Download or read book The Los Angeles Serial Killer Capture New written by R. J. Pxxxxxx and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The detail accounts on the capture of the long awaited serial killers of the Los Angeles area and beyond. Jaw dropping testimony of the one city plagued by violent crime against woman. Although the police believed them to be prostitutes.

Download or read book L A S DEADLIEST SERIAL KILLER written by Tony Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From 1962 to 1977, Patrick Wayne Kearney was the most bizarre and deadliest murderer in California's history. Even though he appeared to be friendly on the surface, Kearney secretively manifested a severe homicidal - necrophilia behavior that cost over three dozen people their lives. Personally, I did not perceive any abnormal or peculiar characteristics in his persona; he appeared to be a calm, soft-spoken considerate man, but this compassion turned out to be pure deception to lure victims to their deaths. My brother and I were fortunate, we escaped." Serial Killer Patrick Kearney refused to attend parole hearings as long as relatives of murdered victims were present. He has never attended even one hearing to date. Relatives of victims speak out for the first time in this shocking story.

Download or read book Night Stalker written by Clifford L. Linedecker and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1991-04-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the darkest corner of your bedroom a gaunt face suddenly looms over you. You're pulled violently from your bed and a terrifying voice screams, "Swear to Satan!" During a two year rampage, a sadistic serial killer entered the homes of families from El Paso to San Francisco. He raped, mutilated and tortured his unfortunate victims in one of the most vicious crime sprees in California history. This is the horrifying account of his bloody journey, of the strange coincidence that led to his arrest-and of the sensational trial where the Night Stalker's eerie sexual magnetism resulted in women actually demonstrating for his acquittal.

Download or read book Without Remorse written by Vonda Loretta Pelto and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After the suicide of Vernon Butts, a freeway killer who was housed in the Los Angeles County men's jail, the Los Angeles Mental Health Department was determined to keep the Los Angeles serial killers alive. Vonda Pelto, a psychologist, was selected for the task. Vonda's assignment was to meet with the serial killers daily and prevent them from harming themselves. Without Remorse traces Vonda's surreal experience as she balanced a family life while spending her days with such notorious killers as Kenneth Bianchi (Hillside Strangler) and William Bonin (Freeway Killer) among others. During those years she developed personal relationships with these men and recorded her observations."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Murder in California Serial Killers and Famous Unsolved Murders written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders profiles some of California’s most infamous murder cases. The edition photographically transports you to actual murder sites along with images related to the case and perpetrator(s). The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime. Convicted killers and their confirmed victims are identified. For criminals still living, their current incarceration location is provided. A directory of precise crime site locations is included. The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. Many are passed daily by pedestrian and vehicular traffic unaware of a location’s unique significance. California has been the site for many notorious serial killers. The following are portrayed in this edition: Zodiac Serial Killer: Public and media taunting Charles Manson’s serial killing clan Dorothea Puente: The elderly and frail targeted and eliminated for profit Efren Saldivar: Caregiving medical homicide The Unabomber: His UC Berkeley experience Zebra Killings: San Francisco’s racially targeted genocide Heaven’s Gate Cult mass suicide Edmund Kemper III: Monstrous hitchhiking murders Bittaker and Norris: Torture van murders Juan Corona: Migrant workers serial killer Richard Trenton Chase: The vampire killer The Speed Freak Killers and their burial bone yards Herbert Mullin: Killing for earthquake preventiveness David Carpenter: The devil behind bifocals and a stutter Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple Massacre: Lost in a jungle mass suicide The Hillside Strangler Duo: Killing Cousins Rodney Alcala: A beastly killing machine slaying beauty Richard Ramirez: Satan’s ambassador Golden State Killer: The triumph of forensic tracking A Black Hand of Death and Inhumanity (Jose Manuel Martinez) A Killing Rampage Preying On Society’s Most Vulnerable Population (Jon David Guerrero) The Santa Rosa Hitchhiking Murders: preying on the innocent David Nadel: The death of a man and rebirth of a performance icon Torrey Pines Beach: Sands, Secrets and A Butterfly Dancer The continued fascination with the Black Dahlia Murder Fatty Arbuckle’s sex and homicide scandal A Classic Mob Contract Killing Of An Unwanted Distraction Was a 1963 beachfront slaying a prelude to future Zodiac terror? Geneva Ellroy: The transference of tragedy into literary expression A Double Tragedy Complicated By Mysterious Scenarios (Spreckels Mansion Death) Kym Morgan: Death by classified advertisement Kevin Collins: A solitary bus bench memorial to every parent’s nightmare Unauthorized Celebrity Biography Comics and A Founder’s Murder (Todd Lawrence) Ted Healy: The suspected homicide of the fourth Stooge The Resolute Will to keep William Desmond Taylor’s murder unsolved A Contract Killer Terminated By His Own Profession (Frank Bompensiero) Ramona Irene Price strolls innocently into a vanished past Raymond Washington: A cycle of senseless violence devours the Crips gang founder The Senseless Murder of a Catholic Priest on Holiday (Monsignor Louis Gutierrez)

