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Post by giatocj on Mar 3, 2016 15:19:22 GMT
How about the Springfield (MO) Three? A mom, a daughter and the daughter's friend who just vanished the day after the two girls' high school graduation! That one has always been high on my list of "most disturbing"...along with the Jacob Wetterling case. THAT one disturbs me more than any other that I've ever heard of or followed.
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Post by hdoublej on Mar 3, 2016 15:45:43 GMT
Oh.my.goodness! Must step away from the computer! I don't know how much time I spent reading websleuths last night. I used to read true crime all the time but had gotten away from it. I find it all so fascinating!
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Post by melrandamom on Mar 4, 2016 15:18:59 GMT
Happymomma
Is there any tricks and tip you have for keeping up on the pace of websleuths? I'm getting lost, and the threads move so fast.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 4, 2016 15:38:33 GMT
Happymomma Is there any tricks and tip you have for keeping up on the pace of websleuths? I'm getting lost, and the threads move so fast. I wish I did, haha. I'm a super fast reader but in some threads, DeOrr's for example, I literally read throughout the day. I've learned to skim while I read as a lot of it is just hashing over the same details. Those hashing posts often bring up really good points of view though, point out inconsistencies and people add their personal knowledge of different aspects of the topic. I normally spend time reading first thing in the morning with my coffee by my side then check in periodically throughout the day. I have the luxury of being retired and pretty much housebound due to my illness.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 4, 2016 15:40:10 GMT
How about the Springfield (MO) Three? A mom, a daughter and the daughter's friend who just vanished the day after the two girls' high school graduation! That one has always been high on my list of "most disturbing"...along with the Jacob Wetterling case. THAT one disturbs me more than any other that I've ever heard of or followed. The Springfield Three is intriguing to me. I haven't followed up on it in a very long time. I'll have to look for an update on that.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 4, 2016 15:41:22 GMT
This isn't my blog but it's one I read often. She writes about cases (a lot are ones that aren't so popular which I like) she gives the facts and then write up her thoughts on the case. Anyways in cases anyone's interested... True Crime Diva Thanks for that site.
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Post by marg on Mar 4, 2016 16:42:20 GMT
True Crime is one of my favourite genres - luckily my husband doesn't think I'm weird, but I have friends and family members that think I am. I sometimes think about why I'm so interested in it, and I think part of it is puzzle solving (because I'm interested in missing persons or unsolved murders mostly), as well as this: I feel like if I read this stuff and learn about these victims and how they were killed, that I can prevent it happening to me or my loved ones. Like teaching my son to run if someone tries to pull him into a car, even if they have a gun, because it's better to chance being shot then to get into a car with an abductor. When he was little, I taught him how to be a dead weight which makes it harder to carry him (obvi I didn't scare him with the horrors out there, just as part of the stranger danger discussion they were doing at school), that kind of thing. I weirdly feel safer knowing the dangers out there. Anyway - I'm currently following the Dellen Millard case in Hamilton, ON. A man name Timothy Bosma put an ad to sell his GMC pickup on Craigslist, and Dellen and his friend Mark went to take it for a test drive, and shot Timothy and burned him in an incinerator. Tim had a baby and a wife, and his wife waved to him as he went out with the 2 murderers for the test drive. I remember when the police were searching for him when he was a missing person. So, in investigating this crime, they ended up re-investigating Dellen's father's suicide from the year before, and it turns out Dellen most likely shot and killed his father. Then it turns out that Dellen's former girlfriend had gone missing the year before as well, and the police just wrote her off as being a drug seeking runaway, but nope, now Dellen has been charged with her murder as well. Meanwhile, Dellen is this super rich kid whose Grandfather started an airline in Canada (MillardAir), and whose father was running it when he was killed, so Dellen inherited everything, but didn't actually work and fired all the employees and just pretended to run a Hangar at Hamilton Airport (or maybe Kitchener-Waterloo airport? I forget). So, he's on trial now, and reporters are live tweeting from the courtroom. Last year I was really into a cold case - Amy Mihaljevic, from the Chicago area. Here is a really interesting blog about her case: amymihaljevic.blogspot.ca/ (it's coming up as .ca but try changing it to .com if it doesn't work for you).
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Post by marg on Mar 4, 2016 16:51:20 GMT
Wow, I saw a post on Reddit about the knife but just thought it was a re-hashing from the trial - thanks for mentioning that!
Thanks to the poster who gave the link to the Canadian unsolved forum. I see myself spending a lot of time there this weekend.
When I was about 10, a 15/16 year old girl was murdered in the neighbourhood next to mine - and the case was never solved. Her name was Lori Zwicker and I have never, ever found out anything more about the case other than what was in the newspaper at the time of her murder. I'm hoping to find info on a Canadian site, but so far no luck.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 4, 2016 16:53:26 GMT
Omg, why did that officer wait for years to turn it over?
