The Murder Of The Young Hamilton

The Killer at Thurston High, discussed a teenager named Kip who experienced psychological, emotional, and peer stress in early childhood. Violent and disturbing outburst was often a result of his actions, causing catastrophic traumas to his community and family. The film goes into depth explaining the relationship of Kip’s immediate family and his individual characteristics. The Kinkel family was well known, sophisticated and quite until violence struck.

In this case, Beau and Monique Maestas were charged with the murder of six-year-old Kristyanna Bergeron, and the attempted murder of ten-year-old Brittney Bergeron. The charges stemmed out of an incident that occurred after a drug deal gone bad. The children’s mother, Tammy Bergeron, sold drugs to Beau. He was dissatisfied with the drugs, and when Tammy refused to return his money, he retaliated. He and Monique went to Tammy’s home, where her children were alone. They proceeded to beat and stab the children, killing Kristyanna, and severely wounding Brittney. The injuries Brittney sustained left her a paraplegic.

When I discovered that my English class had to do a Research Paper, I became horrified. I thought students only did this when they were finishing graduate school not when they were starting their first year in college. All I knew about research papers was that there is an overwhelming amount of research to do. In my efforts to complete this obstacle and not bore myself to sleep with researching, I wanted to do an interesting topic, but I had no idea where to begin. I spent hours going through a great number of subjects and people, but once I found topic remotely interesting, I could not find much information on the Library of Congress website. Therefore, I decided to choose one word that would hopefully lead me to an interesting topic. I

In order to understand and come up with an opinion of the murder case of Charles Wilson and whether or not there was justice served. One must first understand the case, and once they’re completely informed can they make a decision if justice was served. Charles Wilson is a U.S. Deputy Marshal. He was murdered on Election Day. There were a few men that were suspects in the murder. They were Robert Benton, who was known as U.S. Deputy Marshal Charles Wilson’s rival in the election. Another was a friend of Robert Benton. However, they were both acquitted for the murder of U.S Deputy Marshal Charles Wilson. Now there has to be someone who is charged with the murder of a high ranking individual, it has to be soon that the law enforcement can close

Seventeen. Seventeen men and boys who never got the opportunity to have a future. Seventeen families who grieved and lost hours of sleep, waiting on their son, brother, or friend to come home but never would. Seventeen young lives taken by one of the most infamous serial killers in the history of the United States; Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer was much more than a murderer; he raped, ate, and sometimes preserved certain body parts of his victims. But, why? What drove this man to commit such gory and violent crimes? As a child, Dahmer experienced severe negligence by his parents. His mother was a stay-at-home mom (and psychologically ill) and his father was a student at Marquette University. Jeffery’s father traveled for his studies and was never in the household. This engendered his mother’s desire for her husband’s affection but never received it due to his absence. The problems that existed between them provoked a lack of the childhood care that young Jeffery needed. He was often lonely and excluded himself from people. As a child, Dahmer had an extreme and odd fascination in the dismemberment of animals. His parents never gave it much attention and thought this interest was very normal. This was only the beginning of Jeffery’s anatomic study of dead beings. Dahmer may seem like a complete psychopath and indeed he was, but he is only one of thousands of serial

The less commonly known serial killers that displayed patterns of his past in their killings are Albert DeSalvo, also known as the “Boston Strangler” and Donald Henry Gaskins. Albert DeSalvo was one of six children in his family. DeSalvo, all through his childhood, watched his father beat his mother almost everyday. He was also very abusive towards the children, but mainly took his anger out on his wife. His father would often sell Albert and two of his sisters as slaves for nine dollars. As Albert aged, he bottled his anger up until finally he snapped. He killed and violated thirteen women in Boston, Massachusetts. He broke into all their homes and strangled them with their own clothes. They believe that he chose women because of the

David Berkowitz was an American serial killer taking the lives of many throughout NYC in the mid 70’s (Biography.com Editors 2013). Early on, Berkowitz adopted parents knew there was a problem within him. Although having above average intelligence, Berkowitz lost interest in school and began to focus on more rebellious habits such as petty larceny and pyromania (David Berkowitz: Son of Same Killer). The death of his adoptive mother to breast cancer at age 14 proved to cause major problems and resentment for Berkowitz. Lack of sleep, depression, and guilt are only some of the problem Berkowitz was faced with (Healthpsychologyconsultancy, 2012). Due to the supposed idea that one of Berkowitz’s neighbor’s dog was the mastermind behind the murders he

The type of homicide featured in this case is a domestic homicide, but more specifically, it is an intimate partner homicide (Australian Bureau of Statistics). It is an intimate partner homicide because Simon Gittany and Lisa Harnum were in an intimate relationship when Simon Gittany murdered Lisa Harnum (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015). This case could also be considered a confrontational homicide because it was the result of a fight ‘gone wrong’ (Brookman, 2005, p. 48).

