By Carol Anne Davis
First, an apology for the comparative brevity of this blog but I’ve had the flu followed by two colds and appear to have left my brain somewhere inaccessible. But, whilst convalescent, I read a deeply disturbing newspaper article about a recent custody case.
A young boy from Wiltshire in England had lived for only a few months with both biological parents before they separated. Thereafter he stayed with his mother: his father subsequently remarried. At this stage, he continued to live with his mum.
But a bitter custody battle ended this year when the pre-teen child was ordered to go and live with his father, despite the fact that he said the man had ruined his life. The child also said that he would punch and kick rather than lose his home. Ironically, his father and stepmother are often absent for work purposes so he will partially be raised by a nanny. Yet he was happy with his mother and was also succeeding at school.
So what was the thinking behind such a colossal decision? The father’s legal team said that the mother had poisoned the boy’s mind against the father and it does appear that there was truth in this. A child psychiatrist and the child’s own court-appointed guardian also said that it was harmful to him to be alienated from his dad. Fair enough – but surely significant contact (supervised if necessary) would have been far healthier than forcing this youngster to lose the day to day sanctuary of his mother and his home?
This child will also lose most of his friends and will have to go to another school as his father’s house is a two hour drive away from everything that he has held dear for the past few years. No wonder his mother’s barrister said that `he will be very upset, angry and defiant when this hugely disruptive move is implemented.’
Can such a move really be in the best interests of the child? Yes, good fathers are often horribly penalised by our so-called justice system and we need to redress the balance – but is taking a boy away from a loving home really the answer? Surely there has to be a middle ground? By removing a young boy from his safe, known environment we are creating a wealth of emotional pain and, given the oppositional mindset that this will create, possibly sowing the seeds of future criminality.
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Fort Hood Massacre: Major Nidal Malik Hasan receives 32 additional charges of attempted murder
December 3, 2009
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
On Wednesday, Fort Hood massacre suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was charged with 32 additional counts of premeditated attempted murder on the lives of 30 members of the military and two civilian police officers.
To read the entire article please visit Fort Hood Massacre: Major Nidal Malik Hasan receives 32 additional charges of attempted murder
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
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Shaniya Davis: Father Bradley Lockhart talks about daughter, Shaq, and child trafficking (video)
December 2, 2009
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his
daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
Bradley Lockhart, father of 5-year-old murder victim, Shaniya Davis, appeared on Nancy Grace's television program Monday night to talk about the death of his daughter, the kindness of strangers, and what he intends to do to stop child trafficking.
To read the entire article please visit Shaniya Davis: Father Bradley Lockhart talks about daughter, Shaq, and child trafficking (video).
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
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BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
At least six people have been arrested for assisting Maurice Clemmons after he killed four Lakewood, Washington police officers Sunday. Among those arrested were Clemmons's alleged half-brother Rickey Hinton, 47, Douglas Davis, 22, and Davis's brother Eddie Davis, 20.
To read the entire article please visit Lakewood Police Massacre: Friends and family members of dead cop killer Maurice Clemmons arrested.
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
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BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
Maurice Clemmons
, 37, was shot and killed by Seattle police early Tuesday morning after a two-day, two-city manhunt.To read the entire article please visit Lakewood Police Massacre: Suspect Maurice Clemmons shot dead by police in Seattle
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times
best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his
daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.Clemency and parole documents for suspected Lakewood police officer shooter Maurice Clemmons detail a history of bad choices, a lack of respect for other human beings, and an ability to convince authority figures to give him second, third, and fourth chances.
To read the rest of the article please visit Lakewood Police Massacre: Maurice Clemmons "vowed not to do evil."
