Fashion Killer: The Murder of Jasmine Cuevas Hispanic women have made up 37% of missing women in the past two years, and 42% percent of female homicides over the past decade, says LA Civil Rights. Women of color are constantly subjected to violence and discrimination, and Jasmine Cuevas is one great example of this. Cuevas is a successful, young designer from Chicago. Fresh out of college, she was already being hired by high-profile clients to design clothing for fashion shows. Her success caused her rivals to become jealous. One such rival was Michel Deauxburg. Jasmine’s success and Michel’s prejudiced feelings towards people of color created a bitter relationship between the two. When the young woman went missing from the Luxur Lounge on …show more content…
Jasmine Cuevas was known as a bubbly, empathetic person to all that knew her. She had no enemies, so when she was reported missing it came as a shock to most. Her boyfriend soon became a suspect, but he had an alibi. The only person her family could think of was Deauxburg. According to her friends, Jasmine had recently been telling them about racist messages she’d been receiving online. At first the messages were just racist remarks, but when Cuevas announced that she would be working with BRE, a well-known company in the fashion world, the messages turned violent. They even went as far as death threats. All these messages are from Michel Deauxburg. She blocked him on all social media and reported him, but this detail remains crucial to the case. Michel was openly admitting to the victim that he desired to hurt and even kill her. He has no problem speaking of violence, so what’s stopping him from acting on his desires? There’s also the fact that Jasmine “coincidentally” went missing just weeks before the fashion show with BRE. This was perfect timing for Michel, as it left an opportunity for him to work with the …show more content…
He also isn’t known to work in construction, and instead claims to be a mechanic. This money transfer is clearly to pay Anderson for killing the victim. Michel had no reason to contact this violent man other than to take out his biggest rival, and fulfill his greatest fantasy. When interrogated, Anderson’s alibi couldn’t be backed by any witnesses, and seemed to change slightly when asked at different times. Deauxburg’s poor execution makes it easy for anyone to see he is guilty. There are a lot of mixed opinions on what truly happened to Jasmine Cuevas. Many people are skeptical that it was a hired murder, since most of the evidence is circumstantial, not solid. After several years and all of Chicago being searched, Jasmine’s body was never found. It isn’t even truly confirmed that she’s dead. Nobody, no crime is a point that many skeptics argue. Since her body was never found, there’s no way to truly prove she’s dead. For all we know, Jasmine could have run away to escape the toxic relationship that she and her boyfriend have. While this is a valid claim, it just doesn’t make
Caren Campano was a 42 year old woman working a decent job, and married to a man 15 years younger than her. Chris, her husband, was a drug addict that did not have steady income. The night she disappeared they had a large argument, and according to Chris, they both left the house in separate directions to cool off. She left on foot, and he left in the truck to a bar. The next morning he called her job asking if she was at work and they said she never showed up. He called and made a missing person’s report. The investigators went to their house and stated the house was in good condition, and did not look like she left. There was no signs of a fight. However, they found a large brown stain that was still wet next to the bed. When they tested it, it was positive for blood, and when they pulled the carpet back, there was an even larger blood stain on the cushioning under the
Marco Topete, 39, was convicted of First Degree Murder with Special Circumstances after a high speed pursuit lead to the death of Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Antonio Diaz on 15 June 2008. Diaz was fatally struck in the chest by one of seventeen .223 caliber rounds fired from an AR-15 Assault Rifle fired by Marco Topete.
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
What kind of stories have you read? Have you read of any that in a way have similarities and differences with one another? The two short stories in this essay are "the cask of amontillado" and "the killings". These short stories are ironically the same but with different perspectives. Both authors have a different meaning for why they wrote the stories. One of the similarities are that both stories have to do with killing someone. In "the cask of amontillado the narrator kills due to madness an the narrator in "the killings kills to avenge his sons death. Another difference is that after Montessor kills his "friend", he feels no remorse or guilt and Matt fowler from "the killings" feels empty and remorse after the killing.
People disappear for several reasons; it could be to start a new life, it could be to hide from someone or it could be because someone doesn’t want you found. This paper is about the disappearance of Yessenia Suarez and her two children. Can the police determine if a crime was committed and by whom? This paper will describe the evidence and the timeline of events in the case. The relationship between Luis Toledo and Yessenia Suarez was rocky; there had been incidences where Toledo brandished a knife and destroyed furniture (Fernandez, 2014).
On November 16, 2017, Horace Verbermockle was found lifeless as he laid down in the bathroom floor at his house. What happened to Horace Verbermockle?, his wife Minnie Verbermockle claims that Horace must have slipped on soap before she found him unconscious on the floor and alerted the doctor, who stated that Horace was dead when he got there. Minnie was the major suspect in the investigation by the fact that she was the first and only witness of the body. However after reviewing the evidence found at the scene, it is positive that Minnie Verbermockle murdered her husband Horace Verbermockle.
Carlos Deluna was an American man who was convicted of first degree murder. Carlos was executed by the state of Texas for the killing of a 24 year old woman at the Shamrock gas station. The victim Wanda Lopez was stabbed multiple times apparently from a buck knife. Wanda Lopez was the attendant of the gas station and the police was senseless and oblivious to the tape at the gas station and only saw when she was giving the murderer the money yelling “You want it? I’ll give it to you. I’m not going to do nothing to you. Please!!!” There were only four eyewitnesses that was nearby when Wanda Lopez was murdered.
