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Zein Isa

An American Honor Killing

There are some people in this world that genuinely believe that killing people; innocent people is entirely a good thing. It was 1989 and FBI agents have been huddled around a sound recorder listening carefully with expressions of Terror and grief splashed across their faces. They had bugged the home of Zein Isa a 61 year old Palestinian American suspected of having ties to a terrorist organization; they had bugged his home in hopes of discovering information that would lead to an arrest to put Zein away and hopefully resolve in obtaining other pieces of critical information regarding the organization, but what they suspected to be great evidence turned into evidence of a different kind; evidence that left the listeners confused, angry, and shocked on tape they had heard the ruthless murder of one of Zein's daughters Palestina. Palestina known to others as Tina was a fun-loving 16-year-old girl but Tina liked to have a little too much fun if you ask her father Zein and her mother Maria. They were both very strict and Zein’s desire for his daughter to adhere to his rules reflected heavily on his wife who became just as bad as he was; Tina wanted to enjoy her High School experience she wanted to have friends, flirt with boys, go shopping and it's believed that perhaps worst of all in Zein’s eyes; his daughter was dating a boy, a boy that was outside of the Islamic faith. This fueled Zein’s rage hypocritically as his wife Maria was a roman catholic from Brazil, but it was decided upon all of Zein’s children would be Muslim. There was no room for debate, certainly no room as was later proven; the home became a very toxic place for Tina it was such a dangerous place in fact, that one of her sisters claimed that part of the family sought help from the police months before the murder occurred; requesting that Tina be placed at a foster home for her own safety, but nothing was ever done. Because they considered their daughter so rebellious one day Zein and Maria came together and knew that they needed to take action. On the night of November 6th, 1969 Zein and Maria argued with Tina after she had returned home from her job at a fast-food restaurant they were angry with the fact that she was at work at all oddly enough, but suddenly there began accusing her of skipping work and disobeying them certainly out causing trouble and violating their rules instead of being at her job. Tina was rightfully confused by this, but suddenly the petty argument didn't matter much one the same said something that killed all of the FBI agents listening. “Here, listen, my dear daughter, do you know that this is the last day? Tonight, you're going to die.” Tina didn't think she quite heard what your father said your father spoke again saying “Do you know that you're going to die tonight.” Tina was terrified, to say the least, and remained still while Maria began questioning her about items that she had in her backpack out of nowhere Tina suddenly begins to scream in fear as Zein demands that she keeps still. Tina begs her mother to help her, but the mother mocked her daughter instead saying that there was no help for her Zein withdrew a boning knife and began stabbing in Tina's chest while Maria held her down blood flew as Zein viciously stabbed over and over, while Maria interrogated her daughter asking her if she was going to finally listen to them now. Tina pleaded repeatedly saying “yes! yes! I am!” But it wasn't enough, Zein demanded out loud for Tina to die saying “Die quickly, my daughter! Die, little one!” Their plan was set in stone. Zein stabbed his daughter 6 times piercing her lung, her liver, and her heart Tina died with Zein’s foot on her mouth as he attempted to quiet her screaming and begging; unfortunately the FBI agents were unable to help as the recording they were listening to wasn't live, but previously recorded while no one was monitoring the device Zein and Maria were promptly taken into custody and stood trial for the murder of their daughter. On tape the jury listen to more evidence, evidence of the two planning out how they’d make the murder look like self-defense claiming that their daughter had been using drugs or had tried to attack them with a knife an elaborate yet clearly a false story. The jury didn't buy their warped justification for the brutal murder of their own child; both parents were sentenced to death for their actions. A family friend spoke on the stand clearly upset at the jury's decision claiming that the jury didn't understand how important it was for Zein and Maria to murder their daughter as Tina was an embarrassment to their family and allowing her to live would have been like walking into public without clothing on. Maria sentence was commuted to life in prison and Zein died in prison in February of 1997 after succumbing to diabetes. The memory of Tina lives on in her sisters and those who actually loved her.

