Zodiac Killer

On August 18, 1983, Officer Patrick Anderson was off-duty when he was approached by a man named Francis Connelly in Denver, Colorado. Connelly admitted to Anderson, without any prompting, that he had murdered someone and he needed to talk about it. Anderson read Connelly the Miranda rights and asked him if he understood theses rights. Connelly understood the rights, but he still wanted to talk about the murder. Anderson was surprised that Connelly was still willing to confess to the crime, so he…

Case Study Type of Homicide The following is a case study of Simon Gittany and the intended murder of Lisa Harnum. First it must be understood that murder is a reckless act with intent to kill or grievously injure another (NSW Criminal Code Act 1900). It is known that Ms Harnum was the fiancée of Gittany (R v Gittany, 2013) and, as mentioned by Carcach & James (1998), this is an example of Intimate partner homicide, a murder between two people in an intimate relationship. On the 30th of July,…

In Volume 3 of my Serial Killers series, The Serial Killers Butchers and Lunatics, you will be introduced to some of the most vicious and disturbed Serial Killers. In Butchers in Lunatics we are going to explore the crimes and lives of men such as Ted Bundy, killer of at least 36 woman and perhaps more than 60. Randy Kraft convicted of 16 counts of murder and rape of young men. Herbert Mullin an almost forgotten serial killer from the 1970's who committed 13 murders. This lunatic believed…

Who was Otzi? Why was he murdered? How was he murdered? What happened? Those are all questions trying to be answered. Many people are writing down simple answers he was stabbed, he was shot with an arrow, it was an accident and etc. Ceman also known as Otzi the iceman, which is a Radiocarbon-Dated neolithic human being going back to 3300 B.C. He was found 1991 by hikers in the Italian-Austrian border. First thought to be a hiker who had bad luck. So Osteologists were called to the scene. They…

it is explained like “watching a train wreck, but not being able to look away”, while others just seem to find it fascinating. There have been many serial killers, who have become notorious for the ways in which they murdered their victims, and the ways that they were portrayed in the media of that time. When asked to name serial killers that are well known, names like Bundy and Dahmer seem to be the ones that are remembered. Dahmer was born Jeffery Lionel Dahmer, May 21, 1960 in the town of…

There were 2.402 people killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This event changed history. Authors can use this history to change the way we see it in book. In the book Into The Killing Seas By Michael Spradlin uses this history very acutely. This book is accurate because of its shark attacks, as how the USS Indianapolis sunk. The book Into the killing seas By Michael Spradlin is definitely one of the most action packed books I have read. This is a story about Benny, Teddy, and Patrick…

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, a notorious serial killer and sex offender in the years of 1978-1991 held a unholy secret in his apartment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He killed around seventeen men and violated most of them: rape, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism were involved in these murders. He was only charged with fifteen counts of murder and was sentence to nine hundred and fifty-seven years in prison. Dahmer was a sick-twisted individual he grew up with a pretty normal childhood until an…

Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy Introduction “A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually due to abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break between them” (Wikipedia). Notorious serial killer and sex offender Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms, and then murdered by a fellow prison inmate in 1994 (“Jeffrey Dahmer…

Orcas in Captivity vs. Orcas in the Wild The roar of the crowd, the splash of cool water, and the spectacular stunts that are performed by the orca and his trainer may leave you speechless. What some people don't think about is what the effects are of having orcas in captivity versus keeping them in the wild. Some similarities may include things like the diet and nutrition in the wild and captivity. On the other hand, things like their lifespan, the posture of their dorsal fin, and being torn…

Case 1: Hair Evidence Name: John T Helble Victim: John Helble Suspect(s): Mike Hardy, Andrew Rich, and Sharon Snitter The Hair evidence: Andrew Rich killed John Helble by shooting him in the back of the head twice. Andrew Rich stole Helble’s gun collection and sold it for cash or drugs. Forensic experts soon found hair from the victim’s dog in the box where the guns were stored. The experts were able to find other evidence and charge Andrew Rich for robbery and manslaughter. Case 2:…