Year: 2024
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The Khovananth Incident
July 20, 1985 ****This post contains details of sexual assault and crime scene information. Reader discretion is advised. **** After robbing and killing the Kneidings, seemingly the Night Stalker hadn’t had enough pillaging and murdering for the night, so he headed to Sun Valley. Per Somkid Khovananth’s report to the police, she woke up at…
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Sophie Dickman and the Shortish Jewellery Expert
7th July 1985: Sophie Dickman was raped, assaulted and robbed in Monterey Park. During the attack, the man threatened to kill her with a small pistol which he held against her head. She was left handcuffed to her bed. Sophie Dickman’s neighbour across the street was Linda Arthur, an L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy and crime…
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Another Book Update! June
I think I said in the previous book post that we hoped to release the book in early June. And I meant it. But something always goes wrong doesn’t it?! My partner, who is helping to edit the book, had to undergo emergency surgery this week after several trips to A&E in May. So, writing…
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Identity Charade
Arrest On the 30th of August 1985, the final police sketch of the man suspected of being the “Night Stalker” was created with the help of Carol Kyle, who had been brutally raped and robbed at gunpoint on the 30th of May. It was the second composite Kyle had assisted with, the first being produced…
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The Kneiding Incident
July 20, 1985 **** This post contains crime scene details. Reader discretion is advised. The intention is not to offend but to provide information. Proceed only if you are agreeable to reading sensitive content. **** Allegedly, the Night Stalker was very busy the night of July 20th. The story goes that he made his way…
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“I’d Make Him My Man”
Sometimes victims of horrific crimes are beguiled, induced or traumatised into deliberately making wrongful identifications. This may be attributed to PTSD, manipulation, confabulation or rage. Here is one story where this nearly happened, if it hadn’t have been for a cooler head. The Man on the Mountain Los Angeles Times Magazine, page 11, 1st May…