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Post by hdoublej on Mar 4, 2016 17:02:54 GMT
Wait....what?!?! Craziness!
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Post by yoursweetwhimsy on Mar 4, 2016 17:03:55 GMT
It's incredible that he's had the knife all these years. Can OJ be brought up on more charges regarding the murder? I thought once you have been found not guilty you cannot be charged again but I could be completely wrong. Waiting to watch the news conference now.
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Post by giatocj on Mar 4, 2016 17:17:39 GMT
Omg, why did that officer wait for years to turn it over? This is unsubstantiated...my boyfriend read this somewhere earlier. The only reason they knew the knife existed is because the cop (retired) who has the knife called the court or police station for the case file #, because he was going to have the knife FRAMED and wanted to included the case file number with it! Seriously, WT-actual_F!!?? If it turns out it is the knife, can this guy be prosecuted for anything? I mean other than complete and total stupidity?
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Post by grinningcat on Mar 4, 2016 17:33:28 GMT
It's incredible that he's had the knife all these years. Can OJ be brought up on more charges regarding the murder? I thought once you have been found not guilty you cannot be charged again but I could be completely wrong. Waiting to watch the news conference now. He can't be charged again due to double jeopardy. A friend of a friend has just produced a cold case podcast for the CBC called Someone Knows Something, about a boy who disappeared in Ontario in 1972. It's by David Rigden, the same guy that produced the documentary "Mississippi Cold Case", which detailed the murder of two black men about 50 years ago. Apparently that doc actually brought a conviction, so there's hope that this new podcast could do the same.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 4, 2016 17:38:18 GMT
True Crime is one of my favourite genres - luckily my husband doesn't think I'm weird, but I have friends and family members that think I am. I sometimes think about why I'm so interested in it, and I think part of it is puzzle solving (because I'm interested in missing persons or unsolved murders mostly), as well as this: I feel like if I read this stuff and learn about these victims and how they were killed, that I can prevent it happening to me or my loved ones. Like teaching my son to run if someone tries to pull him into a car, even if they have a gun, because it's better to chance being shot then to get into a car with an abductor. When he was little, I taught him how to be a dead weight which makes it harder to carry him (obvi I didn't scare him with the horrors out there, just as part of the stranger danger discussion they were doing at school), that kind of thing. I weirdly feel safer knowing the dangers out there. Anyway - I'm currently following the Dellen Millard case in Hamilton, ON. A man name Timothy Bosma put an ad to sell his GMC pickup on Craigslist, and Dellen and his friend Mark went to take it for a test drive, and shot Timothy and burned him in an incinerator. Tim had a baby and a wife, and his wife waved to him as he went out with the 2 murderers for the test drive. I remember when the police were searching for him when he was a missing person. So, in investigating this crime, they ended up re-investigating Dellen's father's suicide from the year before, and it turns out Dellen most likely shot and killed his father. Then it turns out that Dellen's former girlfriend had gone missing the year before as well, and the police just wrote her off as being a drug seeking runaway, but nope, now Dellen has been charged with her murder as well. Meanwhile, Dellen is this super rich kid whose Grandfather started an airline in Canada (MillardAir), and whose father was running it when he was killed, so Dellen inherited everything, but didn't actually work and fired all the employees and just pretended to run a Hangar at Hamilton Airport (or maybe Kitchener-Waterloo airport? I forget). So, he's on trial now, and reporters are live tweeting from the courtroom. Last year I was really into a cold case - Amy Mihaljevic, from the Chicago area. Here is a really interesting blog about her case: amymihaljevic.blogspot.ca/ (it's coming up as .ca but try changing it to .com if it doesn't work for you). Gah! Digging into Amy's case...I don't know whether to thank you or curse you, haha. I'm following so many cases I need more hours in the day. But...thanks.
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Post by giatocj on Mar 4, 2016 17:54:53 GMT
It's incredible that he's had the knife all these years. Can OJ be brought up on more charges regarding the murder? I thought once you have been found not guilty you cannot be charged again but I could be completely wrong. Waiting to watch the news conference now. He can't be charged again due to double jeopardy. A friend of a friend has just produced a cold case podcast for the CBC called Someone Knows Something, about a boy who disappeared in Ontario in 1972. It's by David Rigden, the same guy that produced the documentary "Mississippi Cold Case", which detailed the murder of two black men about 50 years ago. Apparently that doc actually brought a conviction, so there's hope that this new podcast could do the same. Thanks for this! I'm listening to it now.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Mar 4, 2016 21:18:48 GMT
Yes! Been following this. The cop taking the knife home is super fishy IMO.
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Post by marg on Mar 4, 2016 21:43:49 GMT
Um, sorry...you're welcome?, Happymomma.
That blog led me to the Maura Murray blog that he also writes...and another rabbit hole was born.
