In her memoir, Who Killed My Daughter (1992), author Lois Duncan, asserts that her daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette’s murder was not part of a random shooting, but was murdered by her boyfriend’s Vietnamese gang, in which he was involved in, by suggesting that there was an unknown motive that led to the murder of her youngest daughter.
On the night of August 31st 1986, Angelique Lavallee a battered 21 year-old woman in an unstable common law relationship was charged with murder. She shot her spouse, Kevin Rust in the back of the head while he was leaving the bedroom. Angelique was in fear for her life after being taunted with the gun and was threaten to be killed. Hence, she felt that she had to kill him or be killed by him. The psychiatrist Dr. Shane, did an assessment and concluded that she was being terrorized by her partner. Dr. Shane concluded that Angelique was physically, sexually, emotionally and verbally abused. As a result, in the psychiatrist’s opinion, the killing was a final desperate act by a woman who seriously believed she would be killed that night. This in turn identify her as a
It happened on a rainy night on February 17, 1970 at the base of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Military police were responding to a call from Green Beret surgeon Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, which they thought was a routine call. When the military police arrived they discovered the slaughtered bodies of MacDonald’s wife, Colette, who was twenty six, and his two daughters Kimberley, five, and Kristen, two.
Characters: Buck is one of the three people who are kidnapping the children. He is tempered easily. He doesn’t really care for others much. Rita is Buck’s wife. She is not very pretty and gets drug into schemes by Buck. She feels he will leave her if she doesn’t follow directions. Juan is the other kidnapper who does more of the dirty work. He is the one who calls the parents for the money. He’s the one who shot the bus driver. Glenn is one of the boys who were kidnapped. He’s very popular and has friends and thinks that nobody dislikes him. He’s handsome and very athletic. Glenn’s brother Bruce is into more technology stuff. He is not very handsome and looks up to his brother a lot. He is physically challenged because his body is underdeveloped. Dexter doesn’t have a mother or father. He lives with his bachelor uncle who’s always away on business trips. He is liked fairly well. He is happy with his life. Jesse is new to everyone. She moves around the world quite a lot. She’s very mature compared to the others. Marianne has two brothers. Her parents are divorced and her mother remarried another man. She thinks that her real dad still loves her and will rescue her and doesn’t care much for her new father.
Sean didn’t commit his first murder until 1994. His first victim was an 81 year old woman, Ann Bryan in March 1994. Ann was living at St. James Place which was an assisted-living facility located across the street from the convenience store where Gillis worked. As she often would do, Ann left the door to her apartment unlocked before retiring to bed so that she did not have to get up to let the nurse in the next morning. The warrant says Gillis told detectives he entered Ann Bryan's home at 3a.m. to rape the 81 year old, but she started screaming when he touched her. Gillis then told detectives he cut her throat to stop her screaming and began stabbing her a total of 47 times. The warrant says Gillis gave them details about this elderly woman's death only the killer could know. He seemed fixated on stabbing at her face, genitals and breasts.
Kathleen Grissom, Lavinia writes that Marshall is killed by Jamie, the son made from his rape of
Carlisle, Marcia R., and Lee Savage. “What Made Lizzie Borden Kill?.” American Heritage 43.4(1992):66. History Reference Center. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. .
In July of 1994, a little girl named, Megan Kanka, was raped and strangled. They found her body near her home in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The story of thing young girl has shocked the nation. The man responsible for this brutal act is named, Jesse Timmendequas. He had been convicted twice prior to this attack.
brutally murdered outside The Daily Planet, a restaurant patronized by the local young people who are involved. The girl was visiting home for the summer. after being in the Los Angeles area attending school. Her and a friend were getting into their car when two guys on a motorcycle rode up next to Kimber Reynolds blocking her in, taking her purse, and beating her. her into a submission.
In August 1998, Felicia Gayle was murdered in her home when an intruder stabbed her 43 times. In addition to the murder several items were missing from her home including a laptop, the laptop case, and her purse. The murder remained unsolved until late 1999.
We certainly know that the direct responsible for Duncan’s death is Macbeth. However this does not necessarily mean he is to blame, for his violent death is obviously the consequence of certain influences that forced Macbeth to perform his fatal deed. Furthermore, to unearth the truth about who is really the guilty for Duncan’s murder we must explore the influences the different characters have on Macbeth’s impulses and the overall scenario of the slaying.
At 5:52 AM on December 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey called 911 from her family’s Boulder, Colorado home. She frantically explained to the operator that her 6 year old daughter, JonBenét, was missing and a very bizarre, several page long ransom note demanding $118,000 was left. Patsy then attempted to hang up the phone, and walked away. Police arrived several minutes after the 911 call and began investigating what they thought was a kidnapping. They did a basic search of the house and closed off JonBenét’s bedroom to prevent any contamination, but did not seal any other room. Friends of the Ramseys came to the house soon after to support the family. 8 hours after the 911 call, and 3 hours after the ransom deadline, a detective asked John Ramsey,
In January of 1994, I opened my first clothing boutique. Yolanda quit her nursing job that year to help oversee the business. I was shot and killed by Yolanda, because my family confronted her about missing money from the fan club and my fashion boutiques on March 9th. I was killed at a Corpus Christi hotel on march 31 at age
Lucy Knox had a very hard time conquering both fears by worrying about her husband and the soldiers.But, her job is to be a hero and help the soldiers that need helped.Also, it’s a risk to do what she did because she could of got hurt or killed during the war.Not even to mention she left her kids to help and be with soldiers and Mr.Knox.
Friday, June 14, 1991, Leslie was out with her friends and stayed out past her curfew. Paul kidnapped her and brought her home with him, giving Karla specific instructions on how to make love to her. She suffered the brutal rape for hours and according to Karla’s testimony, Paul strangled her to death. The accusations between the two when being questioned went back and forth.. In fact, Paul claimed that she was the mastermind behind all the killings just because she was jealous of the younger women. The Barbie and Ken’s next victim was fifteen year old Kristen French. They found her on the roadside from a church parking lot and Karla got out of the vehicle and asked French for directions. After getting her attention, they forced her with a knife into the car. Kristen was brutally raped and tortured for three days while being shown the videotape of Leslie Mahaffy’s rape. She was then strangled to death with the same electrical wire that was used to kill Leslie. After murdering her, the duo tossed her body in a ditch near the cemetery where Leslie’s remains were buried. Because Kristen’s body was not dismembered like Leslie’s, the investigators mistakenly concluded that the murders of the two teenagers were not connected. Besides Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, the couple raped two other unnamed girls, who were thankfully, able to
Many factors were involved in Macbeth's decision to kill King Duncan. He had pressure from his wife, he had an idea in his head, given to him by the three witches, and he was extremely ambitious. All of these factors contributed to his demise in the end and his decision to murder his king.