Download or read book Without Remorse written by Vonda Pelto, Ph.D. and published by Flotsam Publishing. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without Remorse: The Story of the Woman Who Saved Los Angeles' Serial Killers was written by Vonda Pelto, Ph.D., who spent over three years working as a psychologist at Los Angeles Men's Central Jail dealing with infamous serial killers and unrepentant criminals of the worst kind. When one of the main Freeway Killers, Vernon Butts, killed himself at the jail rather than face the public scrutiny and trial. The LA County Sheriff's and the Mental Health Dept., in an effort to avoid such an embarrassing situation again, hired freshy mind Ph.D. psychologist Pelto for a position which had never existed at the jail. From 1981 to 1985 she dealt with such men as Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi, Sunset Strip Slayer Douglas Clark and three of the six Freeway Killer suspects, the primary one being the mastermind William 'Bill' Bonin. Her job was not to offer counsel, but instead to be an emotional sounding board so she could keep tabs on their mental health. Over the course of time, as stress build up, she began to experiences nightmares and embark on questionable activity that impacted her family and ability to deal with life. For 20 years Vonda Pelto tried to write this book, but every time the nightmares came back and she gave up for the time being.

Download or read book Cold blooded criminal record Grim Sleeper killed 180 people over 22 years written by 重案組黃sir and published by ABCNETWORK. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cold-blooded criminal record "Grim Sleeper" killed 180 people over 22 years There are multiple serial killers in the Los Angeles area Lonnie franklin was the most notorious 22 years (1985 to 2007) Killed at least ten people and raped 180 women Franklin targeted drug addicts and prostitutes in south Los Angeles Nine of the dead were shot, and the 15-year-old princess was strangled And dumped in a crosswalk in south Los Angeles or in a garbage dump Autopsy results showed Most of the dead had traces of cocaine in their bodies They were sexually assaulted before they died Most of the dead women were found naked or half-naked The women's deaths received little media attention The victim's family blamed the lapd Indifference to the death of poor blacks Franklin started in 1985 After committing a series of "personal" rapes and murders There was a long period of impunity after 1988 In 2002, he committed another crime because the police "pulled the wrong person" So we're called a Grim Sleeper. In 1985, the body of a 29-year-old black woman It was found next to a garbage dump on West Gage street in south Los Angeles The victim was a prostitute who died after being raped and shot in the chest Wrapped in an old blanket and dumped on the side of the road In 1986, an almost identical crime scene appeared on a street in south Los Angeles The victim showed signs of rape and two gunshot wounds to the chest The bodies were wrapped in blankets and dumped on the roadside The victim was a black woman, 35 years old, a prostitute On January 10, 1987, the police department received an anonymous call: "At 1300 central alameda 6th street I saw bodies being carried in petrol barrels The body was thrown from the car to the side of the road like garbage The car the man was driving was a 1976 blue and white van But the driver's face was not clear All I could tell him was: 1PZP746. " Police arrived to find the body of Barbara vail, 23 Shot in the chest, wrapped tape, was first raped after killing A church gate about four kilometers from the body The police found the car that the informant said. (after franklin's arrest According to the voice print, the call was made by him I believe I want to know the speed of police response and the way of handling the case. The following year saw four more killings in nearby communities Franklin stopped the crime after 1988 Because Washington (30) had a narrow escape The body of 18-year-old Alice in October 1988 Less than a month after the trash was found in the park Franklin hooks up with Washington at a big party Tricked her into getting into the car and drove to the body dump hot spot Vermont square park in Los Angeles Franklin stuns her with his hand and rapes her Shot her twice at point-blank range and threw her out of the car to die A young couple who had been shooting a cannonball nearby heard the shots coming to check Washington was found dying in a pool of blood They called the police and saved her life Washington gave the police a vague description: Black males, ages 30 to 40 She has short hair and is about 1.8 metres tall This clue was not particularly useful at the time Franklin after the attempted murder Stop crime, enter long dormant period (police believe he stopped using "personal" techniques There is no "dormancy" in other ways. Franklin's m.o. was crude Hair and body fluids were left on many of the victims With the same gun, there were fingerprints and tie marks In 2002, A street in south Los Angeles has the same crime scene as it did more than a decade ago The "satyr devil" committed the crime again 13 years later The body of the princess (14 years old) in March 2002 Was found wrapped in some messy garbage bags Dumped like garbage in an alley She died of asphyxiation and was raped before she died Forensic officers extracted the killer's DNA from her vagina It was found in the database to be consistent with seven of the samples The first was in 1985 The sample was transferred to the Los Angeles police department's cold case investigation center After secondary detection and comparison The head of the cold case investigation announced the