donegain 126 of the Fayetteville Police Department Homicide Unit received a phone call from Sergeant P. Orellano. I was advised of a deceased individual at 854 Rembrant Drive, Fayetteville, North Carolina 283014. I responded to the residence, I arrived at approximately 6:05 p.m.

Christopher Simmons was seventeen years old junior in high school when he committed a capital crime. Simmons discussed his plan to commit burglary & murder with friends sixteen year old Charles Benjamin and fifteen year old John Tessmer, by “breaking and entering”. Simmons and Benjamin entered victim Shirley Crooks home, where Simmons awaken her and entered her bedroom. Later in his confession Simmons told authorities that he and the victim met previously in an auto accident that involved both of them; which was is motivation to kill her. Simmons and his accomplice used duck taped & electric wire to restrain her, they then threw her over the bridge in the Meramec River where she drowned. Simmons went to school bragging to others what he had

Dispatch alerted Central Pd. Officer C. M. Early about a white male 25 years old with a gunshot to the chest and abdomen. Officer Early arrived on the scene at 0630. Officer Early talked to the witness, Custodial staff Jody de Cleaner, who said that he heard popping sounds at 0620 and decided to walk over where he found the body. The EMS arrived shortly after at 0650 to transport the victim to the hospital. Ten minutes after the EMS arrived I arrived at the crime scene.

I then discovered there were no other victims or threats. Soon After detecting no pulse on both bodies I secure the scene with crime scene tape. EMS arrives at 11:34 AM and pronounces both dead on arrival at 11:40am. The Male victim was later identified as Johnny Nogood resident of the house DOB 7/4/86, and driver's license number 87654321 Tx. His Lifeless body was laying on his back, with his head towards the door. His left arm was to his side as the right arm was above the side of his head. There was a red liquid substance surrounding his head, it was also coming out of his nose and mouth running in the direction of his forehead. Johnny was wearing a blue hoodie, blue jean pants and brown boots. Next to his left foot was a pistol and next to his right leg was an empty magazine. Across the room was a female body laying on her side in front of a refrigerator, with her back towards the entry door of the house. She was laying in a puddle of red substance, That appeared to be her own. The red liquid substance appeared to be distributed. The disturbance may have been from the dog who was injured. The dog was guarding its owner during the 911 Call. The female who was later

In Detective Rita Hayes #1234 preliminary investigation reports, she describes vital evidence that stand out to me. Which I consider rules out the option that it was an accident. The evidence found could be used to prosecute the offender when found.

Scene Description: This incident occurred inside of the residential property at 12140 76th St N. This property sits facing east towards 76th St N. The deceased was located in the office slouched to the left in a chair. See photographs for details

An emergency call came in at 9:45 am made by Doug Greene who is a neighbor of the victim Anna Garcia claiming that he had not seen Anna Garcia since her normal morning walk at 6:30 am the previous morning and that the dog had been barking for 2 hours, he had also mentioned that Anna Garcia was wearing a sweater when he had seen her the previous morning while experiencing a 92 degree heat wave. Mr.Greene had called Anna’s telephone with no answer, and had also rang the doorbell with no answer. The EMT and local police had arrived to the scene at 9:56 am, needing to break the door down. EMS discovered Anna Garcia laying face down, dead.

Childhood drowning is the leading cause of death from unintentional injury. It has also been reported that in US, childhood drowning is the second leading cause of death among 1-19 years of children and adolescents (Brenner et.al, 2001).