#murderer #murder #monster #child killer #teen killers #horror #honor killing

Earle Nelson

The Gorilla Killer

One man so brutal he was referred to as the Gorilla killer. This post is about America's very first serial sex killer Earle Nelson. Born in San Francisco, California in 1897 Earle Leonard Nelson had anything but an easy upbringing. Just before the age of two both his mother and father died of syphilis without any parents to support him Earle was sent off to live with his grandparents in a strict and religious household that revolved around Pentecostal teachings. Once Earle was enrolled in school it didn't take long until he was expelled for his troubles and rebellious manner towards his peers and professors; one afternoon while playing with street children Earl's bicycle collided with a streetcar and a serious head injury that left him in a coma for a total of 6 days. Doctors told his grandparents that do to the extent of his injuries he wasn't expected to make a full recovery. It was soon after his release from the hospital that things took a dark turn; life would never be the same for all and the people around him. He began to experience excruciating headaches moments of memory loss while spiraling out of control with his erratic behavior that caused him to become violent. At the age of 14 his grandmother passed away due to developing problematic Behavior Earle’s mourning grandfather sent him away to live with his aunt Lillian and her husband it was at this age when he began to engage in criminal activity and was sentenced to two years in San Quentin state prison in 1915 after attempting to break into a cabin he believed was abandoned. As a young adult Earle had a short-lived enrollment in the Navy he was eventually discharged and sent to the Napa state mental hospital for his unusual behavior. After realizing he did not belong in a mental institution Earle escaped from his surroundings a total of three times until staff gave up on capturing him. Shortly after his escape at the age of 21, Earle began to engage in sex crimes; he was noted to be a compulsive masturbator who eventually tried to molest a 12 year old female named Mary Summers, but failed to do so when she screamed and had brought attention to him. Earle managed to get married after his time in the institution but, things soon became rocky; he would spend immense amounts of time away from home especially at night, he would leave in one set of clothes and return in another, he’d sometimes be gone for days at a time and would try to deny he ever left when his wife confronted him after he began threatening to kill her she went to the authorities; he was committed once again to the Napa state mental hospital where he continued to escape multiple times and was eventually just released in 1925. It was a year later in 1926 when Earle turned more violent and began his predatory rampage on vulnerable women. His first victim was Clara Newman a 62-year-old woman who ran a boarding house in San Francisco on February 20th, 1926. Earle acquired information about a room he wished to rent when he strangled her and engaged in sex with her dead body. Within a matter of weeks after his first kill, he claimed the life of another landlady. Once people took note of the killing sprees newspapers titled Earle as the Gorilla Killer because of the brutality of his killings. Once acquainted to killing Earle felt more comfortable murdering older women who ran on boarding houses; once alone with the women, he’d engaged his attack on them and strangle them to death. After attempting to hide the bodies of his victims Earle would occasionally steal their jewelry and money. After renting out a room in Portland Earle continued to satisfy his needs by traveling across multiple states in hopes of finding new victims. The brutal stranglings continued around many areas of the United States such as Kansas City, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and eventually Earle made his way into Canada. It was at this time in 1927 Earle Landed himself in Winnipeg where he found his first victim Lola Cowan a teenager who was selling flowers. After enticing her back to his room Earle killed Lola and decide to hide her body under his bed. Earle grew tired of the same routine and decided to change his target and ended up strangling and raping Emily Patterson a young wife and mother who was later found decomposed under her own son's bed. The brutal murders horrified residents and a $1,500 reward was released equivalent to $20,000 in 2015 in hopes that they could capture the unknown killer. Just before fleeing from Winnipeg Earle was apprehended by police due to the witnesses notifying them of a suspicious behavior. He claimed his innocence by preaching himself as a religious man named Virgil Wilson; his deceiving manner caused the guards to leave him by himself which allowed him to escape out of the jail, but he was recaptured the very next day. Just before Earle’s trial on November 1st, 1927 in Manitoba, multiple witnesses from the United States came forward providing testimony against Earle for his previous murders; evidence began piling up from witness accounts to clothing left at the scenes of the killings. Earle’s lawyer attempted to portray Earle as an innocent man suffering from a mental condition who couldn't have been responsible for the estimated 22 killings, however Earle had foolishly spoken with a constable days before his trial and confided in him asking if he should plead insanity; the constable took the stand and testify regarding this. With this in hand among all the other evidence, the jury had found Earle Nelson guilty for all murders he had been convicted and he was sentenced to death on November 4th, 1927, and Earle met his death at the end of a rope on January 13th, 1928.

