It seems impossible to pick up a newspaper without having headlines about sex scandals involving underage children. Cleveland, Rochdale, Oxford, Rotherham and now one in Bradford, you feel that it is never going to end. More and more predators & paedophiles are being exposed, which gives a strong impression that for many years, these disturbing problems were simply brushed under the carpet by council services and the Police. It is only since the expose` of Jimmy Savile has this problem been accepted. Reports emerged that these incidents were well known about for years, but as in the case of Savile, the pathetic excuse was "he was too powerful." Bullshit. Nobody is above the law, it comes down to the weak and gutless approach of authorities. Savile was said to have paid off cops. If you need to do that, then you are guilty. When questioned by Police, he virtually gave the orders. He was never taken to a station to be interviewed formally, he bullied and blustered at them and they also grovelled and toadied to him for asking such questions.
Over the years, we had the "Wolfpack" child abusers who were involved in the death of young Jason Swift and thought to be behind the deaths of other young children. Sick fucks like Sidney Cooke, and Leslie Bailey. Bailey was murdered inside prison but for some reason, the worst of them all, Cooke, has gotten away with it. Probably too well segregated. Then the Satanic abuse bollocks kicked off, with lurid reports of parents offering their children as sacrifices to witches covens. We heard these stories about sacrifices in the North East - Durham or Cleveland, and also Rochdale. It makes you think of those Hollywood films where the whole town are Satanists. Substitute the accents for North Eastern or Lancashire, and then take it seriously. Yeah. There is an American woman over here who not only believes this garbage but seems to see Satanism everywhere, and there are the gullible bastards who hang on to her every word!
The scandals that broke recently, Oxford, Rochdale(again!) Rotherham, and now mass grooming in Bradford, show that this is much more widespread than authorities would like to acknowledge. The common denominator in these four, is that the main protagonists are Asian. Grooming in Bradford was exposed by television, years back, and yes, it was young Asian men and very young white girls. Many marriages of Asians are arranged marriages, but obviously, these men want their white meat before that happens, or even if married. The Rotherham scandal threw up the accusation that authorities were scared of Asians using the race card. Of course they would. Truth hurts does n`t it? This is not to say that they are all at it. Far from it. Many are extremely law abiding and concerned about how these scandals affect their communities. In truth, there are young people who believe that their culture and skin colour entitles them to behave as they want whilst everybody else has to adhere to the law. Again, truth hurts.
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
The Execution of Selina Gilmore
Selina Gilmore is one of the numerous obscure female executions in the USA, but she was also an example of the chair not being quite as effective they thought at the time. Selina had been drinking heavily when she lurched into a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama. Whilst eating, she gave much static to the waiter, who eventually asked her to leave. Surprisingly, giving her condition, she did. But not for long. She quickly returned, brandishing a shotgun and blasted the waiter to death. She was quickly arrested, convicted and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
She went to the chair on January 24th 1930. A witness account stated that she could be heard singing a hymn, then a door opened and Selina entered the death chamber. She had a towel wrapped around her head, but walked firmly and strongly to the chair. She did not need putting in it. She sat down unaided. As the guards strapped her firmly to the chair, a guard removed the towel from her head, revealing a shaven head. The Warden asked her if she had any final words. Selina blamed her fate on hard liquor. Finally, her face was covered, the Warden stepped back and the executioner threw the switch. Smoke came from the top of her head. Then the current was stopped. A doctor stepped forward to pronounce death but received a horrifying shock. She moved her head and her chest was heaving. He stepped away and the Warden signalled for the current to be switched back on. Again, smoke came from her body. The death chamber was small, so the smell of burning flesh filled the room, causing one man to run out. This time Selina was pronounced dead. How many times this has happened is probably unknown, but it did happen when the chair was first used in 1890. The unlucky recipient was William Kemmler, who was still alive after the first surge of electricity. The switch was thrown again and left running for four minutes. His body became so hot it had to be left for hours to cool down before anybody could touch it. Grim. Very grim.
