Tag: identification
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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…
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Sensation-Seeking Parasites!
“The media, the television, authors, newspapers; they tragically fail in their most important duty to report the truth in an unbiased and truthful manner. It’s easier to convict a man with words than with evidence“. Richard Ramirez – from an interview with Mike Watkiss The media frenzy surrounding the capture of Richard had guaranteed a…
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Launie Dempster Strikes Three – The Doi Incident
The attack on William Doi and his wife, Lillie, occurred during the early hours Of May 14th, 1985. Monterey Park police dispatcher Darlene Boese received a 911 call at approximately 5:00 a.m. The system showed the address to be 1586 Trumbower Street (according to official reports, however, it’s “avenue” not “street”) A male voice repeatedly…
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But Whose Cat Was It?
What on earth.. It’s something I briefly mentioned in, this post about eyewitness identification, and this one is particularly odd, to say the least. A 32 year old Arcadia housewife testified at the Municipal Court preliminaries that she had, in fact, seen the accused on 27th June, 1985. “He looked strange to me..” Indeed, very…
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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…
Expendable For A Cause. 