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Lonnie Franklin

The Grim Sleeper

The Thirst for killing may subside but it always just lingers below the surface. It was the 1980s in Los Angeles when Alleyways and dumpsters begin to unravel the grizzly resting places of female corpses; due to the consecutive similarities of each body found police linked each murder to the hands of one killer. One they would eventually name the Southside Slayer, with the increase of activity in the case the Southside Slayer was brought to the attention of news outlets around California upon further investigation detectives were able to identify a handful of additional killers as opposed to one main suspect making it difficult to link each murder to one case. At this time the detectives were able to identify four men involved in each case; these were four men that did not know each other, however, had a very similar style of killing at a very similar point in time. Louis Craine, Daniel Lee Siebert, Ivan Hill and Michael Hughes were all convicted of killing more than one victim; each by methods of strangulation and stabbing, however, the body of a particular victim named Deborah Jackson was eventually found I've been killed by another method one which didn't to any of the other killings this lead to investigators searching for an entirely different murderer. It would be two entire decades later when police were finally able to tie the murder of Deborah to a prime suspect the one who would eventually be known as The Grim sleeper. In 2007 a homeless man scavenging for food discovered the body of Janecia Peters who was found shot to death in left to decay in a garbage bag; it didn't take investigators very long to link the DNA of their most recent victim to previous slayings that had taken place a mere twenty years prior. The missing link eventually lead detectives to dub their unknown killer as The Grim sleeper due to the large break in between the slayings. A team consisting of 7 investigators were formed for the case specifically and together were titled the “800 task force”. Just after 4 months into the investigation, the 800 task force made headlines when they created friction between the police department and the public; keeping the killer a silent cause among the public for 23 years enraged residents across the city. Both the mayor of Los Angeles and the police chief had kept silent; never reaching out to families nor addressing the fact that a serial killer was still roaming the streets. With the abundance of headlines making way a woman named Enietra Washington came forward shortly after; stating that she had been close to death by the hands of the serial killer. She described her attacker as a thin well groomed African-American man in his early 30s who had persistently offered her a lift to a party she was supposed to attend that fateful evening; stating he had to make a quick stop at his uncle’s residence the two pulled over to the side of a quiet neighborhood where he got out of the car and made his way to the unknown house. It didn’t take long before her attacker made his way back into the car and eventually started an argument with the victim; he then pulled out a 25 caliber handgun shooting her in the chest. Once blacking out she had awoken to her attacker sexually assaulting her in the car while documenting the attack with a polaroid camera. It was moments after when she pleaded to be taken to the hospital for her serious injuries; to which he refused to in fear of getting caught for his actions, fortunately, however, she did escape. The LAPD would finally have their well-awaited breakthrough in 2010 when they're able to apprehend 52-year-old Lonnie David Franklin Jr as a prime suspect in their case with sufficient DNA evidence in their database police rightfully charge their main lead for 10 murders and one attempted murder from 1985 to 2007. Under further investigation, police were able to track Franklin's criminal record that mainly based around stolen property and battery charges in 1989. Unsuccessful in retrieving the identity of additional victims the LAPD release 180 photos of women found in Lonnie's house. To this day it’s still unknown as to whether or not all of the women in the photos were actually victims of the convicted serial killer. As time went on, however, investigators were eventually able to retrieve over 1000 images and several hundred hours of video footage in the house dating back 30 years; it was noted that Franklin had a keen interest in African American female spanning from young teenagers to older women it appear that the images were taken by the hands of the killer who often have the women nude, conscious or unconscious at times it was unknown if the women who appeared unconscious were either asleep or dead the effort to help identify additional females in the case has yet to be proven fruitful, however, their images are still available to the public.

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Tamara Samsonova

Granny Ripper

Looks can be incredibly deceiving. Police were in for quite the surprise when they were called to an apartment building in st.Petersburg, Russia. On July 27, 2015, a couple within the apartment vicinity were going out on a casual stroll with their dog when a large plastic bag caught the attention of the dog. Sniffing and trying to bury its nose in the bag the couple opened the garbage bag to unravel the disturbing sight of a headless and limbless butchered torso. surveillance cameras around the apartment building captured an elderly woman disposing of a large saucepan outside, as well a security footage of a woman dragging a large garbage bag to the side of the building just two nights prior to the gruesome discovery. attention quickly gathered around the area and police were quickly able to identify the woman as 68-year-old Tamara Samsonova, who has been living in the apartment for the last 40 years with her husband. Though the discovery came to a surprise to many; investigators were about to discover more than they ever bargained for. At this point, the police had no choice but to place the senior into custody for suspicion of murder; upon entering Tamara’s apartment investigators discovered blood splattered around the kitchen and bathroom as well as a large kitchen knife that showed signs of being a murder weapon. Police had looked through her personal belongings as well as her bedroom and discovered a vital piece of evidence; that would give them a major break in previous murder investigations. A diary sitting on a stand beside books on astrology and black magic had written entries that gave detailed descriptions on not one murder, but multiple cannibalistic slayings dating back twenty years prior. Each entry was also written in fluent Russian, German, and English; something that confused police. A journal entry from 2003 stated: “ I killed my tenant Volodya, cut him to pieces in the bathroom with a knife and put the pieces of his body in plastic bags and threw them away in different parts of the Frunzensky district.” Coincidently the entry matched the murder case belonging to a 44-year-old man whose torso was discovered in the district in 2003; the case went cold when the police failed to bring up any leads on his killer. Police noted a unique tattoo on the body of the man that was also brought up on Tamara’s entry. Pages from her black magic book were also missing and were discovered to be the exact spell pages that were left with the 44-year-old discarded remains. Dark rituals composed of black magic were indicated to a source in each of her murders. seeing as all leads pointed to her; Tamara had no problem confessing to multiple murders. It's also speculated that while in custody she confessed to over 21 additional murders while living in the apartment, however, the exact number of victims is not certain at this time. During her court hearing, Tamara was very calm and collected while she confessed her brutal murders she was so comfortable that she even blew a kiss to the reporters in the courtroom. Tamara pled guilty telling the judge that she deserved the punishment she was going to receive; believing she should spend her final years in prison Tamara told the jury that a woman named Valentina was her final victim and wanted to close the chapter for her life as a serial killer. Tamara is currently in prison for the murders, however, the trail persists as police investigate cold cases dating back two decades. She is dubbed the “Granny Ripper” and “Grannybal Lecter” in western countries and is titled “Baba Yaga” in Russian news outlets, a horrifying, supernatural old woman from Slavic folklore.

