Polly's Abduction Case Study

I located the vehicle and pulled behind it without my emergency lights activated and I made contact with both the female driver and passenger. Shortly after, Edwards arrived on scene and he suspected that the driver, identified as Taya

The victim was fully nude and beaten, the victim’s clothes was recovered at the crime scene. The murder story was all over the news, which is when the driver saw it and called the police to tell them about the hitchhiker, along where the driver had disposed the t-shirt. Dillon and his brother were at the beach about 5 days later after the crime and were questioned and Dillon was brought to the police station for questioning of the murder. During the investigation the police hired John Preston, who was known for handling scent-tracking dogs. The tests they conducted were a paper lineup, where Dillon had touched a piece of paper along with the t-shirt by linking the t-shirt to Dillon and the t-shirt to the crime. After the tests were completed Dillon was arrested and charged with murder. During the trial the prosecutors had four witnesses that testified against Dillon at the trial, one Dillon’s ex-girlfriend, second John Preston, the dog handler with the t-shirt, third the driver and lastly a jailhouse snitch who stated that Dillon told him that he had murdered the victim. Dillon was sentenced after a five-day

f the case: The victim, Jessica Lunsford was abducted from her home, raped, held captive, and murdered by John Couey in February of 2005. Couey abducted Lunsford and took her to his half-sister's trailer less than 100 yards from Lunsfords residence. Couey forced Lunsford to hide in his bedroom closet while he was away for work. Dorothy Dixon, Couey's half-sister denies that Lunsford was ever in her home and gave the police permission to search her home and property. On March 19th, 2005 police searched Dixon's residence and property and found evidence that Jessica had been there with Couey, and that her body was buried under Dixon's front porch after Couey's confession, led k-9 police dogs and officers to Lunsfords bodys location. The hole was

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 November 27th, 1976 Mr. Adams’ car ran out of fuel and he was forced to walk to the nearest gas station (Radelet, 2011). Shortly after this Mr. Adams was given a ride by local teenager David Ray Harris who was driving a stolen vehicle. The two then spent the day together, even going to see a drive in movie. That night Mr. Adams returned to a motel where he was staying. Mr. Harris, now alone, was stopped by Officer Wood and his Partner Teresa Turko shortly after midnight. Officer Wood was shot and killed by Harris, who sped off too quickly for Officer Turko to get a plate number or a good look at the shooter. Directly after this Mr. Harris drove home and for the next few days, bragged to his friends

When Stephanie reached the highway she drove right past the sign that was labeled “Sacramento” because it was covered by a bush. The next morning she was reported missing from work and the first call was made to inform Jo-Allyn Brown, Stephanie’s mom. Jo-Allyn called everyone possible; friends, family, relatives but everyone said they hadn’t seen Stephanie for days so she decided to notify the authorities. This case was first assigned to Deputy Stanley Acevedo. The first step to solving a homicide crime is to interrogate.

At 1725 Hrs. Sgt. Taylor was advised that that the parents wanted to speak to an officer in reference to Kaden. Sgt. Taylor received additional information that Kaden may be in further danger due to the criminal element he was involved in, and that he had “snitched”. The parent advised that DPS needed the vin number for an Amber Alert.

It was a normal early morning Thursday for Ebony Archie (Miss Archie) in Jackson Mississippi. Miss Archie was on her way home with her son and decided to run into her local Kroger grocery store. Leaving her six-year-old in the backseat with the keys in the ignition, Miss Archie entered the grocery store. After being in Kroger for only a few minutes, Miss Archie exited the Kroger to find that her vehicle had been stolen. Immediately after realizing this, Miss Archie called the police who then issued an Amber alert for her six-year-old son Kingston Fraser (Kingston). Police obtained security footage from the local Kroger which showed three young African American men pulling into the Kroger parking lot all in different vehicles. One of these men then

On December 16, 2013, LVMPD Dispatch received calls from witnesses. One witness stated it appeared woman was being kidnapped, the second witness conveyed they had seen a male and a female arguing, matching the description of the first caller. Officers were dispatched to the area and made contact with the witnesses. The first witnesses stated the female was only wearing a bra and a male, later identified as Evans Tutt, the defendant was physically putting the female into the car. The second witness stated the female was “jumping” out of the vehicle and was bleeding from the face. One of the witnesses was able to provide the license plate number of the vehicle.

On Thursday, July 24, 2015 approximately 0355 hours, I was dispatched to the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Okelly Street for a welfare check. Conyers Dispatch stated a driver, Tara Norton, who was passing by, noticed a vehicle in the ditch.

I parked my patrol car on the side of Roberts Road and exited the vehicle, and called out to Mr. Burnette “TB, come her for a minute”. After I advised Mr. Burnette to come over to where I was, Mr. Burnette turned and took off running towards the back side of the Hostess House. I gave chase, advising dispatch that Mr. Burnette was running. As I came to the rear of the

On 06/30/15 Mr. Moore and Eddie were pulled over by D’iblerville Police Department. The reporter stated spice was found in the glove compartment of the car; Eddie admitted the drugs belong to him. According to the reporter, both men were arrested; Mr. Moore was arrested for active warrants and an open container. The reporter stated Kaitlin was present but no injured. Ms. Mayfield stated Mrs. Moore was contacted and Kaitlin was left in the care of her mother; Mrs. Moore came to pick the child up. The reporter stated the family has history with DHS and the police report number is

Ralph Patterson related he was sitting on the porch at his residence when he heard a loud crash. Patterson advised he opened the door to his residence and heard kids screaming. Patterson said he told his wife to call 911 and he got in his truck and drove down to Wilder Road and saw the van had struck and was up against the TECO pole. Patterson related he saw the youngest kid, leaning against the TECO pole and saw the older kid in the back of the van, trying to crawl out of the side window. Patterson said he flagged down a passing car (Kirk Butts), and when the vehicle stopped, he asked him for help. Patterson related Butts got the youngest kid from the ditch against the TECO pole and helped him get the older kid from inside the van.

At approximately 1915 hours, Pasco sheriff’s E. Reagan arrived to the office and took over the investigation. A copy of the video surveillance was saved in a thumb drive, and a photo of the suspect which was obtained from Ms. Austin’s Facebook and provided to Pasco sheriff’s Deputy E. Reagan to further investigate this

Today is the day I tell you story of John Paul Getty III, and his biggest world wide known incident. Paul Getty III grew up with his dad and stepmom. His own mother and father got divorced in 1926, John Paul Getty III grew up with a bad life. His stepmother and dad where alcoholics and druggies. They sometimes would force Paul to drink and smoke with them around the age of 13.