Pickton Case Study

As I viewed the case of Gary L. Sampson, 41, he can best be described as a man dependent on liquor and cocaine, a miscreant father, and a bank burglar with a long history of brutality. On August 1, 2001, he handed himself over to the Vermont State Police in the wake of escaping from interest for a string of three killings he submitted in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The individuals who knew Sampson estimated that his homicides were an urgent finale to a pained life. Amid his initial life in New England, he once bound, choked, and beat three elderly ladies in a treat store. He had commandeered autos at knifepoint and was therapeutically analyzed as schizophrenic. In 1977, he wedded a 17-year-old young lady he had impregnated; after two months, he was captured and accused of assault for having "unnatural intercourse with a

-he later got caught and he claimed it was self defense and fled North Carolina and had to leave his fortune behind.

On September 19th 1992, police were called to Belanglo State Forest at a spot called “Executioner’s Drop”. The next day constables Roger Gough and Suzanne Roberts discovered a second body under a log 30 metres away from the first discovered body. This search continued for five days but no more bodies were found. Belanglo State Forest covers 3,800 hectares of land making it almost impossible to search the whole area. This accidental discovery of the decomposing corpse of Joanne Walters led to early news reports suggesting the victims’ identities which were quickly confirmed. The media suggested that the bodies may be those of the missing backpackers only two days after the bodies were found yet a police spokesperson said "There is nothing at this stage to suggest that it is them, but of course we will be looking at missing persons' files to try to find something." On September 24th Jill and Ray Walters, Joanne’s parents made an emotional plea for information to do with their daughters’ murder. Where Ray Walters told the media that "Whoever has done this… actually, I wouldn't call this person sick, because sick people can be cured and dogs with rabies can be destroyed." His wife Jill Walters also told

Based on tips from witnesses, officers located the suspect, Derrick Bernard Cunningham, hiding in a nearby field with his 12-year-old daughter. Cunningham was taken into custody without incident. A search warrant was executed on Cunningham’s residence, which is in the same complex as the incident. During the search, officers recovered weapons, clothing, and items

Leanne Tiernan, aged 16 years old from Bramley, Leeds, disappeared on 26th November 2000 after a shopping trip in her home town. Her body was found in August 2001 in Lindley Woods, West Yorkshire by a dog walker. Familial DNA testing and animal DNA testing helped with developments of the case and towards the arrest of John Taylor. Leanne’s body was found by a dog walker in Lindsey Woods, West Yorkshire roughly 10 miles from her home. Her body was found wrapped in plastic bags with her hands tied up with plastic cable ties.

Ridgeway became a pro when getting rid of the bodies. One the victim were dead he would soon get rid of the between an half hour to an hour. At his home he would take a rug amor a plastic sheet and roll the bodies in it. He said he would back his true up to his from door and put them in it. The victims were always jacket because he did not want any evidence to be on the clothes. One time a neighbor said in a interview Ridgeway had huge garage sales with a lot of women jewelry and shoes, which was odd. Now to known it was his victims belongings. He would proceed to dump the bodies in secluded, dark places often near the green river where he earned his nickname. He would dump three to five bodies in the green river area. He liked to do more

The primary issue was delaying the investigation process because the police kept saying they had no crime scene or evidence, although they heard numerous stories about his strangeness and serial killer behavior from many of his acquaintances. Furthermore, when they were conducting the surveillance check on Willie Pickton, and when he played the manipulation card with the RCMP, they should have conducted a random investigation rather than following Pickton's lead because this delayed the discovery of his crimes, allowing him to secure himself by manipulating the police. If these mistakes had not been made by the police, they might have arrested Pickton earlier. In my opinion, the police should stop delaying the investigation process by stating that they lack evidence or crime scenes; instead, they should consider every small detail and give it importance in the context of these significant criminal activities to save people's lives. Also, they should be astute enough to detect the manipulation and emotional tactics used by serial killers, which can distract them from their

In summary, on 09/03/15 at 2335 hours Ofc. E. Lara #244 and I were patrolling the area of 1400 S. Cicero Ave., at which time I observed a female walking southbound on Cicero Avenue. The female was wearing a black shirt and tight jean shorts. The area is a known location for prostitutes to solicit their business. The female was walking southbound close to oncoming traffic attempting to gain attention of any vehicle that passed. I observed a vehicle stop on the corner of 14th St./Cicero Ave., (98' gold Cadillac IL Y755449) with two male occupants. The driver of the vehicle waved his arm out the window towards the female, at which time the female entered the rear passenger seat. The vehicle traveled southbound Cicero Ave./14th St. without using

.Gacy was caught because of trace evidence found on college rings in his house. After tracing missing 15 year old Robert Piest to John Gacy, the Des Plaine place were able to receive a search warrant because of Gacys previous sodomy conviction. When they searched the house, they collected driver's license and college rings. The detectives also noticed a strong, strange odor coming from beneath his house. Forensic evidence on the ring traced it to missing teenager John Slye. After getting a second search warrant they did a more meticulous search on the craw space under his house. They found 27 bodies of young boys and men. There wasn't a profile of Gacy, it was a lucky break. The Des Plaines Police Department had no knowledge of Gacys crimes.

Police did not seem to care about the case at all according to Pickton’s informant code name Wood (Woodward, 2012). She claims that 13 women could have been saved if police were to listen to the Eastside women. When a police heard from a sex worker the they have seen Pickton’s face with a missing woman, the police went to RCMP for investigation; however, RCMP thought it was not true (as cited in Keller, 2012). RCMP were interest in the case at the first time; however, their interest floated away (Kines, 2010). It made Pickton to kill 49 women because whenever women’s got missing RCMP ignored all the evidence. One of the women’s DNA was found in Pickton’s farm; however, RCMP ignored the evidence (Kines,

After finding some skeletal remains, the police have provided a list of three missing persons, Kim Lee, Theresa Woods and Jonathan Parker. While spending multiple days in the lab, plenty of information was collected to help with the identification of the bones, such as the sex of the victim, the age of the victim and the approximate height and race of the victim. This data was compiled to draw a conclusion and safely identify the remains.

Two of the women were white and one was black. His first killing was on December 13, 1990, and the body was found later that night shot and killed with both eyes removed. His first killing never made it to the media. Then, his second killing was on February 10, and this body was found the exact same way as the first. This time it went viral. They even put patrol officers in the area of the killing. The last and final killing was on March 18, and this murder was quite different than all others. This time, the women had facial bruises and a broken nose. In the eye sockets, they had found the tip of an X- Acto knife. They also found a pubic hair inside her body belonging to a white male (“Who is Charles”n.d.).

Over the next few days dozens of people who had seen Debbie the night of her murder went to the station where they were interviewed, gave blood and hair samples. The investigation seemed promising, but months later leads began drying out and detectives found themselves back at square one.

The police were finally able to identify her body many months after she was killed with the marrow in her bones. Now, actually figuring

Many people believe that the disappearances along this highway is some delirious serial killer who preys on young women. The police have never identified a suspect in the case, and many people say the women were easily just victims of the severe and isolated wilderness of Canada. There is a project called E-PANA, which has spent many years investigating the deaths and disappearances of 18 young women along three highways in the northern part of the province. About 60 officers were assigned to the case but that number has since dropped to between 12 and 15. This group of officers just want to be able to sit down with the families and tell them that they have the guy. The last indicative progress came in September 2012, when investigators said they believed a dead American man named Bobby Jack Fowler was responsible for killing as many as three of the women.The RCMP said investigators had uncovered evidence of DNA linking Fowler, but he had died in