This theory suggests that Brianna was kidnapped by local drug dealers and killed. Brianna was reported to experiment with drugs such as marijuana and crack cocaine and was “friends” with drug dealers although, her parents were not aware of this just like most parents. The evidence to help this theory is that a few days after she went missing the police department received an anonymous phone call stating in great detail how two drug dealers kidnapped her, kept her in their basement for a few days of torturing, then eventually got cut up into pieces and fed to the pigs. These two drug dealers are known as Ramon Ryans and Nathaniel Jackson. Upon receiving the tip, officers quickly responded and got a warrant to search their residence. Eventually no evidence of a kidnapping was found although officers did manage to find a substantial amount of drugs so both Ramon and Nathaniel were charged. It turns out that a few years later Ramon Reyes would be charged with a murder charge. To me this theory would make sense because maybe Brianna owed them a large amount of money or maybe she knew something that she could use against them. Either way Ramon ended up getting the justice that he
The Oresteia trilogy follows a series of murders among the family of Orestes. In the first play, Agamemnon, the blood of Orestes’ father, Agamemnon, and his father’s war prize, Casandra, spills at the hands of Orestes’ mother, Clytamnestra. Following suit, Orestes avenges his father’s cold-blooded murder in the second play, The Libation Bearer, by killing his mother and her lover, Aegisthus. The acts of revenge by Orestes come to a climax in the third and final play of the trilogy, The Eumenides. With a monumental trial between Orestes and the Furies, a question of justification arises. Did Orestes have a justified reason to commit matricide? Or did his actions reveal a dark, unjustified moment of kin murder? Orestes’ murder of his mother, Clytamnestra, is justified because of the gods’ interference throughout the Oresteia trilogy.
The night of September 13, 1986, Jonathan Nobles was consumed with a combination of drugs and alcohol when he broke into the house of Mitzi Johnson-Nalley and Kelly Farquar. Nobles brutally stabbed both Nalley and Farquar more than 20 times to death. He severely wounded Nalley’s date, Ron Ross, who barely survived with a lost eye and 19 stab wounds. During the time of the attack, Nobles was on parole for about 4 months. He was also employed by the Central Texas Crime Prevention Association of Round Rock. A week after he escaped the night of the murder scene, the police had enough physical evidence to put him in custody. That is when he confessed and showed all the evidence he had hidden. He said he did not remember everything that happened the night of the murders because of his impairment from drugs and alcohol. In 1987, Nobles was found guilty and placed on death row for the murder of Nalley and Farquer. Nobles was not rehabilitated. He knew right from wrong given that he was on parole for theft and employed at a crime prevention association, he showed no remorse when he plead insanity at his trial, and he used the media to convince the public that he changed.
The article “The Murder They Heard” written by Stanley Milgram and Paul Hollander is a response to the article that Martin Gansberg “38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police”. Milgram and Hollander explain why they do not agree that the neighbors of Catherine Genovese should have called the police. Milgram and Hollander give reasons why they disagree with Gansberg, and why I should agree with what they are saying. After reading both articles, I felt very conflicted with who I agree with, but after much deliberation, I realized that I agree more with Milgram and Hollander. The neighbors should not be blamed for Genovese’s death. We should try to understand why they did not call the police. There are a few things you need to take into consideration,
American serial killer, Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. Ramirez was known for being a satanic worshiper and for going on a two-year raped and torture rampage, harming more than 25 victims and murdering more than a dozen. Ramirez, also known as the "Night Stalker," turned to satanic worship at an early age by his cousin, a soldier who had recently returned from the war in Vietnam. Following a four-year trial, in 1989, Ramirez was convicted of 13 killings. Ramirez received the death penalty and was sent to San Quentin Prison in California. He later died on June 7, 2013, at the age 53.
The women fought back and stabbed him because he was choking them and causing serious harm. Dwayne Buckle beats women and is homophobic. The film reveals that Dwayne Buckle posted on a website his views on same-sex relationships. He states, “We are not saying all gay causes are wrong. But we don’t feel it’s the same as civil rights, seems more like devil rights to us…80% of serial killers are homosexual”(00:29:28-00:31:02). The jurors disregarded this information even though it’s a clear motive for his behavior that night. The jurors in the case did not get the full picture of what occurred that night but they along with the media and prosecution went on racialized fears of gang violence. The media and prosecutors described the women as violent gang members. Attack of the Killer Lesbians, Lesbian Wolf Pack Guilty, and Girls Gone Wilding, were all articles from the New York Post and New York Daily News that portrayed the women as vicious thugs. What we view to be true in the media is in many ways a social construct. The media usually paints a one sided picture that we should claim to be
raped and kidnapped by whom she thought was Butler. He has been falsely accused in many
The Murders in the Rue Morgue begins with “propositions” (Poe 2) to help the reader follow the reading through the use of critical thinking like that of a chess or card player. The chess player must wait and contemplate each move of another player, while the card player is more prone to memory perception. Poe then introduces his acquaintance Dupin and expounds on his abilities. Then “Extraordinary Murders” (5) begins the sequence of the detective like story. The murders were written about in the local paper and giving no clue, leaving the mystery unanswered. The next day many testimonial references were given in the paper and their account of the murders exposed, still without any evidential clues. The evening paper reveal the police have no way of solving the crime, but arrest Le Bon simply because he was the last individual to see the murdered alive. Dupin’s “peculiar analytical ability” (3) begins to kick in and he begins to belittle the ability of the investigators and plans an “examination” (9). After receiving permission, Dupin and Poe (or the narrator as such) went to the Rue Morgue. They carefully scoured the neighborhood and the outdoor area before entering the house and room where the murders took place. Dupin was very intense and refrained from speaking for several hours contemplating on all he had seen. Then Dupin spoke and completely expounded his analysis of the murders, the means of entrance and exit, and the ability that it would take to complete what had been done. When he centered in on the agility, strength, ferocity and lack of motive (14), Dupin revealed the hair he found revealing the intruder and murderer. To draw the orangutan’s owner to him, Dupin posted an announcement in the news paper. ...