She went to the chair on January 24th 1930. A witness account stated that she could be heard singing a hymn, then a door opened and Selina entered the death chamber. She had a towel wrapped around her head, but walked firmly and strongly to the chair. She did not need putting in it. She sat down unaided. As the guards strapped her firmly to the chair, a guard removed the towel from her head, revealing a shaven head. The Warden asked her if she had any final words. Selina blamed her fate on hard liquor. Finally, her face was covered, the Warden stepped back and the executioner threw the switch. Smoke came from the top of her head. Then the current was stopped. A doctor stepped forward to pronounce death but received a horrifying shock. She moved her head and her chest was heaving. He stepped away and the Warden signalled for the current to be switched back on. Again, smoke came from her body. The death chamber was small, so the smell of burning flesh filled the room, causing one man to run out. This time Selina was pronounced dead. How many times this has happened is probably unknown, but it did happen when the chair was first used in 1890. The unlucky recipient was William Kemmler, who was still alive after the first surge of electricity. The switch was thrown again and left running for four minutes. His body became so hot it had to be left for hours to cool down before anybody could touch it. Grim. Very grim.
Monday, 1 September 2014
The Execution of Ruth Snyder
The execution of 33 year old Ruth Snyder in New York, is one of the most famous executions in US criminal history, and indeed, the most famous in Capital Punishment handed out to a woman. The reason for this was a secretly taken photograph by a reporter with a tiny camera strapped to his leg, with him pulling up his trouser leg and operating a switch wired to the camera, at the moment the switch was thrown. This photograph adorned newspapers throughout the world, and used generally as a warning "This is what happens to you when you sin!" What brought her and her lover Henry Judd Gray to the execution chamber was the murder of Albert Snyder in March 1927. He and Ruth had been for a night out in Queens but when they arrived home, a fatal surprise awaited him. The lover, Gray, had been hiding, and he attacked Albert, hitting him with a weighted sash. As he lay on the floor, Gray then used some wire to strangle him. Then some chloroform soaked rags were jammed up his nose. Gray then tied up his dead victim and proceeded to stage the crime scene as a burglary gone wrong. In order to add credence, he tied up Ruth.
The Snyder`s daughter came home to an horrific scene and called Police. Immediately, Police sensed everything was wrong. Despite the brutal death of her husband, she was not very emotional. Inspecting the home, Ruth said some of her jewellery had vanished but detectives found the items she described hidden under a mattress. Then she made a fatal error. Police discovered a letter signed " JG" causing Ruth to say "What has Judd got to do with this?" They had said nothing about the letter being from Gray but it turned out these initials were of the first wife of Mr Snyder, and the letter was from her. She and Gray were immediately arrested. They knew that the punishment would be a trip to the chair, and so turned on each other. Gray, a lingerie salesman had met Ruth through his job and had been having an affair for two years. Now Ruth decided that the husband had to go. He had a very nice insurance policy on his life, which increased in value if he died during the commission of a crime.
In April 1927, they went on trial in Long Island and were condemned to death. Ruth always thought she get a reprieve but this was denied. She met her end on January 12th 1928. She was calm but then broke down as she was strapped into the chair. The executioner for New York State was Robert Elliott, and he threw the switch that ended it all. The reporter clicked the camera as the voltage hit her. After turning off the current, Ruth Snyder was pronounced dead by doctors and her body removed into an adjoining room for a post mortem. Her lover, Henry Judd Gray, was brought in, strapped in and executed by Robert Elliott.
The Snyder`s daughter came home to an horrific scene and called Police. Immediately, Police sensed everything was wrong. Despite the brutal death of her husband, she was not very emotional. Inspecting the home, Ruth said some of her jewellery had vanished but detectives found the items she described hidden under a mattress. Then she made a fatal error. Police discovered a letter signed " JG" causing Ruth to say "What has Judd got to do with this?" They had said nothing about the letter being from Gray but it turned out these initials were of the first wife of Mr Snyder, and the letter was from her. She and Gray were immediately arrested. They knew that the punishment would be a trip to the chair, and so turned on each other. Gray, a lingerie salesman had met Ruth through his job and had been having an affair for two years. Now Ruth decided that the husband had to go. He had a very nice insurance policy on his life, which increased in value if he died during the commission of a crime.
