The Lilly Kane Murder Trial Interest

On July 12, 2005, Liana White, wife and mother, disappeared in northern Edmonton. At 5:45 am that morning a woman called to report an abandoned car, left open with personal effects, including Mrs. White’s licence, scattered around it (Edmonton Journal, 2007, para. 2, 4). The next day her husband, Michael White, made a public plea for his wife’s return as they continued searching for her whereabouts (Harding & Shaw, 2005, Timeline of Events, para. 3). By July 14, Michael had become a suspect and the police were all too happy when he decided to lead a search party of his own, in the hopes that, if Michael was in fact the reason for Mrs. White’s disappearance, he would lead them right to her (Edmonton Journal, 2007, A Turning Point., para. 14).

     She tells the man that her mother likes him but just worries about her a lot because she thinks that her daughter is fragile. “Especially now, because I’ve had some close calls” she says and when the man asks what kind of close calls the girl says,

On December 1, 2015, 65 year-old Loretta Macpherson arrived at the emergency room of St. Charles Health System, located in Bend, Oregon. Ms. Macpherson arrived to the emergency room complaining of anxiety. When interviewed about her medication history, Ms. Macpherson was unable to identify the medications which she had been prescribed after her recent hospitalization at St. Charles for brain surgery. After examination, the emergency room physician ordered fosphenytoin, an anti-seizure medication, to be administered via intravenous infusion to Ms. Macpherson. In error she received rocuronium, a paralytic drug, causing her to stop breathing and suffer a cardiopulmonary arrest. Ms. Macpherson suffered irreversible brain damage and was placed

A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder in his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter after a series of brutal stabbing and beating.

Throughout an eleven-month period, Wournos killed seven men at point blank range. Each man was shot multiple times in various places around the body with a variety of handguns. Afterwards, Wournos would discard each body in a different location around Florida. The vicious killing spree of Aileen Wournos began on November 30th, 1989 in Clearwater, Florida, with the murder of Richard Mallory. Over the next ten months, the killings would continue, as Wournos killed six more men. The spree ended on November 19th, 1990 with the death of Walter Antonio (Bankston, Carl).

After the ballistics team had come to the conclusion that the gun was probably shot from four blocks away, Detective Healey and Doug Boyle start to go on an investigation. They had went door-to-door to question others to see if they knew anything about Charlie Ward’s death. When the police stopped at Michael’s house, they had asked the McKenzie family if they owned any firearms. Michael’s dad responded with a yes and was asked if he can show them. Michael then responded that he did not currently have his Winchester and said that his friend, Joe, borrowed it. A few days later, Doug Boyle and Detective Healey came back to Michael’s house with metal detectors to search the backyard for any evidence. While searching, Doug Boyle finds an empty casing

The Murder of Sophie Lancaster In 2007 a 21 year old woman called Sophie Lancaster was brutally murdered. Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby, were two individuals that were part of the alternative crowd in the Manchester and Rossendale area, known as ‘goths’ with several piercings, tattoos, dreadlocks and a quirky dress sense. While the two made their way home, minding their own business, they were both subject to a vicious attack. Five male individuals followed the couple for a while, before suddenly assaulting Robert Maltby, knocking him unconscious, then turning on Sophie Lancaster.

The Jefferson County Egan Murders are nothing of surprise to anyone. On the cold dark night of New Years in 1964 Gerald and Peter along with their sister Barbra Egan were found killed at the rest stop on Interstate 81 in Watertown NY. The murders were carried out very well leaving little evidence behind on the scene. The murder weapons were suspected to be a .38 and a .25 caliber handgun and possibly a semi-automatic rifle. The Egan’s were widely known in the area for robberies and burglaries that police couldn’t keep up with until after the deaths.

On June 20, 2001 by far one of the most horrific things happened. Five children was drowned in the tub and killed by their mother Andrea Yates (Noah, aged 7; John, aged 5; Paul, aged 3; Luke, aged 2; and Mary, 6 months).

Hair connection to the case: Hair was found on Amy Schulz’s body which had matched the hair from Cecil Sutherland, this stood out because only .07 of the population could have hair that would be identical to his.

Vanessa Vermont, a gorgeous woman found dead in her own kitchen, laying on the floor with a fatal head wound on the back of her head. Just recently she bought a new broiler and need and outlet over her kitchen counter, something her husband could do. And it is right where she was murdered. There is also a woman’s briefcase on the floor near the kitchen. Which means Mrs. Vermont was leaving, which in turn could’ve enraged the husband.

On April 14, 1975, after an evening out at a bar for her friend’s birthday, a 21-year-old New Jersey resident stopped breathing and lapsed into a coma . It was reported that Karen Ann Quinlan had barely eaten for two days was seen taking pills, and then went out drinking with some of her friends at Falconer's Tavern . She became unconscious at the bar and never regained consciousness. Thomas R. French, her roommate, took her back to their house. Karen had "ceased breathing for at least two 15-minute periods " and Thomas attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, paramedics arrived and put her on a respirator .

In Serial all 12 episodes Sarah Koenig talks and Hae's murder case. There was two teenagers involved in it Jay and Adanin. Adanin was Hae's ex boyfriend and Jay is a drug dealer. Jay was sentenced 2 years of probation and Adnain got life. From listing to Sarah i don’t think Adanin kill Hae.

In the past few decades, a new stream of research has emerged in American crime and criminality. It entails the study of sensationalized murder stories. Such an inquiry is critical to understand Americans past in crime and criminality. Case studies such as the murder of Jewett are riveting thus creating a nuanced portrait of a historical moment. Such study paints a picture on important changes in American culture and society over time. With this in mind, the paper details the sensational murder of Helen Jewett. A cursory glance at the argument shows that Jewett personality and lifestyle shatters the common ideas particularly in popular minds about prostitutes as pathetic and broken persons living impoverished lives. However, understanding Jewett murder demand a closer look at the 1830s and 1840s prostitution.

The case that I will be discussing is the cold murder case of Lucille Johnson from Salt Lake City, Utah. Unfortunately, at the time of the murder the investigators didn’t take certain evidence serious in the case. The investigators thought that it was just evidence that had no meaning. None the less, it ended up convicting the murderer, John Sansing.