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times
best-selling author of several true crime books including DEAD AND BURIED, PURE MURDER, and HOLLYWOOD DEATH SCENES. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
On Thursday morning, October 8, 2009, self-help expert James Arthur Ray posted a question on Twitter, “For anything new to live something first must die. What needs to die in you so that new life can emerge?” That afternoon at the Angel Valley Retreat Center outside Sedona, Arizona, Ray led 63 people into a 20-feet-square makeshift tent. It was pitch black inside, just over four feet high in the center, and two-and-a-half feet high at the edges. Every fifteen minutes, Ray’s assistants raised a flap on the tent, brought in more volcanic rocks the size of cantaloupes, and doused them with hot water, until the temperature reached 122 degrees. Ray was simulating a Native American sweat lodge purification ceremony designed to cleanse the body and spirit. The 63 participants had paid him $9,695 for this experience, the culmination of a five-day “Spiritual Warrior” retreat. In his 2008 “New York Times” bestselling book, Harmonic Wealth, Ray contended that one can become a millionaire through spiritual study. The retreat, he promised, would “absolutely change your life.”
“911,” the Yavapai County police dispatcher said at five p.m. on October 8. “Where’s your emergency?”
“Angel Valley,” a female answered. “Two people not breathing. There’s no pulse.”
“Is this the result of a shooting or something?”
“No, it’s a sweat lodge.”
Inside the tent, a man and a woman had lost consciousness. The dispatcher sent emergency personnel to Angel Valley, suddenly filled with EMS vehicles, police, and Ray’s staff frantically dismantling the tent. The unconscious pair were 40-year-old James Shore of Milwaukee and 38-year-old Kirby Brown of Westtown, just north of New York City. They were rushed to Verde Valley Medical Center, and pronounced dead. Nineteen others were hospitalized for dehydration, respiratory arrest, kidney failure, and elevated body temperature. All but four were soon released, while 49-year-old Liz Neuman of Minnesota remained in a coma from multiple organ damage. James Ray had bolted Arizona, going to Los Angeles for a speaking engagement at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
“We attempted to interview Mr. Ray at the scene,” said Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh. “He refused to talk to us.”
On October 9, Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies served search warrants at Angel Valley, as autopsies were conducted and blood samples checked for poisons. Yavapai County building-safety manager Jack Judd said there was no record of an application or permit for a sweat lodge at Angel Valley and the structure hadn’t been inspected before it was taken apart on October 8. Four years earlier, the police revealed, another sweat lodge participant at Angel Valley had lost consciousness, but was eventually revived.
Sheriff Waugh announced that the fatalities were not accidental, but being investigated as homicides. James Ray, like the Ramsey family in Boulder, Colorado, after the 1996 strangulation of their six-year-old daughter JonBenet, made a counter-announcement: he was putting together his own investigation team to find out the truth about the sweat lodge deaths. The police were not impressed.
No charges have yet been filed. In early November, I visited the site of the retreat and spoke with the Arizona authorities. They were tight-lipped, but said the case was “moving forward.” James Ray has cancelled the rest of his seminars for 2009 in order to face whatever is coming. Civil suits against him are already in the works, but he could be charged with negligent homicide. If he is, this will open up fascinating territory about self-help gurus and legal culpability. Stay tuned for further developments and more reporting from Arizona.
Stephen Singular is the author of nineteen books which range in topics from high-profile crimes and social criticisms, to business and sports biographies. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado. You can find out more about this author by visiting his website at stephensingular.com
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BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his
daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.Maurice Clemmons, a suspect in the massacre of four Lakewood, Washington police officers, was paroled in 2000 by former Arkansas Governor, 2008 Republican Presidential candidate, and current Fox News television host Mike Huckabee.
To read the rest of the article please visit Lakewood Police Massacre: Suspect Maurice Clemmons pardoned by Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
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BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
Maurice Clemmons, 37, has been upgraded from a "person of interest" in the shooting of four Lakewood, Washington police officers, to a "suspect." In addition, a police spokesman hinted that Clemmons may actually be dead.
To read the entire article please visit Lakewood Police Massacre: Suspect Maurice Clemmons may be dead.
