The Hutcheson Case Study

The people of West Memphis were convinced this was an act of satanic evil. From the jump police said that they believed that these brutal killings were a sacrifice to satan from the way that the bodies were tied up. According to The Truth Behind Echols v. State: How an Alford Guilty Plea saved the West Memphis Three; Detectives found all three bodies naked and hog-tied, mutilated with wounds that had been allegedly caused by a serrated knife, and bruised from what investigators deemed to be the result of sexual abuse. The police conclution of this being part of a satanic ritual lead them to believe that Echols was responsible because he is a self proclaimed

There was no evidence collected and tested at the crime scene which could have proved who committed the murders. A lieutenant who contacted a juvenile officer in Memphis both agreed that the murders had to have been done by someone in a cult. The juvenile officer quickly knew of someone who was involved in a cult and said this juvenile could be capable of a crime like this. The accused, Damien Echols, was immediately interviewed and asked questions that the police believed no one but the killer would know the answers to. The answers that were given by Damien Echols were known answers throughout the community and this made Damien look guilty. Damien’s appearance was very strange and different and he was not considered “normal” in the communities beliefs. He was considered guilty by his Wiccan beliefs and his gothic appearance. Not only was Damien deemed guilty of this crime, but two other boys were also accused of these murders. There are many inconsistencies with the case. The police did not collect all evidence in the woods that could have been collected to possibly link the murders to someone. According to TruTV Crime Library, there was a boy who claimed he saw who committed the murders. He claimed he even saw men who spoke Spanish commit the murders. He later changed his story and said he saw one of the victim’s fathers killing the three boys. This same boy could not even identify two of the boys

The Real Cool Killers is about finding out the killer of a white guy who was in a bar in Harlem, New York; an all-black neighborhood. Two detectives were assigned to this case because of how much respect they had in Harlem. The detective’s names were Grave Digger and Coffin Ed and they were known for being violent with suspects. The two of the detectives were aggressive people but Grave Digger was more level headed than Coffin Ed ever since he had gotten acid thrown on his face a while back. Coffin Ed might even be trigger happy when things are thrown his way literally. Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were put onto this case to find out information and find it fast. Just a few minutes after the incident happened Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were on the scene, they thought they had some potential suspects. There were 6 young black males on the scene that were potential suspects, Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were going to find information on how this white man died in the middle of Harlem. They arrest only one of the young males because he had a handgun on him but said he shot blanks. Although that was stated Digger and Ed still had to arrest him because he was there only lead and weren't sure if that young male was telling the truth or not. As far as the other 5 young males there were told to sit on the ground and hands where they could be seen by the two

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.

The police were convinced that they had found their killers in the three teenagers after hearing and recording Jessie’s so called confession to the crime and his tying Damien and Jason to it as well. Even though alibis were presented by the boys the police ignored them and went ahead with the arrests. It is rather obvious, that basing the whole case and investigation on the coerced confession given by Jessie is a seriously flawed decision on the part of the West Memphis police and brings the credibility of the department into question. Police discovered a knife in the Byers’ household belonging to John Mark Byers. Forensics stated that the type of blade on the knife was the same type used to cut and mutilate the three young boys; yet the blood found on the knife was never analyzed. When asked about the knife, Byers stated

A failure in the justice system had taken place. Kirk Bloodsworth was the first person to be exonerated based off of DNA evidence. During the course of the investigation it was shown the detectives should not have allowed the two boys to be together during the creation of the suspects sketch. The prosecution had withheld exculpatory evidence, namely evidence of other suspects; albeit, the suspects were not involved in the murders, they could have helped sway the jury decision. Allowing witnesses to see images of Bloodsworth prior to a line-up also proved detrimental. Inept defense lawyers allowing for the absence of alibi witnesses also weakened his efforts. Detective Capal had wrongly testified about Bloodsworth’s afore knowledge of the murder

The Birmingham paper of Wednesday morning, December 5, contained headlines that would have been enough to capture anyone’s attention. On December 4, the body of a nicely-dressed girl around the age of eight or nine years old was found floating in the lake in the Birmingham suburbs known as East Lake. Her body was found by two teenage boys by the names of John Keith and Ben Cluberson who were innocently playing in a boat. The Jefferson County Coroner conducted an initial exam and determined that the cause of her death to be murder. Unable to identify the little girl, they placed her body for viewing in hopes someone would recognize her. Just a few days later, the local butchers identified her as being May Hawes, the oldest daughter of Richard and Emma Hawes.