#serial killer #unexpected

Warning Harsh language

Bow and Arrow MURDERER

Michael Watkins

November 30, 2014, An Okaloosa county police officer took a hesitant step forward as Michael Watkins emerged from his home in Mary Esther, Florida. A large knife was dangling from Michael’s belt and an unsettling scene was set behind him. Just inside the home; his mother Gloria Watkins was dead hunch over on the couch with arrows lodged into her skull. Michael Watkins a man no one suspected of such a terrible murder, a man who was deeply loved by his mother, but he stood accused of murdering her. With the passing of his father and his mother’s health starting to deteriorate; Michael Watkins moved in with his mother to assist her. For the past five years, Michael had unemployed and moving back in seemed like a perfect solution for the families problems. The neighbors enjoyed his company as well thinking him to be an open and pretty friendly person; the day before the incident he had made plans to go hunting with his neighbor across the street. it was when Michael started to behave abnormally a family member became concerned for his mental state. The neighbors would hear the arguments between Gloria and her son often; with his family’s concern, Michael eventually decided to have a mental evaluation. Being a quite man with no history of violence there wasn’t too much alarm, but when the 42-year-old began to go off his medications he started acting erratically. It was only a year after moving in with his mother that Micheal lost control. A disturbance call came into the Okaloosa county sheriff’s office on Sunday, November 30, 2014, at 2:48 in the early morning. It was said that a man was knocking over Christmas decorations and shouting at another person. The neighbors also stated they heard voices arguing loudly next door. When the arrived on Avon lane they found the Watkins door open and Gloria inside having been stabbed repeatedly and shot in the shoulder and head multiple times with a bow and arrow. Michael stepped out of the house with the knife he had used on his mother in its sheath at his waist; he was ordered onto the ground by the responding officer but quickly stood up to get back inside after picking up a small dog he returned to the officer in his front yard. Michael lifted up his shaking finger and pointed towards the dead women he turned his gaze back to the police and muttered: “You see that? That's death.” Michael was once again ordered to the ground he complied but stood up once more this time taking hold of the knife from his belt; he held the blade in his hand contemplating what to do before throwing it to the side. Police rushed to cuff him, but Michael resisted the man was tased twice before he was successfully apprehended. Michael confessed that after a heated argument he had shot his mother in the head three times and in the shoulder once with four different arrows. he had also stabbed her dead body with a knife. The deranged man claimed he was doing it to protect himself saying his mother threaten to kill him first; looking at Gloria’s body police had a really hard time believing him. Later when questioned Michael went on saying he did as revenge for his father as he was convinced his mother was the one that gave him cancer; another rambling was that Gloria had stolen his diamonds when asked if he knew why he was being detained he bluntly replied: “ Yea, I shot my fucking mom.” Michael Watkins was arrested on charges of premeditated first-degree murder and resisting arrest without violence his sentence is currently unknown.

#bow and arrow #homicide #murder

Anatoly Onoprienko

The Beast of Ukraine

Anatoly was born in 1959 in Ukraine and found resentment at a very early age. Anatoly’s mother passed away during the first years of his life, his father a decorated war hero in world war 2 sent Anatoly away to live with his grandparents for a short time before being transferred to an orphanage, this spreading hatred in Anatoly who was the younger of the two sons. Hid older brother got to stay and live with the father, he didn’t like that, as time passed he grew more and more hateful of family life. He envied other families for having the togetherness his life was lacking. As Anatoly grew older he began to read statistics that a majority of children in orphanages would end up in prison later in life. He believed his destiny had been written, but destiny wasn’t Anatoly’s only calling he claimed as he got older that voices began to whisper inside his mind urging him to release the monster inside of him, just waiting for a chance to unleash its terror and that is exactly what he did, armed with an assortment of weapons Anatoly was ready to take revenge for the family life he never had 1989 would mark the year The Beast of Ukraine would began his 6 year span of brutality. And so to make himself whole he would hunt down entire families and bring them the torment he believed they deserve. In 1989 Anatoly and an accomplice decided to rob a home, carrying weapons with them for protection he saw to it that the entire family were eliminated, two adults and eight children died that night, with the taste of murder Anatoly murdered again that same year but after that would wait until 1995 to complete his rampage. Wherever he would find a family he’d kill them his cooldown periods never lasted even a month sometimes not even a week, families in cars, families in their beds sometimes he would stalk cars in the highway and mercilessly murder the occupants if any witnesses just so happened to be around he would be sure to catch them and murder them as well, sometimes he’d shoot the parents first and then proceed to hack the children to death with an axe. Covered in blood he was even known to have eliminated a neighbor for wondering around outside at the time with the same axe he had used to butcher the children. He would routinely set the homes ablaze burning away the bodies and any evidence. In a total of 6 years, Anatoly confessed to killing 52 people most of which occurred between December of 1995 and March of 1996. Sometime later Anatoly was arrested after his weapons were discovered by a relative he was staying with. Anatoly ended up escaping the death sentence as it was abolished at the time and so he was sentenced to life in prison, he died behind bars in 2013 at the age of 54.