In April 1927, they went on trial in Long Island and were condemned to death. Ruth always thought she get a reprieve but this was denied. She met her end on January 12th 1928. She was calm but then broke down as she was strapped into the chair. The executioner for New York State was Robert Elliott, and he threw the switch that ended it all. The reporter clicked the camera as the voltage hit her. After turning off the current, Ruth Snyder was pronounced dead by doctors and her body removed into an adjoining room for a post mortem. Her lover, Henry Judd Gray, was brought in, strapped in and executed by Robert Elliott.
Sunday, 31 August 2014
Kenneth Noye - Double Killer
Kenneth James Noye was a high level criminal who played both sides of the law, was involved in the deaths of two men, and is currently incarcerated in jail. What truly brought him down was the killing of 21 year old Steve Cameron on a slip road of the M25, after a road rage incident. Born in Bexleyheath on May 24th 1947, he was apparently the apple of his mothers` eye, but his criminality started at a very young age, 5, when he was caught going through a till at a Woolworths store. At school, he was a nasty and violent bully, graduating to extorting dinner money from other pupils. One former acquaintance at school described him as "vile." It is common for children who are indulged and are excused their actions because parents put up blinkers - the Krays are a perfect example of this - and these kids grow up to be violent, some kill, and they do what they do because mummy & daddy, mummy in particular, will mollycoddle them, saying that really they are wonderful children!
After leaving school, his penchant for criminality was still there and was involved in stealing bicycles and altering their appearance. This is known as "ringing." It earned him a stay in Borstal but it was through this that he caught the eye of a legal secretary, whom he later married. Noye now getting older, in order to further himself, became an informer, grassing up rivals to the Flying Squad. He became a Freemason when he was proposed by two men - both cops! He gradually rose to become master of his lodge. This position of power was very useful to him as members would be expected to let the boss know if anything concerning him was being planned. Freemasonry is rife in the Police, and it is never revealed how many cops openly associate with known criminals. There is no doubt in my mind that a brother Mason, especially a Master, comes way before being a cop or the suffering of a victim.
He started up a haulage firm, but was never far from crime. He was involved in smelting the huge gold haul that was robbed from Brink`s Mat in November 1983. Police mounted a covert surveillance on Noye at his home, which went horribly wrong. DC John Fordham, dressed completely in black, was confronted by Noye after lots of barking from his dogs. DC Fordham was stabbed nearly a dozen times. This willingness to freely use a knife would re-emerge 12 years later. Put on trial for murder, Noye was acquitted on the grounds of self defence, despite the numerous wounds and that a number were allegedly in the back of the officer. No amount of friends at the Lodge would protect him from now on. He was jailed for his part in the handling of the gold and VAT fraud, earning him a lengthy sentence. Another defendant, John "Goldfinger" Palmer, a timeshare seller, was acquitted. Palmer would later come back into the Noye saga.
Noye was released from prison in 1994, and whilst inside, he had a confiscation order made against him for £3,000,000, by loss adjusters for Brinks Mat. A scandal blew up over the South East Regional Crime Squad, and one officer, John Donald, was jailed for 11 years for corruption. He was feeding information to Noye. Then on May 19th 1996, a road rage incident on a slip road to the M25, a young man named Stephen Cameron was stabbed to death by another motorist. Noye then disappeared. He was allegedly helped by Palmer to escape abroad. Then newspapers broke a story that Police were hunting for Noye. Many months passed before a tip came in that Noye was in a particular part of Spain. Two officers went incognito, as there was no official warning to Spanish Police about them going there. They did identify that it was Noye. Arrangements were made to fly Danielle Cable, Stephen`s girlfriend and witness to the killing, to Spain, where she positively identified him. Noye was arrested and later extradited. He stood trial and was convicted of murder. Danielle stood up in court and testified as to what happened. She has been given a new identity and protection. Noye has alleged to have put out a £300,000 contract on her and offered up to £5,000,000 to other criminals if they could spring him from jail. Despite his enormous wealth, he was incredibly granted Legal Aid for his trial and appeal, which resulted in the dismissal of one man and the severe reprimand for another, involved in the Legal Aid process.