Chris Byers, Michael Moore, and Stevie Branch were the three innocent eight year old boys who were on a bike ride adventure on May 5, 1993 and never returned home again. Family, friends and the entire community were mortified beyond belief. It was unspeakable what happened to the boys. Chris, Michael, and Stevie were found in Robin Hood Hills naked, bound and mutilated. Immediately, rumors began that due to the brutal nature of the crime, it had to be that of satanic doing. On the flip side of the above innocent youngs boys, there are the three very troubled teens that live in the same town. Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin. They were three well known teenagers in West Memphis Arkansas. The three teens had definitely made a name for themselves in their home town. There were rumors of

Introduction: In 1948, Richard Kuklinski, at the age 13, was ambushed and beat up by Charley Lane, the leader of a small gang of teenagers popularly known as "The Project Boys," who had bullied him for some time. Following a particularly bad beating young Richard sought revenge, attacking Charley Lane with a thick wooden rod eventually beating him to death. Although he denied wanting to kill Lane, the bully did not wake up. Kuklinski then dumped Lane's body off a bridge in South Jersey after removing his teeth and chopping off his finger tips with a hatchet in an effort to prevent identification of the body. The body was never found. Kuklinski then went in search of the other boys in the gang. He found a metal pole the trash and beat

Equally important, even the city of Miami is filled with numerous amounts of gangs which some of those gangs are actually just a street away from each other. April 5, 2016 Three teenagers, all accepted to be a piece of a group known as the Cloverleaf Boys, confront charges in the murder of a 17-year-old understudy in Miami Gardens. Miami Gardens police and government marshals on Tuesday captured the three suspects, every one of whom are adolescents: Quamaine McMillan, 15, Rachid Jacques, 16, and Devon Vickers, 15. They are being accused of the murder of Roderick Sweeting, an American High understudy who was gunned down April 5 after he left a school transport and was strolling home to the Oak Apartment on Northwest 176th Street and 25th Avenue. All these crimes were committed my black males that is why the world media portrays black men as gang bangers.

Forensic Science: The Murder of Linda Cook • A summary of the case details Provide the circumstances surrounding the case (who, what, when and how) On 9 December 1986, Linda Cook, a 24 year old living in Portsmouth, was found murdered in a wasteland near Lake Road. Cook's murder occurred shortly after six sexual assaults in the Buckland area of the city. During Cook’s sexual assault, the perpetrator raped, strangled and stomped on her several times where her jaw and her spine revealed several fractures, her larynx crushed, and the perpetrator’s right-foot shoe impression was outlined on her abdomen - her naked body was discovered later that day. Subsequently after Cook’s death, the trials lead to the miscarriage of justice of Michael Shirley, an 18 year old Royal Navy Sailor, where he was wrongfully convicted of Cook’s death and was sentenced to life imprisonment due to footprint impression recovered from the crime scene.

The man that was thrown up on believed that the kids were doing things that they had no business and he thought that these were just some hoodlums

In addition to vehicular access, Hutchison Island can also be accessed via ferry (Savannah Belles Ferry, which operates three boats). The ferry can transport up to 1,200 passengers per hour and operates from 7:00 a.m. to midnight. The ferry stops at the City Hall landing at the Hyatt, the Trade Center Landing at the Westin, and the Waving Girl Landing at the Marriott. The ferry is operated by the Chatham Area Transit. For larger conventions and special events, a second and third ferry can be added for additional capacity.

Crime Scene Investigations involve the identification of unknown suspects, witnesses and victims. They respond to crime scenes to detect, preserve, document, impound and collect physical evidence. 1 This report will give details about the Jeffery R. MacDonald triple murder case, which took place in officer’s quarters at U.S. Army base Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday February 17, 1970. I will explain what happened, how it happened and what investigators found. If I were investigating the case, my experience would lead me to follow the guidelines of a criminal investigator.

The film Paradise Lost documents the case of the deaths of three West Memphis children, as three teenage boys are put on trial for the speculation of their murders. Jessie Misskelley Jr., Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin are the suspects in question. The three second-grade boys were found to have been choked, raped, and sexually mutilated before their murders. Sources in West Memphis report that Misskelley, Echols, and Baldwin are worshippers of Satan and the murders were committed as a ritual act to praise Satan. West Memphis is a highly religious town, and the majority of its members attend church regularly and live their daily lives according to Christian values.