Matthew Wales Murder Essay

The pattern of homicide in Chicago has changed over time. The overall temporal pattern of homicide in Chicago from 1965 to present shows an increase in homicide rates from 1965 – 1992, and a decrease in homicide rates from 1965 – 1992, as seen on the graph. In 1965 the homicide rates in Chicago were 10 in 100,000 people, and this showed an overall increase in the temporal pattern until 1992 where this number peaked at 32 in 100,00 people, showing a 300% increase in homicide rates since 1965. From 1992 onwards (until 2013 on the graph) the temporal pattern showed an overall decrease to the point where the homicide rates are now around 15 in 100,000, more then halving the number in 1992.

Disorders in the family include bipolar, personality disorder, and suicidal. Grandmother shot herself in the face when biological mother Georgina Mitchell was in the 2nd grade, aunts have killed themselves from suicide or has tried, Cyntoia’s great - grandfather shot himself, and mother of Cyntoia has tried suicide also.

In the San Francisco Bay area, as well as in the rest of California, the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s was a time of terror and fear. What started out as a seemingly random, but brutal murder on the night of October 30th, 1966, turned out to be the start of a series of horrific murders that would span 2,500 suspects, 56 possible victims, and over 400 miles. On the calm, cool night of December 20th, 1968, a young seventeen year-old named David Arthur Faraday was getting ready to take a young sixteen year-old named Betty Lou Jensen on her first date.

The Hall-Mills Murder “You better call Becky with the good hair”, is a lyric from Beyonce’s album Lemonade. The album was inspired by her husband Jay Z, who was cheating on her with another woman. Like Beyonce, there are many other women that have been cheated on before and got revenge on their partner, but in other cases the revenge could end deadly. The Hall-Mills Murder is a case in which a preacher named Edward Hall and a choir girl named Eleanor Mills were having a affair. Mysteriously, the couple were found together, dead.

if the Criminal Justice System suppresses a killer confession on a Miranda violation, maybe the confession was given while violating an individual Amendments right. However, a killer confession for murder should not be suppressed. Our Criminal Justice seeks the truth at trial, however, disregarding the Amendments to get the confession is bad.

Making Of A Murderer was a Netflix documentary about a man named Steven Avery who was convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach, along with his 16 year old nephew Brendon Dassey. I believe Dassey shouldn’t have been tried for murdering Teresa Halbach for many reasons such as, his mental capacity, the police interrogation tactics used on him, and the inconsistencies in his story and testimony.

In this paper, I will describe who the Zodiac Killer was, how a serial killer is different from a normal homicide suspect. In addition, I will explain what the Zodiac Killer’s criteria was for selecting his victims and whether forensic psychology or criminal profiling provided input into this case. Finally, I will express my thoughts on why the Zodiac Killer was never captured and what else, if anyhing, could have been done to help find the infamous Zodiac Killer.

The lives of three young girls were taken in the city of Rochester, New York, during the 1970’s. Detectives could not identify this vicious killer, who is known as the alphabet murder. This vicious murder did not only destroyed the lives of three young girls, but also the lives of their families too. The alphabet murder case is an interesting case for the following reasons, the history of the young girl’s lives, the evidence the detectives have gathered off the young girl’s body and the killers reasoning and or emotions about when he took the young girls.

“‘Just plain medical doctors. Medical doctors in general practice. That’s all the law requires. We have sanity hearings in this county every year for the purpose of committing people to the institution. We never call anybody in Larned or psychiatric institutions of any kind. Our own local physicians attend to that matter Its no great job to find whether a man is insane. Or an idiot or an imbecile… It’s entirely unnecessary, a waste of time to send the defendants to Larned’” (267).

“The Black Dahlia Murder” has been an unsolved murder case since 1947 involving a young actress named Elizabeth Short. Elizabeth Short was killed in cold blood she was cut and half and was left in a vacant lot. Elizabeth Short’s body was found on the cold morning of January 15, 1947 a women named Betty Bersinger. When officers Frank Perkins and Will Fitzgerald arrived to the scene they witnessed Elizabeth’s naked body cut in half.This case is a witch hunt.

You arrive at the crime scene of a multiple homicide (more than one victim) and see that it's already been roped off from the public by the police. You see that the soil's been disturbed in such a way that suggests a one-person grave. You skip additional searches and begin collecting evidence. Then you map the scene, taking plenty of photos, and begin careful excavation of the

Molly Wright was a 73 year old elderly woman who lived in West Yorkshire. Ms. Wright was brutally murdered in her home. It is being said that her son-in-law David Hill is the person responsibility for the murder, but people are saying otherwise. People are saying that the evidence wasn’t matching up with Hill’s evidence. Then there are sayings that it could have been someone else because someone saw a man creeping around Ms. Wright’s home. The question is if Mr. Hill did commit the crime, what was his intent for killing his mother-in-law? Someone who was also his business partner. David was hiding things from Ms. Wright such as he was in debt. He took out credit cards and was in debt for twenty thousand dollars. She probably found out about the

Kyra Helms Professor Sam DeStefano English 121 12 October 2014 “The Charms of Murder”: The Meanings Behind it All When reading “The Charms of Murder” an essay by David Thomson, from a Narrative Magazine, I realized that this was about so much more than the act of murder. David Thomson made me realize how involved and entertained the world is by death by providing a few examples.

Throughout the story, Matt becomes faced with conflicting values that will each affect his life in different ways. The first conflicting values appear to be vengeance and morality. In the beginning to the text on page four, Matt discusses with his friend Willis, his anger towards the fact that Richard is out on bail leading to his wife being forced to see Richard around town while she runs her daily errands. It is later mentioned on page five that Matt has begun to carry around a gun since Ruth saw Richard around town. Although, the value of vengeance is seemingly implicit at the beginning of the story, it becomes an explicit value towards the end of the story.

were the bodies of both Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. There was a large amount