Yet again, a point raises it`s ugly head over the role of informers. If they are so despised by the Underworld, why was Noye allowed to get away with it for so long? I think the truth is, as long as individual villains are not dropped in it by the informer, then they do not bother them. Many major villains co-operate with Police, as it is always to their agenda. People can get away with every type of crime, yet it seems not to bother villains as to why. I think that all this guff about "grasses being hated" is just a smokescreen perpetuated by leading villains, as they themselves are not adverse to helping cops get a nuisance out of the way. Plus, it avoids un-necessary publicity and cops focusing more clearly on events.
After leaving school, his penchant for criminality was still there and was involved in stealing bicycles and altering their appearance. This is known as "ringing." It earned him a stay in Borstal but it was through this that he caught the eye of a legal secretary, whom he later married. Noye now getting older, in order to further himself, became an informer, grassing up rivals to the Flying Squad. He became a Freemason when he was proposed by two men - both cops! He gradually rose to become master of his lodge. This position of power was very useful to him as members would be expected to let the boss know if anything concerning him was being planned. Freemasonry is rife in the Police, and it is never revealed how many cops openly associate with known criminals. There is no doubt in my mind that a brother Mason, especially a Master, comes way before being a cop or the suffering of a victim.
He started up a haulage firm, but was never far from crime. He was involved in smelting the huge gold haul that was robbed from Brink`s Mat in November 1983. Police mounted a covert surveillance on Noye at his home, which went horribly wrong. DC John Fordham, dressed completely in black, was confronted by Noye after lots of barking from his dogs. DC Fordham was stabbed nearly a dozen times. This willingness to freely use a knife would re-emerge 12 years later. Put on trial for murder, Noye was acquitted on the grounds of self defence, despite the numerous wounds and that a number were allegedly in the back of the officer. No amount of friends at the Lodge would protect him from now on. He was jailed for his part in the handling of the gold and VAT fraud, earning him a lengthy sentence. Another defendant, John "Goldfinger" Palmer, a timeshare seller, was acquitted. Palmer would later come back into the Noye saga.
Noye was released from prison in 1994, and whilst inside, he had a confiscation order made against him for £3,000,000, by loss adjusters for Brinks Mat. A scandal blew up over the South East Regional Crime Squad, and one officer, John Donald, was jailed for 11 years for corruption. He was feeding information to Noye. Then on May 19th 1996, a road rage incident on a slip road to the M25, a young man named Stephen Cameron was stabbed to death by another motorist. Noye then disappeared. He was allegedly helped by Palmer to escape abroad. Then newspapers broke a story that Police were hunting for Noye. Many months passed before a tip came in that Noye was in a particular part of Spain. Two officers went incognito, as there was no official warning to Spanish Police about them going there. They did identify that it was Noye. Arrangements were made to fly Danielle Cable, Stephen`s girlfriend and witness to the killing, to Spain, where she positively identified him. Noye was arrested and later extradited. He stood trial and was convicted of murder. Danielle stood up in court and testified as to what happened. She has been given a new identity and protection. Noye has alleged to have put out a £300,000 contract on her and offered up to £5,000,000 to other criminals if they could spring him from jail. Despite his enormous wealth, he was incredibly granted Legal Aid for his trial and appeal, which resulted in the dismissal of one man and the severe reprimand for another, involved in the Legal Aid process.
Yet again, a point raises it`s ugly head over the role of informers. If they are so despised by the Underworld, why was Noye allowed to get away with it for so long? I think the truth is, as long as individual villains are not dropped in it by the informer, then they do not bother them. Many major villains co-operate with Police, as it is always to their agenda. People can get away with every type of crime, yet it seems not to bother villains as to why. I think that all this guff about "grasses being hated" is just a smokescreen perpetuated by leading villains, as they themselves are not adverse to helping cops get a nuisance out of the way. Plus, it avoids un-necessary publicity and cops focusing more clearly on events.