#anatoly onoprienko #serial killer

The Unknown Victim of Alfred Rouse

Unsolved

It was the 5th of November in 1930, Guy Fawkes night as it is commonly known, and people celebrate it with a number of bonfires throughout England, many stayed up late not returning home until the morning hours of the next day. Two men specifically who had been walking home from Northampton noticed a fire, surely this wasn’t anything out of the ordinary until they investigated it to find out it wasn’t a bonfire at all, but a flaming car, a car with a person inside, their body engulfed and charred beyond recognition. Police were summoned promptly and were able to determine by the number plate that the car belong to a man named Alfred Author Rouse but there was one thing that didn’t make sense, Alfred was alive and well and had plenty to do with the body in his car. Alfred was born in 1894 in London to parents who would end up separating when he was around six years of age when his mother deserted the family. Alfred with his two siblings was sent to live with his aunt and did well in school he had a certain affinity for music and was noted for his great musical ability, among being able to play the piano, violin, and mandolin he was also an impressive singer, aside from all of this he was also a skilled carpenter, Alfred eventually took up a job working for a furniture manufacturer, but on august 8th, 1914 Alfred’s world forever changed when he re-enlisted when a war broke out in Europe. He came close to death a number of times, perhaps to worst during the final day of an intense battle when a high explosive shell detonated close to his location. Alfred sustained severe injuries to one of his thighs and his head. Alfred had shrapnel lodged in his brain and had to undergo surgery to remove it, his leg was permanently damaged and was unable to walk without great difficulty for the rest of his life, he spent extended periods of time in army hospitals and in 1915 was determined to have his capacity reduced by 3 quarters leading to his inevitable discharge from the army, the following year a doctor noted that Alfred had considerable memory loss, but enough about the killer’s life lets go straight to the burning car with the unidentified victim. Allegedly once arrested Alfred confessed to picking up a man, needing to use the restroom Alfred step out of the car and sitting in the passenger seat was his new friend lighting a cigarette, Alfred claimed the fire was all the man’s fault, but if that was the case why didn’t Alfred go straight to the police? but the wasn’t the only suspicious thing. While standing trial Alfred commented about the many women he had slept with while working as a salesman he referred these women as harem and when that information leaked out into the newspapers Alfred had lost a lot of favor with the public, he had also been unable to explain why he had picked up this unnamed person and went even further into damnation when he explained that the man was someone that nobody would miss, but the most damning evidence was when a car expert realized that someone had forcefully turned a nut and screw which allowed gas to flow into the motor making a fire much easier to set. The court came to the conclusion that Alfred was trying to fake his own death. With everything stacked against him, he was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death. Alfred confessed to the murder but never to the identity of the victim shortly before he was hanged on March 10th, 1931. Even to this day no one who the victim was.