Many people wonder it takes to make a serial killer. Is there something inherently defective in that person that means that they have the ability to commit murder without remorse or somehow enjoy the suffering or others, or doses childhood abuse and other mistreatment mean that someone will grow up to commit these atrocities? Unfortunately, the conflicting information about Bundy's childhood does little to help answer these questions. On the surface, Bundy's childhood does not appear to feature the level of child abuse or neglect that one normally associates with a serial killer. He was born to a single mother in 1946, a time in which there was a tremendous social stigma attached to being born out of wedlock. However, Bundy did not experience that stigma, as his grandparents raised him as their son. Bundy's own accounts of his childhood vary tremendously. At times, he seems to indicate that he was raised in a stable and loving home, but at other times he

Edmund Emil Kemper III grew up in a setting similar to that of many serial killers we hear about in the mainstream media. Although Kemper displayed signs of high intelligence as a child, he also showed other, troubling signs that are typical of many serial killers. For example, in his early years Kemper played games in which he forced his sisters to sit and watch him pretend to suffer and die and even killed his pet cat when he observed that the animal had imprinted on his two sisters. After his parents' divorce, Kemper moved with his mother and sisters to Montana, where he suffered psychological abuse from his alcoholic mother. Eventually, Kemper’s mother sent him to live with his father and shortly after, with his grandparents on their farm in North Fork, California.

My week three discussion was on a gifted young man from L.A., by the name of Isaac Hamilton. In 2012 the five star recruit signed a letter of intent to attend UTEP and play basketball for a year, however, the L.A.- native had a sudden change of heart. Since UTEP was eleven hours from Las Angeles, Mr. Hamilton felt that he would probably become homesick, plus his grandmother’s health was declining. Therefore, Isaac asked for a release from his letter on July 2013 and was denied by the school; nevertheless, Isaac broke his agreement and went to UCLA. Isaac Hamilton then filed an appeal; the NCAA denied his appeal and enforced him to sit out a year at UCLA. Consequently, he was able to practice, but could not play in any games according to Todd,

One of the most famous criminals in history is Albert Fish. Alike many others, he also fit the description of insanity, yet, due to the severity of his wrongdoings, he was sentenced to death. Serial killer Albert Fish was proclaimed insane and still sentenced to death in the electric chair in 1935 when he was arrested for the kidnapping and murdering of Grace Budd. He was executed in the Sing Sing prison in 1936, after admitting multiple times that he strangled, dismembered and ate his victim. He had also admitted to many other especially heinous crimes, most of the young children, including extreme perversions, which the criminal also liked to cause to himself (Chermark & Bailey, 2016). Fish also had explained his behavior based on the description

54.3 percent of murder victims were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.), 24.8 percent were killed by a family member. The evidence shows that this is logically the case in the Verbermockle murder mystery. After allegedly finding Mrs. Verbermockle’s husband unconscious on the bathroom floor, Mrs. Verbermockle calls her family doctor. Mrs. Verbermockle claimed that he must have slipped on a bar of soap, and she did not touch him. When the doctor arrived, he announced Mr. Verbermockle dead from a fracture to the rear of the skull caused from blunt force. However, if the FBI statistics are correct, then it is likely that Mrs. Verbermockle is the killer. Although

I decided to view the episode, “The Killer at Thurston High” on Frontline, where we follow the life of Kip Kinkel and how he came to shoot and kill both his parents and two students and injure 25 others. It begins with William Kinkel and Faith Zuranski, who give birth to Kip’s older sister, Kristin and then himself, named Kipland. His parents were both Spanish teachers and very respected within the community. Their daughter, Kristin, describes them as nonviolent but with high expectations for their children. As Kip began school, he struggled with learning and was held back in the first grade. Turns out in the third or fourth grade, Kinkel was diagnosed with dyslexia, which made writing and reading more difficult for him. His sister and friends explain how Kip felt frustrated with being separated from friends when held back, and how he felt like a disappointment to his parents. As he grew older he began to be bullied in school. He became interested in martial arts, and against their ideals, his parents enrolled him in karate. Kip excelled at this but instead of calming him, he began to hang with the “tough crowd” and began getting into trouble with the law. Around this time, Kip was fascinated with explosives, bombs, and guns. In order to appease him, this parents let him go online and bought him various bb guns, rifles, and handguns in order to connect with him. William Kinkel tried to set up ground rules surrounding the weapons, and attempted to connect with Kip by going

At first Albert was not popular with the British public because he was a foreign prince; however that soon change when he became more involve with his new country such as taking on a growing number of chairmanship such as the Royal Society of Arts and was active in exercising his role. Albert was also fascinated by science, the arts, technology, trade, and industry, and he was wholeheartedly committed to modernity and progress. His bourgeoning portfolio of non-political interests and activities helped to divert attention from his political role and the criticism it was bound to attract in which he became popular and was best remembered The Great Exhibition of 1851 that enhanced Britain’s greatness.