Saturday, 30 August 2014
Irene Schroeder - "Iron Irene"
The history of crime in the USA in the 1930`s is riddled with the gangsters who roamed outside of the big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and created newspaper headlines that rivalled anything of those from the crime syndicates. Dillinger, Barrow, Floyd, Barker, are amongst the most well known, but a couple of women did emerge. Of course, the most well known are Bonnie Parker & Barbara "Bloody Babs" Graham. But how many have heard of Irene Shroeder, a woman who met her end in the hot seat of Pennsylvania`s Rockview Penitentiary. She was given numerous nicknames by the press; "Iron Irene" "The Trigger Woman" were the most commonly referred to.
Life began for Irene Crawford on February 17th 1909 in Benwood, West Virginia, and by the time she had reached 16, she was married to Homer Schrader, but had given herself freely to any man she had a liking for. She was already bored with being married, a after giving birth to a son, Don, she left Schrader and started working as a waitress in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was whilst she was waitressing, that she met a man she had an instant liking for; Walter Glenn Dague, a married man with children, whom had been a Sunday school teacher and had been involved with the scouts. Dague soon lost his jobs, and his family after it became known he was sharing Irene`s bed. An idea was hit upon to start robbing stores around the country, and despite the initial reservations by her lover, Irene was able to bend him to her will. She brought in her brother Tom Crawford and set off in 1929 on their crime spree. A spree that was to leave one cop dead and three wounded.
They carried out numerous store hold ups but one day they were stopped at a roadblock by officers Brady Paul and Ernie Moore. Crawford drew a gun on Paul, then Irene leant out of the window and shot the officer dead. Then she shot Officer Moore, but he was to survive. They escaped, and newspapers came up with names to call this most definitely "Femme Fatale". Tom Crawford now had dropped out of sight. There was a rumour that he had been killed in a shootout in Texas, but this was never proven. Irene replaced her brother with a newly released armed robber named Tom Wells. Irene had her young son in the car when the shootings took place and the words of her own son were to help convict her. She left him with a family member and soon he was being spoken to by Police. The words of a little boy were devastating in court. "I saw mama shoot a cop. Uncle Tom shot another one in the head. He shot right through the windscreen."
Irene had now slightly changed her surname from Schrader to Schroeder, in order to throw cops off her trail. The end came when she was stopped in an Arizona street by a cop who found himself staring down the barrel of a gun and told to get in the car. They were stopped at a roadblock, where two cops were wounded by gunfire from the car. As it sped off, the officer being held hostage, was thrown out. The fugitives headed for the hills where they had another shootout, but seeing the overwhelming odds they faced, she surrendered. Both were put on trial for the murder of Brady Paul and attempted murder of Ernie Moore. They were convicted and sentenced to death. Irene went to the chair first, days after her 22nd birthday, where she gained the admiration of the death chamber guards as she faced her demise with total calm. One later remarked, "She died game!"
Life began for Irene Crawford on February 17th 1909 in Benwood, West Virginia, and by the time she had reached 16, she was married to Homer Schrader, but had given herself freely to any man she had a liking for. She was already bored with being married, a after giving birth to a son, Don, she left Schrader and started working as a waitress in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was whilst she was waitressing, that she met a man she had an instant liking for; Walter Glenn Dague, a married man with children, whom had been a Sunday school teacher and had been involved with the scouts. Dague soon lost his jobs, and his family after it became known he was sharing Irene`s bed. An idea was hit upon to start robbing stores around the country, and despite the initial reservations by her lover, Irene was able to bend him to her will. She brought in her brother Tom Crawford and set off in 1929 on their crime spree. A spree that was to leave one cop dead and three wounded.
They carried out numerous store hold ups but one day they were stopped at a roadblock by officers Brady Paul and Ernie Moore. Crawford drew a gun on Paul, then Irene leant out of the window and shot the officer dead. Then she shot Officer Moore, but he was to survive. They escaped, and newspapers came up with names to call this most definitely "Femme Fatale". Tom Crawford now had dropped out of sight. There was a rumour that he had been killed in a shootout in Texas, but this was never proven. Irene replaced her brother with a newly released armed robber named Tom Wells. Irene had her young son in the car when the shootings took place and the words of her own son were to help convict her. She left him with a family member and soon he was being spoken to by Police. The words of a little boy were devastating in court. "I saw mama shoot a cop. Uncle Tom shot another one in the head. He shot right through the windscreen."