#alfred rouse #unknown victim #unsolved

Joseph Barsi

The Death of Judith Barsi

Perhaps the most devastating murder in Hollywood history, Judith Eva Barsi at only was the victim of a horrific murder committed by a person she should have been able to love and trust entirely. Though dreadfully that was far from the case. Judith Barsi was a child actress who contributed to the childhoods of many children even still today, but especially those who were kids in the 80s or 90s. Among some movies, television shows, and commercials Judith lent her voice for characters in popular movies like ducky from The land before time and Ann Marie in all dogs go to heaven. Her father Joseph Barsi had fled from communist Hungary to New york in 1964 before he eventually went to California. It was here that he met Maria Virovacz who was also a Hungarian immigrant who had fled for similar reasons because of the soviet occupation of their country. On June 6th, 1978 Judith was born in Los Angeles the perfect place for her to embark on her acting career. It was Judith’s mother, Maria who had the most influence on Judith becoming an actress, she actively raised her to take on the industry, to find work, once she reached 5 years of age she was discovered at a skating rink and from there everything was looking up. Judith was making about 100000 dollars a year by the time she started 4th grade and because of this her family was able to afford a 3 bedroom home in Los Angeles, but while Judith’s family should’ve been appreciative of her success Joseph was a dangerous alcoholic becoming worse the more he drank and would verbally abuse Judith and Maria becoming worse and worse as Judith’s career grew stronger. Joseph would openly drive drunk and he had been arrested a number of times for it, he would also often threaten that he would kill himself, Maria, and Judith and at one point the threats became so frightening that Maria contacted the police due to Joseph displaying acts of physical violence against her, but because the police didn’t see signs of physical abuse Maria’s mind changed and decided not to press charges, something she very well should have done. But it seemed as if Joseph had snapped out of his drunken addiction, he has stopped drinking, however, his episodes of rage persisted, he would continue to threaten to kill his family he would say a multitude of things to them saying he’d cut their throats or burn down the house yet still Maria and Judith remained with him. Joseph was staunchly against his family leaving the house for any reason. He went so far as to hide a message directed to Maria telling her that a family member had passed on just so she wouldn’t attend the funeral and he wouldn’t possibly lose her as a result. Things seemed to evolve into a physical level as things went on, with Judith telling her friends of her father’s violent outburst, where he would hurl objects at her like pots and pans sometimes even striking her with them causing injury. But on the evening of July 25th, 1988 this would all accumulate into a devastating and fatal situation, Judith went on a bike ride earlier that day, using the free time she had to get away from her terrible life at home, and it was home where she should have never returned, her father was about to make good on all of the promises he made to harm his family, while Judith slept that night Joseph grabbed his gun, went into her room and shot her in the head, he then found Maria and gunned her down as well, all of Maria’s hope for freedom and Judith’s entire future were shattered in that home, the home that Joseph continue to live in for the 2 days that followed, surely contemplating the decision he had made. He spoke with Judith’s agent after he killed her and told him that he was going to be moving out of the home and he just needed to say goodbye to his little girl first, he then proceeded to pour gasoline on Judith’s and Maria’s bodies and set them on fire with the bodies incinerated he wondered into the garage, took his 32 caliber pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. Judith will always be remembered as a brilliantly bright young girl, she was made to be a star and she will always be remembered for the light she brought to the childhoods of many despite the darkness that overwhelmed her own.

#judith barsi #murder #depressing

Arthur Shawcross

The Monster of The Rivers

Sometimes the best time for killing is once you’re out on parole after being imprisoned for killing. Much about Arthur isn't known for an exact fact because Arthur was known to be a tremendous lair, who would talk himself up to impress people in a less than charming way. We do know that Arthur was born in Maine in 1945 but moved to new York state at an early age. His intelligence fluctuated throughout his life but he was generally seen as being lower than average. According to Arthur he had been sexually abused by a number of his family members, his mother would sodomize him with foreign objects such as a broom stick and his aunt forced him into having oral sex with her, these events set in motion his insatiable sexual desire and soon sex became his top priority. Arthur at 21 was already married and a father before he was drafted into the army, at this time Arthur divorced his wife and gave up rights to his infant son never seeing him again. He fought in Vietnam and bragged about cutting women’s heads off, eating them, raping them, and nailing their heads to trees or sticking them on post, its unknown as to what is true and it is even speculated that Arthur never even saw combat, but he did attribute his violent animal-like tendencies to Vietnam, its believe he attacked and raped a number of Vietnamese women and little girls. After he was discharged from the army he returned to New York and got married again and then proceeded to take one step that many serial killers often take. He began setting fires, arson is believed to have a power sexual affect on some people as they are aroused by control, so sending an emergency services into panic mode gave him arise, he was caught for the arson and for burglary and was sent to prison for but released in 1971 after he saved a guards life during a riot, he and his second wife divorced while he was in prison. Prison didn't do much for Arthur's already troubled mind but onced he was released he was much worse then before. Upon his release he got married for a third time and got a job for Watertown public works. Less than a year after his release he sexually assaulted and murdered a young boy and less than 4 months later raped and killed a young girl. He was arrested a few months later and confessed to the murders in one of the more shocking judicial decisions thanks to a plea bargain, the murder of the young girl was reduced to manslaughter and the murder of the young boy was dropped entirely he was sentenced to only 25 years in prison, but that is not where he stayed. Arthur was released in 1987 after prison staff and case workers foolishly ignored the warnings of prison psychiatrist and believed that Arthur was no longer a threat not even a full year later in 1988 now free Arthur's murderous behaviors were pushed to overdrive. He began strangling and battering women to death mostly prostitutes and began mutilating their bodies in not even 2 years Arthur tore through 12 women some of their bodies not found for months after he was done with them, most of the bodies were found near the Genesee river. A surveillance helicopter located one such body and Arthur happened to be standing nearby, some claim he was urinating off the bridge he had just dropped the body off of but its also believed he had been masturbating, he was stopped and apprehended and confessed in custody though he attempted to plea not guilty by reason of insanity, his defense was too weak. He was found guilty of 10 murders and sentenced to life in prison. On November 10, 2008 Arthur complained of a pain in his leg he was taken to a medical center later that day where he died of cardiac arrest.

