Across all media outlets; dominating everything from newspaper headlines‚ the lead story on the five o’clock news‚ as well as the top trending story on social media platforms: mass murders and their While these crimes are horrifying‚ no doubt‚ the American People cannot seem to look away. Soaking in information from every source available and searching for answers. Seemingly the most important question is the simplest; why? Why did this event take place? Why would a person commit this act? Why?
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The Snowtown murders‚ otherwise called the Bodies in Barrels killings‚ were the homicides of 12 individuals in South Australia‚ Australia between August 1992 and May 1999. The wrongdoings were revealed when the remaining parts of eight casualties were found in barrels of corrosive situated in a leased previous bank working in Snowtown‚ South Australia on 20 May 1999. The town of Snowtown is in the Mid North of South Australia‚ 145 km north of Adelaide. Despite the fact that Snowtown is every now
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Several days after 14 year old Emmett Till walked into a convenience store and supposedly harassed a white woman‚ his body was being fished out of the tallahatchie river. This young boy was brutally slain and was eventually held accountable in trial‚ while his white murderers walked away. In a time of immense racism these kinds of crimes were seen often‚ but not to this extent. Till‚ a Chicago native begged his mother to let him go down to Money to visit his family‚ knowing full well he was a northern
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Murder mysteries streaming through the nation’s television channels have become a source of entertainment for some individuals; however‚ the officers that discovered the body of a local business man near Robins‚ NC were faced with the reality. The man’s cause of death was listed as drowning because he had a large amount of water located in his lungs. The water in the man’s lungs had a high concentration of phosphates. By analyzing water samples from Woodlake‚ Seven Lakes‚ Reservoir Park‚ and Lake
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At just 30 years old‚ Ray Hinton was convicted of killing two restaurant managers and was sentenced to die in Alabama. At the age of 57‚ the United States Supreme Court‚ overturned that death sentence‚ which allowed him to have a new trial that resulted in his exoneration. Hinton sat with Scott Pelley for a 60 Minutes interview along with two other prisoners who was exonerated. They spoke on the feeling that comes with being falsely convicted and the ability to walk free. Hinton had stated in an
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On January 29‚ 2016‚ Mr.Kurose‚ Waianae high school’s vice principal‚ had recently passed. He was savagely killed‚ but in this investigation there was a limited amount of evidence to identify the criminal. On the day of the homicide‚ Mr.Kurose had last seen four other teachers‚ and they are now suspects in this case. Their names are Ms. J Megahan‚ Ms. J Moriwaki‚ Ms. M Oshiro‚ and Mr. M Ratcliffe. Each of the four teachers each had a reason for killing Mr.Kurose. However‚ looking over all the
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The definition of murder in the first degree is: any intentional murder that is willful and premeditated with‚ by the law of Massachusetts‚ malice aforethought. This means that one must have the intention to kill‚ and have thought about killing for enough time for one’s conscious to fully commit to the killing with an evil purpose. So simply by definition‚ it appears that Matt is a first degree murderer; As we see in the film‚ his plan was very intricate which shows his forethought‚ pan out on day
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Causes of Mass Murder Crime Alvenia Gregory Argosy University Abstract This paper examines the act of mass murder. If society can find a valid answer as to what causes a person to commit mass murders‚ then the possibility of preventing the act would be great because it would be probable to recognize the psychotic behavior that is associated with mass murder. Occurrences of mass murder for instance the shootings at Sandy Hook‚ Aurora Colorado theatre; Columbine and Virginia Tech over and over again
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Miraj Patel Justice or Murder Imagine being isolated because of a blizzard‚ and being a store owner you need to get more supplies‚ but can’t. This is what was going on with Justin‚ general store owner‚ until he found the town’s only hope the town bully‚ Billy. Billy would do the job‚ but he would also “tax” them by taking their items. Justin was getting real tired of Billy’s “tax”. When Billy was found dead‚ it was murder by Justin. First of all‚ Justin killed Billy by knowing there was something
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The death of JonBenet Ramsey has been a mystery for so long. It is so weird that this little girl was found dead in the basement of their home and no one heard or saw a thing. Records say that JonBenet had a fractured skull‚ been molested and had been strangled with a chord. According to biography.com‚ the only evidence found was a ransom letter requesting $118‚000 in which was written on some paper belonging to the Ramseys and the duct tape which had fibers from her mother’s clothing. When
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