Irene had now slightly changed her surname from Schrader to Schroeder, in order to throw cops off her trail. The end came when she was stopped in an Arizona street by a cop who found himself staring down the barrel of a gun and told to get in the car. They were stopped at a roadblock, where two cops were wounded by gunfire from the car. As it sped off, the officer being held hostage, was thrown out. The fugitives headed for the hills where they had another shootout, but seeing the overwhelming odds they faced, she surrendered. Both were put on trial for the murder of Brady Paul and attempted murder of Ernie Moore. They were convicted and sentenced to death. Irene went to the chair first, days after her 22nd birthday, where she gained the admiration of the death chamber guards as she faced her demise with total calm. One later remarked, "She died game!"
Friday, 29 August 2014
Marie Alexandrine Becker - A Rose West Before Her Time
Serial killers have been around in all shapes and forms throughout history, and that includes female serial killers. From Elizabeth Bathory, to baby farmers like Amelia Dyer, the murderous Liverpool sisters who poisoned their own families simply for insurance money, Aileen Wournos and of course, good old innocent Rose. There was a forerunner to her in Belgium in the 1930`s, Marie Becker. What was different about her, was that she did not start killing until she was in her mid 50`s, but the motive was the usual one; greed. She loved only two things. Money and a robust young lover. This European serial killer was born in 1877, and when she married, she lived in Liege with her husband. Life was for years, very boring to her until one day, whilst out shopping in town, she ran into Lambert Beyer. This younger man was the local romeo, and she enjoyed the flirting they did, and decided that she wanted him. They had an extremely active affair but there was a fly in the ointment; her husband. She made her mind up that he simply had to go. Naturally, she had an insurance policy on him that was fully paid up, so in the latter part of 1932, she poisoned him with Digitalis. This comes from the Foxglove flower.
Marie splashed out on receipt of the insurance and opened a dress shop. She split her time between the shop and Beyer`s bed. Over time, he grew bored with him and despatched him the same way as her husband. He had left her money in his will, and despite the money she earned from her shop, she needed more to keep her new lifestyle intact. She was a nightclub girl who paid for as many young stallions as she could. Her actions took an extremely dark turn at the start of July 1935, when a friend of hers, Marie Castadot, was taken ill. Marie Becker offered her services as a nurse, and before long, Mme Castadot was dead. Marie had now hit upon a way to get money; kill her friends and customers if they had left her any money in their wills. One day, a woman was complaining about her husband to Marie and that she hoped he would either leave or die. Marie offered to supply something that definitely do the job. And it would not be traced.
She was thought to have murdered nearly a dozen people before Police received a letter in October 1936 saying that they should investigate Marie Becker very carefully. They did, and after conducting a search of her home, made a Christie/ Rose West style discovery. Bodies in various locations. All the bodies, after post mortems, were found to contain Digitalis. She was charged with numerous murders. At their funerals, she had put on a quite a display of "grief" but she quickly dried her eyes when she received money from their wills. Convicted, she was jailed for life.
An aside about West; some believe that like Hindley & Homolka, she was under the control of her murder partner; Fred. I disagree. One murder was shown to have been committed whilst Fred was in jail. What does that tell you? Rose wanted to kill Caroline Roberts. Fred let her go, and it was her evidence that helped bring Rose down. What does that tell you? Do you believe that a man with limited intelligence could control somebody? Fred was as thick as pigshit, Rose was not. She, like Myra Hindley and Karla Homolka, were as bad as, if not worse, than their partners.
Marie splashed out on receipt of the insurance and opened a dress shop. She split her time between the shop and Beyer`s bed. Over time, he grew bored with him and despatched him the same way as her husband. He had left her money in his will, and despite the money she earned from her shop, she needed more to keep her new lifestyle intact. She was a nightclub girl who paid for as many young stallions as she could. Her actions took an extremely dark turn at the start of July 1935, when a friend of hers, Marie Castadot, was taken ill. Marie Becker offered her services as a nurse, and before long, Mme Castadot was dead. Marie had now hit upon a way to get money; kill her friends and customers if they had left her any money in their wills. One day, a woman was complaining about her husband to Marie and that she hoped he would either leave or die. Marie offered to supply something that definitely do the job. And it would not be traced.