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Pedro Lopez

The Monster of The Andes

Pedro Lopez was born in columbia and like most serial killers, grew up with odd tendencies in a broken home. His father having died just months before he was born in 1948 left pedro under the care of his mother who was a prostitute with 13 children, when pedro was only 8 years old his mother caught him fondling one of his sisters, and immediatly kick him out of the house making him homeless. He became a begger who was approached by what seem to be a kind-hearted man who offered him a home, he develop a strong distrust for strangers after that point, hiding during the daylight and only coming out during the night to find food. Eventually he was taking in by an american couple who enrolled him in a school for orphans it was there now 12 years old that pedro was molested by one of his teachers, he stole some money and ran away living in the streets again. By the age of 18 he was stealing cars professionally, the “profession” ended up landing pedro in prison where he was once again violated having been gangraped by a group of inmates. Pedro now filled with an undying hatred took revenge and brutally murdered 3 out of the 4 men who raped him while still incarcerated for this he spent 2 extra years in prison where he fostered his loathing for the world, most specificly women, his mother being a prostitute and the pornigraphic magazines he would sit through while in prison were his only idea of what a women truly was and his demented perversions grow stronger and stronger each day and then he was released. Pedro would release all of his pent up aggresion and animosity for the world, and the world would tremble. In 1978, pedro moved to peru where he began kidnapping little girls to rape and abuse them before murdering them eventually he was deported to ecuador where his killings only multiplyed, day after day girl after girl sometimes 3 a week he would kidnap and murder to fulfill the internal pit that despised women in all shapes and forms, his mother failed to protect him from such a horrible world just like the parents failed to protect all the little girls he slaughtered. Authorites had notice the large amount of missing little girls however they chalk it up to the sex slave industry, however when a flood in 1980 washed up some of the corpses, they realized that they were dealing with a serial killer. Eventually pedro was caught trying to abduct another girl and was arrested. Police having their suspicions about who he was were unable to get pedro to cooperate so they made a plan. Pedro who was held in a cell would recieve and new cellmate, the cellmate was a priest dressed as a prisoner, thinking he was only chatting with another prison pedro let loose his story armed now with his unwilling confession pedro broke down and admitted to the full scale of his crimes it was more than what any authoritie was willing to accept. Pedro admitted to had violently raped and brutally murdered over 300 little girls, he stated how trusting the girls were how innocent, he sometimes bring them to already prepared graves at times filled with other bodies and keep them during the night whispering but he would wait for daybreak to kill them because he loved looking into their eyes as the perished by his hand, often times he would keep the corpse have “tea parties” with the corpse, but when the corpse became “boring” which happened quickly he would be off to find a new short term companion. its estimated that nearly 100 bodies were found. Pedro often expressed his lack of remorse for the killings and claimed that if he were ever to be released he would” happily” continue about his way after serving nearly 20 years in prison he was released and his whereabouts are currently unknown.

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The Atlanta Ripper

(Unsolved Case)

May 28, 1911. The body of an African American woman was found 25 yards from her home, the body belong to a cook named Belle Walker who had run into the nameless killer and met her demise at the end of a knife. Belle had her throat slashed wide open her blood splattered on the area around her, and despite being a bold act no witness came forward thus the police had no lead to the women’s killer. Just one month later two more women were found, throat slashed exactly like Belle, police soon realized they weren’t looking for the typical murderer but proper investigation and media reporting weren’t as important due to the fact of that racism was incredibly common in these times. Many important details of the Atlanta ripper were focused on and soon lost, one women survived her encounter with the unknown killer and described him as “a gigantic black man” once 8 total women were found dead all with the signature slashed gaping throat. The police started to arrest as many large black men as they could around Atlanta and in neighboring areas without probable cause and with only a basic description, but the blatant and primitive form of racial profiling didn’t help police in the way they had hoped. The bodies of African American and other dark skin women continued to fall every week, throats cut so deep some were nearly decapitated the entire black community shut away from the public and many refused to got out at night especially, either of the fear of encountering the enormous, neatly dressed ripper or the fear of the possibility of being arrest by the police for simply being outside. Newspapers reported that all the victims were well dressed and attractive. Like clockwork the killer had his way the victims never showed any sign of a struggle it was as if he appeared from behind and slashed the throat from ear to ear, making matters worst the killer would attack in different areas each time far enough apart so police wouldn’t be able to properly monitor the areas to catch him in the act. To make investigations harder the media kept reporting false news such as saying that the bodies were mutilated or even suggesting that the killer was a white man disguised as a black man, but that lead like the others all lead to dead ends. Women around 20 years continued to die by the killer’s knife now even more spaced apart and by the end of 1911 a total of 15 dark-skinned women were dead. In April of 1912 its believe the ripper had taken his 19th victim’s life, by now the police knew the ripper had a intimate understanding of death and perhaps knowledge of human anatomy as the newspaper at the time reported the effective killing and clean removal of one of the girls organs before the killer once again vanished, its believed the ripper murdered a total of 21 woman but it can never be confirmed how many he truly killed himself.