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Post by corinne11 on Mar 4, 2016 22:51:47 GMT
This probably isn't on the site, but about a year ago I was really following Joshua Parker. It's sort of dropped out of sight.
The most intriguing case I've ever run across is Taman Shud (WARNING picture of deceased in link - not gross but could be disturbing to some). I spent about a week once following rabbit trails on it. Apparently there is this professor Derek Abbott , the most aggressive and knowledgeable researcher on the case, who is said to be married to a possible descendant of one of the involved parties. While he is very forthcoming with information he has learned, he has repeatedly refused to disclose potentially personal information regarding his connection to the family, including DNA results that could possibly solve the riddle. (that may have changed recently, I haven't checked up on it in a while. There is a good reddit discussion here.
Aaand there goes the rest of my afternoon lol.
I live in Adelaide and Glenelg beach is one of our local and favourite beaches. This case is so intriguing, I'm going to go read your reddit discussion right now!
Corinne
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Post by theshyone on Mar 4, 2016 23:27:59 GMT
Deorrs case and the hashtags #team Klein and #team Deorr are going viral, the drams with this case is like nothing I've ever seen before
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Post by theshyone on Mar 4, 2016 23:29:25 GMT
Wow, I saw a post on Reddit about the knife but just thought it was a re-hashing from the trial - thanks for mentioning that! Thanks to the poster who gave the link to the Canadian unsolved forum. I see myself spending a lot of time there this weekend. When I was about 10, a 15/16 year old girl was murdered in the neighbourhood next to mine - and the case was never solved. Her name was Lori Zwicker and I have never, ever found out anything more about the case other than what was in the newspaper at the time of her murder. I'm hoping to find info on a Canadian site, but so far no luck. If you can't find a post or mention of her name anywhere on it, make one yourself or pm an admin. It's a pretty friendly site.
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Post by happymomma on Mar 5, 2016 1:44:26 GMT
Deorrs case and the hashtags #team Klein and #team Deorr are going viral, the drams with this case is like nothing I've ever seen before I agree! It's blowing right up. Hopefully all of this drama will compel VDK and JM to do the right thing and come clean. Praying.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Mar 5, 2016 2:56:19 GMT
I love true crime, but only after it's been solved. And I prefer the murderers caught and convicted.
I've been scoring lots of good books cheap on bookbub. Love the site.
Helter Skelter was good. Before that, there was the very first true crime novel, In Cold Blood .
Unsolved stories just eat away at me. Kyron Horman is local to me, and we still see his sweet face on posters and billboards around here.
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Post by NanaKate on Mar 6, 2016 4:00:37 GMT
The Justin Ross Harris case is another one I will be keeping up with...
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Post by Gravity on Apr 11, 2016 22:42:52 GMT
A missing person case local to me has been solved. This one has haunted me since the day Kelli Cox disappeared in 1997. Link
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Post by shevy on Apr 11, 2016 22:48:38 GMT
Allison Feldman is of interest to me as she was from MN. And there's not much posted about it.
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Post by happymomma on Apr 11, 2016 22:56:09 GMT
Allison Feldman is of interest to me as she was from MN. And there's not much posted about it. I've been following this one since it happened. I check on it every few days. I believe they know who did it but can't yet prove it.
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 12, 2016 0:26:28 GMT
A missing person case local to me has been solved. This one has haunted me since the day Kelli Cox disappeared in 1997. LinkSuch a sad ending, but now the family knows the truth. Most murders are by people who know the victim. So scary it was a serial killer.
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Post by Layce on Apr 12, 2016 0:48:47 GMT
I am a recovering true crime junkie (lol 'cause I just can't do it anymore) so I'm not really up to speed with most of these disappearances and homicides you all are discussing. I think I went off on some of the posters in that ridiculous JonBenet-is-Katy-Perry thread but managed to regain my composure and split. I'm trying to recall the cases I followed on the various forums (when Websleuths was young) and basically my conclusions were (& remain) Lindbergh baby - accidental homicide @ the hands of the dad Patty Hearst was telling the truth That doctor did so kill his wife OJ did it & Kardashian disposed of some evidence JonBenet, accidental death at the hands of her mother, elaborate crime scene staging ensued. Madalyn McCann, basically ditto. Laci Peterson was like, true crime 101 from the get-go, even my sister thought I was nuts when I said I hoped they kept an eye on that husband! Well anyway I want to check out that diva blog, thanks for the link!
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 12, 2016 1:26:05 GMT
That doctor did so kill his wifeJonBenet, accidental death at the hands of her mother, elaborate crime scene staging ensued. Madalyn McCann, basically ditto. Which doctor? Unfortunately I can think of 3 different cases immediately. I don't think JonBenet Ramsey was killed by a family member and the same with Madalyn McCann. I haven't read enough about the other cases besides believing O.J. is the murderer.
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