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times
best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
Recently, a book landed on my desk that demanded to be read: Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius, by Colin Dickey. Anyone who knows true crime has probably heard about body snatchers, those infamous nineteenth-century midnight requisition crews who advanced the cause of medicine. In addition, anyone who pays attention to the news knows that there are body collectors – people like Anthony Sowell, who prefers the decomposed for company. He’s not alone. Some people also find comfort in possessing skulls. This book examines the thievery of body parts during the nineteenth century as a dubiously noble art: it’s about the people who watched where deceased men of genius were buried in order to grab their valuable skulls.
The book opens with the exhumation of the musical composer, Franz Joseph Haydn, as his remains were set to be transferred to better digs. To everyone’s surprise (except the thieves), most of him was there, but nothing existed between his shoulders and his wig. It turns out that an enterprising team had hired an accomplice to deflesh the skull and soak it in limewater for bleaching and preservation. It wasn’t just a relic to them, it was scientific evidence of genius.
This type of skullduggery occurred during an era when “people readers” could profile a man according to the bumps and depressions on his skull, and as criminologists opened museums because they thought we could best understand the criminal mind by gazing at criminals’ skeletal remains. However, while the skulls of criminals were fairly easy to get, the remains of a genius were another matter. Such people didn’t quite grasp the notion of donating their heads after death to science. (There was an exception: members of the elite Society of Mutual Autopsy donated their brains to each other.) The convergence of these factors made such skulls highly valuable for necropreneurs.
Not all skull stalkers wished to sell their grim retrievals. Some wanted to possess them, as if by some magical osmosis they might absorb the dead man’s creativity, or at least penetrate and document its secret. Too bad their founding hypothesis was wrong. (Just to be clear, there were collectors of other body parts as well – I’m thinking of certain parts of Napoleon and Rasputin – but Dickey’s book is devoted to the cranium club.)
So, during the nineteenth century, if you were an intellectual superstar – an artist, a philosopher, a composer, a poet, or even a mystic – you were fair game once gone. Among the stories told in this dark history of ideas are the “saving” of the skulls of Mozart, Goya, Beethoven, and Swedenborg.
Now, I like skeletons as much as the next person. They’re strange and sometimes even funny. I collect the Mexican folk art figures – skeletal mariachi bands, wedding couples, cooks, surgeons and funeral parties – so I can see why someone might want mortal reminders around. After all, Argentine dictator Juan Peron actually sat the freshly-exhumed, embalmed figure of Evita at his dining room table, next to his second wife. (See my Cemetery Stories.) But skulls are another matter. Their hollow-eyed, unblinking stare is creepy, like an unrelenting super-ego from the other side. It just seems to know things.
One of the truly ironic tales in this book involves Emanuel Swedenborg, the eighteenth-century Christian mystic, known for his intellectual virtuosity. While alive, he’d described spirits that entered his cerebral chamber and spoke with him. They seemed demonic, so he didn’t fancy them as roommates in his brain space, but this aspect of his mysticism attracted cranioklepts. After Swedenborg died in 1772, a number of people wondered if he’d really died or was just faking it so no one would discover his secret immortality. Still, his burial vault remained undisturbed for nearly two decades, until someone finally unsealed the coffin, just to see. This left it vulnerable to thieves in 1816. Someone attending another funeral saw the coffin, grabbed the head and figured on a killing in the skull market. However, they learned that Swedenborg’s disciples valued mortal remains only slightly more than worms that play pinochle on your snout. Dreams of enrichment quickly decomposed, although a phrenologist collected the skull to try to locate the “organ of imagination.” Apparently, he failed, and Swedenborg’s corpse finally got its head back.
This book is a darkly fun read, and not just for Halloween.