murder It's the same man who killed street prostitutes more than a decade ago In the serial murders of prostitutes in the 1980s Police collected vaginal extracts, but were unable to keep up with the technology Only a few were tested, and there was no systematic comparison After a serial killer was identified, federal agents and the lapd Named the serial killer "maleficent." Form a task force called task force 800 Reinvestigate the murder fourteen years ago They offered a $50,000 reward on "America's most wanted. Hope someone can give us a clue Various signs have also been erected along the highway Warning everyone that the serial killer is still at large Franklin didn't stop until the police were investigating He killed several people over the next few years, and police found the bodies of two of them Not only does he have a DNA match, he goes back to the way he did it more than a decade ago Shoot the victim at close range in the chest with a pistol Police forensics experts confirmed that the gun was one he had used before Over the past 25 years, the police have been unable to find out the true identity of the "sleeper evil" several times to catch the wrong person In 2006, 21 years after the first death The police arrested the suspect for the first time A sixty-five year old white man Roger hausmann Roger hausmann kidnapped a black prostitute Lock her up in her basement and rape and beat her He bragged triumphantly about the black woman he had captured I killed all those women I would kill them like stepping on an ant Roger hausmann caught, franklin did not take the opportunity to escape Instead, "brand word" In 2007, A homeless man rummaging through trash cans at 9500 south Los Angeles The body of a 25-year-old woman was found wrapped in plastic bags She was shot in the chest, raped and shot DNA in the body, muzzle distance Be wrapped by rubbish bag cast cadge way, it is "demon of evil of deep sleep" mark A month later, the lapd said at a news conference: Roger hausmann's DNA sample and "sleepy evil" does not match He's not the killer. Roger hausmann later to kidnapping and false evidence charges, sentenced to 20 years Police officially identified the sleeper as a black man They are between fifty and sixty years old They found Washington, the only survivor from 1988 Draw a picture of the suspect based on her description A computer simulation of what he might look like now The Los Angeles police department began to mobilize its forces In 2008, the reward for information leading to the launch of a website dedicated to catching the maleficent was increased to $500,000 2008 began California allows familial DNA searches to help solve crimes The program allows family members' DNA to be used to find suspects But human rights groups oppose it The method requires investigators to take DNA evidence from crime scenes and state databases from 1.3 million felons DNA samples were collected and compared Search for approximate but not exact matches This method has been used for a longer time in the UK It was used as a suspect in a murder case back in 2004 In 2010, A new DNA comparison technique has been introduced in the us justice system The technique compares genes across several families A partial match was found in the database The teenager, Christopher, was charged with a felony gun charge in 2009 His DNA was not available from the DNA database until April 2010 Christopher's DNA and samples from "sleeper. Highly genetically compatible, he may be a brother or a father and son In terms of age, father and son are the most likely DNA searches yielded evidence combined with the date of the murder The police cast their eyes on Christopher's father The technology is very new Franklin's DNA cannot be coerced into court The police sent someone to watch the family, hoping to find more evidence Franklin's little grandson's birthday on July 5, 2010 The police received a tip The family booked a birthday Party at a pizzeria Franklin is sure to be there A plainclothes policeman disguised as a waiter got in As he cleared the table, he carefully removed franklin's cup, knife and fork A slice of leftover pizza, a small piece of chocolate cake Put it on a separate tray to take away In the back of a restaurant Police forensics officers sealed them up with evidence bags Bring it back to the bashensky lab Lab investigators found DNA on leftover pizza Notify lapd of franklin's DNA And 11 serial rape and murder scene found DNA all match Police searched the garage of franklin's south Los Angeles home Police recovered the gun used in the attack, which was not far from the scene where the body was dumped After franklin was caught, police removed him from his home Hundreds of hours of video and thousands of photographs of women Some of the women posed provocatively naked, while others were apparently drugged Some of them were apparently photographed posthumously as mementos Franklin's record keeping is also chilling Some photos are too bloody No photos of all the dead known to police have been taken Video is too bloody and not made public One hundred and eighty pictures of women "suspected victims" Presumably as a memento of franklin's sexual assault victims. Most of the photos are of African American women Very few are latino or white women, and none are Asian Franklin was formally arrested on July 7, 2010 The police charged him with ten counts of first-degree murder One count of attempted murder, one count of unlawful possession of a deadly weapon Franklin retired as a garbage collector in Los Angeles He drives a recycling truck every day and is the main tool to suppress evidence He often strangled or shot his victims on the mountainside or at night Most of the victims were of African origin, ranging in