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Albert was born on May 19, 1870 as Hamilton fish to Randall fish and his wife. Fish was the youngest of 4 children and after his father died he was moved to saint johns orphanage, where he wished to be called “Albert” after a dead sibling and also to escape his nickname “Ham and eggs” given to him by his peers at the orphanage. At the orphanage he was frequently whipped and beaten there, watching and being apart of this sort of discipline, Albert began to get a taste for sado-masochism and would even get erections from witnessing the brutal punishments. In 1889 Albert began his first homosexual relationship with the telegraph boy it was in this relationship where his darker urges began to show. Albert experimented by drinking urine, consuming feces, and watching other boys undress in public bathrooms. By age 20 Albert moved to New York city and began work as a male prostitute, it was about this time when he began to sexually assault young boys a crime he would continue to commit even after an arranged marriage put up by his mother where he was married to a 19 year old woman, Albert became a father to six children and supported his family by working as a handyman and a painter. But all the while he continue to molest children his victims were usually boys under 6 or the mentally-ill or African American children since he believed the police were less likely to investigate their cases. By 1903 Albert was arrest for embezzlement and was imprisoned in Sing Sing correctional facility where he frequently had sex with other men. Unfortunately, he was released and would soon reign new forms of terror on the public. One afternoon while visiting a wax museum Albert spotted a wax bisection of a penis on display which instantly fascinated him and lead to him developing a morbid curiosity for castration. in 1910 Albert develop a sadomasochistic relationship with 19 year old Thomas kedden its unclear if this was consensual due to the fact that Thomas was mentally disabled, but it was with Thomas that Albert was able to satisfy his sadistic urges. He lead Thomas to a secluded barn house where he was tortured for 2 weeks. Instead of killing Thomas, Albert took a pair of scissors and severed half of Thomas’ genitals as a souvenir for Albert to keep. Thomas’ wounds were cleaned and Albert gave him 10 dollars as consolation, the poor mutilated man was abandon and to this day it is unknown what became of Thomas after his torturous encounter with the infamous Albert fish. In 1917 Albert’s wife left him and his children for another handyman, this rejection caused the already unstable man to fall further into his madness so he began to harm himself to cope with his stress but instead of say tearing at his skin or cutting himself he would take it much further, Albert would strike himself with a paddle studded with 1 and 1/2 inch nails, he would press needles into his abdomen and while it is believe Albert never molested any of his own children he did admit to having his kids join in on his self harm, he taught it to them like a game, he would get on his hands and knees while his children would sit on his back and a paint stick the children were also supposed to hold up a number of their fingers up and Albert was supposed to guess how many they had up but if Albert guess them wrong which was almost always the case, his children were to hit him with their item for as many fingers as they had up, he also stuck pins in his fingernails in front of his children. Albert soon after began kidnapping and murdering children but his methods soon evolved as well, Albert had develop a taste for raw meat often preparing them for dinner, bloody meals lead to Albert’s newest dark desire...Cannibalism. Albert kidnapped a boy named Billy Gaffney in interviews he recounted in horrifying detail what he had done to the boy, Albert had not only assaulted the boy but he had mutilated him beyond recognition, drank his blood, cut the body into several pieces and cooked the pieces of his corpse like a roast turkey. The kidnappings only continued once he had his victim he would torture them, kill them, and eat their flesh. Albert;’s most famous murder has to be the abduction and slaughter of Grace Budd. Grace was the 10 year old sister of Albert’s then employer Edward Budd in which they worked on his farm, during one lunch Grace had returned home from church and Albert was instantly drawn to her and invited her to a birthday party he promised to bring her back by 9 pm and considering the fact it was a much different time in those days, people were much more trustworthy Grace was allowed to go with Albert but that was the last Grace’s family would ever saw of her. Albert took Grace to an empty house where he attacked her strangling her to death, decapitating her and cutting up her body. it wasn’t until 7 years later in November 1934 Albert sent an anonymous letter to the Budd family describing in full detail what he had done to Grace. This would be Albert’s undoing as the letter lead the police to Albert. Albert was arrested for the murder of Grace Budd and plead insanity saying he heard the voice of God telling him to kill children. During an examination x-rays revealed 29 needles embedded in Albert’s pelvis from his self harm, even though his ten day trail found him sane and guilty although many of the jurors really thought Albert fish was insane they believed he should be executed anyways, Albert was sentenced to death but not before confessing to three murders and two stabbings, he also boasted to authorities about “having children in every state.” On January 16, 1936 Albert was finally executed by electric chair becoming the oldest person to be executed in Sing Sing prison

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