Dr. Katherine Ramsland has a MA in forensic psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a master's degree in clinical psychology, and a Ph.D. in philosophy. She has published thirty-five books, including True Stories of CSI, Inside the Minds of Serial Killers, Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers, Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers, The Human Predator: A Historical Chronology of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation, The Criminal Mind: A Writers' Guide to Forensic Psychology, and The Forensic Science of CSI. With former FBI profiler Gregg McCrary, she co-authored The Unknown Darkness: Profiling the Predators among Us, with Professor James E. Starrs, A Voice for the Dead, a collection of his cases of historical exhumations, and with Henry C. Lee, The Real World of the Forensic Scientist. She has been translated into ten languages and has published over 900 articles on serial killers, criminology, forensic science, and criminal investigation. She writes a regular feature on historical forensics for The Forensic Examiner (based on her history of Forensic science, Beating the Devil’s Game) and teaches forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. Her most recent book is The Devil’s Dozen: How Cutting Edge Forensics Took Down Twelve Notorious Serial Killers. In addition, she has published biographies of Anne Rice and Dean Koontz and penned three books about penetrating the world of “vampires” (Piercing the Darkness), ghost hunters (Ghost), and the funeral industry (Cemetery Stories).
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By Daun Richert-Slagle
There is a deep fascination with the criminal mind. Society has been misled by the misconception that there can be some rational understanding of it. We are led to believe that if we could only understand what is foreign to us, that maybe we could inoculate ourselves from the damage it may cause. In my opinion and experience, I have found there to be no truth to that assumption.
It is my belief, that criminals try in every way possible to deceive those around them. They tell you what they want you to believe. They want to elude punishment. They want others to validate their behaviors. They are excellent story tellers. But does that give them credibility? When does it become important to study a criminal mind outside of the chase to catch him/her? They are all different, although some of them may show signs and symptoms of the same sickness and/or diagnosis. Just when you think that you know their next move, the behaviors or thought process may quickly change. They have a fairly good idea how to successfully remain as sick as they are.
If there is clear and present danger lurking, it becomes vital to create a profile of the offender. There are times when the only fingerprint they leave behind is merely the corpse they have just discarded. In such a case, it would become vital to profile the victim and the lifestyle they lived. Is there any other real reason other than that? Well, possibly if they were an unidentified victim. As I previously suggested, profiling has its useful purposes. It is a helpful tool to assist with the capture and confinement of a criminal at large, as a means of identification, or to cease the act of a copycat killer who has the intent to recreate a crime. There may be a few others that I have failed to mention. However, it is certainly not a tool that should ever be misused.
A victim is chosen, not always by reason or by association to the offender. Other times there may be a clear and concise connection or cause associated to the crime. Therefore, anyone can become the victim of a sick and vile act. However, very few of us will become the perpetrator.
I survived several vile acts in my lifetime. I am only one of many others. There will be many more to come. I never thought it would happen to me. Those thoughts frightened me into tears as I faced my own demise. I denied it all, even as I faced my own death. “This would never happen to me!” I thought. I imagine that most people have a similar misconception about themselves. For me, that was an error in judgment that met a very rude awakening. It was a lie that I had told myself. How could I not have known that it might happen to me? Each and every person should ponder that thought.
We all encounter some degree of evil at one time or another in our daily lives. It may appear innocent and pure, or even safe and inviting at times. But the outcome is always the same. A life is interrupted, but not just one. There are so many more that must endure the loss or tragedy; including friends, family members, co-workers and communities.
I survived the hands of a serial killer. I survived the hands of two killers, all in the course of one year. I am also the mother of a murdered child. I suffered severely from dysfunctional grieving for many years following those events. The grief and suffering was much more than I could bear.
Yet, I was able to find my way back.
Nineteen years later, I was able to come forward with the truth. Once I was able to face my attacker, I wanted to know more about him. I found articles and then I came to read “I: The Creation of a Serial Killer” by the late Jack Olsen. I was appalled at the vulgarities and humiliation placed upon his victims. I have followed the comments left by their family members in response to the media surrounding Keith Jesperson; The Happy Face Killer, and to the recent coming out of his daughter into the public eye.