age from 14 to 35 After killing, throw their naked bodies on the roadside or in garbage cans A police investigation found that franklin had a history of sexual abuse He has always had low self-esteem in the face of the opposite sex, just like these victims He also belongs to the bottom of American society and has always lacked self-confidence That would explain his repeated attempts at murder In order to get great satisfaction from trampling on female victims Shoot him in the chest to show off the power he craves Franklin, 57, on July 8, 2010 Accused of killing seven women between August 1985 and September 1988 After thirteen years of silence Three people were killed between March 2002 and January 2007 Prosecutors say franklin is involved in five other murders Detectives believe he killed at least 25 women The prosecution could only charge him with ten counts of murder because of the difficulty of providing evidence Franklin, who is black, was born in Los Angeles in 1952 Married with two children, works as a city cleaner for Los Angeles Worked as a parking attendant for the city police department He was arrested only in July 2010. Mr Franklin denies any involvement Not a word was said during the long trial Franklin and his wife She lives at the corner of an alley on 81st street in south Los Angeles They lived in the mint green house for thirty-two years Everyone around him said franklin was a good man with a good heart Including his Brazilian wife of more than 30 years Two sons and five grandchildren Franklin's first crime was in 1985 He was thirty-two years old He doesn't have any prior criminal record Just petty theft, trespassing 1985 street prostitute Debra Jackson (29) She was found naked next to a trash can in a park There were strangulation marks on his neck and multiple stab wounds on his body The cause of death was two gunshot wounds to the chest The murderer put his gun to her body and fired She had a large gunpowder burn on her skin A year later, franklin did something similar Killed Henrietta (34), and dumped her body not far away Two days later, franklin killed a man the same way He was the only man franklin killed A black pimp named Thomas Steele The police arrested four suspects before and after Three were sent to prison on charges other than murder More than a year later Five prostitutes were found dead, all from gunshot wounds The number of women missing during this period was about 30 or 40 December 16, 2010 Police say they found it at franklin's home One hundred and fifty of the women were photographed, asking the public for help identifying them But 35 women are still missing The case was heard for three months on May 5, 2016 Franklin was convicted by a jury of having been at large for more than two decades The "sleeper killer" who killed several women in a row Surviving victim woman Washington As a witness nearly three decades later She could not believe that franklin was so cold and unrepentant Calling him a "demon" and a "homicidal maniac" Prosecutors handed over a semi-automatic pistol recovered from franklin's home Two criminal experts testified at the trial The gun was the one that killed one of the victims The defense argued that the police did not have court permission to take the defendant's DNA Invasion of privacy without informing the defendant The evidence obtained in this way does not conform to the standard and is invalid The lawyers argue that another mystery man killed the women May the jury spare franklin's life The prosecution argued that the invasion of privacy was limited to what the defendant had Restaurants are owned by restaurateurs, and for others are public Spaces The evidence the police collected was, by definition, "rubbish" Is automatically waived by default It is only natural that the police should dig out rubbish The court ruled that the DNA samples were valid evidence Show it to the jury The prosecutor in charge of the case, John silverman, stressed Franklin had no chance of enlightenment: "He was a psychopathic, sadistic serial killer Having fun hurting and killing women. " Silverman said franklin was malicious His crime was carefully planned and cruel He delighted in killing and torturing, and asked the jury to sentence him to death The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for about eight hours before reaching a consensus Franklin was found guilty of 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder Recommended that the judge sentence franklin to death Los Angeles superior court presiding judge John f. Kennedy The names of ten victims and each case were read out He would tell franklin that you would be sentenced to death In sentencing May 10, judge Kennedy said: "This sentence is not for revenge, but for justice Nothing can make up for what you've done One thing is clear, you have a deep hatred of women a long time ago I've worked in the criminal justice system for many years Never have I seen such a terrible crime committed. " California has filed an automatic appeal against its death sentence Prison officials will be sentenced to death by lethal injection Franklin may have spent the rest of his life in SAN quentin California faces a number of lawsuits over "lethal injection" California has not carried out a death penalty since 2006 Franklin was the 744 th inmate on death row An anonymous prison boss while franklin was still behind bars Let go of saying, "he should always live in fear." There's no chance franklin will make it out of prison alive https://frogwong.com/2019/05/26/%e3%80%8c%e6%b2%89%e7%9d%a1%e5%a7%a6%e9%ad%94%e3%80%8d%e7%8a%af%e6%a1%8822%e5%b9%b4%e3%80%80%e6%ae%ba%e5%8d%81%e5%a7%a6180%e4%ba%ba/ https://youtu.be/v0bvdPvZ5po https://youtu.be/qTIpBjkQBCg https://youtu.be/Ukos1hyyNYw