She was thought to have murdered nearly a dozen people before Police received a letter in October 1936 saying that they should investigate Marie Becker very carefully. They did, and after conducting a search of her home, made a Christie/ Rose West style discovery. Bodies in various locations. All the bodies, after post mortems, were found to contain Digitalis. She was charged with numerous murders. At their funerals, she had put on a quite a display of "grief" but she quickly dried her eyes when she received money from their wills. Convicted, she was jailed for life.
An aside about West; some believe that like Hindley & Homolka, she was under the control of her murder partner; Fred. I disagree. One murder was shown to have been committed whilst Fred was in jail. What does that tell you? Rose wanted to kill Caroline Roberts. Fred let her go, and it was her evidence that helped bring Rose down. What does that tell you? Do you believe that a man with limited intelligence could control somebody? Fred was as thick as pigshit, Rose was not. She, like Myra Hindley and Karla Homolka, were as bad as, if not worse, than their partners.
Thursday, 28 August 2014
The Interstate 70 Killer
A serial killer has been roaming free for more than 20 years but the most baffling part of his crimes is the motive. Just exactly what is it? This white man aged 25 - 35, short brownish/auburn hair, 5` 7" in height, 140 - 160 pounds, slender build, has definitely murdered six victims in a thirty day killing spree in 1992, then in the following year, there are as many as four murders and one attempted murder that bear all the characteristics of the same man but in a different area. His first six victims were killed by a single .22 shot to the head, execution style, giving rise to the belief that he was a military man. Ballistics experts narrowed the field down to two specific weapons - an Intratec Scorpion or an Erma Werke Model ET 22. They also discovered on cases, a red substance used for polishing or buffing. He was targeting stores in shopping malls, with low visitation at a specific time, manned by lone women.
He was using the long highway known as Interstate 70 to commute along, looking for suitable places to kill. The highway ran from Baltimore in Maryland, to Cove Fort, Utah. The first murder occurred on April 8th 1992 at a Payless Shoesource store in Indianapolis in Indiana. 26 year old Robin Fuldauer was found in the back of the shop she worked in, shot in the back of the head. Money had been taken from the till. Days later, he forced two women, Pat Magers, 32, and Pat Smith, 23 into the back of a bridal store in Wichita, Kansas, forced them to lie down and then shot them both in the back of the head. Then a man walked into the shop, surprising the killer, who initially ordered him into the back of the shop, saying he had tied up the women. The man said he wanted no part of what was going on and eventually, he was told to leave and stay silent. He left and called the Police. He helped the Police with the composite picture of the killer after they made the grisly discovery of the two victims.
Then on April 27th, he walked into Sylvia`s Ceramics, saw a shop assistant kneeling down sorting out a display when he shot her in the back of the head. Only this time, he got it completely wrong. The victim was Mick McGown, a man who had long hair tied in a ponytail. Then he moved on to St Charles in Missouri, where on May 3rd, Nancy Kitzmiller, a 24 year old who was just filling in for somebody that day at a western store. Nancy was due to start a new job working for the Government, but she was found shot in the back of the head. Four days later, this shining example of bravery went to a store in Raytown, outside of Kansas City, looked in through the window and locked eyes with TV repairman Tim Hickman. He moved onto the next store where 37 year old Sarah Blessing was working alone. Tim heard a gunshot, ran out to see the man he saw, disappear around the corner. He found the body of Sarah, shot in the back of the head.
Then the killings stopped but a number of incidents the following year in Texas, were matched to the same assailant. But now he was changing his MO. He was using a different .22 gun but the same red substance was found on the shell casings. Victims included Antiques store clerk Mary Ann Glasscock, 51, on September 25th 1993 and Dancewear shop clerk Amy Vess, 22, on November 1st 1993. Another two killings have been attributed to this man but another victim incredibly survived. He shot her in the neck, and she lay paralysed and played dead. Now, he dragged her body deeper into the store, then pulled down her trousers and panties, making it look like a sex assault. Then he pointed the gun to her forehead and pulled the trigger. The gun just clicked. Then he heard a car pull up outside, so he escaped quickly. A young couple discovered her and alerted emergency services. Amazingly, she made a full recovery in three months. She later identified the composite drawing as the man who shot her.