From what I have read, the family members continue to express feelings of disproval towards any media attention being given to the monster that still haunts their darkest thoughts. It appears that they still suffer tremendously from the pain and the sorrow surrounded by their grief and loss. I believe that this pain multiplies, each time they are forced to read the horrific comments and allegations that are constantly made regarding their loved ones. I have read every accusation, every label placed on his victims; being one of them myself. I know that I am not the only one still suffering from the heinous acts that he has committed. I am, as well as they are, labeled under the veil of his “victim profile.” However, I am finally ready to tell the world what I know of him. I have the other side of the story, a victim’s account of a serial killer's failed attempt at murder.
There were a series of events that occurred in my life, which preceded my attack that cold April night in 1990. There were reasons why I became the perfect victim. I recently finished writing a memoir of my experiences. I wanted to be able to share my story with the world so that may see life through the eyes of a victim/survivor. I wanted to tell others about the events that occurred in my life that led me to the place where I met the man that nearly took my life. I also wanted to share what pain and suffering followed my survival and the means of healing that had finally set me free.
I hope to be able to help others by sharing my experiences. Life has not been an easy path. But I am so thankful today for all of the gifts that I have been given. My experiences have opened my eyes to the truth around me. I would not trade the knowledge that I have today, for any possession on this earth. I had to go through every bit of this pain to earn it. I no longer go through life with the same misconceptions that I once had.
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BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
In a Friday, November 27, 2009 editorial that appeared in The Washington Post, Republican New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cited "a federal law repeatedly supported by Congress [that] interfered with the FBI's ability to find out about [Major Nidal Malik] Hasan's purchase of a handgun." Had authorities known of the purchase, "it could have saved lives," Bloomberg opined.
To read the entire article please visit Fort Hood Massacre: NY Mayor Bloomberg cites lax gun laws as obstacles in Hasan probe
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
Shaniya Davis: NBA star Shaquille O'Neal pays for 5-year-old murder victim's funeral
November 26, 2009
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
Shaquille O'Neal, Cleveland Cavalier center and future NBA Hall of Famer has stepped up and paid for the funeral of Shaniya Davis.
The five-year-old girl, whose body was discovered on November 16, 2009, in a wooded area near Sanford, North Carolina, after having been raped and strangled to death, was buried this past Sunday at a funeral attended by nearly 2,000 mourners.
To read the entire article please visit Shaniya Davis: NBA star Shaquille O'Neal pays for 5-year-old murder victim's funeral
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times
best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
Alleged teenage killer Alyssa Bustamante, 15, has a predilection for Emo rock music, self abuse, and videotaping her brothers in Jackass-style videos. All of these factors come into play in a trio of YouTube videos that have recently resurfaced.
To read the entire article and view the video interview please visit Alyssa Bustamante: Suspected killer's Jackass-style videos rear their ugly heads
Corey Mitchell is a critically acclaimed Los Angeles Times
best-selling author of several true crime books including Dead and Buried, Pure Murder and Hollywood Death Scenes. He is also the founder of the premiere true crime website, In Cold Blog, executive producer for a new true crime television series, and a former Hollywood crime expert and blogger for the Discovery Channel. He can be reached at truecrimewriter@aol.com.Alyssa Bustamante: "Murder is a very serious thing" friend declares in video interview
November 25, 2009
BY COREY MITCHELL
In Cold Blog founder Corey Mitchell is now the High Profile Crime expert for Examiner.com. Be sure to check out his daily updates on the biggest true crime cases.
On Monday, I reported on an interview Jennifer Meyer, friend of teenage murder suspect, Alyssa Bustamante (pictured left), gave to CBS's "The Early Show." Meyer claimed that Bustamante told her she wanted to know what it would feel like to kill someone.
Bustamante, 15, has been charged with the first-degree murder of nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten. She has been charged as an adult in the stabbing, strangulation, and throat-slitting murder of Olten on October 21, 2009.
To read the entire article and view the video interview please visit
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