Download or read book The Hillside Stranglers written by Darcy O'Brien and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true crime account of the Hillside Stranglers and the horrific serial killings they unleashed on 1970s Los Angeles. For weeks that fall, the body count of sexually violated, brutally murdered young women escalated. With increasing alarm, Los Angeles newspapers headlined the deeds of a serial killer they named the Hillside Strangler. The city was held hostage by fear. But not until January 1979, more than a year later, would the mysterious disappearance of two university students near Seattle lead police to the arrest of a security guard—the handsome, charming, fast-talking Kenny Bianchi—and the discovery that the strangler was not one man but two. Compellingly, O’Brien explores the symbiotic relationship between Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono, their lust for women as insatiable as their hate, before examining the crimes they remorselessly perpetrated and the lives of the unsuspecting victims they claimed. Equally riveting is O’Brien’s account of the trial—one of the longest and most controversial criminal court cases in American history—with the defense team parading, one after another, expert witnesses who had been effectively duped by Bianchi’s impersonation of a man suffering multiple personality disorder. It’s one way a man might contrive to get away with murder. Like Truman Capote in In Cold Blood and Norman Mailer in The Executioner’s Song, Darcy O’Brien weds the narrative skill of an award-winning novelist with the detailed observations of an experienced investigator to unravel this chilling true-crime story.

