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Kenneth Allen McDuff was born on March 21, 1946 and died on November 17, 1998. Kenneth was born in a town in Texas called Paris, but lived most of his childhood in a town called Rosebud. According to Murderpedia his lust for evil seems to be spontaneous. His mother and older sisters loved Kenneth and his father respected him. However, Kenneth was not as loving to others. McDuff got into numerous fights and stole from a number of people growing up. His teacher once told him that he would be forgotten.
As Kenneth got older his crimes rapidly progressed. He stole hundreds of dollars, bullets, and food from numerous stores all at the age of 18. The Temple police caught him and McDuff was charged with 14 counts of theft and burglary. Although sentenced to 52 years in prison he got out of jail on parole in less than a year. Just 8 months after getting released from jail, McDuff murders three teens he finds in Everman, Texas. McDuff shoves the two boys in the back of their own trunk, and has his accomplice drive the car. After killing the two boys, Kenneth proceeds to rape and torture a 16 year old girl with a broomstick. He then chokes her to death with
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The body of his numerous victims were never found and only he knew where they were. McDuff did not give up the bodies because he thought that was the only reason the prison officials were treating him nicely. After the officials promised McDuff would be treated the same after giving up the bodies he gave up the exact location of all of the bodies. The body of Colleen Reed was not given up as that was McDuff’s favorite victim. Again an agreement was reached between officials and McDuff that allowed for him to be temporarily released. McDuff, surrounded by hundreds of officers, was leading the hunt to find Reed’s missing body. He knew exactly where he had buried her, even 7 years after her
Like in all (or most) Shakespeare plays, there is always a hero that overcomes evil supernatural forces. Macduff is this essential character in this play. His loyalty and patriotism to his dear country, Scotland, is more exceeding unlike the likes of the other Scottish nobles, Macduff was devastated by the murder of his dear king, and he also somewhat sacrifices his family for his country. These three transactions add up to one hell of an admirable hero.
The Army CID sent a new, inexperienced investigator named William Ivory to investigate the scene. Ivory decided after looking around the house that MacDonald made up the story of the killers. He also persuaded everyone that he was the culprit. This meant that everyone in Ivory’s chain...
Charges were brought against the nine adult members found in the house, for the murder of Officer James J. Ramp (McCoy).... ... middle of paper ... ... 17 Nov. 2013. https://blackboard.temple.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-3541666-dt-content-rid-41882923_2/xid-41882923_2>.
After a basketball game, four kids, Andrew Jackson, Tyrone Mills, Robert Washington and B.J. Carson, celebrate a win by going out drinking and driving. Andrew lost control of his car and crashed into a retaining wall on I-75. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped from the four-door Chevy right after the accident. Teen basketball star and Hazelwood high team captain was sitting in the passenger's side with his feet on the dashboard. When the crash happened, his feet went through the windshield and he was unable to escape. The gas tank then exploded and burned Robbie to death while the three unharmed kids tried to save him.
Polly Klaas was one of the victims who had been rapped, kidnapped, and murdered by Richard Allen Davis, a criminal who was given not just a second, but a third chance to live and not be on the death row. In 1976, he kidnapped a woman, and he was sent to jail for five years. After he was released from jail, he abducted, raped, and beat other women. As a result of that, he served eight years in jail. His final victim was Polly Klaas. Davis kidnapped Polly from her home while she was having a slumber party. He entered her home while her mother was sleeping, tied her friends up and abducted her. Later, he raped and murdered Polly. Davis was finally sent to death row and was executed (“The Sad Case…”). This is one of many cases where the criminal
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... Macduff, was able to figure out that Macbeth was behind the murders. He went to England to get help from King Edward to overthrow Macbeth. When he gets back to Scotland he confronts Macbeth and then kills him. The truth of his acts caught up with him and he got what he deserved. This play is a prime example of why people need to think about the reality of their actions and think about how it will affect them in the future.
The victim is nineteen year old Khadijah Stewart. Stewart had grown up in the south side of Richmond, Virginia (a high crime area) where she met a boy named Tommie. Both were in middle school but Tommie soon got arrested for robberies and gun charges, he was sentenced to life as a juvenile. As time goes on Stewart forms a history of dating bad boys. The main on and off again boyfriend throughout her high school years was a young man named Lionel. In High school Stewart is skipping school to hang out Lionel and his gang members. Afraid how the streets could impact Stewart, the mother moves the family to Chesterfield County, a successful middle class suburbs, to create new life. As her life is changing for the better her heart longs to maintain
Some people are just meant to be heroes. In this wonderful play by Shakespeare Macduff is a good choice and born to be a hero. Throughout Macbeth there are several examples of Macduffs heroism and bravery. Macduff is a loving, caring man of action, Thane of Fife and a Scottish nobleman hostile to Macbeth's kingship. When he leaves his loving family to flee to England to join Malcolm, Macbeth has Macduff's wife and children murdered. At the end of the play, Macduff (who was born through a caesarian section) kills Macbeth bringing prosperity back to Scotland, and proving the truth in the witches prophecy that "no man of woman born" can harm Macbeth and his true heroism.
The first meeting with the three witches (1.3) already laid out Macbeth’s moral as a negative kind. His decision to associate with the witches, who are known as the agents of Satan, implies that his mindset and his morals are not in the right place and that he has bad intentions. Then, after he becomes a king, he is not a virtuous one; he becomes known as a tyrant that kills everyone who opposes and that does not take good care of his kingdom. This is evident when Malcolm describes Scotland: “I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash is added to her wounds” (4.3). The personification of Scotland depicts the suffering of the citizens of Scotland and emphasizes the bad reign of Macbeth as detrimental to Scotland’s people. Contrastly, Macduff’s perspective of morals are righteous and he elicits positive reactions from the characters around him. He is able to distinguish evil from good: “This avarice sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root than summer-seeming lust, and it hath been the sword our slain kings” (4.3). Macduff recognizes that lust for power has resulted in the fall of the rightful king, and his expression of such idea shows that he truly believes in crowning the rightful heir rather than trying to take the crown himself. He is characterized as a person with “good truth and honor”(4.3) by Malcolm and, most
...ntrasting his unselfishness deeds with the selfish ambitions of Macbeth. Macduff is the hero Macbeth could have been had he not chosen darkness. Everything Macbeth does goes against the human kindness he once had. He forces himself not to feel when guilt from his murderous actions catch up with him, sinking lower and lower. Macduff's choices all reflect his heroic nature, as he chooses to feel the death of his family like a man, while resolving to fight the against the evil that caused it. The passion that both men possess drives them to kill; one does it for selfish desires and the other for justice. Macbeth's murder shows how deeply his ambitions run, while Macduff's killing of Macbeth reflects how deep his sense of justice runs. In the end, we see that the tragic hero and the just hero of Macbeth are formed by their own choices and have reaped what they sowed.
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