What do we make of this man? Was he a soldier suffering PTSD? Then why was he targeting women? Why did he shoot them from behind? Is it because he can never be face to face with women? That he is chronically shy? But why punish them? Did some woman humiliate him severely, building up a very deep hatred? Was he a thrill killer? This would give him a "buzz" to be able to kill and get out very quickly. But we come back to the ruthless and brutal way he killed. No emotions. Just like a robot. Was he bullied at school? Then why did he not target his tormentors? And why wait for a number of years? Why did he avoid confrontations with men? Were men not weak enough for him? Or was it because he quite simply wanted to kill women, execution style, just for the hell of it? If he is ever caught, they should just take him out to a field do to him what he did to his victims. They deserve nothing less.
He was using the long highway known as Interstate 70 to commute along, looking for suitable places to kill. The highway ran from Baltimore in Maryland, to Cove Fort, Utah. The first murder occurred on April 8th 1992 at a Payless Shoesource store in Indianapolis in Indiana. 26 year old Robin Fuldauer was found in the back of the shop she worked in, shot in the back of the head. Money had been taken from the till. Days later, he forced two women, Pat Magers, 32, and Pat Smith, 23 into the back of a bridal store in Wichita, Kansas, forced them to lie down and then shot them both in the back of the head. Then a man walked into the shop, surprising the killer, who initially ordered him into the back of the shop, saying he had tied up the women. The man said he wanted no part of what was going on and eventually, he was told to leave and stay silent. He left and called the Police. He helped the Police with the composite picture of the killer after they made the grisly discovery of the two victims.
Then on April 27th, he walked into Sylvia`s Ceramics, saw a shop assistant kneeling down sorting out a display when he shot her in the back of the head. Only this time, he got it completely wrong. The victim was Mick McGown, a man who had long hair tied in a ponytail. Then he moved on to St Charles in Missouri, where on May 3rd, Nancy Kitzmiller, a 24 year old who was just filling in for somebody that day at a western store. Nancy was due to start a new job working for the Government, but she was found shot in the back of the head. Four days later, this shining example of bravery went to a store in Raytown, outside of Kansas City, looked in through the window and locked eyes with TV repairman Tim Hickman. He moved onto the next store where 37 year old Sarah Blessing was working alone. Tim heard a gunshot, ran out to see the man he saw, disappear around the corner. He found the body of Sarah, shot in the back of the head.
Then the killings stopped but a number of incidents the following year in Texas, were matched to the same assailant. But now he was changing his MO. He was using a different .22 gun but the same red substance was found on the shell casings. Victims included Antiques store clerk Mary Ann Glasscock, 51, on September 25th 1993 and Dancewear shop clerk Amy Vess, 22, on November 1st 1993. Another two killings have been attributed to this man but another victim incredibly survived. He shot her in the neck, and she lay paralysed and played dead. Now, he dragged her body deeper into the store, then pulled down her trousers and panties, making it look like a sex assault. Then he pointed the gun to her forehead and pulled the trigger. The gun just clicked. Then he heard a car pull up outside, so he escaped quickly. A young couple discovered her and alerted emergency services. Amazingly, she made a full recovery in three months. She later identified the composite drawing as the man who shot her.
What do we make of this man? Was he a soldier suffering PTSD? Then why was he targeting women? Why did he shoot them from behind? Is it because he can never be face to face with women? That he is chronically shy? But why punish them? Did some woman humiliate him severely, building up a very deep hatred? Was he a thrill killer? This would give him a "buzz" to be able to kill and get out very quickly. But we come back to the ruthless and brutal way he killed. No emotions. Just like a robot. Was he bullied at school? Then why did he not target his tormentors? And why wait for a number of years? Why did he avoid confrontations with men? Were men not weak enough for him? Or was it because he quite simply wanted to kill women, execution style, just for the hell of it? If he is ever caught, they should just take him out to a field do to him what he did to his victims. They deserve nothing less.
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