Download or read book The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez And The Reign Of Terror In Los Angeles written by ANONYMOUS and published by THE PUBLISHER. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Night Stalker: Richard Ramirez And The Reign Of Terror In Los Angeles is a chilling true crime account that delves into the life and crimes of one of America's most notorious serial killers. Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, haunted the streets of Los Angeles in the 1980s, leaving a trail of fear and destruction in his wake. This book explores Ramirez's troubled childhood, early signs of disturbance, and the influences of satanic cults that shaped his twisted psyche. It details his emergence as the Night Stalker, with his first attacks, the ensuing media sensationalism, and the grip of fear that paralyzed the city. The Night Stalker's ability to elude law enforcement, changing tactics, and the frustrations faced by investigators are examined. The book also delves into the dramatic capture of Richard Ramirez, the intense trial, and the shocking revelations that came to light about the mind of a serial killer during this time. Unsolved mysteries surrounding potential accomplices, unexplained crimes, and cryptic messages are explored, adding to the intrigue of Ramirez's reign of terror. The impact on victims' families, community healing, and the legacy of fear left in Los Angeles are dissected. The Dark Side of Los Angeles is also examined, including its history of serial killers, the criminal underworld, and the night city that provided a breeding ground for evil. The Night Stalker's legacy, including copycat crimes and cultural impact, is analyzed, as well as the lasting effect on the lives of the victims and survivors. Chapters focus on the hunt for clues, the manhunt for Ramirez, and the weapons used in his horrific crimes. The final capture of the Night Stalker is detailed, revealing the deadly pursuit, the last stand, and the ultimate finale of terror perpetrated by this sadistic killer.

Download or read book The Grim Sleeper written by Christine Pelisek and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the best true crime books of all time" —Time The inside story of one of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked the vulnerable, the young, and the ignored in 1980s Los Angeles—and then returned decades later to kill again. The Grim Sleeper was one of the most brutal serial killers in California history, preying on the women of South Central for decades. No one knows this story better than Christine Pelisek, the reporter who followed it for more than ten years. Based on extensive interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most startling true crime stories of our generation from his violent first crime while serving in the US Army to his inevitable death in prison. As seen on Investigation Discovery's true-crime documentary "The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster"

Download or read book Without Remorse written by Vonda Pelto, and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the suicide of Vernon Buts, a freeway killer who was housed in the Los Angeles County men's jail, the Los Angeles Mental Health Department was determined to keep the Los Angeles serial killers alive. Vonda Pelto, a psychologist was selected for the task. Vonda's assignment was to meet with the serial killers daily and prevent them from harming themselves. Without Remorse traces Vonda's surreal experience as she balanced a family life while spending her days with such notorious killers as Kenneth Bianchi (Hillside Strangler) and William Bonin (Freeway Killer) among others. During those years she developed personal relationships with these men and recorded her observations.

Download or read book Survived by One written by Robert E. Hanlon and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 1985, 18-year-old Tom Odle brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in the small southern Illinois town of Mount Vernon, sending shockwaves throughout the nation. The murder of the Odle family remains one of the most horrific family mass murders in U.S. history. Odle was sentenced to death and, after seventeen years on death row, expected a lethal injection to end his life. However, Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium on the death penalty in 2000, and later commutation of all death sentences in 2003, changed Odle’s sentence to natural life. The commutation of his death sentence was an epiphany for Odle. Prior to the commutation of his death sentence, Odle lived in denial, repressing any feelings about his family and his horrible crime. Following the commutation and the removal of the weight of eventual execution associated with his death sentence, he was confronted with an unfamiliar reality. A future. As a result, he realized that he needed to understand why he murdered his family. He reached out to Dr. Robert Hanlon, a neuropsychologist who had examined him in the past. Dr. Hanlon engaged Odle in a therapeutic process of introspection and self-reflection, which became the basis of their collaboration on this book. Hanlon tells a gripping story of Odle’s life as an abused child, the life experiences that formed his personality, and his tragic homicidal escalation to mass murder, seamlessly weaving into the narrative Odle’s unadorned reflections of his childhood, finding a new family on death row, and his belief in the powers of redemption. As our nation attempts to understand the continual mass murders occurring in the U.S., Survived by One sheds some light on the psychological aspects of why and how such acts of extreme carnage may occur. However, Survived by One offers a never-been-told perspective from the mass murderer himself, as he searches for the answers concurrently being asked by the nation and the world.

Download or read book Murder in California written by Marques Vickers and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Murder in California" profiles some of California's most infamous serial killers and unsolved murder cases. The edition more photographically transports you to several of the murder sites where the homicides occurred and/or images related to the case and perpetrator(s). The images and profiles offer a descriptive account, detailed location, and trial aftermath providing an important understanding into the further reaching effects of each crime. Convicted killers and their confirmed victims are identified. For criminals still living, their current incarceration location is provided.The captured snapshots portray visual testimonies of extinguished lives removed by acts of violence. Crime scenes often revert back into unremarkable landscape or unassuming buildings over the ensuing years and decades. Several have altered little since their moment of infamy. Many are passed daily by pedestrian and vehicular traffic unaware of a location's unique significance. California has been the site for many notorious serial killers. The following are portrayed in this edition: The Zodiac: The Taunting KillerCharles Manson: Removing the Myths Behind an Iconic Serial KillerDorothea Puente: Arsenic and Old Lace: Killing for ProfitEfren Saldivar's Definition of Assisted Medical HomicideTed Kaczynski (Unabomber): To Arms Against A Faceless Society and EnemyThe Zebra Killings: A Racially Intended Genocide?The Heaven's Gate Cult Shutters Operations Abruptly and PermanentlyEdmund Kemper III: Constructing the Perfect FrankensteinLawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris: Pitch Darkened HeartsJuan Corona: The Macabre Massacre of the InvisibleRichard Trenton Chase: The Consummation of DarknessThe Boneyards of the Dead Speak: The Speed Freak KillersHerbert Mullin: The Blood Sacrifices of Earthquake PreventivenessDavid Carpenter: The Devil Behind Bifocals and a StutterJim Jones and the Peoples Temple Massacre: No Way HomeThe Hillside Strangler Duo: Killing CousinsRodney Alcala: A Beastly Killing Machine Slaying BeautyRichard Ramirez: The Devil's AmbassadorGolden State Killer: The Triumph of Forensic EvidenceThe section on famous unsolved murders include: The Santa Rosa Hitchhiking Murders: Preying on the InnocentDavid Nadel: The Death of a Man and Rebirth of a Performance IconThe Continued Fascination With the Black Dahlia MurderRoscoe Fatty Arbuckle: Ten-Minute Disputed Sex ScandalWas a 1963 Beachfront Slaying of a High School Couple a Prelude to Future Terror?Geneva Ellroy: The Transference of Tragedy Into Literary ExpressionKym Morgan: Death By Classified AdvertisementKevin Collins: A Solitary Bus Bench Memorial to Every Parent's NightmareTed Healy: The Suspected Homicide of the Fourth StoogeThe Resolute Will To Keep William Desmond Taylor's Murder UnsolvedRamona Irene Price Strolls Innocently Into A Vanished PastRaymond Washington: A Cycle of Senseless Violence Devours A Former FounderAuthor Marques Vickers' own introduction into the expansive consequences of murder began with the 1968 killings of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jenson by the Zodiac killer in the author's hometown. Faraday was an acquaintance of the author and his older sister knew both victims. His reflections on the trauma inflicted on his intimate suburban community correspond with the realization that a single homicide affects far more individuals than simply the victim. Hundreds and often thousands may be touched by the arbitrariness and unfairness of life being terminated abruptly and prematurely.

Download or read book Die For Me written by Don Lasseter and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture and murder that claimed at least sixteen victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal prosecution in California history.

Download or read book The Grim Sleeper Talking with America s Most Notorious Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin written by Victoria Redstall and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the mid-1980s, a brutal killing spree began in Los Angeles as several women were murdered, having been sexually assaulted and shot in the chest with a .25 calibre gun. The man responsible was Lonnie David Franklin Jr. However, his identity wouldn't be revealed for almost thirty years, by which time he had become one of America's most prolific serial killers. At the time, Los Angeles was a city struggling under the weight of racial inequalities and a crack cocaine epidemic that was sweeping through its most deprived areas. Many in the communities of South Central felt that this caused a lack of interest on the part of the LAPD in properly investigating the these murders. In 2010, Franklin's escape from justice finally came to an end, and he was eventually convicted of the killings of nine women and one teenage girl in 2016, although it is suspected that he could be responsible for killing many, many more. In this book, investigative journalist Victoria Redstall delves into the mind of America's most notorious serial killer to discover the truth, in his own words, behind his appalling actions as well as speaking to neighbours, family members, victims' family members and police connected to the case. By visiting Franklin in prison and gaining his trust, she allows Franklin to reveal a terrifying lack of empathy for the victims whose lives he so brutally ended. This is a chilling and fascinating look into the crimes of the Grim Sleeper.

Download or read book A Good Month For Murder written by Del Quentin Wilber and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Superb - one of the best real-life copy books ever written.' Lee Child In a true crime cross between James Ellroy and David Simon's The Wire, A Good Month for Murder follows twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and the furious hunt for an especially brutal killer in Washington D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, bestselling author Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body falls. After a quiet couple of months, all hell breaks loose: suddenly every detective in the squad is scrambling to solve one shooting and stabbing after another. Meanwhile, the entire unit is obsessed with a stone-cold 'red ball', a high-profile case involving a seventeen-year-old honour student attacked by a gunman who kicked down the door to her house and shot her in her bed. This is the inside story of how a team of detectives carry out their almost impossible job. Murder is the police investigator's ultimate crucible: to solve a killing, a detective must speak for the dead. A Good Month for Murder is a compelling true crime account which shows what it takes to succeed when the stakes couldn't possibly be higher.

Download or read book BLOOD LUST written by Gary C. King and published by Bleak House Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 16-year-old was lucky. She at least survived her encounter with Dayton Leroy Rogers to detail its horrors. But a long list of other women were not as fortunate. Their stories had to be painstakingly pieced together by police from the corpses on the most shocking trail of terror ever left by a serial killer. The Man Who Loved to Kill Women--Dayton Leroy Rogers was known in Portland, Oregon as a respected businessman and devoted husband and father. But at night he abducted women, forced them into sadistic bondage games, and thrilled in their pain, terror and mutilation. His murderous spree was stopped only after, in plain view, he slashed to death his final victim...and when a hunter accidentally stumbled onto the burial grounds of seven other women Rogers had killed one-by-one in the depths of the Molalla Forest did police realize they were dealing with a killer whose bloodlust knew no bounds. This is the shocking true story of the horrifying crimes, capture, and conviction of Dayton Leroy Rogers, Oregon's mild-mannered businessman by day--vicious serial killer by night.